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    Crappy die cast guns

    I've had a few of these pass through my paws in the last few years. I can appreciate that they are cheap but they are crappy and pretty much "throwaway"
    Luckily, A few of them have been really cheap or even free/postage only.
    had a crosman 766 and 761xl, both of which were given away. Self tapping screws

    had a broken Manuarm, which is more or less a larger diameter cylinder RO72. That got broken for spares. I think the piston washer went to Punchsteve and he other bits for spares for an RO72.

    The RO72's haunted me for a while. As quickly as I got rid of one, another would turn up, both the long and short barreled versions, with and with out the rod shoulder stock.
    On one the rubber piston washer was knackered and I made a leather on to get the gun working with out the "piston weight" somebody had fitted to try to get it to work. Another 2 went to my nephew and another for my mates lad. With the crappy piston and cocking arm and awful trigger/trigger spring, they are pretty awful guns.
    The Ro71---even crappier and worse!!

    Heathways topscore 175. It came to me not working and with a broken piece of mazac in the trigger. I tinkered with it. Awful trigger set up and piston/cylinder. Luckily someone on here needed the side castings do I posted the gun onto them. since been told the same bit was broken on his pistol

    The Daisy 717 came as a freebie. Lawrie managed to get the valve to seal and after a couple of weeks this got passed onto the postman with a tin of pellets.

    Anyone else got views or horror stories of these things?
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    agree

    I have to agree, Guy. Over the years many of these have passed through my workshop. The Panthers, RO72's and Rekord models ... all total crap to an engineer.
    I suppose they did serve a purpose as many of them were sold, but there must have been an awful lot of dissapointed kids when their airguns finally broke and were found to be un repairable.
    I would also include the G10 in that bunch , and mmuch higher up the chain ..... Relums ......total crap , and yes I have read the ' carbining a tornado' thread .... You can't polish a turd. !
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    Ha ha ha!!


    Have to agree Guy, they're not wirth wasting the time on!!

    My dad was a hauliage driver and used to go to the MOD, He came home for dinner one day and his lorry was sheeted over (Unusual that), he told me that he had a load of machine guns on the back going for melting down and that he'd put me a gun in the cab!!

    Jeez!- I ran to the lorry like Billy Whizz (anyone remember him?? ), I was a tad disappointed when I found.. A cra**y Milbro G10 with no innards (only marginally worse than one complete!!!)...

    The gats and those rubbish Italian things- best avoided!!!


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    Quote Originally Posted by flatrajectory View Post
    I have to agree, Guy. Over the years many of these have passed through my workshop. The Panthers, RO72's and Rekord models ... all total crap to an engineer.
    I suppose they did serve a purpose as many of them were sold, but there must have been an awful lot of dissapointed kids when their airguns finally broke and were found to be un repairable.
    I would also include the G10 in that bunch , and mmuch higher up the chain ..... Relums ......total crap , and yes I have read the ' carbining a tornado' thread .... You can't polish a turd. !
    New year , new policy .. no more being nice , tell it like it is.
    Oh dear what have you started ?

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    could not have put this better myself lol

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    RO72 and Panther Artillery carbines, I have three or four boxed in as new condition, loved mine back in the early eighties so bought them for nostalgic reasons

    Utter crap to be honest, but seeing them at the back of my gun room and the occasional fondle (oo er) takes me right back to great childhood days.

    Occasionally I fire one and it ruins the memory

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    I woouldn't have put a 717 in the same class as those other horrors myself.

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    Happy New Year Guy!

    The RO guns were awful shite. And the plastic and alloy Crosman pumpers were indeed disposable - still are at a few dollars a throw.

    Look at this thread where I argue against the Crosman 761XL - people love these flimsy pot-metal things!

    http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....62#post5769162

    A BSA Meteor can blow it out of the water and outlive generations of 760/761/766s!


    I agree with Jerry though, the Daisy Powerline pistol is better than the others and shoots well too. Worth fixing up if you find a leaky one.

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