The gun has a bit of wear and tear but nothing to complain about. A bit of light speckling on the metal, a few marks on the stock and lint like dust in areas like the trigger and cavity that suggests it may have been languishing in a bedroom storage for some time.
Sling swivels had been attached at either end of the stock, the fore end one just forward of the fore end fastenings, not good but it is what it is.
On Friday last, we drove down to the Waikato to check it out. A brilliant Autumn day for a drive, one out of the box.
I caught up with the Gecado again on Sunday.
The cylinder and rifling is pristine after a mop through and the trigger shows naff all wear. It has had bugger all use IMO.
The leather piston seal is still healthy usable but restrictive when moved through its stroke so it has been machined to give a 3 degree taper.
The spring is within my tolerance for straight with all coils being even and it is reasonably healthy at 85kg.
The metal has come up well with a wire wheel dressing as has the stock with a clean and mop. A beeswax finish sets it off nice.
Just behind the pistol grip, someone has epoxied in a steel pin. God knows why, maybe some sort of bench rest doo dah?.
After assembly it started out at 800 fps and has now settled at 650. I imagine that it is capable of a bit more although I think this will be it for a while.
Accurate? With a borrowed sight, hells teeth it is and very accommodating of various pellets too.
This is a nice gun and J is a talent.
I will put up some images when I return at the end of the week.