[QUOTE=Waddy;8302325]Welcome Kev, you might find a front sight on fleabay. Failing that you might want to consider a telescopic sight, which is what most rifles use these days esp for target shooting, you can pick one up second hand & save a few quid.
For spring lube "high moly paste" is the thing to use & if you buy a kit from the likes of Welsh Willy or Tinbum, it comes with the kit. Whatever you do don't get any lube or grease forward of the piston seal or it will "diesel" which can damage the rifle as well as putting it over the power limit.
There is a good target range near Brandesburton btw, good bunch of chaps there. (Humberside shooting ground )
Hi Waddy,
Thank you for the welcome and advice.
My Airsporter does have a telescopic sight fitted. It's a Bushmaster 4x32. I wanted to see if I could find an original foresight just to keep the thing as it should be. I'm a bit OCD about things not being complete.
I've seen a few articles about springs while browsing Google in an attempt to gather information. That browsing is what lead me to find this forum and I signed up to it as I thought it would be best to get the knowledge from proper enthusiasts. I use similar forums for my classic motorcycles and they have been invaluable over the years for sharing info and tips backwards and forwards.
Would you recommend a particular spring? Is the standard one good enough, or are there more powerful alternatives that may give the rifle a bit of an edge and improve it's performance?
Good to know about the range in Brandesburton, it's not too far away from me. I live in Anlaby to the West of Hull. I have a good friend who lives over the East side in Burstwick, and I'm sure he will know about the Brandesburton range as he is into target shooting. He has some very expensive modern rifles which use compressed air. I had a go on one of them recently and I found it very difficult using the extremely powerful scope on it. Probably my age, but I just couldn't keep the target steady. Trying to hold my breath and keep a steady grip didn't seem to improve the experience. I think I would have needed to get myself a bean bag and lay down in it with a little bipod rest on the gun. :-)
Cheers,
Kev Ev
Pete, if you're looking in, would you be able to tell the OP which issues he needs for the Airsporter articles, please. I can't put my hands on them right now.
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Hi Kev,
All the Airsporter S parts are available through this link (it is a hot page diagram, so click on the part on the drawing and you will be taken to it)
https://www.airgunspares.com/gunspar...sporter-s.html
The original front sights are no longer manufactured and the original tooling has been destroyed (we cant make them again unlike some of the rear sights)
This may help, too.....posts 39 and 40.....
https://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread...s-(pt-1)/page3
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Sorry for the delay.
You will be wanting the February, March and April issues, Kev Ev. The latter two directly relating to the strip and re-build. The articles centre on the Stutzen version, with the longer stock, but much will apply and should prove useful.
Hope this helps.
If you like watching on-line videos, I'd also guess that there may be a selection of viewing material on that certain video channel. Watch a good few to get a balanced general consensus.
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If you're thinking of getting the welsh willy kit, he also does a parachute seal conversion that works very well.