My B51 thread, convert to .257...or .25

[Ribbonstone]

Thanks for the up date...had been wondering how that went.

[mackeral5]

Thanks for the up date...had been wondering how that went.

You're welcome and thanks for the interest...  I have had varying degrees of enthusiasm for this one.  I really like the weight and ergonomics.  it shoots well, accuracy is good enough.  I want to finish it off with the .25 conversion, but not sure how much deeper I want to get.  Pulling the barrel will be a major leap of faith, there's virtually no turning back after that.....it's a tough choice---right now I have a nice, functioning gun.

Now that I've climate-controlled my shop I think I need to get a lathe before partaking further modification of this one or any other of my airguns....  One of the things holding me back on adding a small bench top lathe to my tooling was humidity/rust.....I think I have that under control now.

[Ribbonstone]

HAve not done a .25 conversion....have the donor barrel and can handle the conversion....just don't see the need. If 40-45 foot pounds in .22 won't do it, going to take a quantum leap....not a little step.

[Motorhead]

Happy to see the project complete.  Yea that venting issue is a BIG ONE with the B50 hammer being just a full diameter piston within the tube.
Having a few document there B50 journey certainly helped no doubt.