You sure will have the nicest looking Benji 397 around when you're done, certainly compared to the current plastic abomination and still better than the ugly recent wood stocks too.
Quote from: bantam5s on October 17, 2021, 09:08:24 PMYou sure will have the nicest looking Benji 397 around when you're done, certainly compared to the current plastic abomination and still better than the ugly recent wood stocks too. Never kept a plastic stock on a gun be it rifle or pistol. I plan to keep the regular pump lever on this one as it will not be a steroid. Just a back yard shooter. I have a billet lever on my modified one for hunting. I like to mount the lever to the stock arm with screws inside the lever "U" slot on the ones I inlet myself so holes don't have to be drilled for pins.
I keep forgetting this.I definitely need to remember it because I can never get the pin holes right.You saw my first attempt " American boy " and the redo, I failed both times.#2 is good enough to stay, but if I ever decide to redo it or just do another in .22 I gotta remember to do it this way.
Quote from: bantam5s on October 18, 2021, 10:23:41 PM I keep forgetting this.I definitely need to remember it because I can never get the pin holes right.You saw my first attempt " American boy " and the redo, I failed both times.#2 is good enough to stay, but if I ever decide to redo it or just do another in .22 I gotta remember to do it this way.I have made a drill fixture for drilling the pin holes in the wood forearms/pump handles for Crosman 2200 etc. pumpers.Works out pretty good........After machining the slots for the pump tube and pump lever, the holes go in next while the blank is still square...The Crosman pump arm is pretty narrow inside. Dunno if the screws could be squoze in there............