Quote from: Rick67 on May 11, 2023, 02:04:40 PMDunno if it’s a good price, but the AG has been thru the hands of a repair and tuning expert:https://www.airgunrevisions.com/product/rare-montgomery-ward-140/ Yes a good price, also looked over their site, and they seem very reasonable on prices and quality seems good too.
Dunno if it’s a good price, but the AG has been thru the hands of a repair and tuning expert:https://www.airgunrevisions.com/product/rare-montgomery-ward-140/
This may be a great deal as well.https://www.airgunrevisions.com/product/crosman-2100-classic/
Quote from: avator on May 13, 2023, 10:39:17 AMThis may be a great deal as well.https://www.airgunrevisions.com/product/crosman-2100-classic/My elder brother brought 1 from the US and gave it to me back in '04 in the PI.He put it in a forex box and it went through.Killed hundreds of rats with it.Crosman barrels love a local pellet called Eaglehead.
Quote from: Rick67 on May 13, 2023, 11:38:30 AMQuote from: avator on May 13, 2023, 10:39:17 AMThis may be a great deal as well.https://www.airgunrevisions.com/product/crosman-2100-classic/My elder brother brought 1 from the US and gave it to me back in '04 in the PI.He put it in a forex box and it went through.Killed hundreds of rats with it.Crosman barrels love a local pellet called Eaglehead.I have several guns in this platform. I went though a phase...
"It will be used primarily for small game hunting and pesting." Both are suitable for this, but the 1400 is scope-able if you want to shoot longer range or(like me) your eyes are getting older.
Quote from: Mickkk on May 19, 2023, 09:18:11 PM "It will be used primarily for small game hunting and pesting." Both are suitable for this, but the 1400 is scope-able if you want to shoot longer range or(like me) your eyes are getting older.I have to agree with 95% of your statement. But I have to question your opinion that the 1400 is scope-able. I have scoped all three of my 1400's but I wouldn't call all the solutions entirely satisfactory or terribly practical.My first model is a actually a Sears model 126.19300 so it came with a dovetail on the breech. Not ideally positioned for modern scopes and mounts. It still needs a cantilever mount to get the eye relief correct.My second and third models have the back sight replaced by a Weaver rail. Done properly it requires both an extra screw hole be drilled and tapped and supplemental epoxy to keep everything steady. The rail is still a little too far forward and requires a cantilever scope mount.Not many would want to bodge a fine antique air rifle like that. I ain't sentimental.Compared to just slapping a steel breech on the C362 that's a lot of work.The C362 will never compare for quality or durability with the 1400 but it will be in production for a while yet. Aftermarket parts to beef it up will appear soon. Waiting for a steroid kit from Mac1! It may not be as good as a 1400 straight out of the box but it is infinitely modifiable and can be made better than the 1400 can ever be.And I'm a 1400 fan!
Quote from: Blowpipe Sam on May 19, 2023, 09:50:11 PMQuote from: Mickkk on May 19, 2023, 09:18:11 PM "It will be used primarily for small game hunting and pesting." Both are suitable for this, but the 1400 is scope-able if you want to shoot longer range or(like me) your eyes are getting older.I have to agree with 95% of your statement. But I have to question your opinion that the 1400 is scope-able. I have scoped all three of my 1400's but I wouldn't call all the solutions entirely satisfactory or terribly practical.My first model is a actually a Sears model 126.19300 so it came with a dovetail on the breech. Not ideally positioned for modern scopes and mounts. It still needs a cantilever mount to get the eye relief correct.My second and third models have the back sight replaced by a Weaver rail. Done properly it requires both an extra screw hole be drilled and tapped and supplemental epoxy to keep everything steady. The rail is still a little too far forward and requires a cantilever scope mount.Not many would want to bodge a fine antique air rifle like that. I ain't sentimental.Compared to just slapping a steel breech on the C362 that's a lot of work.The C362 will never compare for quality or durability with the 1400 but it will be in production for a while yet. Aftermarket parts to beef it up will appear soon. Waiting for a steroid kit from Mac1! It may not be as good as a 1400 straight out of the box but it is infinitely modifiable and can be made better than the 1400 can ever be.And I'm a 1400 fan! The Mac 1 scope mount for the 140 is sweet, I mounted mine scout style and like it so far
Quote from: SwampHunter on May 19, 2023, 09:54:18 PMQuote from: Blowpipe Sam on May 19, 2023, 09:50:11 PMQuote from: Mickkk on May 19, 2023, 09:18:11 PM "It will be used primarily for small game hunting and pesting." Both are suitable for this, but the 1400 is scope-able if you want to shoot longer range or(like me) your eyes are getting older.I have to agree with 95% of your statement. But I have to question your opinion that the 1400 is scope-able. I have scoped all three of my 1400's but I wouldn't call all the solutions entirely satisfactory or terribly practical.My first model is a actually a Sears model 126.19300 so it came with a dovetail on the breech. Not ideally positioned for modern scopes and mounts. It still needs a cantilever mount to get the eye relief correct.My second and third models have the back sight replaced by a Weaver rail. Done properly it requires both an extra screw hole be drilled and tapped and supplemental epoxy to keep everything steady. The rail is still a little too far forward and requires a cantilever scope mount.Not many would want to bodge a fine antique air rifle like that. I ain't sentimental.Compared to just slapping a steel breech on the C362 that's a lot of work.The C362 will never compare for quality or durability with the 1400 but it will be in production for a while yet. Aftermarket parts to beef it up will appear soon. Waiting for a steroid kit from Mac1! It may not be as good as a 1400 straight out of the box but it is infinitely modifiable and can be made better than the 1400 can ever be.And I'm a 1400 fan! The Mac 1 scope mount for the 140 is sweet, I mounted mine scout style and like it so farWe are going to have to get together and do some hunting!
I'm not sure the 362 can be made better than the 1400, not until there's an affordable wood stock available and metal replacements available for every plastic part.The 362 cant compare unless the barrel band can be replaced with metal.