Crosman 2300 S ultra build

[AmBraCol]

Interesting looking rings.  What brand are they?  One screw or two per side?

[Racer X]

They are from Millett. Made for 22 each side has a separate screw and clamp.

[Racer X]

The final piece of the puzzle arrived today. The barrel!!
Now on Assemble it.

[Racer X]

Fully assembled and test fired. I had to shim the scope and will need to sight in at a greater distance. But out of the box it will stack pellets at ten feet. Feels nice and slim. I can't wait to start testing it out

[Hoosier Daddy]

SOOO Nice to see the finished product of all your hard labor!

Ya know what's funny?
For the last couple days I been putting together a parts wish list for a 2240 project and this pops up.
Perfect reference material!

[Racer X]

Thank you
So far I have only fired about twenty corsman premiers through it. I cleaned the barrel before assembly. But I am very impressed with how it handles.
The first shot left the pellet sticking out of a board. The spring was turned to full power . But the hammer stroke was at the minimum. I went two turns in on the hammer stroke adjustment. BANG the pellet sunk in deep. It is going to be a lot of fun testing and tuning with all the adjustments

[Racer X]

Reserecting this old thread
I found an old silverware chest on eBay for $10.00 and refinished it to hold my project gun
A friend gave me a scope from his rifle. It says Crosman on it and seems to work better than the pistol scope. I can hold the pistol in my folded arm and hold it very steady. Still need to do a chrony test but it has been cold laity.

[Iowa airguner]

Thought I would resurrect this old thread for an update.
I have never really shot this gun since I finished it. Mostly because I have not shot anything in a couple years. But the scope is my problem. First I had a pistol scope and you hold it at arms length and shoot. Then a short rifle scope that I could shoot from a folded arm or bench. But it just does not do it for me.

So I’m going to put in an adjustable rear notch sight and a muzzle brake with a post. 

[AmBraCol]

Oh, WOW! Talk about a blast from the past!  Personally I REALLY like iron sights on a pistol.  Have toyed with the idea of a red dot due to aging eyes, but still use irons for my pistol work.  Never have tried a rifle scope and a "taco hold" on a pistol, it just doesn't "feel right".  Lately I've been playing with the idea of using my 10 meter pistol more, but need to get it back from the young man I loaned it to. Don't forget to show us how it turns out with the irons!

[Iowa airguner]

This is the sight set I ordered. Don’t know what it will take to install and get working but let’s see.   I am definitely not happy with the scope.

[AmBraCol]

I've played with the idea of that muzzle brake/front sight, but never did spring for one.  Williams makes fine sights, although I've not had a chance to use that particular one yet. I have one of their more rudimentary peeps on my Discovery with the skeleton stock.

[Iowa airguner]

I picked that particular front sight  because it said vented. And it is black but silver would do. The rear was kinda the only choice I found with dove tail. I have a terrible feeling I need to raise the rear sight up a huge amount and then a dove tail to pickatinny adapter and a much cheaper sight will work. And this rather expensive one will not. Fingers crossed.

[AmBraCol]

That is the sight set that Crosman used to offer in their (now defunct) Custom Shop. It should work fine for you, as long as it works for your eyes.  I really need to get to an optometrist and get my prescription updated.  Have been having quite an issue lately with iron sights (and other things). I'm looking forward to hearing how it works out for you once you get it all assembled. I'm curious as to how that front sight pin works and what it would take to swap it out for one longer or shorter or of a different width. 

[Iowa airguner]

Ya know I did read that. But forgot it was actually a Crosman sight. I am sorry to hear the custom shop is gone.

Thanks for putting my mind at rest. The gun is so good I hate to not shoot it because of the scope.  I re read this thread last night. It was such a fun build and so many people helped out. I completely forgot about the disco valve.

[Rick67]

   As we come to the end of the year I thought I would do a project 2230T summery. I will order the barrel Friday. Then a week for that to arrive. I am going to paint all the parts with epoxy paint to see how I like the look of gloss black. Then fully assemble the pistol.
 Once it is assembled I will do some chrony testing.

  The final thing will be to build a display box. That will be fun. I want to have it with powerlet's ,oil ,tools and pellets. Maybe a short barrel. All set in velvet lined foam.

This what I have so far.

Frame.
Seams removed, trigger stop added, trigger spring anchor. Aluminum side plate
Custom made pins

Breach.
Aluminum long breach. Left hand cocking slot.

Bolt and cocking arm .
Brass long probe, custom Made cocking lever.

Barrel.
10.5 inch Lothar Walther
 
Barrel brake. Aluminum

Trigger. Brass roller polished trigger shoe, return spring.

Super sear. Polished with adjustable spring

Two barrel aluminum barrel bands.

Factory grips with fiberglass filer for sound deadening.

Inside valve.
Pro top valve with p rod hammer. Adjustable striker, Teflon coated and relieved for sear clearance.
Adjustable hammer spring

Other goodies
Brass safety lever
2300T main tube
All screws are custom made slotted black ,rifle screws.

Total adjustments...
Trigger pull weight
Trigger stop travel
Hammer spring pressure
Striker stroke length

The Crosman trigger frame is zamak which doesn’t seem to like any paint but powdercoat, I think.

If wanting black, satin is the best, but I also had 2 done in speckled finish when I came to the US.

My 2 trigger frames and 2 barrel bands only cost me P150 in Asia, about $3.00, back then while I paid about a $100 for parts done here in the US.

CCS tubes, without the ugly roll stamps, also take kindly to rebluing, especially when done by professional.

[Rick67]

Here, the tube was powdercoated using metallic dark grey they use on tire rims.

I got a huge discount when they did this ‘cuz my tube went along with a customer’s rims.

[Iowa airguner]

I got the muzzle brake today. Slipped on with no problems. Looks like the barrel is longer.

Now I’m falling in love all over again. Removing the scope is the best thing ever.

Now it feels very light and sleek. Not bulky and top heavy. I can load pellets much easier without the scope and at ten yards having the open sight will be great.

There is so much adjustability in this gun I can make it go puff and lob a pellet thirty yards and bounce off the plywood target. Or crank it up till there is ice coming out and it blast through 3/4 inch ply.
Now without the scope it feels like a new gun.
Still waiting for the rear sight to arrive.

[AmBraCol]

Yes, indeed. They are a nice, handy little popper! 

[Iowa airguner]

I was very concerned about the dovetail size and if the sight would fit.  Completely ignored the fact that I have a left hand breach, luckily it all clears. But there was a second that had my heart stopped .

[Iowa airguner]

Took a shot in the garden about ten yards out. Just to see if it was anything close to on paper and it did not look bad knocking some grass around. Then I tossed out a sandwich box and fired another round but the box did not move. So I figured I missed and packed it up. Then I looked at the box.