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    Tuning Belgian sold, French documented 1958 LP53 air pistol.

    A last update from me. I've given up, the pistol has won. More than a week of daily spraying of a local Kroil alternative hasn't worked. I tried the hole in a wooden board trick, but it couldn't find enough grip. I'm leaving it as is, as I have a fine perfectly working pistol. I don't want to...
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    Tuning Belgian sold, French documented 1958 LP53 air pistol.

    So I've got the Protek spring upgrade, but I can't get the grip cap open :rolleyes: I guess I should have checked before hand. Boiling water and a strap wrench didn't help.
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    Tuning Belgian sold, French documented 1958 LP53 air pistol.

    Any tips for loosening the grip cap to get to the spring? It's really really stuck.
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    Tuning Belgian sold, French documented 1958 LP53 air pistol.

    The results came back, there's a nice surprise. So firstly, the gun range did their test setup as described. They were surprised that the readings were so tight together. They measured a consistent 115-117 m/s, so about 380 fps. This was with the Diabolo basic 7.0gr pellets (the box behind the...
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    Tuning Belgian sold, French documented 1958 LP53 air pistol.

    I asked my gun range to do their testing setup. I've also bought the cheap chrono from Aliexpress, so it will be interesting to compare and give everyone some insights. I'll come back with the results probably in a week.
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    Tuning Belgian sold, French documented 1958 LP53 air pistol.

    I went to my gun range today to ask them about measuring the fps of the pistol. The guy said that a conventional airsoft fps meter would be to inaccurate as it would have difficulty correctly registering the pellet. That these are more tuned to picking up an airsoft bb as it offers higher...
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    Tuning Belgian sold, French documented 1958 LP53 air pistol.

    Hello everyone, To start with, I'm going to need to admit I'm not an air pistol guy. I normally shoot the k98 and the related .22 trainers. However, I saw this beautiful LP53 for sale and it instantly grabbed me. These are the best kind of purchases, right? It reminds me of a similar styled...