Mwah! Ha!ha!ha!ha! Happy Birthday :)

[Mrs. H]

Today is Dads birthday, so in keeping with tradition we try and find him something *interesting*.

Behold! The latest "WTF is that???"

From messages thus far recieved he is well entrenched in the garage working out whats missing, what it's supposed to be, and catching bits that fall off.

On the bright side it does have a half decent set of mounts on it...

 

[jukibom]

what the hell is that

 

[ChrisHobbs]

There’s a Mk1/2 airsporter under there somewhere
Guessing someone has had a go at making their own stutzen

 

[Mrs. H]

If an Airsporter and a Mk.1 Enfield were fired at each other in the Hadron Collider this is pretty much what you'd get.
Well, with a bit of duct tape and Gorilla glue thrown in for good measure.

Hey, how many HFT rigs can boast they have their very own bona fide bayonet mount eh?

 

[Mrs. H]

-in fact if we did pop a WW1 Enfield bayonet on it (all 2ft of it) he'd be able to 'poke' the 8 yard target with ease and simply shout 'phut!'.

 

[That hurts]

There's FUGLY, FUGLY, FUGLY and WTAF FUGLY and that belongs firmly in the last category

 

[Boreham]

-in fact if we did pop a WW1 Enfield bayonet on it (all 2ft of it) he'd be able to 'poke' the 8 yard target with ease and simply shout 'phut!'.

Would love to see everyones faces if you turned up at Anston on Saturday with that

 

[BrettMRC]

I spent bloody weeks making that and all you lot do is take the piss.

 

[That hurts]

I spent bloody weeks making that and all you lot do is take the piss.

You're obviously an extremely talented tinkerer, but I think the beaver you use for carving needs a bit of sharpening

 

[Mark E Smith]

I’m sure I saw that on an auction site somewhere a few months ago back ? I’m still mentally scarred by the image !

 

[Cinimod]

I like the way you’ve balanced a nut on the top to see if it’s recoil free, but then again I don’t think wedging it under the scope counts ..dom

 

[Mark Palmer]

I rekon that would make an ideal Benchrest Competition gun

 

[Dioclese]

Anne-did you buy the replica “ Dad’s Army” uniform to go with it?
Private Godfrey?
Happy Birthday Prof. P

 

[Mrs. H]

The main shed does have a Warmington Home Guard sign on it...

 

[Mrs. H]

I spent bloody weeks making that and all you lot do is take the piss.

Next time could you consider doing a no.5 Jungle Carbine. Do you have any idea how much I had to pay for shipping given the size of the box needed to get it in, never mind the 3000cuft of poly chips...

 

[BrettMRC]

....never mind the 3000cuft of poly chips...

..each one hand made!

 

[John M]

Loving the front half. You just need to find the rear half of an SMLE stock to make this truly awsome.

Here's one made from a C.1906 Lincoln Jeffries, so basically on the same principle.

 

[DanH]

Hey, how many HFT rigs can boast they have their very own bona fide bayonet mount eh?

Genius! New rule, up to 15 yards you can charge down and bayonet the target.

 

[Ian Cartmell]

Least it ain't a Daystate

 

[Phil Russell]

OK ... I can't resist so here is an update on what I found on a visual inspection. The rifle is still 'as is' except for ... wait for that. First job was to ensure barrel was free ... yes I have known guns arrive with a barrel full of pellets. Next, break the action ... broke cleanly but hang on, no compression. Surely not. Yes, action was cocked (but no pellet in tap) but trigger was so stiff that my cursory pull (rifle pointed at the trap box) did nothing. A look at mainspring through the cocking slot did indeed show a compressed spring. Added pellet, pulled harder and whoomph it fired; not too badly. But wooden bit next to tap fell off; it had been glued on. Loaded another pellet, trigger very stiff but fired. Out with chrono ... approx 7 ftlb so tlc needed. Further examination suggests the action has been held in a vice at some time .. typical vice marks on cylinder. Stiff end block? Insulating tape on underlever ... maybe to stop a rattle? Not removed it yet. Stock is in a dismal state and has several signs of not very good repair from splits. No butt pad and no space for oil bottle etc that was on the SMLE so maybe it is not a SMLE stock? Any suggestions? Maybe it is the original Airsporter stock but with added on bits? A strip may tell. Serial number is GD13233 so a MK2 Airsporter from 1959/65. G is a bit faint but I cannot see it being anything else. Next phase is full strip .......
Hey ho, cheers, Phil