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  1. 18-04-2024, 10:07 AM #1
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    Looking good Jon!
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    Cracking stuff JB
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    Quote Originally Posted by nurek View Post
    Looking good Jon!
    Not quite up to KT's prototyping / fabrication skills though, I know !
    Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shed tuner View Post
    Not quite up to KT's prototyping / fabrication skills though, I know !
    Fingers crossed the KT muzzle brake will fit when you find the right barrel!
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    Quote Originally Posted by nurek View Post
    Fingers crossed the KT muzzle brake will fit when you find the right barrel!
    now there's a thought !
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    Just a few things done today...

    Took the gamo trigger out and did the RC bearing mod, as it was terrible. Now it's lovely and light, but still no discernable second stage. I need to introduce one somehow, but with a bit of moly and the bearing, at least it's very smooth and light.

    Found a stock


    Trimmed down the trigger cage to make the inletting easier. Will break out the router at the weekend.. too crowded in the workshop to do it in there.




    And I've decided on the donor barrel, from a FWB300S, as it's already blued and accuracy is assured.

    I've also realised I need to make a trigger guard.. that can wait... This might be a working gun by Sunday; it'd be nice to take it to the range...
    Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.
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    Looking good already, Jon. And, as you say, accuracy should be assured with the 300S barrel.
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    It's alive..

    ...alive I say.


    Finished machining the barrel this morning, and with a quick tweak of the hammer spring it;s doing 10.5 with JSBs. Will have a few hours work to do checking and flattening out the power curve, but whatever.. I have a working air rifle from a pile of bits.. I feel like I've just had another child This is certainly the most ground-up build I've done to date.





    Next job is the stock, then the two stage trigger, trigger guard, and the cosmetics (barrel support, reg cover, find some grub screws for the barrel), and a mod or stripper. And the power curve.
    Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.
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    very nice,you have made a silk purse out of a sow,s ear.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kevG View Post
    very nice,you have made a silk purse out of a sow,s ear.
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    cheers Kev, your advice on that other thread helped... small port defo needed...
    Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.
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  11. 23-04-2024, 05:16 PM #11
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    Very nice Jon , how about a reflex shroud, tidy it up and quieten it down at the same time.
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