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That's mine
Which for a short period behaved itself
But now leaks between the barrel and tube where you can see the silver coloured bit joining.
Even when working it seems to be designed for very short pellets more like the slugs we had as kids.
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I had a lot of fun yesterday firing the 2620 and loading in 22 balls through its gravity feed magazine. It is a very accurate pistol with a lot of pop. Your comments on reliability make me question whether I should just put it away as a rare collectible or just enjoy it. Always the question with CO2’s especially for me. Think I’ll ask my trusted repair guy his experience sealing these. Part of the joy of collecting is shooting them. The genius of Crosman was simplicity and thus easier reseal.
Last edited by 45flint; 25-10-2020 at 11:41 AM.
Asking Baz if he has Schimels is a bear in the woods question
I believe the Schimel GP-22 was the first commercially produced pistol to use self contained CO2 capsules as the power source. It's a pity there wasn't sufficient time during the relatively short production period to fully develop the design. One of the main issues for the first time user is to forget to push the little reset button forward both on initial charging and prior to operating the charging lever for each subsequent shot resulting in the complete discharge of the CO2 capsule. It would have been nice to have had some sort of linkage between the charging lever and the reset catch to prevent this happening. The early production materials were also a bit fragile, but still rugged enough for regular use with reasonable care. I came across this leaflet suggesting that an air powered variant (AP-22) was made available, but have never seen or heard of an actual example coming to light in the UK anyway.
I have a nice boxed GP-22 which shoots well and provides a nice Luger like action to open the breech and insert the pellet.
Every home should have one.
Brian
I have resealed many Schimels over the years, I did one just last week, they are very easy to do if you you know how, and like Baz said there are 2 seals that are standard, but I have to make one or the internal seals, other than that no problem, I have had a couple of mishaps due to the fragile metal that was used in the manufacture, but when working they are great pistols.
Cheers,
Lawrie.
I'd just like to point out that there have been some great illustrated articles dealing with the service of CO2 pistols in AIRGUN HOBBYIST magazine.
I traded my Schimels to Baz
He understands them
To be honest I found them a bit scary
I had one that fired as you compressed the lever
I prefer the Challenger Arms Plainsman which is a straightforward Big Bang Classic pistol.
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