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  1. I investigated trying to add these to my Edinkillie catalogue a couple of years back. Trade prices in the UK were higher than retail prices in the USA... Know anyone going to the States in the next few weeks?

  2. I suggsest you look at the new HPS handstop ... it fits a standard rail and offers up to 22mm of lateral adjustment. Its simialr to the MEC one, but to my eye appears more attractive, has more adjustment and, if memory serves, is cheaper too.

    The MEC and Gemini are nothing like each other, and the Gemini one is definitely a lot more expensive.

     

    Innes, could you explain what you mean about getting it away from your hand? If you want it clipped in further forward on the rifle then either the Gemini or MEC will do that. If you want something that is deeper then the MEC is substantially deeper than the Gemini, which has no adjustment in this plane at all. There are a couple of Anschütz models that come close, but the MEC is the deepest of the lot.

     

    Whatever you do, avoid that huge piece of black plastic c**p that Anschütz make. They all ought to be melted down!!!

  3. Does anyone have one of the old 1913 butt plates that they would like to sell me for a suitably small amount of money? I'm thinking about the one with the "armadillo" hook, not the one that Anschütz supply these days.

  4. What's wrong with the two you've got?

    The 1 lightweight rifle has a crack in the stock which is currently repaired by duck tape, and has been for a few years, so we thought it was time to get a new one.

    That's will be the one I've been telling you to get fixed on the insurance for years then!!!

     

    Unique is a brand, not the status! Don't go anywhere near it!!! EURC used to have some but we got rid of them 20 years ago - probably to Aberdeen!!!

  5. Handstops and pins for handstops are a definite need especially the newer ball handstops rather than clip ones, something so simple stops guns from being used.

    For student-land you would probaby be better keeping the clips in the handstops (once you get new ones) and then putting sling hooks on all the slings - makes it easier for people to swap slings and rifles.

  6. Thinking of steel, I've been told of a company who source the metal for their tools from pre-WWII shipwrecks. Their reason being that steel made after 1945 is tainted by nuclear fallout. Interesting, though I can't confirm the veracity.

    And the biggest concentration of this is apparently the German fleet at the bottom of Scapa Flow!

  7. The butt plate dates it however - from memory the 1913 came with the next generation of hook (although the later 1813 models may have had this as well), and had grooves in the barrel instead of the foresight block. I would say this was an 1813, probably made in the early 1980s. There was also a transition model between the 14 and 1813, known to some as the 1613 although I don't think that was an official model number.

     

    It's also difficult to tell in the picture what the front of the stock is like - there was a difference between the shape of the 1413 and the 1813.

     

    There should also be engraving on the barrel - if it says Match 54 then it is probably a 1413, otherwise it should say 1813 or 1913.

  8. This years Roberts winner uses a short barreled 2013 so they can`t be all bad

    No, but they have a reputation for not lasting all that long... Plus, shooting in a big wind on Century isn't the same thing as putting together world class scores in a more controlled environment.

  9. Hello Everyone, as a retail firearms dealer specialising in smallbore target shooting equipment, I am prepared to pay to advertise here, fees based on size of ad required.

    Me too.

  10. I think there's been a bloke selling them at Bisley - I've seen fullbore folk use them to great success for their scorecards/plots.

    HPS have been selling weather writers for a couple of years now. They ususally have a stand at Bisley for both the fullbore and smallbore meetings.

  11. If memory serves, my rifle has the dovetail cut straight into the barrel so it shouldn't be a problem.  I have heard that a raising block is needed, run out of elevation otherwise.

    If the barrel has the grooves cut into it (as opposed to a block on top of it) then you shouldn't need the raiser block - the sights are designed for 19xx and 20xx series rifles.

  12. My match 54 has a dovetail attached to the barrell, not cut in and the foresight fits fine.

     

    I guess someone will know if all match 54 barrells have the dovetail attached. I wasn't sure so thought I should mention it.

    While Centra sights will attached to the older foresight dovetail mounts, you may well need to put a 4mm riser block under the rearsight.

  13. Does any one know where i could possible get my hands on a light weight left handed stock.

     

    As Edinburgh University Rifle Club has one of it's main team members shooting with one in two peices...

     

    I know it's difficult to find one of these, and i have less of a clue than any one, so if any one could give me some direction to go in...

     

    Thanks

    Jamie Cole - Hamilton

    Jamie - ask Tricia, she might still have one.

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