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G'day, I have a number of Weihrauch springers and Theoben [Beeman] types and all have very nice stocks in terms of the quality of timber used, construction and the overall finish. Lovely old rifles and great to shoot. A funny thing is that I also have two newer Weihrauch powder-burners, HW...

G'day, I too, living in Australia, have had excellent service from UK gun stores who can supply parts not generally available in Australian gun stores. Even with the current issues caused by the Chinese virus shipping times are still quite short. Jim

G'day, I taught myself to shoot with both eyes open and find it better than with one eye closed. When shooting my 10m target air rifles with peep [dioptre] sights I do use a blinder for my left eye. I also keep both eyes open when hunting foxes at night with my .222 Rem and .22WMR rifles...

G'day, ​I had a Hatsan 125 [.22]. I cut it up with my angle-grinder. The barrel from the pivot bolt was pointing left a few degrees and there was nothing I could do to fix it. I understand that others have had great success with the 125 and my problem was an issue of quality control...

G'day Ted, ​I shoot right-handed, but am left eye dominant. I sight with my right eye. After some practice I am comfortable shooting with both eyes open - it took some concentrated practice. Shooting with both eyes open has led to better and more consistent accuracy, but not without some...

Hi Cachoze, ​What you say about lubrication makes sense. Degreasing the bolt thread at the end is a little harder, but clearly must be done. The bolt itself is threaded in part and keeping those threads clean seems impossible to me. I am having to tighten both rifles about every 100 pellets...

G'day, ​This is for those who are trained in metalurgy or are skilled in metal work. I have two Weihrauch rifles from 1980/'90 that are very accurate when all bolts and screws are tightened to exact specifications. They are an HW 80 [.177] and a Beeman [Theoben] RX [.20]. It's taken me quite...

G'day steppenwulf, Thank you for your post. I have been having issues with height when shooting off rests. As you say, different rifles have different size stocks and rest height must be changed. I will get building. Jim via Ballarat Australia

G'day all, It's not always shipping companies or the postal services: when my FSB 300 S did not arrive at the designated fire arms dealer after two weeks or so I rang the gun shop selling the rifle. At first they did not remember me or the sale, but I insisted they check their records and told...

Thank you Harry, I was beginning to think you had X-ray vision! I'm still impressed that an FWB 300S is still powerful enough to put a rabbit down with an [accurate] head shot at 50 yards. I'll keep practising and clean my spectacles! Jim

G'day Harry, When you shot rabbits with your FWB 300 what sights were you using? I have shot sparrows at about 25 yards with my FWB 600 and dioptre sights, but hitting such a small target as a rabbit's head at 50 yards is another matter. I have shot rabbits at 40 paces with a bow, but those...

I like Blue Tongue lizards, but it's a pity they like sunning themselves on warm roads. Jim.

G'day, I finally bought a 300S a couple of months ago - there are several for sale in South Australia including a 300 SU. Very light in handling compared to later 10M rifles like the Anschutz 380 and the SSPs that came later. The 300S is the sort of rifle you can shoot all day long. I don't...

Yes, unionrdr, I should have sent it back under warranty, but I was so damn angry about the thing, and I did not want another Turkish gun [ they don't have a very good name in terms of quality control over here], that I cut it up. Jim.

G'day NCED, I also used these specifications on my little Anschutz 335 [.177] a few weeks ago. It was grouping at a about 7/8" at about 24 yards. After tightening, according to your recommendations, with a torque wrench it immediately gave me 5/16" groups nearly an inch higher. Jim via...

G'day, With reference to Hatsan I bought a 125 in .22. 'Powerful' was understating what happened when it fired. Accurate was a word that did not apply as I soon realised it was not accurate. Eventually I mounted it in a work shop vice and laid a straight edge along the action and found that...

Hi Paul, If I found any animal going after my stock - I no longer run sheep, just cattle and horses - I would shoot them if I caught them in the act. [They can only be shot if in the act of going after stock; a farmer cannot wait for the ranger or Police to come while his stock is being...

Hi Gary, You're spot-on about the small bird species vanishing. A couple of years ago we 'inherited' an abandoned cat after some idiots moved out of the area and left it. Really it adopted us and turned out to have an ear tattoo and had been 'fixed'. We kept it indoors as much as possible...

G'day, A few years ago I had to deal with a female feral cat and her litter in my sheds - and nasty, hissing, scratching things they are. Even with the little kittens I wore heavy welding gloves to grab them from where their mother hid them. The mother received a .17 HP round from my...

"A barrel measuring eleven inches is sorta pedestrian compared to one eleven POINT ZERO ZERO inches. " In short bouddha you want Joe to BS in a scientific manner? Jim