Another couple of jobs done.. the reg / adapter cover reinstalled after a little machining, and a donor trigger guard pressed (well bent) into service. Still trying to decide on that, but it'll do for the moment !
Importantly, as the inletting around these last parts is now completed, it means I can now get into finishing the stock... wish me luck !
Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.
That really is rather epic!
Love it.
At times I cant believe the knowledge, ingenuity and engineering ability of members on here.
Fantastic.
VAYA CON DIOS
Thanks, but trust me, there's far less ability than just blind hope and "let's give it a go" attitude at play here...
Made some good progress today.. the CDT trigger blade arrived from Dr Bob, so I now have a two stage trigger with a predicatable let off. Kinda felt like cheating when I'd made everything else myself, but it works very well.
I also made up the rear conical support for the barrel (and gave it a quick blast of matt black spray paint), and whilst it was out, I reamed the throat a bit deeper, to get rid of some notchiness loading some larger / harder pellet types.. it certainly seems to have helped.
Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.
I have to say very impressive, and guaranteed to cause considerable confusion at the likes of Holts in 50 years time when it’s listed as the ‘mystery factory prototype’…
I think I'm done with the mechanics now. The reaming of the breach really helped, and it's now transformed my 4" groups with JSB into 1/2" groups - clearly the softer JSBs were getting torn up during loading. Barry 8s and QYS still have the edge though. With a predicatable 2 stage trigger, accuracy is pretty damn good now, and I've slightly choked the port off so I have a marginally tighter power curve that runs from 10.9, to 11.5 and back down again. Job done.
I think it'll just shoot it from this point in
All that's left to do now is get onto that stock....
Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.
That is looking good
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