No shooting today, just another coat of polyurethane on the 97 stock..lol. BTW Krale has some deals on the HW rifles right now, you can save about $50. Been checking them out.
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What springer did you shoot today?
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Got up to 26F temperature. No wind, got a morning shoot with a HW97 .177. Or a laser
After lunch and a few chores I tackled a Pro Sport .177. Easily on the favorite list. And easy on the eyes.
Last for the day a cannon a Diana 350
Stubborn at first. Once stabilized, became a tack driver at 47 yds. Crow
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Top 2 are my favorites. If I ever buy another Diana it will be the D54, also a cannon. I hope you have your thermals on.
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While we're all waiting for the polyurethane to dry on your HW97K stock, would you please tell me how you got the butt pad off of it?
Mine looks like it has screw holes in it, but they don't look like plugs. They look like it's one solid piece.
Our ProSport doesn't even have anything resembling screw holes.
So I ended up masking both butt pads off when I refinished them last year -- but now you have my curiosity up again!
If you wouldn't mind, please?
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Well the Prosport had two tiny slits in the butt pad,
and when you squeeze it, would show itself, but it's still a tight fit. I used the smallest screw driver that would get a good bite, and I put some lube on the screw driver so it would slide in there without tearing the rubber. I left the screws in the butt pad.
The 97 was easy because I could see the screws, so I just unscrewed it and removed the buttpad. I took those screws out and cleaned the holes up a little so the screws weren't grabbing the rubber when trying to reinstall, causing the pad not to stay flat.
On yours, I would try and poke in there and try to feel if there's a screw head in there under the rubber. I wouldn't think it would be glued on, but IDK for sure. Maybe take a sharp pick and poke in there to feel around where the screw should be.
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I shot the 97k and the HW30s today.
I ask and surprise, my wife says ok I’ll shoot it. So I put the 97 away and grabbed the 30.
She only made 4 shots, but managed a 75% hit ratio, hitting 2 Crazy Eights, and a hanging medicine bottle. I set her up at 28 yards.
It’s a start!
I ask and surprise, my wife says ok I’ll shoot it. So I put the 97 away and grabbed the 30.
She only made 4 shots, but managed a 75% hit ratio, hitting 2 Crazy Eights, and a hanging medicine bottle. I set her up at 28 yards.
It’s a start!
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Today I drove into town to my buddies fab plant. He told me he had some scraps.
25 pieces 1/4 inch thick aluminum discs. Already got a few up after drilling 2 holes to tie down. 
Much quieter than steel. 
And I hammered them with a Diana 54Pro .22 cal.
This to me is an odd gun. Feels like it’s falling apart, but pounds with wicked accuracy.
The FWB 124D sport is almost too good to be true.
Crow
The FWB 124D sport is almost too good to be true.
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You should drill a 1/2" or smaller hole thru the center of one and paint it one color. Then use a smaller piece painted a bright yellow or orange and attach it to the back of the first one, maybe a gap between them. Now you have a shoot thru target.
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Started the day with another Diana a 460 .22. It throws the lead, no problem. 
Pulled out a HW85 .22 which has a new Vortek spring and seal. It is now a priceless gun. What a transformation.
Was hitting these new disc’s I scored yesterday. 25 in all. Love the sound and the damage it does to the disc.
This is the 85 at 35 yds. Crow
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Just unwrapped the Webley Premier pistol in 177 and shot the basement bullet trap. Sweet thunk when they hit. It was "rebuilt" before being sold to me and it looks, cocks and shoots, and smells like it was. Dieseling. Has the old Webley industrial, almost steam punk look about it. My BSA 177 GRT rifle has a modern look. As pleasing in its own way as any modern gun. HW etc. Be Well Brothers, Bandito. PS. What a goof. Put this in the wrong thread. Soooo. I couldn't pass up the Walther HV? I pick it up most trips by it and hold for one imaginary shot. Actually shooting it would be better. But holding, stance, breathing, and trigger squeeze feels good. B.
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Morning shoot with skiffs of snow. A little windy but my blind tames that. First time with insulated pants to save the knees.
Cleaned up a bit and dug these out.
Thinking of putting the 12 fp on a Pro Sport .177.
Shot this gun this morning. Sounds and shoots like a dream. Looked in my book to see its history. TBT spring Vortek piston seal. I need another .177. I can put in a TX or Hunter.
Next rifle is a Diana 34 .177. This gun is almost priceless. If it didn’t have the plastic it would be. I’m thinking this has a 12 fp spring. So smooth. Easy jack.
Check out the damage the 34 does to the aluminum targets at 47 yds. 
Have 25 of these. They’re all going to soon have the same disease. Crow
Cleaned up a bit and dug these out.
Next rifle is a Diana 34 .177. This gun is almost priceless. If it didn’t have the plastic it would be. I’m thinking this has a 12 fp spring. So smooth. Easy jack.
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Haven’t shot my air rifles for a couple of weeks, seeing scores of doctors, bloody cancer has come back.
Any how we have had an Army grub invasion so I poisoned. Worked a treat but the Indian miner birds, an introduced pest in Australia thought it was a free lunch and descended in droves. I but a small camping peg up the first fellas but and stood him up, perfect decoy. Shot five with my Hw77 Stainless until they worked out what was happening.
Gary
Any how we have had an Army grub invasion so I poisoned. Worked a treat but the Indian miner birds, an introduced pest in Australia thought it was a free lunch and descended in droves. I but a small camping peg up the first fellas but and stood him up, perfect decoy. Shot five with my Hw77 Stainless until they worked out what was happening.
Gary
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I looked at the book. It’s tuned down to 870 fps with 8.44.
‘Check out this one at 35 yds.
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