My son gave up his Gen 1 MROD

[Booger]

My son has been eyeing my Apple watch for over a year. So I told him I would trade the watch for his MROD (which I bought). He said give it here. LOL

This MROD has a history. I bought it used and tuned, then I put in a Huma regulator. I shot it for awhile and really did not like it so I sold it. My son kept asking where his MROD was and I did not have the heart to tell him. The same MROD came up for sale and I bought it back. The owner made a lot of changes, some I liked some I didn't. So off to the tuner she went, where she received a major make over. New hammer, new shroud, SSG make over. I just wish there was something I could do about the weight and blockieness. It feels like a heavy 2X4. While all I do is shoot her off a bench it still irritates me. I also have the same problem with my Air Wolf, it is just too heavy. Maybe I need to look at weight before I get air guns in the future.

Bottom line is I have a new/old airgun back in my stable even though it never left.

[Lazer Wolfe]

Good trade and cool story too.

If I get another air rifle it will most likely be an MRod or SynRod.

[Frank in Fairfield]

Jesse,
They do have a way of returning home...
Here is my story.
I bought my Gen I .177 to replace my tack-driving Gen I .22.
No one told me I could de-tune the .22 for FT.
Shot it a bit.
Then made a trade to Motorhead.
The trade for his complete Marauder package.
Whoa...30 shots per fill became 80 at 18fpe using 10.34 grain pellets.
So one day I was messing around and I stripped the screw on the bolt (you know the one).
It would not budge.
PA said they would fix it.
I sent it to them.
Guilt got the best of me and I called PA and asked them to send it back.
I took care of it and was enjoying the FT game, albeit, I was, and,  I am not a challenge to anyone.
Then in 2015 (July) I figured I would leave the PCP game.
Sold the tanks and sold the rifle (as pictured without the scope/bi-pod) for $750.00 + S&H
Five months later I see the rifle on the Yellow for $600.00 delivered.
Motorhead brought the rifle to my attention, too, "That is Frank White's rifle".
I told him, "It is mine again".

So it came back for the third time but.....When Scott opened it up he was sick.
Some hack had gotten into it and added a 4-ring bStaley mod even with the already installed Huma Regulator and other things.
It took Scott about two hours to fix everything.
I know it was two hours because I drank three cups of coffee and ate two croissants while watching him.

Scott has had to replace an o-ring now and then but this ol' girl can shoot (as long as it is not me behind the trigger).

Had a leak last month.
Changed the fill nipple and gauge (duh) and all is well again.

Probably get a complete takedown and rebuild the valve soon.

I know I have 65,000 pellets down the barrel and I have no way of knowing how many were shot when she was gone in 2015.

The Gen I .177 ranks right up there with my R1.

It needs a better scope (1/2 mil-dot) but as I will be 72 in August, the scope that is on now will have to  do.

Stay safe my friends

[Booger]

Everyone knows I do not like MRODs. LOL Today I wanted to see how my regulator was holding up and in the middle of testing I ran out of her favorite pellet. Long story short I only got 30 shots out of her because of lack of pellets (I need to place an order soon).

LO   874.80   24.92
HI   887.60   25.65
AVG   880.38   25.24
ES   12.80   
SD   3.41   

I think she is doing pretty good. I do like your stock, I've had 2 like that.

[Booger]

I just wanted to add a graph. Pictures are worth a 1000 words.

[avator]

Great story Jesse... I think that's going to be my next air gun related purchase.... a reg for my .22 Synrod.

[Booger]

Great story Jesse... I think that's going to be my next air gun related purchase.... a reg for my .22 Synrod.

Right now I have only used huma & airgun exporter's regulators, but Rocker put a Robert Lane regulator in my Buccaneer. We will see which one works the best. Regulators are the way to go in my opinion.

[avator]

I already have a TSS and Rocker MDS hammer. I blew my shoulder out again and that set me back a bit on fine tuning. I'm learning to work around the torn rotator cuff again like I did for 35 years after I blew it out the first time. I'm just not ready for surgery again. I'm getting there... I can scratch my butt with my left hand but I can't comb my hair yet.

[mobilemail]

I sold my .177 Mrod, didn't kiil me because there are lots of good guns in .177, both springer and PCP.

The more I shoot my .22 Mrod the more I like it. It's heavy, but it's a shooter!

I sold my first .25 Mrod, realized I was an idiot and bought another. It's going to stick around! 

(BTW, if you want to adopt me I will shoot your Mrod!    )

[avator]

Appreciate it Mark but, the MRod is fine waiting on me. My hair, on the other hand.......

[Booger]

I have come to the conclusion that all my guns are For Sale, people just may not want to pay for my asking price. Not that my prices are high, but some of them have work put in them. LOL

[mobilemail]

Same here! If you want it bad enough I can help! 

[triggertreat]

Just stopping in to say I really enjoyed both the OPs and Franks stories of their guns returning home.  Pretty neat stuff...