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05/06/2022 17:27:28
Daystate Huntsman Mk1 (PCP)
With thanks to Dale.
In Nick Jenkinson stock.
The owner says:
This rifle features a one piece steel tube as opposed to the brass / steel construction of the Huntsman Low and Midas version.
The rifle is fitted to a stock made by Nick Jenkinson for an FT shooter called Bob Wilkins who formerly shot at the Avon Hawks Club near Bristol.
When first made for Bob the deep section of the fore-end extended level with the base of the pistol grip, but was soon modified to the depth seen here.
When I acquired the stock in 2020 just prior to Covid kicking off big time in the UK it had a CR94 action fitted to it (badly) that had required wood to be removed at the top of the upright thumb channel.
This has left a gap that I will shortly infill with some walnut I acquired for the job.
The Mk1 action was supplied fitted into an FT stock from a Mk3 action, this stock will now be adpated for the CR94 action as it requires no material to be removed from it to fit.
I was told by the person I bought the Mk1 from that it was formerly a Daystate team gun from the late 80's early 90's.
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05/06/2022 17:41:01
Daystate Huntsman Low (PCP)
With thanks to Dale.
The owner says:
It is an early to mid 1980's Daystate Huntsman Low, often called the Midas because of its brass cylinder, although the actual Midas was a slightly later variant of this gun...
It is a simple knock open valve type rifle, the trigger is very basic just a simple steel plate on a hinge pin that hooks directly onto the striker, this one has had a brass trigger shoe added in an attempt to make it one step up from crude.
Apart from the cylinder main plug seals being totally perished, it is in working order but needs to be properly set up as the power curve is pretty horrendous.
The steel work also needs re-bluing, but until the action is functioning at its best that can wait.
The stock is a variant on the Custom Stocks CS800 and post-dates the action by several years.
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07/01/2023 17:39:37
Daystate Huntsman Low (c.1980)
With thanks to Dave.
With HW rear sight.
