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by Longshanks
Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:31 am
Forum: For Sale
Topic: Original 75 Match Rifle
Replies: 8
Views: 4500

Re: Original 75 Match Rifle

Yes, now that I have it sorted I am not using it much, had hoped to use it for 20 yd benchrest, it is very accurate, but not good enough for that. Fine for it's original purpose, 10m. standing, it shoots1/4" groups over a rest at that distance, but I am getting on and not fit enough for the sta...
by Longshanks
Wed Feb 15, 2017 3:45 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: Original 75 Match Rifle
Replies: 8
Views: 4500

Re: Original 75 Match Rifle

Yes, at this stage I am just trying to gauge the level of interest there might be if I decide to let it go.
by Longshanks
Tue Feb 14, 2017 12:37 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: Original 75 Match Rifle
Replies: 8
Views: 4500

Original 75 Match Rifle

Hi,I have a 1980 Origial Model 75 which is in outstanding condition. It had been stored unused for 35 years and belonged to a friend who only put a few hundred pellets through it and then lost interest. I couldn't believe how good it was, but of course the seals were shot. Seals replaced, and it sho...
by Longshanks
Sat Mar 07, 2015 8:07 pm
Forum: Off topic chat
Topic: Victoria Cross Recipient
Replies: 6
Views: 3592

Re: Victoria Cross Recipient

My late uncle had a DFC and bar from WW2, he went right through the war as a tail gunner, he was a breed apart, it takes a special type of person to do what these people do. Sad part was that as an old man, he used to wonder whether it was worth what he, and the hundreds of comrades he knew who didn...
by Longshanks
Sat Mar 07, 2015 7:50 pm
Forum: Off topic chat
Topic: Want a larf?
Replies: 37
Views: 13122

Re: Want a larf?

They seem to have locked the post, shame, was looking forward to having a large.