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Airguns by Make and Model => Crosman Airguns => Topic started by: Turbinator on May 06, 2022, 02:43:52 PM
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Hi folks, there may be millions of threads on Crosman 2100's, just wanted to throw in my experience getting 2 of these up and running.
Have one from 1990 vintage, and another from 1992. Neither were building up pressure.
Bought 2 replacement piston cups, installed, and now both pressurize and seem fine in dry fire testing.
That roll pin can be a bit of a pain, but having roll pin punches and careful hammering got them out just fine.
Seems I didn't need to touch the seals, or the valves / valve stems. Oiled both with Pellgun oil on the piston cup and away we go...
That's all! :)
Turby
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Killed hundreds of rats with my 2100 in Asia.
It was a good gun ;D
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Killed hundreds of rats with my 2100 in Asia.
It was a good gun ;D
Wow, hundreds? Still got yours?
Was over-penetration a problem, or were you in an environment where it didn't matter? What was your preferred ammo?
Turby
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Yes, a little over 600 rats ;D
A Polish friend of mine bought it from me after its years of good service.
Being a bit of a machinist, he tweaked the trigger, modified the probe, and installed a suppressor.
It particularly liked the Philippine made Eaglehead and Hammerhead pellets, and no, we have no power restrictions over there.
I still have photos of it with a Surefire Z2 flashlight mounted to its scope, but I could not seem to access PHOTOBUCKET anymore :(
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Yes, a little over 600 rats ;D
A Polish friend of mine bought it from me after its years of good service.
Being a bit of a machinist, he tweaked the trigger, modified the probe, and installed a suppressor.
It particularly liked the Philippine made Eaglehead and Hammerhead pellets, and no, we have no power restrictions over there.
I still have photos of it with a Surefire Z2 flashlight mounted to its scope, but I could not seem to access PHOTOBUCKET anymore :(
FYI..photobucket is subscription only now….their holding your pix for ransom….I was fortunate that I was able to download some of my deceased pups….but airgun and motorcycle lost to history….I refuse to pay tribute….good luck
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Yes, a little over 600 rats ;D
A Polish friend of mine bought it from me after its years of good service.
Being a bit of a machinist, he tweaked the trigger, modified the probe, and installed a suppressor.
It particularly liked the Philippine made Eaglehead and Hammerhead pellets, and no, we have no power restrictions over there.
I still have photos of it with a Surefire Z2 flashlight mounted to its scope, but I could not seem to access PHOTOBUCKET anymore :(
FYI..photobucket is subscription only now….their holding your pix for ransom….I was fortunate that I was able to download some of my deceased pups….but airgun and motorcycle lost to history….I refuse to pay tribute….good luck
True, I was able to retrieve some of them.
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Yes, a little over 600 rats ;D
A Polish friend of mine bought it from me after its years of good service.
Being a bit of a machinist, he tweaked the trigger, modified the probe, and installed a suppressor.
It particularly liked the Philippine made Eaglehead and Hammerhead pellets, and no, we have no power restrictions over there.
I still have photos of it with a Surefire Z2 flashlight mounted to its scope, but I could not seem to access PHOTOBUCKET anymore :(
Wow, over 600... that's a lotta notches on that stock ;). The primary enemy of my airguns over the years has been snails.
Power restrictions - wow - I never thought about that. I guess some countries may have restrictions. But I heard that Philippines are pretty good about personal gun ownership in general anyway, so not surprising that you didn't have any restrictions there on power output.
Turby
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Never had any trouble removing pump pivot roll pins.
Now, installation....THAT is another story!
I set myself up a Grizzly 1 ton bench arbor press with a fixture to hold the pump tube/rifle in the proper
position to press the roll pin back in... I had to machine the tooling.
It is still a work in progress, but getting better.
I do a bunch of them.............
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Never had any trouble removing pump pivot roll pins.
Now, installation....THAT is another story!
I set myself up a Grizzly 1 ton bench arbor press with a fixture to hold the pump tube/rifle in the proper
position to press the roll pin back in... I had to machine the tooling.
It is still a work in progress, but getting better.
I do a bunch of them.............
A press fixture sounds like the cat's meow to get these roll pins done... I've had a bit of roll pin experience prior, but I haven't done a bunch of 2100's. I did find that squeezing roll pins with some pliers to tighten them up a little bit, does help with reinstallation. They're pretty tough to squeeze though. I was able to hammer in my roll pins for the 2100 with no real issues. Removal also was pretty straightforward, having roll pin punches really helps with that. If I find myself having to remove the pins often, I'm going to want either a fixture such as what you have, or another pin solution that isn't so inconvenient to remove each time I need to get in there. Sounds like you're pretty much a roll pin pro!
Turby
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I use a C clamp as a press to re-install stubborn roll pins.
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A press fixture sounds like the cat's meow to get these roll pins done... I've had a bit of roll pin experience prior, but I haven't done a bunch of 2100's. I did find that squeezing roll pins with some pliers to tighten them up a little bit, does help with reinstallation. They're pretty tough to squeeze though. I was able to hammer in my roll pins for the 2100 with no real issues. Removal also was pretty straightforward, having roll pin punches really helps with that. If I find myself having to remove the pins often, I'm going to want either a fixture such as what you have, or another pin solution that isn't so inconvenient to remove each time I need to get in there. Sounds like you're pretty much a roll pin pro!
Turby
I wanted to build a pin press ala a chain tool. That would take care of alignment of the ALL the parts and just screw in/out,
but the benchtop press was an easier solution. I prefer elegant, but in this case, simple won out...