secretagentmole Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 Well last night, through a strange set of happenstance involving a frame with missing parts, a barbecue with a missing grill tray and a wife that won't listen to sensible suggestions, we set off for the town of Doncaster! The object of my desire was residing there after being in the hands of a skilled Theoben PCP expert, namely one Kev G. Now when I picked this gun up, it had a broken stock, lots of stubborn surface rust on the barrel and silencer as well as a distinct lack of air. Putting air in, I found it to be air tight, however a quick test fire through the chrono revealed it was also a tad over the 12. It needed a service and when firing it made a nice metallic boingggg from the hammer action. Well we got a new gunstock and after a half hearted attempt the rust was covered over with some camo tape. Then I found out about Kev and after talking to him we took the gun to him when we had to go to Leeds to see a man about a couple of guns we had spare and a tune up for the wife's HW95! a week later and the Rapid was ready to collect. However the father in law was very ill, so we had to delay it and we managed to finally get away last night to pick it up. Kev was out when I picked it up, but it was apparent with a dry fire that there were massive improvements. The hammer noise had gone for a start. He had replaced the hammer spring and fitted a spring guide to it, he had also replaced the valve and hammer (so new valve and body and a hammer with a delrin insert to stop that damned boingggg). It became obvious on that dry fire that a little () trigger work had been done as well! The gun was so nice I felt ashamed of the camo tape, so I stripped the gun down (I had to do that anyway because the Dr Bob magazine was fouling the adjuster on the scope, so that had to be moved anyway). I stripped all the camo tape off and with a piece of Scotchbrite and some surgical spirit I set about the barrel and silencer like a dervish. After an hour of determined work the barrel and silencer were clear of rust and adhesive, so I started work with the gun oil and put a few coats of that on. I thoroughly recommend KevG's work. He is a gentleman to to business with and the changes he has made to my Rapid bear testimony to his reputation! Now I have one Rapid 7 back to top condition and ready to go out into the field! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty thud Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 good to hear yor gun ok now mate i whent over to kev gs couple month back wi my mate to get his theoben fixed he knows a lot about them and he has a good set up ther happy hunting mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 Kev G, is the master and a real nice guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonwolf444 Posted May 26, 2013 Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 Do you have any before and after pics? got to love a positive outcome. I hope she gets you plenty of wabbits, or targets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry69koi Posted May 26, 2013 Report Share Posted May 26, 2013 Could you pm me this kev`s address m8,by the way what sort of prices are we talking for a service Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick miller Posted May 27, 2013 Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 Kev sorted the regulator on my fac rapid after one of Ben's conversions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted May 27, 2013 Report Share Posted May 27, 2013 Any pics bud? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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