Sure you could...Double nut a bolt and chuck it up in your hand drill. Spin it against a file to shape the OD of the nut. Then drill the threads out of the ID of the nut. Then chuck it in a vise, drill and tap the nut for the locking pin. use a long grub screw for the locking pin.You would also be surprised at what you could do with a $70 Harbor Freight bench top drill press.
Hear are two of mine. The first one is a 2240 with a 2400 tube and a 11.5" barrel with to many mods to list.Its one hole accurate at 20 yards.The second one is a 1740 with a 12" barrel and is still a work in progress. Still working on the SSG tuning. It has proven to be a little more challenging than the 2240.
Quote from: Airnut on July 24, 2021, 08:25:51 AMHear are two of mine. The first one is a 2240 with a 2400 tube and a 11.5" barrel with to many mods to list.Its one hole accurate at 20 yards.The second one is a 1740 with a 12" barrel and is still a work in progress. Still working on the SSG tuning. It has proven to be a little more challenging than the 2240.I like the front grip on that first one. How is that held on? Got photos of it disassembled? I have an under-barrel Pic rail on mine for a Pinty laser, but I'd really like some wood up front. Where'd you get that?Andy
I may be the only one seeing how it nobody has come up with something yet, but for me there's simply no going back from this....I have a simple design in my head , but I just don't have the ability to create it.The bolt would look something like this with a slot in it for the hammers cocking pin.The rear tube cap would have a notch in it for a pin in the freely rotating cocking knob, just like the old Benjamin setup.The rear breech screw would be like a bigger version of the little front breech screw, with the hole in the top being enlarged to allow insertion and driving of the screw as well as counter sinking .I could notch the rear plug, and make a crude version of the bolt.I don't have the ability to make the knob, and probably could not pull off the screw hole work.I am not a machinist so I do not know, but it seems like an easy enough thing to create.