Awesome rifle and man cave!
Decided to split a business card today with an older pcp rifle
Nice! Reminds me of the rig I wore to high school on "Western Day", 50 years ago.
Well I shot two FWB 300s, a FWB 124 and my newly acquired Diana model 60 Tyro that I just recently resealed and resprung due to the forward piston seal being crumbled and disintegrated into oblivion. They all shoot very nice and accurate but the 60 is just utterly amazing in smoothness and absolutely no recoil whatsoever. I luck out and traded a 22 cal HW97 blue laminate for the 60 tyro because it needed a rebuild and the owner did not have the knowledge to do it himself or the funds to pay for it to be rebuilt. Actually they are quite a simple gun to service with a couple simple modification to a bar clamp and a 1/8" welding rod.The 300s shoot 8.44s at 650 fps, the 124 shoot 8.44s at 825 fps and the 60 shoots 7.87s at 570 fps. All tuned by me.BD
The Sheridan that started it all. My first one, made in 1959.
Quote from: buldawg76 on May 07, 2021, 02:47:47 AMWell I shot two FWB 300s, a FWB 124 and my newly acquired Diana model 60 Tyro that I just recently resealed and resprung due to the forward piston seal being crumbled and disintegrated into oblivion. They all shoot very nice and accurate but the 60 is just utterly amazing in smoothness and absolutely no recoil whatsoever. I luck out and traded a 22 cal HW97 blue laminate for the 60 tyro because it needed a rebuild and the owner did not have the knowledge to do it himself or the funds to pay for it to be rebuilt. Actually they are quite a simple gun to service with a couple simple modification to a bar clamp and a 1/8" welding rod.The 300s shoot 8.44s at 650 fps, the 124 shoot 8.44s at 825 fps and the 60 shoots 7.87s at 570 fps. All tuned by me.BDLike to see some pics of the tyro?
I've been doing some plinking with the Benji 177 , it's a quiet little bugger that's for sure.It's certainly no powerhouse , but it's fun none the less.If you care about efficiency these sure aren't for you, you really don't get a lot of power for the amount of effort required.It's plenty for plinking at 10yds and that's all I really ask of most my pistols anyways.I have yet to really put it on paper, but in plinking I can hit what I'm aiming at and I couldn't really adjust the sights if I wanted to so I don't think it really matters that much.
Quote from: bantam5s on May 11, 2021, 11:00:06 PMI've been doing some plinking with the Benji 177 , it's a quiet little bugger that's for sure.It's certainly no powerhouse , but it's fun none the less.If you care about efficiency these sure aren't for you, you really don't get a lot of power for the amount of effort required.It's plenty for plinking at 10yds and that's all I really ask of most my pistols anyways.I have yet to really put it on paper, but in plinking I can hit what I'm aiming at and I couldn't really adjust the sights if I wanted to so I don't think it really matters that much.It’s like holding a piece of history. So well built.
Here is some pics of the model 60 tyro. I do have the target sights and barrel weight that they came from the factory with but I have it scoped now and added a carbon fiber sleeve over the barrel so I could tension it with the sleeve retaining nut to add some rigidity to the barrel. Shoots like a dream with no recoil whatsoever, its like a PCP on shot cycle. Was out shooting today for about an hour.BD
Quote from: buldawg76 on May 17, 2021, 02:59:15 AMHere is some pics of the model 60 tyro. I do have the target sights and barrel weight that they came from the factory with but I have it scoped now and added a carbon fiber sleeve over the barrel so I could tension it with the sleeve retaining nut to add some rigidity to the barrel. Shoots like a dream with no recoil whatsoever, its like a PCP on shot cycle. Was out shooting today for about an hour.BDWow, love it. The total classic package.