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makarov76 · « **on:** January 05, 2017, 01:07:23 AM »

I'm just wondering does anybody out there have one? I remember seeing one
When I was a kid it was black looked like an M16 it shot bb's or pellets,
You pumped it 3 times. Can somebody post some pics tell me more about it
& if they modded it. I'd love to collect one.

bavaria55n · « **Reply #1 on:** January 05, 2017, 10:37:11 AM »

I have one someplace. I thought they were single pump guns?
Gary

dv8eod · « **Reply #2 on:** January 06, 2017, 03:28:52 PM »

Wish I'd known you wanted one. I scrapped mine out a couple years ago. Wasn't anything to them, mostly plastic including the valve. Not a whole lot that could be done with them. Mostly a novelty to garner sales.
My sister might still have hers, but I doubt it.

johnnyfoos · « **Reply #3 on:** January 07, 2017, 06:29:54 PM »

makarov76- I did get one last year
I think they are single pump, same as 781 I've read
I'm still trying to get this one shooting
it had laid outside for many years.

larspawn · « **Reply #4 on:** January 07, 2017, 07:15:14 PM »

Def single pump. I'll have to dig mine out for some shots.

lillysdad621 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 07, 2017, 08:36:57 PM »

single pump for sure... but as a little kid i pumped it 3 times...i am positive that made it .308 instead of .556...(blessed young ignorance...).

Sad postscript to story... i moved on to other air rifles and my little brother got his hands on my Air17... last time i saw it it had no buttstock... mag was missing and barrel had been sawed... My little brother and his little "gangsta" friends wanted a sawn off shotgun, so that is what they made... I still hate those kids... as per my brother, i'm still forced to like him...

larspawn · « **Reply #6 on:** January 07, 2017, 09:15:34 PM »

Just ran some over the chrony...2 FPE. Lol

I was looking at it and wondering what the little switch was on the back and then for the first time I realized you can shoot BBs from it! Never even noticed the loading trap door on the side.

lillysdad621 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 07, 2017, 09:42:54 PM »

Andrew... you are making my eyeballs sweat... lots of adventures we shared. it is probably the thing that made me joined the army later on in life... i remember running my finger on the side of the M16 and remembering how weird is not to have that little BB door...

and to be honest with you, i got a M4 177... not the same. My son is 4... its packed away for him in a couple of years...

larspawn · « **Reply #8 on:** January 08, 2017, 12:54:01 AM »

I was looking at the pics and forgot about the trap door in the butt. I didn't grow up with one so really haven't spent a lot of time with this gun. I bought it many years ago as I was collecting "iconic" and cool looking guns.

MikieG · « **Reply #9 on:** January 08, 2017, 02:14:03 AM »

I had one as a kid. I love anything M16. One day mine fell from my gun rack and broke the stock smooth off. That was the end of it. I guess I'd buy another just for my collection. It wouldn't get shot like my 880/760 guns. When I was a kid, that was the coolest gun. I did have the M1 carbine that cocks by telescoping the barrel into itself. Wish I still had these.

makarov76 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 08, 2017, 10:02:58 PM »

Thx for the replies & pics, brings back childhood memories. It's been a long time
Since I've seen one (1985-1987) glad to know there's a few still out there.
I wish I had a complete one I would make 3 rifled barrels for it a 17,20,22 cal.
Then I would make a brass pump piston & valve & do all the necessary modds
To turn it into a 7or8 pump gun to shoot between 700&800 fps.

larspawn · « **Reply #11 on:** January 08, 2017, 11:07:56 PM »

Quote from: makarov76 on January 08, 2017, 10:02:58 PM

Thx for the replies & pics, brings back childhood memories. It's been a long time
Since I've seen one (1985-1987) glad to know there's a few still out there.
I wish I had a complete one I would make 3 rifled barrels for it a 17,20,22 cal.
Then I would make a brass pump piston & valve & do all the necessary modds
To turn it into a 7or8 pump gun to shoot between 700&800 fps.

LOL Jay. Love your enthusiasm. That might be a lot of machining. I'm sure the plastic pump arm wouldn't take 8 pumps. But yeah it cranks out 500fps like nobody's business!

MikieG · « **Reply #12 on:** January 09, 2017, 12:06:15 AM »

What are these worth these days?

WiskyT · « **Reply #13 on:** January 22, 2017, 12:10:24 PM »

They had a 4 or 5 shot plastic clip to load the pellets and the magazine was an empty storage compartment. I think it might have come with a spare pellet clip because I remember keeping it in the "magazine" for fast reloads lol. You never knew when Black Bart might have a few toadies with him...

larspawn · « **Reply #14 on:** January 22, 2017, 04:21:27 PM »

Yes it is magazine/clip fed with manual advance. It is actually 4 shots as the middle of the mag has a cutout that is used for single shot feed.

Not a powerhouse but I've collected a bunch of odd/different Airguns.

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