I don't really know why I like the RWS 92 so much every time I get one I have it for a while and then it go's away but their is a soft spot for one and I end up buying a 92 again , the darn rifles shoot very good and so far I have had 3 of them and they all are nice and easy rifles and deadly, Some day this one will go away too and after a while I'll see a 92 again and here we go again. ha , ha, howie

Buy/fondle/start getting the come hither from yet another/sell gun for funds/buy/fondle....... until we fall off the merry-go-round.

Howie! Should be a rule here: No posting about a new (old?) air gun without a pic!

Best to you

Fuller

Ol Timer
FWB 300S//MM B26-2 .22//Diana 34

well here goes if I get this thing to work I'll post some other pics as the stock gets re finished. howihttp://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1255896598.JPG

To buy while the varnish is drying?

Will be Delivered Next Week,Its NIB and has a Better than Nice Grain Stock.Sold all my R7s & HW30 but wont part with my RWS24 TO5 .22 Rifle, 24 TO 3 Carbine .177 in Hammered Silver Stock.Will have my Second RWS 92 & will keep both.My RWS 92 has been Tweaked by First Owner Plus Completly Refinished Stock with Stippling & Recoil Pad.Made my R7 Stock Plain Jane.another Keeper is My RWS 28 Deluxe Rifle which has a Better Looking Stock than Many Beemans, BSA or Air Aims.And shoots better than my R7 which was 3 times the Cost.Whats that about? Im only a Average Shooter unless I Use my Diana 66 or Walther LGV, thats when I win the Gold !

The trigger, while not adjustable, is quite nice. It also shoots beautifully. Great rifles for, as you said, 1/3 the price of an R-7. Of course, they don't have the almighty Rekord trigger.

Can you believe it the crazy rifle loves Peak pellets does one holers and clover leafs , my old one liked the RWS basic pellets I guess it likes to not cost us old po boys much to shoot . LOL howie

Do I build a new stock out of walnut or maple or some other fine wood or do I recarve this one into a Tyrolean type stock with purple heart and yellow heart trim I need to make the stock longer since the length from trigget to butt is about 12 inches , It is a pretty simple stock as far as building , but I like the challenge of what can be done with the old stock, I know this is a older gun but is it worth more stock than with a custom stock ( the old stock is got a lot of scratches and will need to be refinished to look good no chips or dinge but it looks like in shipping it got bounced around it was in a big like 12"x12"x48" box wrapped in blister wrap lucky the front sight was not damage . So if I have to lose the original finish on the stock it has been changed from original to refinished it should lose any collectors value but if I recarve a new stock it will have a custom stock value. So what do you think. howie

Refinishing will only enhance the value.

Howie:

the M92 was MASS produced and used as a trainer rifle for the JROTC and 4H club's, the M94 was made for commercial purposes that is why the ratio of the M92 is 5 times more than the M94

a M92 is not a collectible YET because you still get them quite often

WHAT will be collectible in the future is any air rifle where "YOU" custom work the wood stock or do another wood stock for the air rifle

go ahead, sand and carve the wood on that M92 because the action might be worth $75.00 and your work with the wood $125.00

who??? commands a bigger price??? I can buy a M92 from $100.00 to $150.00 range price depending on the edition and year made but with your work on the wood the price JUMPS!!!

as to the 12" from trigger to butt you could a a rubber pad with a 1" wood insert, that would make it to 14" which is the same as a M34 and the balance would not be disturbed

warren

PS: just my thoughts'





and remember "it's 30% the gun and 70% the shooter"

Here is some pictures of the Wrs 92 stock so far it will now get 12 coars of varnich sanded between coats to finish the stock. howie

You live somewhere in the midwest US, right Howie? If you lived close to me, I'd be bugging you to teach me everything you know. You mind if I ask some questions?

I live in st. Pete,Fl. where it's nice and warm, good diving too, Ask away . Howie

and I have been there many times, I also know the tools' Howie uses, what I don't is

HOW THE HECK YOU DO IT "HOWIE"

Joel; ask Howie anything you want, he is an OPEN book or e-mail him and then follow with a phone call

make your move and learn from a MASTER

warren

and remember "it's 30% the gun and 70% the shooter"

So far I have 6 coats of varnish on it and tomorrow I will sand it down and get 6 more if you are going to be here you can shoot it and see what you think , I happen to like thumbholes and tyrolean type stocks. Howie

Howie:

and will shoot the skin out of my finger with that one, besides learning some more about your trade

warren;

PS; looks like POPLAR wood am I correct??

Howie another thumbhole masterpiece! Yes you do like them and have a great eye for proportion and lines. I would never have thought you can take a standard stock and turn it into a TH!

By the way I adjusted the barrel band on the 2078 and it sits much nicer in the custom stock I got from you. By the way, I was at the used rack at Gander Mountain today and saw a really nice .270 CZ with a full length stock like yours. Had a Schnable forestock which I've always liked.

Ever think of making a stock with a contrasting wood Schnable forestock?

Hmm. So many ideas...

Andy Wong aka larspawn

It's the original stock converted to a thumb hole and it needed to be filled in with poplar and the original stock was Beech wood but the trim pieces are purple heart wood and yellow heart wood., to make the stock into a thumb hole it needed to have more wood where it was cut down so I could drill a hole for the thumb hole when it was a standard stock it didn't have enough wood for the hole,so I cut out a part circle and epoxied in a piece of poplar since it was the only wood I had that would take a walnut stain and not be too noticeable.and now it is a thumb hole stock also I ground out the cheek piece to form a Tyrolean stock . 6 more coats of varnish to go. Howie PS this is one of the reasons I picked a dark walnut stain to help hide the fill piece.