Return to an old hobby .

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5 hours ago, Nick the wanderer said:

Ha haar that made me smile.. l used to play pool 20 years ago in the local Lincoln league. A great night out and a few shiny plastic trophies. 

Over Christmas when my youngest came back from uni he said he'd taken up the game. Brilliant says l let's go down the club and have a game.

Absolutely useless can't see a thing! My specs throw everything off straight and without them it's a bit of a blur...

I stopped playing just before I found out I needed to start wearing glasses. I did try a couple of times in the social club, but as you say, it’s not good with glasses. 
Luckily I had lens replacement surgery 3 years ago due to having cataracts (at 50 ffs!) I don’t need glasses anymore

 

I practice twice a week and play on a Wednesday night now. 

 

[Capt Sisko]

Just been reading the few opening post and I was glad to read I wasn't the only one who used to shoot the models with an air rifle. My brother and I even made a slide using some fishing line and the object was to shoot the plane down in flight before it could drop its bombs. Great game. As for Action Man, his days were numbered. The smarmy little git was put up against the wall and shot for being a traitor.

 

 

[DaveHargrave]

Had a similar break myself and getting back on two wheels felt great. Took me a bit to get confident again, but muscle memory kicks in quicker than you'd think.

[Tinkicker]

On 11/11/2021 at 12:55, billy sugger said:

Same here, but with a BSA Airsporter . 22 fitted with telescopic sight and rather expensive prometheus hunting pellets

 

Ah the Airsporter.  Here is one I was given in 2020 as a rusty, seized, non operational relic of past youth.  It had been stood and long forgotten in a parents shed for at least 30 years and probably closer to 40, it only came to light when the now collapsing shed was being emptied ready for pulling down after the now very elderly parents had passed on and the house was being prepared for sale.

 

Luckily, someone a long time in the past had squirted a lot of oil down the barrel so the rifling, tap assembly and cylinder were still in good condition internally, the trigger sear assemby was seized and would not hold the piston back.  Cost around £20 in new seals, parts and materials and I reckon from what I have seen locally, it is worth between £150 and £200 these days.

The period correct and original BSA telescopic sight and mounting rings were found on ebay for a further £20.

 

Given to me by a work mate and I restored it to its former glory, must be around winter 2020.  Still have it.  Could not afford a BSA when I was a kid, I had an eastern bloc produced Relum Tornado.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited Monday at 11:21 by Tinkicker

[billysugger]

That looks nice. What do you use on the stock to keep it tip top? 

[S-Westerly]

My father in law had one of those and I used to snipe wood pigeons in the strawberry patch from the half landing window. Great fun but not for the pigeons. 

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4 hours ago, billysugger said:

That looks nice. What do you use on the stock to keep it tip top? 

Boiled linseed oil.