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There might be 2 m37 Ithaca’s in the auction, sure I saw more than one listed.

Slight lick of moly grease and thats it.

I can recommend putting a Diana parachute seal on the end of a merc, I have one on the airsporter and it’s the nicest shooting of the lot. I managed to swap out the spring in the Diana for the shortest one and sleeved the piston and there is no twang anymore and it’s sat at 6ftlbs which is perfect for my 10m range. Zero preload and no recoil so should be a good little target gun. The bluing is great and there is still a few marks on the rear but it looks worse in the picture than it actually is. Happy days.

They thought the 5g signal Reduced your immune system and that’s how the virus got into humans. Tin hat time, I prefer a colander myself.

Harder spring just means it will go faster and compress the air quicker, kind of being punched lightly and then punched really hard same mass just moving quicker. Air is obviously compressible but it gets to a point where the pellet like a cork has to go pop and starts on it’s merry way down the barrel. there is a sweet spot between chamber size and spring tension, the Diana 48/52 have a huge chamber and if you fit a really lazy spring it becomes super soft to shoot but feels like a eternity from pulling the trigger to the thing actually firing but it’s quite good once used to it. Think it’s termed as lock time? im no expert but think the above is right?

First place to check is the piston seal, if it’s got the plastic one then a upgrade to a parachute seal will do wonders for it but it might get a bit hot if the spring is good so would be worth checking if you do change it.

Nice shop just outside of Skipton town centre with plenty to browse at. Had one gun from them it was second hand but worked faultless for the time I had it. Good selection of cartridges too. the chippies in Skipton are great, the one by the canal is always busy and has been good every time we have been.

It’s a sodium nitrite and sodium nitrate mix and caustic soda to bring the temp up. It normally works first time and produces really nice results so don’t know why the first dip didn’t take but the end result is good. shame the fun police have put a stop to easily being able to get the chemicals. if this lockdown continues much longer I will run out of projects...... still got a re barrel on a dan Wesson to sort out I want to do a .22 conversion but that’s for another day.

So it’s back together, used the super sport spring which was in pretty good condition and added a tin can guide to to piston as there was still a small amount of play in there. Wiped down and test fired, 560 fps with super domes av so should settle down quite nicely after a tin or two of pellets and the gun shoots so much better and nearly as good as the gold star so job done apart from oiling the stock for the next few weeks! the other result is the bluing looks pretty good and the only patchy bits are on the underlever underside. Last pic of it assembled and looking nice.

Well it did not quite go as planned, first dip nothing happened at all, so swapped out the mix and made 2l with the dregs of chemicals I had left and dropped the lever in and nothing for ages and was about to give up and suddenly it started to work so put the action in and it took ages but it has mostly worked, it’s a bit blotchy in places which I think is down to not re finishing the metal between dips but it will do for a old gun. The parts are currently covered in oil but here is a little taster of the result.

I have the last batch of hot blue Mixed before I run out and since the gov went all mental over chemicals I cannot get any more so may have to go over to rust bluing.

I do have a standard spring I have stolen from a super sport so I’m going to try that first, it has lots of compression and the piston seal looks perfect so with a new spring and possibly a bit of Delrin in there it should not need much more doing to the internals. I have started oiling the stock as it looked stained and then just left so it is a bit flat looking but not too bad and is coming up nice already. the action is now stripped and looking pretty good, a few hours shining it up before giving it a dip and it should be back to original.

Best way to show it is at the breech, you can see the slope there best. If the action was loose or there was a accuracy issue I could see how it could have happened over time but it’s spot on!

More lockdown fun, bought this superstar quite some time ago and not really done much with it and finally shot it the other day and to be fair it was ok but something did not sit right with the firing cycle on it. It was "chooned" by the last owner including a nice black spray paint finish and though there might be a ok bit of metal under it so took a punt on it and thought it would make a good project. So onto stripping it down, tons and tons of moly grease everywhere and a nice square spring of doom which once out showed the true extent of the problem, a nice hacked cut down job there are even marks on the Spring where the cutters have marked it. Bet it went with a bang when the Spring finally snapped! It's marked up the Spring guide so might make up a new one and the paint is being stripped off right now so hopefully it's not a rusted wreck under the paint.

Yeah they were great!

Nothing leaves a trail like a Vulcan bomber, shame there all grounded now.

Some of the older ones have a barrel that droops right from the breech, it's not the lockup as its tight and good, it's fine if using open sights but once you stick a scope on it it's quite apparent. I will try and get a picture later on.

I got a old 35 project a few months back but all it needed was a few drops of oil on the piston washer and it has been doing mid 500 fps ever since and shoots perfectly so not much of a project! Had plans for a synthetic washer upgrade and all sorts but it just did not need it. I cannot get on with the droopy barrel though so it will end up being sold at some point.

Most of the problems were down to poor maintenance apart from the gearbox issues which have been sorted with updated thrust bearings. The rot is no worse than any other car of that time and it does mean you get good at welding. they seem to fetch good money if already in the country but if your willing to do a road trip to lands afar you can buy one and drive it home and save quite a few pound notes.

Well it's been 2 years and it's taken this long to get through other things and finally get out the bluing kit so it's now been in the tank and not looking too shabby, it's not like a new gun but I never wanted to look like new. The trigger is sticking but it's gone back together and it's shoots so a bit of tinkering and it will be ready to go. I put a random short spring in it and it's twangy as hell but making good power although I did want it low powered for a bit of lockdown short range target shooting. now to just get it finished......

There you go, she ain't pretty but gets the job done!

I own one as my main daily driver and have a 2 hour commute. Parts are easy to get from the uk or eu or even from Russia or Ukraine if needed. And there cheap too. good luck finding one cheap though as they have rocketed in value the last few years, I would get a lhd one for a couple of grand and would be sub 5 years old.

I use a lot of discs and the worst ones were off the bay, they were cheap but wore super quick. Had some polish ones off amazon which were quite good and most recent ones were hilka which I only bought because the price for 5 were the same as for a tin of 10 and hate getting ones in a tin and chucking the tins out! They have been pretty good for budget discs. Strangly the last pack of Norton ones were terrible but could have been a bad batch as all the ones before have been great.

Saw a few tonight but only as a flash for a second or so then a delay and another one doing the same.

Seems I was too late, apparently the later times do not reflect the sunlight so needs to be between 9-10pm will try again tonight.....