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Title: Sneak peek of my latest project
Post by: Toolmaker on September 30, 2010, 09:05:08 PM
 Last weekend I mounted a red dot sight to my Benjamin HB22 pistol. This really renewed my interest in it. The factory sights are IMHO awful. I shot it quite a lot last weekend. The whole time I kept thinking that I really like how solid the Benji is built vs my 1377 BUT, the (modified) trigger on my 1377 has a much better feel to it. I dug into the HB22 to see if there was anything else I could do for it's trigger. I have previously modded it and while it is better than stock it's still not quite "there". Well, I didn't see any way to further improve it. I got to thinkin'  (uh oh) hmmmmm I do have an extra 1377 grip frame and I do like the trigger and the overall feel of the 1377 grip better than the HB...        So the HB22 / 1377 hybrid project is born.

 My objective is to adapt the 1377 grip frame to the HB22 without making any non-reversible changes to the HB (just in case). I determined that by making a longer rear tube plug and a custom sear that this can be done.

Here are a couple of pics of my progress so far:
Title: Re: Sneak peek of my latest project
Post by: Toolmaker on October 03, 2010, 09:44:18 AM
 Made a new sear with the "catch" moved back .200. Blued the rear plug with some Oxpho Blue. Cut a relief in the grip frame to clear a screw head.
Title: Re: Sneak peek of my latest project
Post by: Toolmaker on October 03, 2010, 09:48:08 AM
 Assembled everything and it works!
Title: Re: Sneak peek of my latest project
Post by: Rocker1 on October 03, 2010, 10:26:48 AM
Looks great to me, you have a real talent going for you. Thanks David
Title: Re: Sneak peek of my latest project
Post by: gene_sc on October 03, 2010, 11:57:23 AM
Great workmanship Matt. Can surely appreciate how you approached this project. So now who is going to be shooting her? Your son or you?...:)
Title: Re: Sneak peek of my latest project
Post by: Jay on October 03, 2010, 01:14:38 PM
Matt your skill's alway's are amazing with these project's. Just fantastic Bro. an I'm pretty sure you have a one of a kind pistol there!!!
Title: Re: Sneak peek of my latest project
Post by: Cptjbud on November 16, 2010, 01:56:51 PM
C'mon...  No lost parts?  Everything fit first time?  No blood? No excessive swearing? 
Guess it must be what they call "skill"? 
Nice job!
Title: Re: Sneak peek of my latest project
Post by: Toolmaker on November 16, 2010, 07:32:01 PM
 I've put 250 - 300 rounds thru the hybrid now and I gotta say, I love this pistol! It's harder to pump than my 1377 but I just really like the way it "fits" and balances. Next I'm gonna see how much power I can wring outta it. Kinda like a steroid HB22!
Title: Re: Sneak peek of my latest project
Post by: Cooney on November 16, 2010, 08:58:25 PM
Now that's what I call a makeover, thanks for sharing the pic's with us. Very nice workmanship.....
Title: Re: Sneak peek of my latest project
Post by: neric on November 23, 2010, 09:05:47 AM
BodieJ  your line of:   "No lost parts?  Everything fit first time?  No blood? No excessive swearing? "   really gave me a good laugh.   All questions I can relate to,,,escpecially excessive swearing. 

That was good,,,thanks