Quote Originally Posted by johnbaz View Post
Hi Gizwaz


I found one at the bootsale some years ago, It was priced at £150 with a broken barrel release lever (Which can still be operated ok), The monkey metal barrel shroud was grey but I polished it and tried blacking it with some G-96, It actually worked in a way but then I stripped it and did it again with less then brilliant results!!

I made an offer on it and he accepted, I can't recall how much I offered now (Galloping senility!) but it shoots great!



Showing the blacking before I stripped it then tried again but ended up 'Greying' it!






John
Shame about the blacking ( or should I say Greying ) but nice find and well done on giving it a go. A lot of people seem scared to get involved in any sort of work on their toys. For me I enjoy the working on and tinkering with just as much as shooting them, especially when its something as well engineered as these are. I love working out how to strip them down ( with a little interweb help at times, of course) and it fascinates me how different manufacturers employ different methods of doing the same job. I also love investigating and working out just how certain aspects work such as the valve assembly on these. I know its a basic principle but fascinating all the same.

I’m a great believer in delving in and finding out how things work as this gives you an understanding of the nature of the beast and sometimes enables a certain amount of mechanical sympathy when and where needed.