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Guys, this is not something I do often - I know nothing about the seller, and have no interest in the transaction. But there is a nice-looking, LEFT-handed HW 55M up on the infamous auction site now. Prettier than average wood grain, maybe 90% condition. Serial number from 1970. It has no...

There's been much discussion about iron sights on the forum lately, so a few notes about tunnel front sights may be of interest. This photo shows two familiar vintage German front sights. They have three basic parts: a tunnel that clamps to grooves at the muzzle, the sighting element as a flat...

Apologies if I'm missing this being already posted, but is there a date set for next year's show near Columbus, OH?

Hat's off to Tony McDaniel for another wonderful event! It was just a perfect couple of days - great friends, great airguns, great weather! I don't when I've ever had a better time at an airgun show. The classic Diana model 35 dominated my weekend! The gun in the middle of this trio is an early...

Weihrauch builds a quality air rifle as we all know, and the old HW 55 target rifle has long been my favorite. BUT...our heroes can have feet of clay sometimes, and there's a reaon you need to check out any old gun! Check out this photo: What you're seeing, left to right: + A quality...

Spied on Facebook today. This is a Webley Tempest action - with the barrel and entire internal action REVERSED - and a weird multiple-needle injector gizmo added to the front. It's a tool for tattooing the ears of racing greyhounds...! I believe this absolutely takes the cake as the most...

A bit of history to begin: + 1963: DIana's model 60 introduced. First of their double-piston, recoilless Giss-system rifles. + 1968: Model 65 supercedes the 60 as Diana's top match rifle. Locked breech, heavier barrel sleeve, better stock, internal changes. + 1974: Model 66 replaces the 65. Very...

Just because this gets asked from time to time...! Here are the five basic stock types fitted to the Weihrauch HW 55 target rifle. These are all relatively late-production guns. The 55 was made from the early 1950's to late 1990's, and there are countless minor variations In about every detail.

I picked up this nifty rifle at last year's Findlay show - a second-version BSF model S54 underlever, with "Match" stock: I bonded with it immediately. Dennis Hiller's classic tome The Collector's Guide to Air Rifles describes the S54 with the words, "What an air rifle! As soon as you pick...

Airgun friends, I was saddened to learn that our friend Gaines Blackwell passed away on December 29. You older gents will remember him well as a frequent, helpful, and always delightful contributor on earlier forums. One of the most outgoing and friendly humans I've ever met, Gaines's true love...

Diana's "ball-sear" trigger was used on the post-war models 25D, 27, 27S, 35, 35S, and 50, from the early 1950's well up into the 80's. The trigger is ingeniously simple, but so unique that it bears some study. This parts diagram is the model 25D, the smallest member of this family. These part...

A friend was asking how I do photos, so I thought I might expand my reply into something I could annoy others with, ha... Now, I am no pro photographer...so I welcome any ideas for improvements! And many of you already know a lot of this, so apologies in advance for insulting your intelligence...

I picked up this 35E in Hickory this year...the HW 35 was the first gun to catch my eye in my first Beeman catalog back in the day, and I've seen few prettier than this one. It's no powerhouse (clocked it at about 7.5 FPE with Superdomes, almost 9 FPE with Hobbys), but wow - it's definitely a...

So here's a few that I like...my visual tastes run toward clean, simple, and minimally adorned. Walther LGV. Maybe the most elegant target stock in history. Pre-war lines with modern (well, "modern" in the 60's anyhow) details, lovely wood, and nearly perfect ergonomics, at least for this old...

Having been a fan of the HW 55 for years, I've come to admire how each of the different stock designs is its own little masterpiece. + The 55S is a true dual-use gun - what the frugal German used to win the match, and then shoot dinner on the way home! Tough beech wood, clean smooth shape with...

Apologies to those who have seen this on another forum already! Inspired by Hector Martinez's posts on aperture sight enhancements, I rummaged though my drawer of sight gadgetry yesterday and came up with this: 1. Classic HW 35L from the 1970's 2. Special Williams "ARH 624" sight, made...