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Petey:
The project 140 Black Wing... Born out of necessity.
 I got bored.
Had this 140 laying on the bench next to my 1377 carbine....got to thinking how do I get this TKO on my 140? Well ...it wasn't too hard and it wasn't too easy either.
So I tore it down... got a seal kit and 2260 barrel cut and crowned from Allan at AB Airguns
( not a direct fit  but easy enough) an early 760 barrel band .
Another member (1377x) was kind enough to sell me a pump tube I desperately needed. Thank you Ed.
A couple of hours in the garage and i'm under way.

More to come.

mav72:
That's one modernized looking 140.. Very nice!

airnutz:
I like it!

 8)

1377x:
WOW! :o
that looks good!
its nice to see the tube get put to good use!
what did it take to mount up the 2260 barrel? how long is it?
i am assuming that new holes had to be drilled into the 760 band.thought about doing the but i had a 1400 band that was opened up to accomodate the longer barrel
what are you going to do for sighting?
with the longer barrel you should see better numbers.

Tom @ Buzzard Bluff:
"The project 140 Black Wing... Born out of necessity.
 I got bored.
Had this 140 laying on the bench next to my 1377 carbine....got to thinking how do I get this TKO on my 140? Well ...it wasn't too hard and it wasn't too easy either.
So I tore it down... got a seal kit and 2260 barrel cut and crowned from Allan at AB Airguns
( not a direct fit  but easy enough) an early 760 barrel band .
Another member (1377) was kind enough to sell me a pump tube I desperately needed. Thank you Ed.
A couple of hours in the garage and i'm under way."
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 Dangit Petey! Now I gotta go out to the shop to see if my 140L (Long) is still there or if I've been raided! >:(

Your rifle looks virtually identical to one I put together a few years ago----even the parts sound correct. 2260 barrel and an early 760 die-cast potmetal pump-pivot/barrel band with barrel set screw.

If your junker pile is deep enough you can use the early 2 piece barrel/breech with short bolt cover from a 150 that allows use of the pistol rear sight and the rear sight element from various guns that can be inverted to use as a peep-sight to increase sight radius as well.

The only stock I still had appeared to have been 're-finished' using 40 grit sandpaper and used motor oil so I used bedliner to hide the ugly.
Unfortunately mine was assembled from previously condemned parts and I STILL haven't got it holding dependably. Looks like I need to find a slightly better 'junker' for a donor.

One of the best MSPs ever made in the US----reason enough to upgrade them!   Tom

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