Laminated Pistol Grip for PCP Pistol being made

[karizman]

Great looking piece
Is it Pine wood there? Also, I think you could have added a little more wood to where the base of the palm (rear grip) touches the gun. In pistol shooting, I have observed, correct me if I am wrong, that the pressures on the line of the target (fingers and rear of the palm) gives great control.
Or maybe, you have not taken a complete grip in your pic, and I may be completely wrong
What matters more is the ability to think you can do it and go ahead and DO IT! Hats off buddy

It's a mix of Pine wood & imitation Rosewood. My friend wants to use it for general plinking & ratting. He finds target shooting boring & hence he had recommended for sporting looks with maximum possible grip control. That is why I designed this.

Thanks for your valuable suggestions & I will keep them in mind while making specific target grip in future.

Thanks,

Karizman

[TenX]

I am making two pistols at present one is Co2 powered & other one is PCP. Both the pistols are being made from scratch. I mean to say only their barrel is from Lothar Walther - Germany & rest of the pistol including air reservoir is being made by me at my home workshop. I will let you all know the progress as soon as it is complete.

Thanks

Excellent work Karizman , do post step by step progress of your project and I wish all the best for it. I have two questions regarding it

1. Did you import the barrel from walther through post/courier or someone personally carried it from abroad ?

2. This one may sound a little bit odd and excuse me for asking this question but I would like to know the legal aspect of it, I mean is it legal to make airguns (even for hobby purpose) without having a special permission or license ? Actually most of the Airgun makers in Kolkata do have a sort of Arms Manufacturer License (dont know the exact name/term of it but that was issue by state goverment). I assume you are not a professional gunsmith and doing it for hobby purpose. Correct me if I am wrong , and I would be the happiest person on earth to know its legal and does not required any special permission to create/make airguns for hobby purpose.

I am not gunsmith, only a tinkerer. Air rifles do not require licence to own. I am not making a new air rifle. I am just refurbishing the gun which again does not require any kind of licence. Do you require a licence to change a spring, washer in your springer? Don't you change size of piston by polishing it ?

(Dear Saptarshi please see your PM as well)

Dear friend every law has a loophole. One just has to find it. I tried contacting Home ministry, Local arms licensing authorities, gun dealers to know exact law being applied to airguns but everywhere I got vauge answers. Therefore I decided to go ahead with refurbishing while staying in power limit. Secondly I only do it as a hobby & among my friends only.

And above all these I have seen that most of the laws are made without proper consideration & hence always broken or challanged. Take case of import of .177 airguns. What are you going to shoot through it? Peanuts, because pellets or any other accessories & spares are not allowed to import. But still anyone with right contacts gets everything in our country. I just feel pity on ourselves. We want gold medals in all Olympic events but except cricket bats, hockey sticks & protection gear for these sports nothing is being made in our country to highest standadrs. And do you know these are the only products are not restricted to import & are classified as sports goods in DGFT manual. Our government itself does not acknowledge other sports then imagine where we are heading.

I am sorry for such a long reply but I coud not stop pouring out my anguish. I hope you all have the same feelings.

Thanks

Karizman

Well said .. Sad but true..
In several areas of technology, Information technology, speed and such, a big chunk of rapid improvement is occurring, enough to threaten other super-powers ... but we are still fixed to our age old rules and systems, which eventually become the bottleneck for us all...

[mundaire]

its better than seeing people's pocket lint

Evil evil man!