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All Springer/NP/PCP Air Gun Discussion General => Machine Shop Talk & AG Parts Machining => Topic started by: Bkhart on May 24, 2019, 12:01:57 AM
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Bought a Wildfire for plinking. As with all the others it leaked. Not bad at first but lately so bad you couldn't use it. Until I get around to fixing it I thought of a good substitute. I figured aside from barrel length the Vigilante pistol I had was pretty close to the Wildfire action besides it being a pistol. I decided to take a shot a modifying the Crosman pistol shoulder stock to fit the Vigilante. Our plinking is done at pretty close range so this works out fine. I may not be in too big a hurry to repair the Wildfire after all.....
Bill
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My experience with the Wildfire is that it only likes 1200 - 1500 psi fill at the max, any more it seems to want to leak, it will hold 1200 psi for weeks though.
Cool I had no clue the crosman pistol stocks were a close fit to the Vigilante 8)
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I think your right in keeping the Wildfire pressure closer to what it would see on CO2.
The stock took a bit of modding to fit. Most of the work was done with a small drum sander on a dremel tool.
Bill
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I gives me an idea though, some have made wood stocks for their 13xx etc. guns, this would be a fun woodshop project for me and others also.