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Gift from a friend, sourced and cut it himself. Pretty cool!

Picked up this ‘87 HW77k at the weekend. Been keeping my eyes peeled for a cheap one close enough to me and this one came up. Only had 25 or so pellets through it so far but it’s quite the machine. I adjusted the trigger a bit and I have honestly never experienced a trigger that is too light before!
I was worried that it wouldn’t live up to the expectation that I’ve accumulated over the past decade but I love it.

Any pellet recommendations? It’s .22

10 years ago when I started modding this 2250 lots of people were taking the bands off claiming better accuracy as if the barrel got knocked it could spring back to where it was.

Just feels super delicate with that tiny breech screw even with a steel breech

What do we reckon?

Absolutely blown away! £21.50 shipped to the U.K., fantastic quality. Can’t speak to longevity of course.
I wouldn’t believe it wasn’t ten times the price. Came with chinglish instructions that are comprehensible and plenty of spare o rings and stuff.

It’s got a bung you put in the end of the pipe to test for leaks and it’s happily holding 2000psi

No affiliation with AliExpress and not a bot (check my account) but if I knew pumps were this cheap I would have gone down the pcp road long ago

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If it blows up and fills my shins with shrapnel I’ll post pics

Not played for a few months, good to be back at it!

Very much on the smallest end of the point type, made from heat treated Suffolk flint

Getting better with my flaking!

Getting more comfortable with these notches now. Feeling like less of a mystery

Started converting this 2250 to bulk CO2 in years ago but my easy access to CO2 dried up and it went in the cupboard.

I now have easy access to HPA and some turning and machining capabilities. Ideally I’m after an off the shelf kit to convert this to HPA U.K. available in the U.K.
Otherwise can anyone recommend me an instructional website or video that’s trusted?

James

Been doing a bit more research into the Armorican arrowheads of Brittany. Finally managed to get some more photos! Pay careful attention to the scale at the bottom

First decent core with antler pressure. Interesting difference to copper. Friction was an issue, had to rough the platform surface with abrader, pretty sure this help the fracture initiate.
Flake scars much smoother with less ripping, leaving the edges of the blades straighter.

I’m in the U.K.

Messing around with my grandads old Relum tornado. Needs a decent strip and clean and probably main spring, it’s dieseling pretty good as he absolutely loved this oil can.

Surprised to get down to 3/4” groups at 10 meters with the open sights and rws meister somethings. Can only expect that to improve.

Rear sight particularly is pretty crude, huge gap in it. I saw an article about one that had an aperture sight on it and I liked the look of it. Would love to find a cheap vintage one, can’t find much online, any pointers?

Are cheap new ones going to be worth bothering with? It’s only going to be a plinker so don’t want to spend loads on it.

Also, how’d you clean the barrel on a gun like this with a rotating breech?

Hello

My partner and I are looking for a yellow ocre paint to paint our cabin, but we’re struggling to find it. We’ve been looking at Jotun Demidekk but not sure which to choose. I put some example of the kind of shade we’re looking for. Thanks!

Gorgeous piece of orange yellow Scottish flint from the Buchanan gravels. Worked wonderfully.
Made a Kilmarnock inspired point

Used my mates dewalt nail gun over the weekend for framing and he was telling me he’s had no end of issues with it, problem after problem and half the weekend it was just deciding not to work. Sent it in for repairs twice and issues not sorted.

Problem is we’re both big dewalt users and I hoping he’s just been unfortunate and got a dud. I’d like to get a dewalt nail gun for the future framing (ease of batteries) I’m going to be doing but this has put me off.

Anyone got one, what’s your experience been?

We’ve recently got three acres in north wales, U.K. and there are small numbers of rabbits all around us. No warrens on our land but regularly see two or three in our field and there is a dozen or so in the fields behind us. There isn’t currently sufficient numbers for me to sustainably shoot any for food.
We have a collie and im hoping her presence will help deter foxes. Obviously I won’t do anything about any weasels or stoats.
Apart from deterring predators is there much we can do to try and increase their population?
I like the idea of being able to passively farm them and maybe take a handful a year, I don’t know if this is a realistic goal.

Any suggestions?

Used to shoot loads as a kid and 15 years off since leaving home. Got my own place now and room to play so I’ve been practicing!
My pellets are also at least 10 years old (rws hobbies) and quite tarnished but otherwise I’m good condition. Is tarnish likely to affect accuracy?
Also, when I’m shooting, occasionally the gun will recoil/ kick sideways and throw my shot off. I can’t work out what I’m doing wrong shooting off my gun bag as in photo. Is there a particular thing that causes this or is it just down to inconsistency!
Thanks!

I’ve got lots of jasper that I would like to make into spherical beads of around 6-7mm diameter for a necklace. Im likely only going to do it once so not investing in a bead mill.
What’s the best way to go about this? I have a wood lathe that I can run very slowly, is a set up with a small hole saw on a drill going to be my best bet?

Pic of jasper seam for attention

Probably not the best angle but any feedback on form would be great

Made these two from some small flakes when waiting for the big stuff to come out the kiln

Couple of guys have asked to see where and how I source my material so here’s a 10 min vid of me going on about it