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Pellets&Pistons-(Razor62)

Pellets&Pistons-(Razor62)

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Picked this one up at the Carlisle, PA show. The seller replaced the trigger with one from a LG53. At least that's what I think that he told me. Regardless, the trigger is wonderful. I noticed that it was a little underpowered, and the other day, she just wouldn't spit a pellet out. Opened it up and to my surprise, found a synthetic piston seal that was in great shape. The spring was nice and straight. the transfer port was clear and the breech seal was good. I just cleaned some really sticky grease out of everything and put it back together. Same issue. Yesterday morning, I opened it up again and removed the mainspring. I found one similar in size. same I.D., slightly heavier wire and about a half inch shorter. The new spring was also equipped with a top-hat. Something that the old spring didn't have. I tried to compress each spring by hand and they seemed pretty close. However, with the new spring installed, she's running right around 6.5 ft/lbs. What a delightful little rifle. Smooth as silk, as accurate as I'll ever be with iron sights, and it's got that classic springer era appeal....
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That's lovely! Seldom seen in such excellent condition, and the early stock-mounted diopter is a rare and classy touch.

The evolution of this family of guns was very interesting. From the earliest LG 51's through the LG 53, LG 55 and LGV, the basic action and barrel dimensions never really changed. But Walther covered the whole gamut from light sporter to full-race 10-meter rifle by varying sights, triggers, stocks, weights, and other internal details - a truly "modular" design.
 
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MDriskill said:
That's lovely! Seldom seen in such excellent condition, and the early stock-mounted diopter is a rare and classy touch.

The evolution of this family of guns was very interesting. From the earliest LG 51's through the LG 53, LG 55 and LGV, the basic action and barrel dimensions never really changed. But Walther covered the whole gamut from light sporter to full-race 10-meter rifle by varying sights, triggers, stocks, weights, and other internal details - a truly "modular" design.
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It really is a delight to handle and to shoot. I'll be keepin' an eye out for the other models as well. I've got an LGV and it's a superb rifle with the exception of the trigger system. It my be misinformation, but I was told that the triggers on the UK versions were much better. I can only assume that if true, the ones destined for the American market were "lawyered up"...
 
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Apologies...I should have made clear that I was referring to the LGV target rifle of the 1960's! It succeeded the LG 55 about 1968, and gave way to their final match springer, the LGV Spezial, a few years later.

I've never handled one of the more recent LGV sporters, but it bears no relation to the old target rifle beyond the nifty angled manual breech-lock lever.

Photo top to bottom - LG 55 Tyrolean, LGV in "Olympia" stock, and early LGV Spezial in "UIT" stock. Your LG 51 would look awesome at the top of this pile, LOL.

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German manufacturers seem to love confusing future collectors!

There are two completely different "Walther LGV's" and "Weihrauch HW 50's," and back in the 60's three different manufacturers offered a "model 55." And don't even get me started on Diana, who often recycles a model number for three or four utterly different guns over time. One would think integers were a limited commodity. LOL...
 
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Ha, German manufacturers seem to love confusing future collectors! There are two completely different "Walther LGV's" and "Weihrauch HW 50's," and back in the 60's three different manufacturers offered a "model 55." And don't even get me started on Diana, who often recycles a model number for three or four utterly different guns over time. One would think integers were a limited commodity. LOL...
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I firmly believe that this is done on purpose for the sole reason of causing annoyance... LOL!
 
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