All Springer/NP/PCP Air Gun Discussion General > PCP/CO2/HPA Air Gun Gates "The Darkside"
CP2 gets a big upgrade.
avator:
I thought I had already started a thread on this build but I couldn't find it so I guess I'll start again..
A few years ago I ended up with an SPA CP1 pistol. Some time later Mike at MRodAir came up with the stock and forearm kit to make it a carbine. Then the CP2 Master Blaster kit came out. This came with a long and short barrel and you could swap it from pistol to carbine. They were C02 guns. These SPA guns had the potential to become the next "lego" gun... IMO. And "tinker" I did.
Anyways... I was in a "tinker" mode a few weeks back and decided I wanted to convert a C02 pieces and parts pistol into a PCP pistol/carbine. I contacted our buddy WesBob up in Canada and he was happy to sell me what I needed.
The tube
The front half of the valve
The fill port, gauge and probe
And some various rings
Recent logistic issues really slowed deliverey.. I mean, to the point that I nearly forgot I had ordered these parts.
I was out getting muddy this morning at the ATV park and called Betty Lou to check in. She told me that I got a package from Canada. Took me a minute to remember what it was.
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Well, I got home this afternoon, scraped some of the mud off and headed for the tinker bench.
I gathered up the parts I had from the butchered CP1 and some CP2 stuff and went into assembly mode.
The tube from Wes took the upgraded adjustable trigger from the CP2.... nice, I have that.
I used the left handed breech and .177 barrel from the CP1. I also had a barrel band from the CP2 that gave me a weaver on the bottom for the bipod.... or whatever... light, laser.
I put it all together and put the air to it from one of my tanks..... WHOOSH... air coming from inside the gun. Yep, ya big dummy, you forgot to put the oring between the valve halves.
Tore it back down just knowing I was going to scrape orings up on the tube threads.... but I got lucky.
Put the air tank to it and viola... aired right up.
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Oh ya, pics or it didn't happen.....
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The Nikon P-223 scope is perfect for this little critter gitter.
The LDC shuts it right up and will get a flat black coat of paint.
It got dark on me but tomorrow will get some numbers and do some fine tuning.
Then we'll fine it's favorite food and check accuracy.
The worst thing about putting these things together is finishing them... then you start thinking about the next one... :-\
Pelletjunkie:
So now you have a Bandit or PP800. I have some CP1’s, a PP800 and had a Bandit. SPA used the same hammer springs in all of them. I want to say all the TP’s were the same also. A bad/cheap decision on their part but it gives us lots of room to make the gun better. How they come out of the box a shot string looks like a tire going flat.
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