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Thanks the interesting follow ups! There's a big local gun shop that generally has little airgun stuff, but stocks several different 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...

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.

Another recc for Dave Slade, he's the best. You can get parts from various sources (JG Airguns, others in the UK and Germany), but generally I would say they are harder to find than HW stuff, and the guns a bit tricker to work on.

Kind of a weird show for me! Regretfully sold a couple of old pals, but I ended up with: + Most of the money went for a BOAT LOAD of spare parts from Mike Abernethy's table! Primarily Weihrauch stuff, but also a minty Diana Diopter 60 sight, Walther rifle sight inserts, FWB pistol sight blades...

DAYAM, man...nice work. People like you remind me that I am much more of an airgun gatherer, than an airgun shooter, LOL...!

Bit of a long shot, but I need some of the old plastic or solid alloy blades, as fitted to the post-war ball-sear rifle models 25D - 27 - 35 - 50 - see photo below. Would happily consider additional trigger components, whole or partial parts guns, etc., if they include these - thanks!

I like Jim Maccari's moly grease.

The WGRS 54 looks really elegant! Very nice. I've hesitated to try one, because I wondered if its small range of vertical adjustment would work. So your comments are much appreciated! I may pick one up.

I can endorse both the Williams FP-AG and the Tech Sight. My old fingers find the latter a little tough to adjust though, I recommend going for the optional adjuster tool and extra aperture set. I have several models of Williams units currently employed, and the Tech Sight on a vintage HW 35.

WELL...that's just about TOO cool! Fascinating bit of kit sure. By way of weird coincidence, I have this old blank pistol muzzle brake in the stash - which fits the same thread, works just fine as an eyepiece (about a 2mm aperture), and bears a passing resemblance to the VARD! I trust I will...

Wow - very interesting! My sight's bushing obviously wandered off somewhere along the way.

Chuck - thanks! This fascinating info is new to me...and brings up an interesting question on my Redfield Olympic. It is not threaded for a standard US eyepiece, but something larger. There's no reducer bushing, but the Merit eyepiece that came with the sight has had a matching larger thread...

I would never shoot one through a gun, basically a dry fire. It would probably work OK to load one behind a heavy-ish pellet though, I assume that would expand it a bit on its way through. I occasionally use them like cleaning wads, especially for old tap-loaders. You can push one down from the...