Other Walther LGV - bringing back to life.......(?)

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Gunnertrones

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As the title says - trying to bring this classic 10 m air rifle from 1968 back to life. I want to change the stock from varnish to oil finish, and slim the grip just a little bit. The leather piston seal is totally rotten, and I have decided to put in a spring with more power and a synthetic piston seal ordered from Germany. The work is started, and I also got the large barrel weight blued yesterday (even though I`m not sure if I want to put it back - it is really heavy).

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The LGV's piston seal was actually nylon, though it's hard to tell after they turn brown and crumble to dust!

The replacement seals I've seen use a Weihrauch 25mm plastic one mounted on a metal adapter, which utilizes the "keyhole" slot on the LGV's piston face. JG Airguns and some of the European parts dealers sell those. I did two LGV's with them and they work perfectly. They are a little pricey, but future replacement is cheap and easy, since you keep the adapter and just pop on a new seal.

That's a nice gun, the sliding buttplate and steel sight were optional upgrades back in the day. The much lighter barrel sleeve off the previous LG 55 will fit perfectly (19.0mm diameter vs. 23.5mm on the LGV).
 
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MDriskill said:
The LGV's piston seal was actually nylon, though it's hard to tell after they turn brown and crumble to dust!

The replacement seals I've seen use a Weihrauch 25mm plastic one mounted on a metal adapter, which pops neatly into the "keyhole" slot on the LGV's piston. JG Airguns and some of the European parts dealers sell those. I did two LGV's with them and they work perfectly, also a cheap and easy replacement in the future as you just need the seal and not another adapter.

That's a nice gun, the sliding buttplate and steel sight were optional upgrades back in the day. The much lighter barrel sleeve off the previous LG 55 will fit perfectly (19.0mm diameter vs. 23.5mm on the LGV).
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Thanks MDriskill. This was good info! 👍
 
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That is definitely an "Olympia" stock. Walther made a whole range of distinctively-styled rifles and pistols leading up to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and the postwar LGV Olympia paid tribute to that with a cleaned up, modernized version of the same basic stock shape. To me it is one of the most elegant, pretty, and ergonomically excellent target rifle stocks ever designed.

Top to bottom in this pic are an LG 55 Tyro, an LGV Olympia, and an early "LGV Spezial" (modified trigger and counter-wound double mainsprings) in what Walther collectors call a "UIT" stock. Walther was infamous for continual minor changes in their guns...most Spezials had a much different stock and further exterior changes to the action; but both late LGV's and early Spezials used the UIT stock, which makes them difficult to tell apart!

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MDriskill said:
That is definitely an "Olympia" stock. Walther made a whole range of distinctively-styled rifles and pistols leading up to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and the postwar LGV Olympia paid tribute to that with a cleaned up, modernized version of the same basic stock shape. To me it is one of the most elegant, pretty, and ergonomically excellent target rifle stocks ever designed.

Top to bottom in this pic are an LG 55 Tyro, an LGV Olympia, and an early "LGV Spezial" (modified trigger and counter-wound double mainsprings) in what Walther collectors call a "UIT" stock. Walther was infamous for continual minor changes in their guns...most Spezials had a much different stock and further exterior changes to the action; but both late LGV's and early Spezials used the UIT stock, which makes them difficult to tell apart!

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Mine looks to be quite comparable to the bottom one in the photograph. Be Well Brothers, B.
 
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