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Used Redding 6.5x55 dies + shell holder (Lee) for sale - £30 + P&P Steve

Shame to see them go to waste - I reckon they're good for a few more loads. If someone is prepared to pay for P&P, I'll get them in the post this week.

211 used .223 cases for sale. Mainly RP headstamp but some FC and Winchester. All cases are decapped but will need resizing and/or trimming. These cases have been reloaded around 1000 times in just under 13 years - on average around 5 reloads per case. £15 - price includes cost of 1st class postage.

I use the single loader with my Daystate - works a treat.

A week or so ago I lost the small allen key that is supplied for securing the Rowan Engineering Single Shot Loader to the rifle (http://www.rowanengineering.com/products10.htm). Yesterday I emailed them, asking if I could buy a replacement. Just an hour later I got a reply from Dave, saying that he would post one to me FOC - and it arrived today Excellent service for an excellent product. Steve

Cheers

I'm still looking for 1977 (if there was a Pistol 77), 1979, 1981, 1986 (incomplete), 1988 (incomplete), 1992 (incomplete), 1995, 1996, and 1997 (if there was a Pistol 97). The reports & results should be in the July or August editions. Many thanks Vince. Cheers, Steve P.S. What I've got so far http://bit.ly/anno_domini. Pistols 93 & 94 are on their way to me.

I have bought a few off eBay and as you say the prices are *variable*, ranging from 99p to £10.99. But I've managed to fill a few gaps. Only trouble is Guns Review results give just top 3 per event, and Target Gun the top 10 or so. So I'm getting the breadth but would like the depth i.e. full results for each event. So far I've got reports and results for 13 years (out of the 20 or so). I'm waiting on issues of Target Gun which will cover Pistols 93 & 94. Slowly but surely I'm getting there....

I threw out all my copies of Handgunner when I moved house - big mistake :( If you can find your copies and don't mind looking through them, the reports were in the July or August editions I think. Thanks, Steve

Any ex-pistol shooters out there who've got results from the Anno Domini meetings? I've managed to acquire partial results for 10 years, ranging from Pistol 78 to Pistol 92: you can view these at http://bit.ly/anno_domini. But there's nothing out there on t'interweb - that I can find - so if you've got any results at all, please share them. This started because I've got standards medals from some of these meetings but, in a number of cases, no record of which event I got them in. Then I realised that there's no consolidated record of these events, and the NPA seems to have vanished without trace. If possible, I'd like to correct that. Cheers, Steve

For Sale: Leupold VX-II 3-9x33mm Rimfire EFR scope The scope is in good condition. There are some ring marks, but these are superficial and there is no damage to the matt black surface of the scope body. The lenses are unmarked. The price is £295 and this includes postage. The scope is listed on the Uttings website for £439.99 (new). Click this link for pictures of the scope - http://1drv.ms/1VVWkv6 Any questions, please PM me. Steve

'Fraid not :(

Sorry, collection only.

I'm selling my GECO 16 bore (http://www.gunwatch.co.uk/guns/11767-GECO-for-sale) so the following are for sale - 225 Gamebore Traditional Game fibrewad 28gms 6s - £45 325 Hull High Pheasant fibrewad 26gms 7s - £65 36 Eley Bismuth 26gms, mostly plaswad 6s but a few fibre 4s & 5s - £10 (A lot of the bismuth cartridges have some corrosion on the brass base.) £100 for the lot.

14.75" I realised I hadn't put LOP on the ad. I've added it on Gunwatch but the change hasn't worked its way through to PW. P.S. And I bought the gun in 1999, not 1997.

Update... Received the WW spring kit a week ago. The kit contains a spring (obviously), 2 washers that are positioned in front of the top hat, and 3 power bands that slide onto the spring guide before it is fitted into the spring. The washers are 2mm and 3mm. The power bands come in 3 sizes - 3mm, 4mm & 5mm. To cut a long story short, I worked my way up until I had all washers and power bands installed. This configuration produces ~11.6 ft/lb with my favourite pellet - the RWS Superdome. This pellet yields the highest power of those I've tried. I'll run this config for a few hundred pellets then recheck power. So, for now, job done... P.S. Managed to pinch the short beartrap slide at some stage - d'oh! Ran without it for a bit, which allowed me to de-cock the gun, but in the end decided to fit replacement - next day delivery from T W Chambers.

I know it's prolly wasted work but it's risk-free experimentation - if I make a total b*lls up of the job it doesn't matter, because I can fall back on the WW kit. I did work on the guide - just a bit though. It's still tight on the spring, but not as tight as it was. Result? The power is about the same as it was before - if anything it's fallen a bit. Ho-hum.... But I'm learning all the time. After 30 years with firearms, this is a whole new experience. P.S. To adjust the preload, do I need some correctly sized washers?

I've got a chrono so I can check the power levels. My next job is to work on the spring guide. The spring is very tight and that must lose me some power. I'm going to work on it with some wet and dry and see what power increase that gets me. My only concern is by the time I've done all this fettling I won't need the WW kit

As a trial run I stripped down the HW97 while waiting for the WW kit to arrive. I did a quick polish of both ends of the spring and of the metal washer on the spring guide, and applied a bit of lube. Afterwards I ran 20 pellets over the chrono and got an average speed of 573.45 fps with a spread of just under 10 fps - modest but useful increase of just under 9 fps, or about 1.5%. A small but definite improvement....

Well... I spoke too soon. I'd left the stock bolt soaking in penetrating oil for a couple of weeks, and it seems to have done the trick. Got the gun out of the safe, applied leverage to a large screwdriver with a pair of mole grips, and the bolt freed at the first attempt.

Useful tip about the safety - WW warned me about the spring, so your suggestion about tape is a good idea. Thanks for offer of advice/help - might take you up on it if I get into trouble. Seen a few of the vids on YouTube, they encouraged me to have a go. When I've done the HW97, I have an old BSA Airsporter waiting in the wings. I've had it for getting on 40 years and it's been much neglected. Plenty of external rust. I can just about cock and fire it, it's well down on power, but I can't free the stock bolt for love or money. I may have to seek professional assistance unless you can suggest something

I've just spoken to WW. As you say, a very helpful and informative guy. I've been on his web site and ordered a kit, which I'll fit myself. I'm not the best at stuff like this but I've stripped and fettled the occasional firearm, both pistol and rifle, so feel reasonably comfortable about doing it. Thanks for your input. Cheers, Steve

I think I will - tinker, that is. Only problem seems to be the lead time for the Welsh Willy kit (which I like the look of) - almost a month :( I concentrated on the RWS pellets because they group well in my rifle. But I did try Accupell - they delivered much the same results as the RWS. I also tried H&N Field & Target but they are heavier - 15.1 grains - and came in under 10 ft/lbs. I think I'll go lighter and try Crossman Premiums (14.3 grains). But I do think the rifle needs fettling. It's been stored away for some years and may have suffered as a result.

I've seen them referred to as both - tuning kits and spring service kits. Surely the point is that a V-Mach or Welsh Willy kit is designed to provide superior replacement parts that deliver improved performance - in effect a stage 1 tune that someone like me can do.

I chronographed my HW97 the other day - 20 shots for an average of 564.7 fps and 10.21 ft/lbs. The pellets were RWS Superdomes, 14.4 grains. The spread was 9 fps, high of 568 fps & low 559. I can't fault the gun for consistency, but the power is down - I'd like to have it about 11.5 ft/lbs. I bought the gun in November 2005 and it's only done about 1000-1200 pellets, most of those in the last 6 months. Is it possible that the mainspring has taken on a 'set' due to lack of use? Would a tuning kit help? I've heard/read about Welsh Willy kits, V-Mach, etc, and seen YouTube clips of people fitting them. I guess one of these kits would get me closer to the legal limit, and would smooth the gun up and make cocking easier. I'm tempted to leave well alone because I don't shoot game anymore, just targets, and the gun is accurate enough. But I've got the urge to tinker and could easily be persuaded to buy and install a tuning kit. Any thoughts and/or advice? TIA, Steve