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Ahh got you, I understand. I do a bit of long range rimfire out to 400yds and adjustable scope bases are fairly common. I really couldn't justify spending £5-700 on a scope base so 3d Printed some offset inserts for standard rings. WTC ELEVATION ADJUSTABLE SCOPE BASE | Warner Tool Company (warner-tool.com) Cold Shot M.O.A.B. MOA Adjustment Base (Gen 4) (scopedout.com.au

Have you thought about something like this? Adjustable height rings? eBay item number:196056543335

If it's holding air ok but just low power there are two or three possibilities. A) It's been slowly loosing power over time and you've not really noticed the gradual decline due to the hammer spring taking a bit of a set. B) The regulator pressure has dropped. C) You are losing a quantity of air out of the breech when you fire. The hammer spring can be adjusted - not too much of a problem but you will need to remove the anti-tamper, again not much of a problem. The regulator can be adjusted - better with a reg pressure gauge but not necessary. Not too much trouble. Breech O ring needs replacing.

Here's my RCBS M500 scale earning it's keep:

If you enjoy a laugh read this review of the Diana Mod 2 pop-out pistol. "Superb accuracy" "Capable of shooting tight groups at 15 yards" Diana Mod 2 Pop Out Pistol. - MK Guns

Yes, indeed, that is what the illustration on the box depicted. Having had a quick google around I had no idea there were so many other slug types around at the time. These are the three packets of "Cat" slugs I remember. 100,200 and 500 box. I've just grabbed this image from here. Eddie’s pellet tins, boxes collection | Pellet Tins, Boxes etc. | Vintage Airguns Gallery Forum

No unfortunately not although it would be an interesting experiment. Good quality airguns that were about at that time were the BSA Cadet and maybe the "Big boys" had the odd Airsporter or Webley Mk3, well out of my price/age range at the time. I progressed from the pop-out pistol to a Diana Mod 15 - a rifle but looked more like a glorified popgun, again smooth bore but a big jump up from the pistol. I've since used non waisted slugs (not the old Cat slugs)in various other better quality airguns, Sheridan .20's etc. but never sold on their accuracy over a good quality waisted pellet. In the interest of scientific research I found my old pistol and gave it ago for the fist time in maybe 20 years. Using wadcutter target pellets I was able to hit a drink can 2 out of 3 at 6 yards.

They would, in theory. although I doubt that the pop-out pistols had enough power to do any skirt expanding. I would think they were that shape because they were very cheap to produce by being stamped out of a lead sheet with a very simple die - much easier/ than producing a waisted pellet I would think.

Yes, exactly that. Lead cup/dome shaped. Being very low powered and smooth bored, the pop-out pistols worked better with them than the considerably more expensive "Beatall" waisted pellets. The bonus point with the Cat slugs (Lanes) is that they were light and a very loose fit - so much so that some batches would actually slide right through barrel and fall out when loaded. This was easily remedied by lightly twisting the skirt of the slug around the rear sight, so making a small flange on the skirt. Worked perfectly and out performed the expensive pellets in every way. This was in the mid 1950's, no plastic pellets about then. A quick google has just bought this up - brings back the memories.

I still have my old "Gat", although mine is a Diana mod. 2. Bought second hand in 1958, it cost 10 Bob (a new one was 19/6) I was 8 years old. Cat slugs were it's usual diet, bought from the local garage at 6d a hundred in a little square white box. 500 was 2/3d in a light green box. I remember getting into hot water with my brother and a couple of mates when we discovered that Elder berries were just the right calibre and got our school shirts covered in mini "paintball" red splashes.

I made this little elastic band gun for my grandson when he was 5 (he's now 20) It's been through the wars a bit and it's now too small for the youngest grandson.

Thank you. It was some Hammerite I had knocking around. It was in really quite good condition under the grime. A Record No2. As with a lot of things now - Hammerite doesn't seem the same as it used to. I seem to think it used to smell a lot more volatile, dry quicker and set harder - or was that just my imagination and rosy glasses?

A quick little job - My old Dads bench vice given a bit of a makeover to give to my tech teacher daughter.

Thanks Mick - I'm just a self taught hobby scratcher but I find it satisfying turning a chunk of metal into something useful.

Been making chips with my mill today. A few presses for muzzle loading revolvers:

It's a 5" Vertex. I've had it 5 or more years, it's solid and square and does everything I need. Here: eBay item number: 294231034939

Lovely machine - makes all the new ones look flimsy. I have an old Colchester Bantam lathe of about the same vintage that still performs well. My mill is Chinese - the best thing I've done is add the digital read-out, would be lost without it now.

This is my third generation turning target system - I have now upgraded it even further so the targets turn faster. It's now installed on a local range and working very well.

One handed, open sight, unsupported precision pistol shooting is hard work and requires fairly constant practice to keep in form. Unfortunately age takes a toll and I'm 40 years past my best and really only shoot for fun. This is a fairly good (for me) target, shot freehand at 10 metres - it's about a 96, shot with my Walther 1980's CP-2 Co2 match pistol. (With homemade shooting specs)

A bit more pellet testing with my Morini162ei airpistol today at 20 yards. A good bit better than I expected to be honest. Ten different pellets with pistol clamped to a not too solid wooden lightweight bench. All 5 shot groups and all under .7" The R10's retail at around £10/500, Hobby £6.50 and the HN Excite are less that £4/500. Hardly any difference in group size

The very machine Andy. And I've tracked down this short video of it in action. I seem to remember making the .32 wadcutters was much simpler than making the bullet in this video.

Absolutely right Andy - I just couldn't think of the name. I've had a quick search and can find no mention of photos of the press. I do remember it was a real meaty affair and really no effort to swage the little .32 wadcutters, turned out really high quality bullets. Another good quality swaged wadcutter from the same era was Bingley .38's.

That looks exceptional. What rifle?

No double taps necessary on the target I shoot.

Back in the olden days I had my .32 match pistol bullets swaged by the chap who always had a stand at the Bisley AD pistol meetings. The cores were chopped from a reel of lead wire with a simple guillotine with a length stop, then placed in the swaging die and a tiny worm of extruded surplus lead about 1mm thick squeezed out the nose of the die. These were .313 98gn hollow based wadcutters. Absolutely perfect size and weight. I've recently tried swaging some bullets for my .357 Westlake muzzle loading revolver. I started off with a cast .44 lead ball and just shoved it through a .356 Lee sizing die. They didn't shoot badly but no better that a straight cast flat nosed round bullet so didn't progress the idea. They did come out consistent size and weight though. Bottom group swaged, top group cast .357. (20 yards, rested)