2250 Target Style Pistol Build

[beagle2]

I must say your work is very good. I do not no where you can find plans for making a gun but have you thought about looking for a quality gun that you realy like and buying it then strip it down and make a copy of all of the parts changing things that you do not like about it then put it back together and put it in the sales section for what you paid for it. Then put all of the parts you made together and you have you have an exact coppy of it for the cost of the materials used. The one problem with doing it that way is you need to have the cash to buy the gun in the first place.
Pat

[Hollowpoint]

Funnily after looking at the feg in the link you posted, buying one to copy crossed my mind. Although ive never seen one for sale so I dont know if they are rare or costly or something Plus I would probably end up keeping it.

I have seen the paintball guns before, they are very nice. One of them revolver type grips would be nice on a crosman.

[beagle2]

The feg factory has shut down I have been told such a shame as they made quality guns at affordable prises. I sold the one that I had on hear six or so months ago for £160 only for someone to buy it and resell it for £260 but that is life it was much to good for me it needed to be used for competition shooting not plinking that is why I sold it you could look at this link http://www.citlink.net/~schattler/at3.htm
Have you seen this one http://www.airgunbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=449862

[Hollowpoint]

If I ever decide to build a pistol from scratch it will have to be something pretty simple in design.

anyway small update:

The next parts to be made was the trigger parts. Originally I wanted to have a fancy 2 stage type thing but I soon realized it was going to be too difficult to do with the limited space and trigger design knowledge I have. So I settled on a slightly more adjustable take on the standard crosman setup.
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The pics below show some of the trigger parts before a cleanup. You can see the forward trigger part of my own design uses a post to which a trigger blade will be attached, this will give vertical and horizontal adjustment of the trigger blade. The part is slotted and the post is attached by a small allen screw this allows reach adjustment. There is also a small grub screw (will be nylon) to adjust the engagement point between the two parts. The sear is just the standard crosman unit polished for smoother operation. At the bottom is two hardened pins and a much smaller sear spring. The weight of the spring is adjusted by a small grub screw below the spring.
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Lastly is a long screw and "toggle" which secures the grip to the frame.
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More later...

[Hollowpoint]

Anyone still reading this

Any way here is an update on the grip.

First the grip was roughly cut to shape from a chunk of walnut. You might notice the grain is running the opposite way to normal. I did this because I didn't want the grain running vertically at the thin section at the rear of the grip, otherwise it would have been very fragile.
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Next the grip was inleted while the grip was still square and easy to clamp up. This could have been done with a router but it was easier to do on my mill. The dust gets everywhere which isn't great around machines so the mill was covered and the dust was swept away often. The inletting isnt central because I wanted more "meat" on the left side for the thumb shelf later on.
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Then the grip was drilled for the screw which will hold it in place. The hole was drilled 7mm and then counter drilled at the bottom using a large end mill. This is because the 5mm screws I used are very difficult to obtain in lengths longer than about 80mm. Plus it hides the screw head and washer nicely.
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And lastly checking the fit of the frame.
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more pics of the finished grip later...

[Kingplinker]

Yep

I am seriously impressed with your skills and can't wait to see the finished product !

Well done so far

Dave

[Hollowpoint]

Ahh good though I was talking to myself.

[Eddiekneejerk]

I'm CERTAINLY still reading - sorry for not commenting earlier.

Absolutely fascinating and some excellent work!

[Kingplinker]

Ahh good though I was talking to myself.

Don't worry , happens to me every day .

Dave

[tayloriand]

Looking forward to seeing the grips. Are you going for stippled?
Thanks for the updates and sharing your great work.

[Hollowpoint]

thanks guys

I have actually finished the grips and infact most of the pistol so I am posting pictures I took a while ago Im basically just finishing it off now and making a few last small parts. I was going to stipple the grip but after all the sanding and finishing it looked pretty good so I bottled it.

[Nikkormat]

Still reading avidly, Hollowpoint, can't wait to see how it turns out.

Matt

[Thanaton23]

I'm somewhat inspired by this! It looks excellent! My mate has a lathe, could this be done using just that of would a miller be necessary for some parts? If it can be done on a lathe then I'll be looking to price up some materials and do some designs I think!

Fantastic work, I can't wait to see the finished product!

[Hollowpoint]

Most of the parts where made on my mill. I guess it could all be done on a lathe with a vertical slide attachment but it would be much more difficult and time consuming. This has already took me hours and hours to get to this stage.

[malakiblunt]

yes excelent work looking forward to the next instalment!