The Webley & Scott Vulcan Air Rifle -- A Vox-Pop History

[dayglowfroggy]

That's a bummer ! But thanks for reply.

I struggled for about half an hour free hand and thought now is the time to get on the forum or come back with a fresh head.

OK THE EASY WAY TO GET THE BARREL LATCH PIN THROUGH.

Push the barrel plunger in on the corner of a work bench and stick your punch thru ( exact size is good here)

Then mark the punch with a scratch or blade pull it out about another 2-3 mil and cut it off on the scratch.

Push the off cut back all the way in so it doesn't protrude either side .

I held the barrel in a vice whilst doing all this and used a normal hacksaw for cutting the punch.

You now have a slightly shorter punch and a vulcan barrel pin tool .

The next bit is easy just line it all up and hammer the pin through.

So thats all good but the gun will not cock ! I seem to be coil bound the spring i used had about 40mm of pre load and now under full compression in would need the piston to go back at least another 10mm to latch on OH BUM !!

After the previous engineering triumph I decided taking it all apart again to chop the spring is tomorrows job.