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"Peerless" was the house brand of Stoeger's in New York. I've only ever seen the top-of-the-line Diana models 35 and 50 with that name, but I could be wrong!

...all have the excellent ball-sear two-stage trigger. It might be found under any of these names: Beeman's Original 27 Beeman 100 Condor 27 (?)* Diana 27 Donor 27 (?)* Gecado 27 Geco 27 Hy-Score 807 Original 27 RWS 27 Winchester 427 ...and probably some I'm forgetting! * Condor and Donor were...

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...

Another critical factor IMHO is how the pellet skirt mates up to the breech leade. I always test several different pellets in a given gun, and pay attention to how they feel, independent of what the chrono says. Examples: + My 1990's R7 has a short leade chamfered at a fairly abrupt angle. It...

Guess where I fall on this spectrum, LOL (pic is most of the spares not currently on rifles). Meanwhile, two of my three scopes are still in their boxes... :rolleyes:

Excellent write-up, many thanks! I had a 167 many many years ago, a local auction find, definitely wish I'd hung on to it. It was a second variant but the trigger was pretty good even on those. The 160 / 167 is one of the true CO2 classics.

Welcome to the forum! Great choices, and keep on havin' fun!

That's a beauty Mike. We would expect nothing less from you of course! :D For anyone interested, Air Arms has a wonderful web site with pics and histories of everything they've made over the years: https://www.airarmsanorak.co.uk/

A quick bubba way to measure the port is to mash a piece of poster putty or something similar on it.

I'm not familiar with either company, but that's interesting stuff! Leather-sealed HW 35's used two different details for attaching to the piston. The oldest ones have a fixed threaded stud on the piston, while later ones use a separate screw that passes through the seal's center plug. The...

I've recently been working on a 1980 Beeman-import HW 35 with a leather seal. The piston is slightly longer than the plastic-sealed piston which replaced these about 1983 (i.e., = shorter stroke). As rokonman notes, the leather-to-plastic conversion sets for these make the piston longer still...

Thanks the interesting follow ups! There's a big local gun shop that generally ignores airguns, but does stock several H&N Excite variants at a good price. I will pick some up. It's been so long as to be irrelevant now (like, before JSB even existed!), but I once tested a bunch of pellets and...

Keep in mind it's not just about velocity, but energy - a function of projectile mass, and the square of its velocity. Yes, a powerful airgun can have muzzle velocities approaching that of a shotgun load or rimfire bullet, but with a projectile that is lighter and less ballistically efficient...

Interesting! New to me...based on your notes I won't immediately order up a couple sleeves, lol, but will give a tin a try when I see 'em in a store.

I'm still hung up on the groundhog thing, and agree wholeheartedly with Mycapt65. An airgun strong enough to cleanly kill an animal that size is gonna lean toward a PCP that is darn near as loud as your rimfire, so if it's legal at your location, I too would favor subsonic .22lr ammo. If you...

It's always good to request a photo from a seller you don't know, proving actual ownership of the item in question. I like to ask for a pic of the item with a common, but slightly off-the-wall, household item included - a coin, spoon, pencil, etc.

Almost every state uses hunting and fishing license fees to finance wildlife conservation / management efforts they pursue, together with private donations and grants from various federal departments. The latter is rapidly disappearing, so unfortunately it's not likely that fees will decrease.

A few random notes: + Walther never made a recoilless springer (though the LGV is so heavy it comes close). They went straight to a single-stroke pneumatic action with the legendary LGR sidelever in 1974...a rifle so good, they ended up shrinking the UIT 10M target! + With all the Walther LG...

Excellent! I had that for 15+ years and very seldom shot it, so am happy it went to someone who will enjoy it. I wanna say I looked up the serial at some point and it was made in 1966?

That is a VERY cool air rifle! Pretty much an instant collectible too.