Cumbrian

The ammo box is a traditional wooden Parker Hale one, holding 50 rounds. Used but very good condition except for some small, light scratching and rubbing of the beech wood, especially on the underside. Brass furniture and PH roundel on top. There was recently one on ebay, sold for £40 plus postage, identical except that its wood appears to have been nicely sand-papered to give a matt finish. £20 incl. postage. STILL AVAILABLE The two knobs are straight replacements for the usual Anschutz black plastic one. They are different but each is turned to a very decent semi-professional standard. They give extra weight and length and, in my opinion, a more secure grip. Quite pleasing to the eye and with a nice heft to them. The longer, heavier one has some slight weathering on the knurled end. Hardly worth sending individually because of the cost of postage, so, say £18 incl. postage for the pair. Please message me with your email address for photos.

All sold pending payment.

I have 3 unopened bottles of Bore Tech Rimfire Blend, handy 4 oz size, at £10 each (new price is £20) and a box of 500 VFG felts also at £10 (new price is £30, so I would ask £15 but I think a few may have fallen out, so I have made allowance). Postage is unavoidably expensive in relation to value per item at £4.69 signed for or £3.49 if you prefer the risk of unsigned for. Therefore it would make sense for someone to take the lot, or at least two items, for which postage would still be £4.69 or £3.49 in either case.

You are like me then in terms of handedness and eye dominance, and I also have considerably worse astigmatism in my right eye than the left. Of course you can have these blocks. Please message me with your email address so that we can exchange details - not generally advised on an open forum - and I can then send photos as well. Roger

In a way I hope no one needs these because I know how frustrating and difficult life becomes when your main shooting eye does not function as well as the other and you have to contemplate some form of sight displacement. However, if you are in this unfortunate position, you might like to consider these blocks as a cheap alternative to the more expensive offerings from Centra and Gehmann, assuming you don't opt for a cross-over prism. They are heavier than the Centra and Gehmann alternatives, but they are well made and they won't flex or move once set up. They don't seem to come up very often. £40 posted. For photos, please message me with your email address.

Thank you, Mike, reserved for you. Roger

Thank you. See my other reply re. a fair price. Both now marked as sold. Roger

Thank you. Yes, I can discount the two together. Will work out a fair price. Roger

As per title, a very nice, adjustable trigger shoe, and virtually unused (because I made a comparable, but larger shoe out of a piece of aluminium and glued it to an old, conventional Anschutz trigger shoe). Comes with its hex key. (I preferred a curved shoe, on the lines of the old BSA Martini Internationals.) New £44, so, say, £24 posted. Please message me with your email for photos, or see relevant description on the leading shooting suppliers' websites.

As per title, in its padded, superficially slightly scratched box (eagle eye itself is not scratched at all). Not really worth sending photos, but I will happily do so if requested. £43 new, so, say, £22 posted

This neat little device actually works, though it requires a small degree of concentration,, and really does help to focus the eye in the same place each time. £35 new, so, say, £17 posted

I never used this, but it comes with a fitted lens as an extra, which may or may not suit you (to give you an idea, I am basically long sighted, with some astigmatism in my right, shooting, eye, otherwise optically neutral), anyway, the lens holder, complete, costs £69 from Intershoot, so, say, £30 posted.

I have 19 of these excellent quality, polished glass inserts for sale. They are hardly used at all. They won't be everybody's cup of tea, however, because, they mostly range from 5.0 to 5.7 aperture, with varying ring thicknesses from 1.0 to 1.4. There is/are also one 3.7 x 1.2, and one each of 6.0 x 1.3, 6.0 x 1.4, and 6.9 x 1.2. The set currently sits snuggly in a custom made oak base inside a convenient pull-out, stout cardboard box. Nearly all go best with an eagle eye or an extension tube. (For example, if you currently shoot with a 4.1 foresight aperture, I believe that you will need a 5.1 aperture if you choose to add a 0.5 eagle eye, with no extension tube - though I am open to correction on this point.) Each insert now costs £23 plus postage from the leading shooting suppliers, so that's £437 worth of inserts in theory. I bought some of them as a job lot, and the rest as I experimented, in a rather leisurely and costly way, to find what best suited my ageing eyes. (FWIW, I eventually settled on 5.7 x 1.4, with a 0.5 eagle eye, but no extension tube. To be honest, with my mediocre shooting abilities, it did not make make all that much difference between the inserts in the whole 5.0 to 6.0 range, and that was with the whole gamut of ring thicknesses.) Obviously I would prefer to sell the whole set, but, equally obviously, the world is unlikely to be beating a path to my front door for all 19, even with their rather neat base and box. Therefore, I suggest £125 for the whole lot, postage included, or, if that fails to appeal within a reasonably short time (as it probably will), £13 for each, postage included, provided that I receive minimum firm orders for at least 6, individually or collectively. I apologise for the slightly complicated and contingent arrangements. I hope to assist one or more fellow shooters, as well as to raise a small amount for myself. If the idea, in either form, proves to be a complete turkey, I shall not greatly mind; I will still be able to provide food for myself and my wife (and, sometimes, importunate and impecunious 40 year old offspring); and I will probably then simply donate the whole lot to my club. I will send photos to any parties seriously interested in the whole lot, if they will kindly message me with their email address. For those understandably interested in only the odd one or two, please see the information for and photos of High End inserts available at all leadinge shooting retailers, e.g. Intershoot and Edenkillie. Thank you for reading thus far.

This iris adjusts between 3.8 and 5.8 for aperture, with a fixed ring size of 2mm, so it probably won't suit everybody, but I found its ring size appropriate for my older eyes when I belatedly discovered it. It's a quality item, glass not plastic for the essential part, and currently costs £135 new from Intershoot. Ideal for any Centra 22mm foresight tunnel. It is in perfect condition, very lightly used, and complete with its padded box and spanner. £60 including postage. For photos, please message me with your email address.

I am in south Hampshire, Romsey/Winchester. I am, however, planning to travel North in 10 days or so , via M5, then M6.

I have a very, very little used CZ 452 .22 LR (purchased new by me) that I would like to sell and it occurred to me that just possibly it might be used for lightweight sporting rifle. There will probably be no takers, especially as I gather that there are some rifles specifically designed for this discipline, but perhaps it is worth a try. It is one of the older models, with a curved (Bavarian?) butt. It has the original long barrel, which is screw cut. It is superior to the newer models in that it has hand-cut chequering, and an interestingly grained (fiddle back) and attractively honey-coloured walnut stock. With a 3-9 x 40 scope, it easily meets the LSR weight requirement. It is very accurate for an ordinary, non-target .22 rifle and I have used it, with a scope, to good effect at 60+ yards on carrion crows. £120 with several boxes of ammunition (mostly Winchester) included. I also have a good quality, adjustable objective, Edgar Brothers scope (Japanese made, I believe) as an extra item. If by any chance you are seriously interested, please message me with your email for photos and more details.

Very sorry. You are quite right. Now have cleared some space and will message you.

This is the older, steel model, from the early 1980s to judge from the bar on the windage turret. Still an excellent sight and this one came from a low mileage, privately owned rifle, so it is definitely not a somewhat battered club relic. The blacked steel is barely marked at all, and the turrets do not show any backlash so far as one can judge without a dial gauge; they certainly 'click' smoothly and positively. It comes with an anti-glare tube that is threaded (male and female) at both ends, so it can also be used behind the sight to take the iris, if preferred that way round. Obviously no new price available for comparison, but these sights, usually of uncertain provenance, go for substantial sums on ebay. £40 posted (it's a heavy little item). For photos, please message me with your email address.

These are identical, each in its original padded box with spanner (though the boxes are slightly different). Perfect condition, except where each has had a very slight scrape on top of the pillars between which the level sits. The scrape does not in way affect the sight picture or the functioning of the level; indeed it is invisible except when closely examined from above. Each £30 posted (£55 new at Intershoot). For photos, please message me with your email address.

Really as per title. Perfect condition except for tiny marks underneath where it unavoidably rubs on the dovetail. Comes in its original box with spanner. It also comes with a 4mm riser block, with Allen key, for the rearsight to compensate for the increase in height over an 18mm foresight. Ideal for Centra glass High End inserts. Please note that this will not fit the slightly wider dovetail cut into the barrels of later Anschutz models. £40 including postage (£75 new at Intershoot.) For photos, please message me with your email address. (There is a recent interesting discussion, started 24 February 2023, about the advantages of 22mm foresights in the adjacent 'Equipment Reviews' section of this forum.)

This is an adjustable, single stage Kelly trigger, designed for the Anschutz 1800 series, and, I assume, the 1900 also. Rather unusual, perhaps comparable to the famous Kenyon triggers from America, though as I imperfectly understand the two designs, less susceptible to wear than the Kenyon. Anyway, it gives a lovely, crisp let-off. Comes with its original instructions and box, very small hex key, and a replacement 2BA spanner (King Dick make, stamped 'Rolls Royce'), though the original, rather worn, and inferior spanner also comes with it. If you are interested, please message me with your email address. Not sure how to price it, but, say, £100. Also available, free of charge, if you have a spare FAC slot and could pick it up, one Anschutz 1813 barrel, with bolt but no trigger. It shoots very accurately indeed and is not a high mileage barrel at all, but inexplicably it has developed an intermittent but persistent ejection problem, which can be very off-putting when shooting. I have experimented both with a different bolt and its bolt in a different barreI, and the results indicate that the problem lies in the first few millimetres of the chamber. I cannot fathom it, and it would probably be expensive to have a gunsmith sort it out, so either I give it away or I have to scrap it, which would be a pity but unavoidable if no one wants it. Not much point in sending photos - it's simply an 1813 barrel with its bolt.

This excellent, highly adjustable hand stop comes with its original 8mm spanner and extra piece to extend the drop of the hand stop, in its original box. Never used, so new condition. £60 including postage (costs now £125 at Intershoot). For photos, please message me with your email address.

As per title. The comparable Opticron scope now costs about £220, and the top-of-the-range HTF zoom lens costs about £210, and the stand £98, so over £500 worth new. The scope body has a few contact marks from being in a trolley bag. The optics (both eye piece and objective lens) are perfect; they are more than adequate for spotting on targets out to 100 yards; indeed I have used the scope out to one and a half miles for general observation, though not for shooting. It comes with its own soft carry case. The bipod stand is very sturdy and comes with a ball joint head, so it is extremely flexible. It has two additional holes (professionally drilled) in the body of the stand so that the scope can be mounted really low down if preferred. £150 complete (postage extra as it is a heavy and bulky item). If interested, for photos please message me with your email address.

Hammerli 460 rear sight, finest Swiss engineering to eliminate any backlash, perfect condition. Currently costs £500 new, or you can buy the apparently very similar Grunig and Elmiger version for £570. £175 - not much more than a basic Gehmann 590 rear sight. If interested, for photos please message me with your email address. Postage is included. NOW SOLD

The sling buckle (£95 new) is the most important part of the MEC/Centra Startline, Anti-pulse sling (£195 new). It is comfortable and works really well, though it is best with the Sling Connect (£50 new). Both parts are in excellent condition and function as new. A more than adequate length of quality Kurt Thune sling is included with them. £70 for the two, plus postage. Photos available on request by p.m. (or easily available on the Intershoot website).