Maybe no fun, but I'd be tempted to leave the cosmetics. Like a "sleeper", beautiful shooting and accurate and something you'll not get too precious over.
One of my 77s is a Mark 1 in .22 which was given to be in '09. The chap just wanted it out of his mischievous teenage son's way. He boasted that he and his mate had fired it with loads of combustibles behind the pellets to get it to go "crack" - petrol, diesel etc.
When I stripped it I feared the worst. But this bulletproof Teutonic accuracy machine was totally perfect inside. A little polishing and a V-Mach kit and it's beautiful to shoot. In fact it's the one that you and the boys clubbed together and bought me the synthetic stock for. Many have shot it at the Bash and declare it being "very nice". And a rather nice Bash attendee received the stock as a good karma gesture.
THE BOINGER BASH AT QUIGLEY HOLLOW. MAKING GREAT MEMORIES SINCE 15th JUNE, 2013.
NEXT EVENT :- May 2025.........BOING!!
Better to admit you walked through the wrong door than spend your life in the wrong room
Maybe we could combine the Barbie and the make-up idea so the young model could have various moisturising creams etc splattered all over her face!
Ooooooohh eeerrrrrr missus!!!
Fear not Tinbum... 'I, NewPaul can help you there'
I've removed the one on a 77 Nick.
The 14mm pipe is pressed and loctited onto a fairly short stub at the hinge end.
Easiest way for you would be to lathe the tube down round the stub then heat it to release the Loctite, or just machine the tube off --- it's 14mm OD X 10mm ID.
Next question please.
HW77K .22, HW100KT .22, HW95K .22. AA TX200 MK3 .22. AA S410 MK3 .177. HW80 .25 HW30S .22. Pistols: Walther CP88 .177, Hatsan Mod25 Supercharger .22, HW45 Silver Star .177, Webley Alecto .177, SMK Victory CP2 .22
THE BOINGER BASH AT QUIGLEY HOLLOW. MAKING GREAT MEMORIES SINCE 15th JUNE, 2013.
NEXT EVENT :- May 2025.........BOING!!
HW77K .22, HW100KT .22, HW95K .22. AA TX200 MK3 .22. AA S410 MK3 .177. HW80 .25 HW30S .22. Pistols: Walther CP88 .177, Hatsan Mod25 Supercharger .22, HW45 Silver Star .177, Webley Alecto .177, SMK Victory CP2 .22
HW77K .22, HW100KT .22, HW95K .22. AA TX200 MK3 .22. AA S410 MK3 .177. HW80 .25 HW30S .22. Pistols: Walther CP88 .177, Hatsan Mod25 Supercharger .22, HW45 Silver Star .177, Webley Alecto .177, SMK Victory CP2 .22
Let me guess - is it one of Mick's old posts??