started my 1322 project

[Airgunnr88]

I shot it for the first time yesterday, straight out of the package.  It was okay but the trigger was rough and heavy and I was having trouble getting much accuracy out of it.  So I took it inside and polished the trigger and sear.  I sanded the sides and all contacting surfaces down to 1000 grit, and compressed the sear spring to reduce the trigger pull weight.  This made a huge improvement in the feel of the trigger.

Then I put the shoulder stock on and flipped the rear sight around to use the peep sight.  I went back outside to sight it in.  I took a shot from about 15 feet just to see how far off the sights were.  It went through the bullseye!  So I stepped back to 25 feet and tried again.  It went through the same hole!   I could see both pellets stuck in the wood backstop, one on top of the other.  My next shot from about 35 feet went about half an inch below the first two, and the fourth was just to the left.  After that, many cans were slain.  I think I like this gun!  Definitely my best sight-in ever.

My plan is for a pretty low-budget build.  I'd like to replace the breech and put a red dot on it.  Right now I'm leaning towards the Baker Airguns aluminum breech.  Besides that, I'll probably just do some mods for increased efficiency without buying any parts, specifically drilling out the transfer port to .156" (5/32) and filing down the probe to make it skinnier.  This will pretty much be a plinker and occasional rat dispatcher, shooting on 5 pumps most of the time, so I'm more concerned with getting the most I can out of a few pumps than I am with getting big power and pumping 30 times.  Besides, I have the curse of champagne taste and a beer budget, so Macgyvering comes naturally to me.  I'd be glad to hear any suggestions along these lines.

I bought the pistol on sale for $35, already had the stock from my 2240, and already have a red dot sight laying around.  So I'm doing pretty good so far!

[happymecanic]

Hi Jim,

A suggestion for a low-to-no-cost mod: while you work on the bolt, drill the probe end and insert a small piece of wire or finising nail, soldered or epoxied in place. Cut/file just enough so that it'll push the gun's favorite pellet just past the transfer port. This may help to get better accuracy (the pellet skirt is not deformed by the shot of air), and power (better flow).

Also if the barrel is somewhat loose, you may wrap 1 or 2 layer of electrical tape on the muzzle end to stabilize it in the barrel band.

[Matchstickshooter]

I have the Baker aluminum breech in both .177 AND .22 and the come with an extended bolt probe. 
These breeches work wonderful on my 2240 carbine and 1377 RC carbine.  And they have 2 screws to hold the barrel.

[triggerfest]

My 1322 did great out of the box, basically the only modification needed was the trigger indeed !

[Rick67]

Yes, the plastic breech needs to be the 1st one to go.

Maverick Airguns has an interesting rear plug that is one piece---looks like a plate with 2 plugs and is said to mitigate movement, albeit the steel brech should work the same way.

[Airgunnr88]

My Baker breech should be arriving any day now.  I probably could have lived with the stock breech and a set of intermounts, but the metal breech adds so much of a look and feeling of quality that I couldn't resist.  I was originally planning to leave the 10" barrel on it, but I'll probably end up getting a 2289-style barrel band so I can use a 14" barrel that I had on my 2240 for a while. 

[Airgunnr88]

I have the Baker aluminum breech in both .177 AND .22 and the come with an extended bolt probe. 
These breeches work wonderful on my 2240 carbine and 1377 RC carbine.  And they have 2 screws to hold the barrel.

Did yours come with a plug to close off the rear of the breech?  I just got mine, and it didn't have one.  I thought I lost it when I opened the package, but I checked the website and the picture appears to show the breech without a plug.  Seems weird to just leave it open.

[Matchstickshooter]

I have the Baker aluminum breech in both .177 AND .22 and the come with an extended bolt probe. 
These breeches work wonderful on my 2240 carbine and 1377 RC carbine.  And they have 2 screws to hold the barrel.

Did yours come with a plug to close off the rear of the breech?  I just got mine, and it didn't have one.  I thought I lost it when I opened the package, but I checked the website and the picture appears to show the breech without a plug.  Seems weird to just leave it open.

No, the Baker Aluminum Breeches don't come with any rear plugs.
 I don't miss them.
More for looks than any real function. jmho