Yes, that's about the same story as me Ian, my best mate, Andy, had a 35 and could hit anything he aimed at, but unfortunately Andy died in an horrific car crash in the early 1980s which is part of the reason why I wanted one.Originally Posted by I. J.
When I was younger (yes, I was once young) I lusted after my mates Original 35. It wasn't exactly a 'dustbin killer' but boy was he accurate with it. Ive often seen him hitting (empty) 12B cases beyond 30 yards, standing.
The '35 is a rifle not often tuned and sorted so it will be interesting to see what improvements over standard you can make.
For a quick tune, (though nothing's carved in stone) I'm looking at fitting a synthetic seal, longstroking the piston a tad and sleeving the transfer port down --- so nothing too drastic.
There is one thing I've read on here that points to the main problem of getting power out of an Original 35 but I need to get inside mine first to find out if this info is correct or not.
Before I do all that I'm going to make my very first spring compressor so I don't lose my balls.
All the best Mick
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