Go on. Admit it. You made that you didn't you
Not guilty.
The earlier target stocks had a large tip like this:
Later ones had a smaller tip, more like this:
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Not guilty.
The earlier target stocks had a large tip like this:
Later ones had a smaller tip, more like this:
Triggertime
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You are correct those where the days everthing seemed to be exciting and interesting
now its just more of the same with more features than anyone really needs just for market share.rapids/raw should have a cylinder option(other than the tm1000) they handle so much nicer,i have a impact gsx revolution they really are great
Rich79
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Loading port
Someone looks to have butchered the back end too but for what I paid I can live with it.
It came with a story that it apparently was a first prize in a very early HFT comp in someone's rather large back garden.
How true that is I don't know but there's no way of proving it, it came from an rfds private stash and 2-3 times a year he mentions about buying it back.
Like cars-modern guns are “style-over-substance”.You are correct those where the days everthing seemed to be exciting and interesting
rapids/raw should have a cylinder option(other than the tm1000) they handle so much nicer,i have a impact gsx revolution they really are great
Pretty CNC’d Italian stocks, with flimsy metal.
I can't comment on the provenance of it being a prize or anything.
However, the loading port looks more like an after market modification (very well done though) as it isn't the style Daystate did from the factory when they finally abandoned the fiddly port - unfortunately I don't think I have a picture of the one I had wth the updated port.
At the back end all tha has been done is the original safety catch has been ditched (they weren't great to be honest) and added a power adjuster using the hole that the safety retaining screw went into, pity they did a bit of a gash job of cutting the channel in the stock.
Personally if it were mine I would change that adjuster to one less inviting of tinkering and have the stock restored.
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I fitted a period FT scope (Tasco 8-40x56 Custom Shop) on the 2000 and gave it a trip to the club today - the wind was playing the arse, but when I got the measure of it I was hitting the targets very nicely.
Engraver
Super member
Absolutely
Daystate used to hugely over engineer their guns. Safety factors well above what any more modern gun does.
Now 1.5x test cylinders are common (and scare me senseless given I work with extreme pressure stuff)
Daystate used 4-1 and sometimes 6-1 as a margin.
Very little beats quality steel for a rifle cylinder (especially given I paid less for my .338 Lapua magnum than some PCP’s cost)
I used to own a Ripley that was specially built for the late Tom Walton following the failure of his GC2, it had a stainless tube that apparently was rated at 60,000 psi fail pressure - the downside was being pretty thick walled it was bloody heavy!
You have a lot of very nice guns and certainly some of the best ever made by Daystate.
Thanks.
The Daystate's that I currently own have altogether cost me about the same as one brand new Black Wolf - and I bet they will long outlast the more modern offering.
I know what I'd rather have!
Let me think.............
I bet it isn't the modern offering.
Spot on, I find them soulless. I do like the Wolverine R, but I'd rather have an older one.
Wish I'd kept my Sportsman MK2.