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An adjustable iris is essential. How else will the other shooters know you are really cool?

Coloured filters!

Also, as others have suggested, particularly for us oldies, a selection of lenses, in 1/4 or 1/8 diopter increments would be useful. So would be an over-full wallet.

Absolutely! Anti-reflection coating is a must!

Since you are supposed to be focussing on the front sight, not the target, if the distance, for each pistol, from eye to front sight is similar, the same prescription is appropriate.

Have you got an adjustable iris for your specs? You need one.

Agreed, measuring these things is ridiculously boring. Agreed, the performance of the ammunition is its only important parameter (oh, perhaps price also). But there is absolutely no point measuring group size for different lots of ammunition unless you can be sure the lots really are different, are ...

Your need for bifocals suggests you are, how shall I put this delicately, not in the first flush of youth? What is really irritating is that (as I'm sure you know), as we age, our eye lenses get stiffer and slower to change focal length when we try to focus. When all accommodation is lost, things ge...

Thanks JohnD, I wondered how the pellets were sorted by the manufacturers. A single diameter measured, of course, tells you nothing about the roundness - I wonder what the manufacturing tolerance for roundness typically is. I'll measure some pellets when I can liberate some time. JeroenH - To mechan...

I am not familiar with this gun, but am familiar with basic engineering and machining practice. From your diagram, it looks like the break occurs at the base of the bit sticking sideways(?) from the main body of the part, and where there is a notch in the profile of the body of the part. A fatigue c...

You might find the result of actually measuring the pellets interesting. I would bet that the variation in diameter of the pellets within each group is much greater than 0,01mm. If the error is less, please let us know the make and type of pellet, because they are more consistent than I can buy!

Good question. I don't profess to know the answer, thus feel eminently qualified to contribute! Why have the extention if you can have a solid barrel? Why have a 'solid barrel' if you don't need one? OK, it adds mass distant from the point(s) of suspension of the rifle, and therefore will increase i...

Please don't start up the bitching again - I asked for this thread to be about the mechanism of working of the gun, not whether some didn't work. I'm sure we've all read the other relevant threads. OK, thanks to those who have responded to my request, I now have an understanding of the feeding mecha...

Thanks very much for your trouble Julio. Very much appreciated. Very helpful.

Thanks, they would, I'm sure, be very interesting.

Why not post them here? I'm sure othere would be interested. Hopefully, some of the MG-2 detractors, who don't seem to be MG-2 owners, might even learn something.

Thanks Mark for the very useful description and thanks everyone else. Please don't continue the anti-MG-2 rant - I accept that some don't / didn't work. I've seen the videos - fascinating. I hadn't expected the slide to bounce so much on closing (although I don't know why I thought it shouldn't). Wh...

Thanks, yes, but unfortunately, the 3D stuff wants Internet Explored 4.0 or higher in order to run - I'm running Linux. Frustrating, but at least the 'blue screen of death' doesn't happen! So I'm looking for .pdf, .html, or other 'standard' file types.

Having spent quite some time trying to get a FAS 607 and a Unique DES 69 to feed reliably, I've got interested in feeding mechanisms and am surprised how the 'standard' semi-autos seem to rely on a mixture of luck and timing, rather than mechanical guidance, to feed. I know the MG 2 has (had?) its p...

Hi Spencer, Have just removed firing pin from a very lightly-used (by previous owner) 208. It looked almost unused. Since acquiring it recently, I suppose I've put less than 500 rounds through it. Overall length of firing pin: 41.50mm (1.634in) according to my known-accurate digital vernier. I can't...

I discovered the above when I explored getting a pistol from Australia. No go. The irony is that (I have been told) an air passenger can transport a pistol with him (although not as cabin baggage!), with appropriate export licence. This seems the only realistic way to get a pistol across the Tasman ...

'phoned local office - see first post.

When energy levels recover, I'll try emailing, but predict I'll again be told to contact the sending country's office (for which I can't find an email address!). Grrr!

Have you tried? I've spent ages trawling through the UPS site(s), to name but one. There are screeds explaining the restrictions on handgun shipping, but it still seems possible. Trying to find a suitable address to which to address the question has defeated me. Why do they have to make the process ...

Hi. Can anyone recommend a shipping company that will transport pistols between countries (from Denmark to New Zealand, for starters)? In NZ, we are in the fortunate position of being allowed to import firearms. A Danish dealer is happy to send me a pistol, provided I can find a shipper. Contacting ...

Thanks. Need to take apart to adjust notch in existing blade (it's a little damaged and asymmetric) and to experiment with different blade widths. I will have to make new blades (eventually). The 'nut' on the other end of the adjusting screw is slotted and recessed in the sight mounting, therefore i...