Hi All,
I'm new to this Forum, having had my interest in Air rifles re-kindled. I recently found out my old BSA Airsporter .177, which I received as a gift back in 1974 believe it or not. It still fires and appears to have some power??? However, the wood has dings and the Barrel is rusty, so I want to strip it down and refurbish it.
1st question, "How do I get the darn end cap off"? I've tried a bar through the hole with the chamber in the vice but it won't shift. Anyone got any ideas please?
I'm wondering if a bit of heat applied around the thread might help.
Regards
Chris
Heat & violence can help to break the threads loose, it's a normal anti-clockwise from the rear to unthread, & plenty of WD40.
One thing, don't be tempted to put a tommy bar through the loading tap hole, just use a good big vice with protected jaws on the breech.
The worst one I ever did, a Mercury I ended up loosening it by using a copper mallet to give the treaded portion at the end of the compression tube a good going over & that was the charm, it's hand tight now.
My one has a slot in the cylinder under where the barrel joins. Get a big chunk of wood and drill a cylinder sized hole in it. Drill a smaller hole at 90 degrees in to this hole the same size as the slot. Put the cylinder through the big hole and a steel rod through the smaller hole and in to the slot. The cylinder now can't rotate and you can get lots of torque on it without damaging anything. Easy.