A change of mood

[ggggr]

Sometimes, I find I can get pretty peed off with tinkering and even struggle to enjoy a plink. Partly it is due to having a table full of stuff "in quarantine" , partly waiting for bits to turn up and partly other stuff going on. Throw in that I have open fields at the side of me and it can get pretty breezey----so it makes pistol plinking quite difficult.

Anyhow, recently, I have been using tags on the pistols, for where they shoot and what bits to keep an eye on. I haven't actually reduced the number of guns on the table but quite a few are now labelled up ----so I think I'm moving in the right direction.
The weather has not looked too promising today, so I decided to pick up a couple of pistols for a plink, a Webley Junior and the Frankenpistol. I've spent an hour or so, having a plink, firstly with the Junior and then the Frankenpistol, stopping to adjust the sight or to open up the rear sight notch a bit--------and I really bloody enjoyed myself The Junior was shooting brilliantly and as I opened up and squared up the Frankenpistol that was too. I'm not entirely happy with the sight picture , but that may improve if I get a bit of cold blue, but it is shooting accurately.

Now if I can get hold of that Cadet Major stock, hopefully I'll get another one sorted out.

[Hsing-ee]

You ever made up a stock by the laminating process? I’m sure you could knock one out for the cadet in no time from some plywood

[pjbingham]

Tags are a great idea Guy, as you know I use them too, not only for notes on shooting characteristics but as a quick glance reference of any work carried out and any left to do and possible things to keep an eye on. I also make a note of where something came from and whether it or any of its major components were a gift. My reasoning for that is I won’t ever sell or pass on anything that was gifted and although my memory is pretty good I wouldn’t trust it to that degree in years to come. As you can imagine I have many labels with ‘Chris H’ @hwvixen written on them 😬

[ggggr]

You ever made up a stock by the laminating process? I’m sure you could knock one out for the cadet in no time from some plywood

Me laminating a stock? I'm one of those people who gets paint up to their elbow as soon as i open a tin of paint and the only thing I have ever managed to successfully stick with superglue is my fingers.

I wouldn't want a plywood stock for an old gun-----it's just so wrong.


I only use small tags Phil and I cannot remember where a of the guns came from. With the stuff that has been on the table for quite a while, the labeling is coming in handy and it has allowed me to work through some minor problems instead of having to plink with the gun again and then think it needs something doing to it.

The last few weeks or so have been quiet good plinking gun wise as the Meteors with the Cadet rearsights are good fun to use as well.

[duomatic410]

Sometimes, I find I can get pretty peed off with tinkering and even struggle to enjoy a plink. Partly it is due to having a table full of stuff "in quarantine" , partly waiting for bits to turn up and partly other stuff going on. Throw in that I have open fields at the side of me and it can get pretty breezey----so it makes pistol plinking quite difficult.

Anyhow, recently, I have been using tags on the pistols, for where they shoot and what bits to keep an eye on. I haven't actually reduced the number of guns on the table but quite a few are now labelled up ----so I think I'm moving in the right direction.
The weather has not looked too promising today, so I decided to pick up a couple of pistols for a plink, a Webley Junior and the Frankenpistol. I've spent an hour or so, having a plink, firstly with the Junior and then the Frankenpistol, stopping to adjust the sight or to open up the rear sight notch a bit--------and I really bloody enjoyed myself The Junior was shooting brilliantly and as I opened up and squared up the Frankenpistol that was too. I'm not entirely happy with the sight picture , but that may improve if I get a bit of cold blue, but it is shooting accurately.

Now if I can get hold of that Cadet Major stock, hopefully I'll get another one sorted out.

I Guy.
Have crossed line and got a ban on the other side.
Dont know what i replied to? So letting you know. Reg john

[ggggr]

Pm sent John.

[Hsing-ee]

Me laminating a stock? I'm one of those people who gets paint up to their elbow as soon as i open a tin of paint and the only thing I have ever managed to successfully stick with superglue is my fingers.

I wouldn't want a plywood stock for an old gun-----it's just so wrong.

But you could make it the first bullpup Cadet in History!

[ggggr]

But you could make it the first bullpup Cadet in History!

I've mentioned on here before about a Cadet with a thumbhole stock that looked a bit like a Buccaneer one would be pretty good. I wonder if one of the woodworkers could modify and build up a Cadet stock and not leave it looking like that B2 by another name gun? (I cannot remember its name -----was it Norconia??)