Aselkon MX-10 in 22cal

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I´ll be blunt.
FOR a piece of ****!

Don´t even know where to begin...



So. Bought this thing at a local auction site thinking to myself.. how bad can it be.
Well.
It was. New in box, never fired. Whatever..



Even the shroud was fake. But made that into a working ditto by adding a diffusor of own design. Sure helped.



Trigger was an absolute joke, and for a bullpup at that not adjustable (seeing how bullpumps normally keep the trigger blade at one point and the trigger group at another being conn by a rod).
So...



Sear is hardened so annealed that and drill into it to tap for an M3 grub. Indeed did the trick. Replaced the stock 1st stage return spring for one WAY softer.. and could now adjust to a rather usable trigger setup actually. MUCH better than i imagined.
Which brings the question, as this is as simple to do WHY isn´t this done at the factory?



Then.
*clears sweat from forehead*... it was just used up. Seal on the poppet looked like it´d been around like 20k firings.. In turn the seat buried deep deep within the valve body/regulator body.. out of sight in short.. Looked like someone had tried to clear it up using a hacksaw.

So no.
Just plain no.
As i was clear on that it needed power mods galore.. new valve in order.





As souped up performance was in mind i opted to make the new assy on a 2mm stem, and in turn regular PEEK for the actual poppet seal. As it turned out.. well...

No.

The thing was so warped and crooked down there that i opted to clear that cra* out and simply make a setup where the seat is adjustable.



Uhu. KISS, and indeed. As you can see it carries an o-ring groove to seal, which works rather well. None the less, seat is per definition thus "floating". In turn easy to remove and modify at that.
I kept through hole on 6.5mm, and in turn the cavity beneath the seat at 7mm flat.
Transfer ports in turn.. increased those accordingly, and as this is a regulated gun... i went large.



Indeed the reg works a little different, but you get it out the easiest by using some sorts of hickey that sports the correct M13*1 thread. Lo n behold.. the barrel thimble for an Impact (et al) is exactly that so..



Fact is that aside adjusting the unit AND making sure it´s in working order the reg is one of the few things on this unit i HAVEN`T spent time on. Yet.

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Uhu. The shroud (again). Had to turn a rear bung for it as well. What´s more.. on 23mm diameter the effects of it is to question to say the least, and as such i REALLY would have liked to see 28mm.
Only way to handle that though would be via an offset setup.. and them simply look ugly when done. Thus i´m stuck with that puny shroud there as the proximity vs the tank/tube is simply to small all said to go any larger.



Probe though is a rather smart spring loaded setup. However with a set depth completely out of whack so.. yep. You guessed it, had to make a fresh probe end for the thing too. In turn, as it turned out, i had to increase diameter of it slightly to keep it sealing as power went up.. at that.

So. All these negatives out of the way (and there´s more, trust me) how does it shoot?

Well.
Enter the ugly duckling i´d say cause that 550mm long 22 barrel will... shoot, and shoot very very well at that. I´ve had it adjusted beyond 100J and then some but have since backed off a tad spitting 36 grain slugs out the nozzle going approx 920-930fps. Ample and then some for my use!



What i´m at currently is getting rid of that god awful clear coat paint job. I abslutely LOATHE clear coated wooden stocks so..

However.



No. It lacks plenum volume to support any appreciable amounts of power so reused one i had made for my Reximex Zone and... HELLO!

Yeah. This thing smacks the rats you won´t believe and this with surgery accuracy. AMAZING accuracy even
Now WHERE the *ell did that come from?!?




Yeeeez... yeeeez.. of course i went at it on the hammer setup as well.

So. In summary.
This Aselkon has craved a HEAP of work to clean up and work as intended, even the Pic rail was off for the love of gawd, but that invested this is now actually a rather hard hitting and well performing piece of kit.
Let´s be honest.. it really is.

Yes. I´m scraping the clear coat off of there bit by bit using razor blades... and will keep doing so until clean from that garbage. Then it might very well be i redesign the stock a tad in an effort to save a bit of weight, cause a light weight she´s by any measure NOT.
Took the bare stock to the scale and it told 1100 grams so.. Going to look into that.

However.
Would i recommend this Aselkon to someone else out there?
HEEEELL no! There´s WAY better rifles to be had for the same money. Me putting the effort into this one to turn it around, has it been worth it? Depends on how you regard it i´d say, cause from an economics point of view.. not even CLOSE. However from a practical view i ended up with a REALLY accurate PCP at coffee n change in relative terms.

Would i do another?
As i feel about it right now, no. No i would not.
Should yet an Aselkon drop into my knee i´d set it aside to work on when i felt the urge.
That aside, again no.

[Neil54]

What a good write up.
Sometimes they struggle st sub 12.

[Racing]

Thx.

Yeah, i can only imagine.

However, if you look at this piece like would you an over priced kit gun instead.. then it kind of becomes a different animal doesn´t it?

Anyways.
I got around to taking that god awful clear coat off the stock and there´s actually a rather neat piece of wood underneath all that plastic goo. Hue of that wood though is rather light.. no likey.. So took some alcohol based dye to it not knowing what to expect.

Easy runnin´s tho.. it digests that dye like a camel out of water. So she´ll come around, this time out sans that absolutely crappy plastic goo it´s draped in stock. Just lovely oil based finish on the bare wood..

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Good post Bud, I do like a bit of engineering .

[Powderfinger]

Badly made rifles even though they look good on the outside. You did well on getting an Aselkon working effectively.