Two gun questions please m

[Harnser]

What would have to be done to a trap gun to convert it to a sporter . I know they are generally tighter choked and normally have an higher comb . Second question is , what if any general maintence is required of a HW 95 .22 air rifle . Thank you .

harnser

[Scully]

As far as I’m aware trap guns are ‘sporterised’ by either shaving the comb or bending the stock. I may well be wrong.

[Harnser]

37 minutes ago, Scully said:

As far as I’m aware trap guns are ‘sporterised’ by either shaving the comb or bending the stock. I may well be wrong.

That doesn’t sound to off putting . 

Harnser

[oldypigeonpopper]

hello, your 95, if it aint broke keep shooting?

[Mr.C]

Or you could just learn the sight picture for it and use it as is. 

[Scully]

2 minutes ago, Mr.C said:

Or you could just learn the sight picture for it and use it as is. 

Yes, I was hoping I could do this with a 8500 I owned, but it wasn't to be. Lovely gun but I had to sell it as I had no idea where I was shooting! My nephew bought it off me and he can certainly shoot sporting with it and uses it to great effect on team flushes and high bird days as it's choked full and extra full. 

[figgy]

I would pattern it first and then try shooting sporting clays with it. You may be ok with it before having the stock worked on. 

Lots of Perazzis were a trap stocked sporter. 

Edited May 29, 2018 by figgy

[Ultrastu]

As far athe airgun .maintenance

Wipe down the metal work with an oily rag .after each shoot .especially the barrel . (Wd 40 is fine ) 

Check the stock screws for tightness as if they are even a bit loose your zero will be totally off ..

Occasional bit of cv greese on the breech block and detent pin .and you can wipe a bit in on the spring with a cotton bug through the cocking slot . (Probably twice a year ) 

DONT DONT DONT  ever use any thing with silicone in it anywhere on the gun .

 

[Hamster]

7 hours ago, Harnser said:

What would have to be done to a trap gun to convert it to a sporter . I know they are generally tighter choked and normally have an higher comb . Second question is , what if any general maintence is required of a HW 95 .22 air rifle . Thank you .

harnser

First you need to define Trap gun, many very fine shots use completely unaltered guns for Sporting and even Skeet that were originally meant to be used on the DTL field; in fact ESP is often shot with even the tight chokes untouched. 

People always assume that a Trap gun WILL throw high, not necessarily so, even a higher than average comb (which is common for such guns) is no guarantee that the pattern will print appreciably high - they can though help with creating a less cluttered sight picture because the eye is placed a little above the rib, I shoot this kind of set up myself at least partly because it helps me to avoid "head lifting" either during the mount or a nano second prior to pulling the trigger. 

4 hours ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

hello, your 95, if it aint broke keep shooting?

Correct, tiny amount of lubricant on the outside wear joints is all the routine maintenance you need and even then only if it's used weekly. 

[welshwarrior]

Depending on the trap gun as with everything some will never convert.  

One trap gun I used for a few years to good effect sporting and game was untouched I just shot it.  

[Gunman]

Making a trap-gun into a "sporter" is not difficult and costs will depend on how much work is involved in stock alterations  .If the grip is reworked and forend slimmed down it will need re checkering so the cost will go up .Changing ribs is not  practical or economical although I have done it in the past  ,so if it is a full trap rib you just have to live with it 

One consideration is that the gun can never be classed as true "sporter" rather as a "sporterised " gun . It will also no longer be a trap gun and this will affect any future value .