Quote Originally Posted by Waddy View Post
Sorry to hear about your sciatica Pete & Mike, had a lot of back problems myself over the years. The daftest things can trigger it, it's ruddy horrific.

I used to be able to see an old school Chiropractor, he could sort it in a couple of minutes, I can't find anyone like that now unfortunately, so stuck with a Tens Machine & trigger point therapy.


On the Original Model 50 front I've got another diopter coming that should be fine with the standard front sight, and the Titan spring has arrived. The Titan is 34 coils VS the Oxs' 33 but is a whole one and a half inches longer, so I can lose at least three coils & still be longer than the standard spring (34 coils) and the Titan, and be less coil bound.Well that's the theory / hope lol.


It better work because the next project is already on the way, an Airsporter Mk3, well I had to find something for the 25 year old 5.56 mm Eley Wasps my wife found the other day Plus the Ox spring fits it Re-living 1980

Probably need to buy an old Tasco now....

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Back in 2016 with one of my sciatica episodes......I vividly remember it was Palm Sunday (so April?). As I leant forwards when brushing my teeth....BANG! I was then off to my RFD to collect my new-to-me TX. I was struggling like mad to get to the car / drive / carry the rifle / drive back. That episode lasted for months. A few days into it, a pattern started to emerge where between about 11.00 am and 7.00pm it would clear a good bit. Then killed like mad from the evening. Late August / early September I was working at MotoGP at Silverstone on the Ducati stand. At the end of the Sunday we were busy pushing lots of bikes and loading them onto the trucks. I thought to myself, "you're going to pay for this".......next morning the pain had gone and it stayed away for a good while. How weird was that? Obviously a disc or whatever had got tweaked back by the work and sorted the issue.

Good luck with the spring transplant and project Airsporter. I have here a Japanese made BSA scope (1970s). Think it's a 4x40 and, obviously non-AO. Let me ponder if I want to let it go or not. Very nice optics and would suit the Airsporter nicely.......