Rare Air by the pair

An update to this thread, a pair of Venom rifles,

HW80 Tyrolean
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Webley Tomahawk

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In an old Air Rifle Headquarters magazine, the inimitable Robert Law described Tyrolean stocks as being so comfortable, you could either make a great shot - or take a nap, LOL.

To my eye the HW 55's gracefully tapered fore end makes it the prettiest of the classic target Tyro stocks that Diana, FWB, Walther, and Weihrauch offered back in the day (though truthfully the others may have been a bit better detailed for serious 10-meter paper-punching). Here's a "pair or pairs" I guess, LOL.

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And here's a "pair" of Beeman special order stocks, what you get if you gave the gentleman more money? A FWB127 Beeman Custom Shop stock, and a R1 in .20 with a Beeman special order stock that is not a Custom Shop item.
I'd guess that they would make whatever you want, so the checkering is deleted on both, the 127 with a cast Weihrauch trig guard, the R1 with a machined and blued steel optional trig guard, Venom moderator, and wrist caps as desired on not?
IMO, the R1 stock is better than the 127, but some other Custom Shop stocks I've seen are truly spectacular.

On another entirely different topic, maybe it's possible to identify a stock made by CS, as on DMM's HW80T: characteristic wrist checkering pattern???
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