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Post by Rockabillybilly on Nov 6, 2022 14:27:09 GMT
A bit of a strange one. I have a Umarex shell ejecting rifle that, when you shoot it, the pellet/BB fires upwards. I don't mean just a bit that adjusting the sights would sort out, I mean a heck of a lot. I haven't stripped it down yet but was wondering if any of you folk have had this happen to your Umarex Winchesters.
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Post by Wild Bill on Nov 6, 2022 15:07:45 GMT
A bit of a strange one. I have a Umarex shell ejecting rifle that, when you shoot it, the pellet/BB fires upwards. I don't mean just a bit that adjusting the sights would sort out, I mean a heck of a lot. I haven't stripped it down yet but was wondering if any of you folk have had this happen to your Umarex Winchesters.
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Post by Rockabillybilly on Nov 6, 2022 15:48:06 GMT
Pretty much! Where ever his projectile went mine wouldn't be far behind to be honest...it's that far out.  |
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Post by HeadHunter on Nov 6, 2022 15:58:11 GMT
Try giving the barrel a clean, it sounds to me like there's a partial obstruction at the muzzle end of the barrel forcing the BB to go off on a tangent, much like your posts in general really, lol  |
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Post by flatrajectory on Nov 6, 2022 16:44:10 GMT
Billy, Check the breech seal. Open the cocking lever and look at the breech seal that seals the front of the cartridge, it may have been extruded slightly from use ... particularly if the extrusion is at the top of the breech area , poking into the barrel. This will have the effect of `hop-up`, causing the bb to spin upwards.
Pete.
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Post by Rockabillybilly on Nov 6, 2022 21:43:27 GMT
Thanks folks.
Disclaimer which I should have said in my original post; The Winchester is NOT the one I bought off Pete.
HH; 'Tangent'? You obviously haven't read my latest offerings on Fleabay then! Even I couldn't believe how much of a tangent I went off on! |
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Post by Rockabillybilly on Nov 6, 2022 21:44:20 GMT
P.P.S. Thanks Pete. I'll do that in the morning. |
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Post by CaptDAR on Nov 6, 2022 22:02:43 GMT
Thanks folks.
Disclaimer which I should have said in my original post; The Winchester is NOT the one I bought off Pete.
HH; 'Tangent'? You obviously haven't read my latest offerings on Fleabay then! Even I couldn't believe how much of a tangent I went off on! Links required 😊 |
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Post by Rockabillybilly on Nov 7, 2022 8:48:40 GMT
The 2 items I had on Fleabay have gone but if you put in 'Wolfrace Wheels Slot Mags' and click on the Completed Listings box they should come up. The other item was a Vintage Villiers Safe but I ended that early because I forgot I said my sharp shootin' neighbour could have it.  |
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Post by Wild Bill on Nov 7, 2022 10:20:39 GMT
The 2 items I had on Fleabay have gone but if you put in 'Wolfrace Wheels Slot Mags' and click on the Completed Listings box they should come up. The other item was a Vintage Villiers Safe but I ended that early because I forgot I said my sharp shootin' neighbour could have it.
The poet of the Replica airgun forum:
Hello. Here are my Wolfrace wheels that were fitted to my PA Cresta that I no longer need. The wheels I mean, not the Cresta.
They are 5.5 PCD (I was told by someone who knows what PCD means)
The wheels are in pretty good condition and the tyres are good as well. Two are Landsail and the other two aren't. They are Davini.
The tyre sizes are 195/60-15.
Cash on collection only but, if your name is Keith and you live at Number 46, I can roll them down to you. But your probably not Keith from Number 46 so forget that. Unless of course, you are! If you are, can I have my ladders back please. I've rung you loads of times (Hey...that's a pun...only probably not as funny)
Although I do actually have some step ladders. My real ones ran away when I was 6.
I thank you.
P.S. Can you hurry up and buy these please as I need the money to buy some wheels for my Cresta as it's up on bricks at the moment. I suppose I could put these wheels back on though couldn't I? Then again, if I did that I wouldn't have the money from the sale of these wheels to buy wheels for my Cresta thats up on bricks at the moment. And, if you buy them at the price I think they should be, with the extra change I could buy some ladders because, after 38 years of him having had them, I have a sneaking suspicion Keith isn't going to give me them back. Mind you; the bricks the Cresta is up on was from Keith's back yard...I borrowed them from the pile he had to build a new toilet with. So, to sum up; if you give me the money I need, everyone will be happy; Me because I'll have wheels for my Cresta, Keith because he'll have his bricks back and Mrs Jones at Number 48 because she'll no longer have to see Keith emptying his back bowel into a bucket while she's having her breakfast.
That is all.
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Post by CaptDAR on Nov 7, 2022 11:59:38 GMT
I wonder if we should liven up our gun sales adverts in a similar fashion. It would certainly bring a smile as the above one did for me.
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Post by Modski66 on Nov 7, 2022 12:32:18 GMT
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Post by Rockabillybilly on Nov 7, 2022 18:04:49 GMT
I did wonder, when I made the 'back bowel' reference, if I'd get yet another ban from eBay. They've banned me for lesser stuff. Two of which were; arranging to view a 1950's sofa before I bought it and selling a human skeleton. Or rather, trying to; they removed it after 3 days.  |
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Post by Rockabillybilly on Nov 7, 2022 20:22:46 GMT
This is the advert for the Safe which I took down after promising it to my neighbour.
'Hello and welcome to my auction of this rare antique safe. I do have the main key and it locks as it should but I can't find the key to the small box. I should have put it in a safe place shouldn't I. If I do find it I'll put it in the safe for safe keeping.
To give this safe it's proper name; It's a Villiers Security, Twelve Bend, Fire, Fall and Thief Resisting safe. I should hope it is too. It's a bit like buying a packet of Peanuts and it saying on the label "May Contain Nuts" Or them adverts in the Peoples Friend magazine; "Send No Money Now!" Hold on, it's nothing like the last one..I mean...how do you send no money....now! Are you supposed to send an empty envelope or something? Oh I don't know.....anyway, let's not get bogged down in all that send no money now nonsense. Unless of course, you want to send me no money now but actually fill the envelope with money...that would be ok.
The dimentions of this safe will be in good old fashioned feet and inches (apart from the feet bit) because my tape measure is from 1956. It was given to me on the occasion of my birth by an Aunty who was called Cecil who used to walk around the house with a saucepan on her head, dressed as Torchy The Battery Boy (Google him if your not old like what I am and don't know what he looked like) whilst shouting the complete works of Rudyard Kipling. She was unwell at the time. Having said that; you've got to have a hobby, haven't you?
Height;(of the safe, not my Aunty) 26 inches. Width; 17 inches and last but least, Deepness; 17 inches.
Please, for the love of Mike........don't ask me what my "Buy It Now" price is please because I'll tell you I don't have one which, to be honest, you'll see by looking and not finding a Buy It Now price on my listing that I don't have a "Buy It Now" price and also don't ask me what my "Best Price" is either because, to save you the time and trouble...I can tell you now; a million pounds of your finest coinage please. And a safe to keep it all in. Hold on, I've already got one of them, haven't I?
Cash on collection only please. Regarding Postage....behave yourself.........I know my Postie has got a sense of humour but even he would draw the line at humping this thing about the Countryside!
Then again; dependant on where you live, I could, at a cost, bring it to you in my lovely Patented Acme Safe Delivering Adapted Vehicle. But not if you live lots and lots of miles away from CW3 0ES I won't. I know I need to get out more but I've got to get home for me tea.
I must go...I need rest.
P.S. In case your wondering about my Aunty; she made a full, quick and miraculous recovery on account of her stopping eating Duraglit on toast every morning. Yep; she completely cut the toast out and lived to a healthy age of 23'.
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Post by CaptDAR on Nov 7, 2022 20:42:23 GMT
Unlike you I’m completely lost for words to compile a reply 😆
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