Cheer me up Lads, I'm stuck at work!

[Gamocfx]

Nice to see you earlier Alakar! Its a small world.
Evert I did not even know that the Mercury broke down like that!? I have one at home waiting for its new spring and seals but I am a bit reluctant to start it.

[evert]

Nice to see you earlier Alakar! Its a small world.
Evert I did not even know that the Mercury broke down like that!? I have one at home waiting for its new spring and seals but I am a bit reluctant to start it.

They dont unless you heat the tube and unscrew the forks. Mine was a horrible mess I've been struggling with for years. Its a 6,35 magum someone had changed the barrel on, and it never was able to make good power no matter what barrel, spring, piston weight or seal I tried.
After MANY experiments I finally heated the forks to break the glue and unscrew the forks. Cleaned the threads and re-glued it back togehter. Now it finally makes good power and shoots quite well.

[evert]

Heres a Vulcan tube apart too, showing the dubious quality of these guns. I have posted all these pictures on here before, but thought you might enjoy seeing them again:

[evert]

And a few meteors for you to look at:

[Gamocfx]

I had no idea about the forks being able to be taken off! I know very little about this sort of thing but its so good to learn something. I cant believe that pic of meteors-are they yours? It almost seems impossible that someone could have so many!? Excellent skills and as for collecting I think you win with those.

[mrto]

Nice collection of Meteors evert!

[ratbuster2240]

I've always loved my Birmingham made Lightning.

[evert]

I had no idea about the forks being able to be taken off! I know very little about this sort of thing but its so good to learn something. I cant believe that pic of meteors-are they yours? It almost seems impossible that someone could have so many!? Excellent skills and as for collecting I think you win with those.

Forks on many guns are threaded and glued, which means they they are more liable to develop leaks over time than brazed tubes.
But it also means they can be removed and resealed, but that means you end up seeing how little care the manufacturer took in one of the most critical areas of a spring gun. No matter how well they polish and blue the finish, it really does not mean a thing if the fork threads run into the compression chamber...

And yes, the Meteors are mine, I just can't help myself when they turn up cheap
A couple Meteors have been sold, and a few bought since that picture was taken, so there may be one or two more now

[Dornfelderliebe]

And a few meteors for you to look at:

Nice collection Evert is it a trick of the light but the top one looks blued, if I'm correct the and one on the left is a Mk6, it has a different stock to mine.

[trajectory]

And a few meteors for you to look at:

I was looking at the picture of these Meteors & it struck me that there was something strange about them. Looking as as hard as I might I still couldn't work out what was odd about them but then it dawned on me. They all have rear sights, now that's got to be unusual.

[Dornfelderliebe]

They've been looked after properly.

[evert]

They've been looked after properly.

Many have been bought in sorry condition, but I always try to restore them to original working condition without removing original finish.
I've bought a few sights and trigger parts over the years