I had my old GC2 serviced last year and brought it back from the dead . but on checking my old 2002 shutz for a service . i found that really it is to worn to consider , so what to do . so after thinking it through . i e mailed young al and asked him if he would consider selling his one . this used to be long to uncle melv and is a nice shooter . anyway i am picking it up tomorrow afternoon to try next week at the club . that is if it ever stops raining . ??? HOLLY
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Well here we are . test next week if weather allows . then into pup stock if good .>> ??? HOLLY
My Bull pupped Shutz has a complicated frame around it to A/ stop the zero shifting and B/ let it locate in the stock . never had that apart . so thought it had quite a few holes drilled and tapped in the central block . but on stripping it turns out that B&M who made it use original holes already there . so i just have to drill two very small holes that locate the pegs . i do hope it all works out . fingers crossed ??? HOLLY
OK as i thought the carbon barrel shroud on the new shutz would not fit through the hole in the frame of the old one . so gotta come off . anyway used the old barrel sunday and damn me if the cocking pin did not break after 5 shots . took the old one off and fitted it . some were not heat treated . my original has been in the twenty years . so not everything that is new is perfect . push on ??? HOLLY
Don't you get that feeling some things are not to be. mind you soon be summer then you can mess about in the garden.
PS, when you getting that new Falcon X50 scope, want to see what all the hype is about.
Gotta wait for the nice people at E bay to give me my dosh Keith . good old pay pal ??? HOLLY
PS another week and a half yet .
The main reason i try to avoid using them, always prefer face to face, cash in hand, saves hassles.
Last time i use Pay pal to sell with Keith ??? HOLLY
If it stops raining tomorrow . shutz out with old barrel once again . hopefully the cocking pin will not break this time . just for an hour or two .
Got to ask, which one of all these guns is going to be your main comp setup?
Keith at my age , i play at it . but this old rifle has got some very good scores over the years . it sits over the knee planted . as it should at this weight . now with a falcon on top . it will be my best chance in open of winning one GP . that is if it shoots well with either barrel . tomorrow is the first one . sunday i hope will be the second . then we will know . maybe later in the year for the vulcan / hOLLY
As Was , as Is ??? HOLLY
Some good some bad as usual . the old barrel shot better than it usually did . but a slight leak from the breech seal upset things . next up is the newer barrel next week , when melv finishes it i hope . onward and upward . or maybe onward and downward ??? HOLLY
Getting there then, breech seal would think is a easy fix??. Whats Melv doing to it?
The older type of breech seals are not easy to get but i have several spare ones in black ( the originals are green ) melv is getting the shroud off , it is carbon fibre and needs heat on it to loosen it . otherwise it will not fit through the pup frame work . maybe ready to see what it can do next week . or not . oh and got to paint it black as per the original ??? HOLLY
PS then we will be ready to kick some spring gun ass .
Look forward to a bit of competition, bring it on
Competition is what makes us tick Keith ??? HOLLY
Ok young Melv has got the shroud off and made it look good . he is gonna paint it . so dunno whether it will be dry for tomorrow or not . if not i will try it wednesday . should be a dry week i think . then we will know what we have to play with . ??? HOLLY
Sorry Holly but that is plain ugly with that short cylinder, you should be ashamed of yourself. Doesn't matter what it shoots like as long as it looks good.
By Gad sir . you will never be allowed into the bull pup club talking like that . we are after all at the cutting edge of performance . now where did i put my cake ??? HOLLY
Did someone mention Cake ?
If the club Sec says . Longer ? then longer it must be ??? HOLLY
what you do, cut the barrel back a bit.
no mate i have two actions . BUT what i did not know is there are small differences between em . makes it hard to mix and match .this damn wind is making it difficult to sort the wheat from the chaff too . HOLLY
That looks better Hol.