Spent some time shooting mine today, seems to do fine with old winchester pellets. I added a section of very thin fiber optic rod to the front sight, was a slightly loose fit through the small loop hole in the metal front sight. Also thought the rear sight windage adjustment to be quite handy, I thought I would have to loosen the phillips screw and manually move the sight, but it turns out that turning the screw moves the sight to where you want it adjusted, and it stays where you leave it. Also gave it a going over and stuffed pellet tin shipping foam in the hollow stock, and snugged up any loose screws.
I found I can load pellets with a pair of tweezers easy enough.
Any thoughts about mounting a picatinny rail on the receiver and putting a scope on? Would the plastic hold the rail and scope?
That scope looks like it might be an NCStar 4x30 Compact scope? I have one if it is.
Quote from: Sephroth_I_am on May 20, 2020, 01:56:15 AMAny thoughts about mounting a picatinny rail on the receiver and putting a scope on? Would the plastic hold the rail and scope?I actually had someone send me his rifle this last week so I could put a custom dovetail scope rail on it for him. The plastic will hold a smaller scope on it. I'd keep it down to a cheap 3-9x32 or smaller, or a red dot sight:Geo,Very nice job! Drill and tap the plastic? Screw size/type? How thick is the plastic? Nothing "just under" the surface to get in the way? 2 screws to mount the rail? This is something I would VERY seriously consider doing as I have one and have difficulty with the opens.Thank you in advance for any further info. that you may provide,......... Chris
There are 6 holes that have to be drilled and tapped into the rail / receiver. I used 6 set screws, they are m4-0.7 thread. 3.5mm of thread engagement in the rail and 2.5 in the receiver. Half the screws secure to the left hand, the other on the right. I use just a tiny dab of superglue on the threads so they'll stay in place, but not so much they can't be removed. I also use superglue under the rail on the left hand side, since there's no need for the rail to come off there.Here's a 5 shot group, the weather conditions were horrible, but I timed my shots between wind gusts:As long as you don't use a huge, heavy scope, this setup is plenty sturdy for the job, probably better than most plastic multipumps, since the two halves are now tied together.