What airgun related did you do today?

[Whirligig]

Upon disassembly, I think that I discovered why the Xisico B25H had a harsh enough firing cycle to shear off the scope stop screw. See attached photo of the piston and what remains of the seal.

Any recommendations for a new piston seal? Since it's a clone of the Diana 34, would those seals be okay to use on the Xisico B25H? Who sells quality seals at a reasonable price?

If it's not too expensive, I might just want to get a whole new receiver and reuse the existing cocking linkages, trigger assembly, barrel, and stock.

Thanks,

-W

 Wow that one might be almost worn out!

 I used Air Rifle Headquarters Diana 34 seals in mine.

 These ones I believe:
https://www.airrifleheadquarters.com/catalog/item/251485/43075.htm

 Cheers,
        G

I realized that I had an old refurb Ruger Air Hawk (with the awful wood-filler plagued stock painted black) in storage, so I went and retrieved it. It's possible that I can cobble together a working air rifle using parts form both the Ruger and the Xisico.

Thanks for the link to the ARH page for the piston seal. If I know that everything else will fit together, I'll want to put a brand new piston (and breech) seal in it.

Edit: I just went ahead and ordered a few piston seals, including a couple of these.

I'll wait until I have a good amount of time to this project, so it's fun instead of frustrating! I've got two good guns out of the pile and one ok gun, lol.


-W

 Hah! I have a pile of those too... My original Flying Dragon XS25S, then a parts gun Mike sent me when I had a problem, because he's so awesome. I also took a gamble and bought a box of parts on Ebay (just for a good looking wood stock) that turned out to be a complete Ruger branded .177 XS25 missing a single e-clip.

 I made two good 25s and one 'ok' one out of the pile of parts. Pretty sure I've got the ARH seals in all of them.

 Good luck and have fun

I took the Ruger Air Hawk apart this morning just to see what I have to work with. The piston seal in the Air Hawk was undamaged, but seemed very hard. The piston assembly is also in better shape than the one in the XS25S, and the mainspring in the Ruger is two coils longer than the one in the XS25S. I definitely want to keep the XS25S barrel and stock. I might put the Air Hawk's trigger blade and/or assembly in the rebuild, just because the Air Hawk's trigger is metal instead of plastic.

All in all, I think I have all the parts needed to rebuild the XS25S. I'll wait for the ARH Maccari piston seals to arrive, and then see if I'm right.

-W

I've installed the Maccari piston seal, cleaned the remains of the original seal out of the compression chamber, and put most of it back together. The trigger came apart, and it's not simple to get it back together. The sear won't latch on, and the safety is a little tight and doesn't engage when cocking the air rifle. I'd still be working on it, but I lost a spring, so I'll need to try to find a suitable replacement at a local hardware store. I also made a hole for the scope stop pin on the one-piece mount to use, hopefully ending the movement of the scope due to the recoil of the spring-piston action.

I'm calling it a day, and will wait until I have an appropriate trigger spring to resume work.

Photos!

[Madd Hatter]

I finally got off my a**, butt and pumped up the new to me Sheridan rifle. It pumps up just fine and really slings the h&n pellet hard. The sights seem to be pretty close to right on but it's hard to tell for sure. We've got gusty 13 mph winds blowing right now.

[2A Georgia]

Swapped the Vortex Prism onto the Notos.  Sipping Scotch thinking about what to put the Centerpoint  3-12X32 AO on....hmmm.

[Zsigmund]

Upon disassembly, I think that I discovered why the Xisico B25H had a harsh enough firing cycle to shear off the scope stop screw. See attached photo of the piston and what remains of the seal.

Any recommendations for a new piston seal? Since it's a clone of the Diana 34, would those seals be okay to use on the Xisico B25H? Who sells quality seals at a reasonable price?

If it's not too expensive, I might just want to get a whole new receiver and reuse the existing cocking linkages, trigger assembly, barrel, and stock.

Thanks,

-W

 Wow that one might be almost worn out!

 I used Air Rifle Headquarters Diana 34 seals in mine.

 These ones I believe:
https://www.airrifleheadquarters.com/catalog/item/251485/43075.htm

 Cheers,
        G

I realized that I had an old refurb Ruger Air Hawk (with the awful wood-filler plagued stock painted black) in storage, so I went and retrieved it. It's possible that I can cobble together a working air rifle using parts form both the Ruger and the Xisico.

Thanks for the link to the ARH page for the piston seal. If I know that everything else will fit together, I'll want to put a brand new piston (and breech) seal in it.

Edit: I just went ahead and ordered a few piston seals, including a couple of these.

I'll wait until I have a good amount of time to this project, so it's fun instead of frustrating! I've got two good guns out of the pile and one ok gun, lol.


-W

 Hah! I have a pile of those too... My original Flying Dragon XS25S, then a parts gun Mike sent me when I had a problem, because he's so awesome. I also took a gamble and bought a box of parts on Ebay (just for a good looking wood stock) that turned out to be a complete Ruger branded .177 XS25 missing a single e-clip.

 I made two good 25s and one 'ok' one out of the pile of parts. Pretty sure I've got the ARH seals in all of them.

 Good luck and have fun

I took the Ruger Air Hawk apart this morning just to see what I have to work with. The piston seal in the Air Hawk was undamaged, but seemed very hard. The piston assembly is also in better shape than the one in the XS25S, and the mainspring in the Ruger is two coils longer than the one in the XS25S. I definitely want to keep the XS25S barrel and stock. I might put the Air Hawk's trigger blade and/or assembly in the rebuild, just because the Air Hawk's trigger is metal instead of plastic.

All in all, I think I have all the parts needed to rebuild the XS25S. I'll wait for the ARH Maccari piston seals to arrive, and then see if I'm right.

-W

I've installed the Maccari piston seal, cleaned the remains of the original seal out of the compression chamber, and put most of it back together. The trigger came apart, and it's not simple to get it back together. The sear won't latch on, and the safety is a little tight and doesn't engage when cocking the air rifle. I'd still be working on it, but I lost a spring, so I'll need to try to find a suitable replacement at a local hardware store. I also made a hole for the scope stop pin on the one-piece mount to use, hopefully ending the movement of the scope due to the recoil of the spring-piston action.

I'm calling it a day, and will wait until I have an appropriate trigger spring to resume work.

Photos!

 One of my XS25 has a real fiddly trigger and doesn't like to reset for reassembly. Getting the lock plate centered was a bear too, this post helped a lot : https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=202771.0

 I ended up making slave pins out of 3 or 4mm brass rod to go in the two main trigger group mounting holes. These aren't completely necessary but they do help keep things lined up when assembling the rifle.

 Good Luck!,
            G

 

[Whirligig]

Upon disassembly, I think that I discovered why the Xisico B25H had a harsh enough firing cycle to shear off the scope stop screw. See attached photo of the piston and what remains of the seal.

Any recommendations for a new piston seal? Since it's a clone of the Diana 34, would those seals be okay to use on the Xisico B25H? Who sells quality seals at a reasonable price?

If it's not too expensive, I might just want to get a whole new receiver and reuse the existing cocking linkages, trigger assembly, barrel, and stock.

Thanks,

-W

 Wow that one might be almost worn out!

 I used Air Rifle Headquarters Diana 34 seals in mine.

 These ones I believe:
https://www.airrifleheadquarters.com/catalog/item/251485/43075.htm

 Cheers,
        G

I realized that I had an old refurb Ruger Air Hawk (with the awful wood-filler plagued stock painted black) in storage, so I went and retrieved it. It's possible that I can cobble together a working air rifle using parts form both the Ruger and the Xisico.

Thanks for the link to the ARH page for the piston seal. If I know that everything else will fit together, I'll want to put a brand new piston (and breech) seal in it.

Edit: I just went ahead and ordered a few piston seals, including a couple of these.

I'll wait until I have a good amount of time to this project, so it's fun instead of frustrating! I've got two good guns out of the pile and one ok gun, lol.


-W

 Hah! I have a pile of those too... My original Flying Dragon XS25S, then a parts gun Mike sent me when I had a problem, because he's so awesome. I also took a gamble and bought a box of parts on Ebay (just for a good looking wood stock) that turned out to be a complete Ruger branded .177 XS25 missing a single e-clip.

 I made two good 25s and one 'ok' one out of the pile of parts. Pretty sure I've got the ARH seals in all of them.

 Good luck and have fun

I took the Ruger Air Hawk apart this morning just to see what I have to work with. The piston seal in the Air Hawk was undamaged, but seemed very hard. The piston assembly is also in better shape than the one in the XS25S, and the mainspring in the Ruger is two coils longer than the one in the XS25S. I definitely want to keep the XS25S barrel and stock. I might put the Air Hawk's trigger blade and/or assembly in the rebuild, just because the Air Hawk's trigger is metal instead of plastic.

All in all, I think I have all the parts needed to rebuild the XS25S. I'll wait for the ARH Maccari piston seals to arrive, and then see if I'm right.

-W

I've installed the Maccari piston seal, cleaned the remains of the original seal out of the compression chamber, and put most of it back together. The trigger came apart, and it's not simple to get it back together. The sear won't latch on, and the safety is a little tight and doesn't engage when cocking the air rifle. I'd still be working on it, but I lost a spring, so I'll need to try to find a suitable replacement at a local hardware store. I also made a hole for the scope stop pin on the one-piece mount to use, hopefully ending the movement of the scope due to the recoil of the spring-piston action.

I'm calling it a day, and will wait until I have an appropriate trigger spring to resume work.

Photos!

 One of my XS25 has a real fiddly trigger and doesn't like to reset for reassembly. Getting the lock plate centered was a bear too, this post helped a lot : https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=202771.0

 I ended up making slave pins out of 3 or 4mm brass rod to go in the two main trigger group mounting holes. These aren't completely necessary but they do help keep things lined up when assembling the rifle.

 Good Luck!,
            G

Thanks for all this information!

I can see where I made some other errors in addition to losing the spring (part 51).

I'll have to take the whole trigger assembly out again to fix my mistakes. Fun!

-W

[Zsigmund]

 Upgraded my Gamo Urban with a QuickShot trigger:




 I haven't dialed it in completely, it does seem smooth and light.

[Zsigmund]

Upon disassembly, I think that I discovered why the Xisico B25H had a harsh enough firing cycle to shear off the scope stop screw. See attached photo of the piston and what remains of the seal.

Any recommendations for a new piston seal? Since it's a clone of the Diana 34, would those seals be okay to use on the Xisico B25H? Who sells quality seals at a reasonable price?

If it's not too expensive, I might just want to get a whole new receiver and reuse the existing cocking linkages, trigger assembly, barrel, and stock.

Thanks,

-W

 Wow that one might be almost worn out!

 I used Air Rifle Headquarters Diana 34 seals in mine.

 These ones I believe:
https://www.airrifleheadquarters.com/catalog/item/251485/43075.htm

 Cheers,
        G

I realized that I had an old refurb Ruger Air Hawk (with the awful wood-filler plagued stock painted black) in storage, so I went and retrieved it. It's possible that I can cobble together a working air rifle using parts form both the Ruger and the Xisico.

Thanks for the link to the ARH page for the piston seal. If I know that everything else will fit together, I'll want to put a brand new piston (and breech) seal in it.

Edit: I just went ahead and ordered a few piston seals, including a couple of these.

I'll wait until I have a good amount of time to this project, so it's fun instead of frustrating! I've got two good guns out of the pile and one ok gun, lol.


-W

 Hah! I have a pile of those too... My original Flying Dragon XS25S, then a parts gun Mike sent me when I had a problem, because he's so awesome. I also took a gamble and bought a box of parts on Ebay (just for a good looking wood stock) that turned out to be a complete Ruger branded .177 XS25 missing a single e-clip.

 I made two good 25s and one 'ok' one out of the pile of parts. Pretty sure I've got the ARH seals in all of them.

 Good luck and have fun

I took the Ruger Air Hawk apart this morning just to see what I have to work with. The piston seal in the Air Hawk was undamaged, but seemed very hard. The piston assembly is also in better shape than the one in the XS25S, and the mainspring in the Ruger is two coils longer than the one in the XS25S. I definitely want to keep the XS25S barrel and stock. I might put the Air Hawk's trigger blade and/or assembly in the rebuild, just because the Air Hawk's trigger is metal instead of plastic.

All in all, I think I have all the parts needed to rebuild the XS25S. I'll wait for the ARH Maccari piston seals to arrive, and then see if I'm right.

-W

I've installed the Maccari piston seal, cleaned the remains of the original seal out of the compression chamber, and put most of it back together. The trigger came apart, and it's not simple to get it back together. The sear won't latch on, and the safety is a little tight and doesn't engage when cocking the air rifle. I'd still be working on it, but I lost a spring, so I'll need to try to find a suitable replacement at a local hardware store. I also made a hole for the scope stop pin on the one-piece mount to use, hopefully ending the movement of the scope due to the recoil of the spring-piston action.

I'm calling it a day, and will wait until I have an appropriate trigger spring to resume work.

Photos!

 One of my XS25 has a real fiddly trigger and doesn't like to reset for reassembly. Getting the lock plate centered was a bear too, this post helped a lot : https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=202771.0

 I ended up making slave pins out of 3 or 4mm brass rod to go in the two main trigger group mounting holes. These aren't completely necessary but they do help keep things lined up when assembling the rifle.

 Good Luck!,
            G

Thanks for all this information!

I can see where I made some other errors in addition to losing the spring (part 51).

I'll have to take the whole trigger assembly out again to fix my mistakes. Fun!

-W

 Oh good, I hope that helps a lot.
 
Happymecanic's post is the real deal. I followed it on my first couple of battles with the 34 trigger. I think I kinda have the hang of it now... 

[Mike71]

If I was to get a PCP I was definitely looking at the Gamo Urban... how is it on power with hunting pellets ? Accuracy  ? That trigger looks nice..

 Upgraded my Gamo Urban with a QuickShot trigger:




 I haven't dialed it in completely, it does seem smooth and light.

[Zsigmund]

If I was to get a PCP I was definitely looking at the Gamo Urban... how is it on power with hunting pellets ? Accuracy  ? That trigger looks nice..

 Upgraded my Gamo Urban with a QuickShot trigger:




 I haven't dialed it in completely, it does seem smooth and light.

 Hey Mike,

 I've probably got less than 250 shots through my Urban. I think it's a really good quality PCP especially for the Bargain Gate price I paid. 
Mine shoots CPHP 14.3gr pellets at right around 870 fps when it's topped off. At ten yards it can stack those same pellets in one hole. I've only shot out farther when plinking, about 25 yards, it hits easily for me at that range.

 

[Mike71]

I was wondering how fast the shorter barrel would toss them. 870 fps is pretty darn good.

[martrage]

 I gathered up some Pb related items to pass on (sell at sinfully low $$) to a friend , then stopped at the dairy permission for a couple hr.s to pest HOSPs ,
 starlings & pigeons. In the meantime while waiting for feathered subjects I ordered a .25 caliber Stoeger Ranger & ammo from Airgun Revisions. Dispersing
 of dust collecting Pb stuff is funding my air addiction, err I mean hobby replacement equipment.

[Zsigmund]

 I put a quickshot trigger in the HW50S .22 today.

 
 
 

 The rifle has a Vortek PG4 Steel kit in it. I like the shape of the new trigger, and it's gold! Well not really... gold colored though. 

[Rick67]

I put a quickshot trigger in the HW50S .22 today.

 
 
 

 The rifle has a Vortek PG4 Steel kit in it. I like the shape of the new trigger, and it's gold! Well not really... gold colored though. 

Looks very rough 

[Hoosier Daddy]

I woke up and got online to be reminded I should stay off gun auctions when I am inebriated.
My max bid is fair for a fine specimen of an airgun I have wanted a long time, but if I do win, I will be in the Dog-House for a while... again.

[avator]

First batch of .25 pellets are in the tumbler this morning. Reloaded the pot and it's coming back up to temp for round 2. Once that run is poured they will go in the tumbler and the batch in there will get sized and weighed while the pot comes up to temp again and batch 2 tumbles.
The plan is to run 5 batches of around 125 each today. We'll see how that goes.

[Zsigmund]

I put a quickshot trigger in the HW50S .22 today.

 
 
 

 The rifle has a Vortek PG4 Steel kit in it. I like the shape of the new trigger, and it's gold! Well not really... gold colored though. 

 



Looks very rough 

 It doesn't feel rough. Maybe they just want it to look sparkly? 

[avator]

First batch of .25 pellets are in the tumbler this morning. Reloaded the pot and it's coming back up to temp for round 2. Once that run is poured they will go in the tumbler and the batch in there will get sized and weighed while the pot comes up to temp again and batch 2 tumbles.
The plan is to run 5 batches of around 125 each today. We'll see how that goes.

Batch 1 is sized and culled for weight. Batch 2 is sized and back in the tumbler to knock and clingys off.
Pot is reloaded and coming back up to temp for batch 3.

[2A Georgia]

If I was to get a PCP I was definitely looking at the Gamo Urban... how is it on power with hunting pellets ? Accuracy  ? That trigger looks nice..

 Upgraded my Gamo Urban with a QuickShot trigger:




 I haven't dialed it in completely, it does seem smooth and light.

 Hey Mike,

 I've probably got less than 250 shots through my Urban. I think it's a really good quality PCP especially for the Bargain Gate price I paid. 
Mine shoots CPHP 14.3gr pellets at right around 870 fps when it's topped off. At ten yards it can stack those same pellets in one hole. I've only shot out farther when plinking, about 25 yards, it hits easily for me at that range.

Been on my want don't need list...didn't know they made upgraded triggers for that AG...tracking

[avator]

I have the CDT trigger in mine... works great and looks great with the wood Buccaneer stock..
The downside to the Urban is the expensive mags. I asked Troy at Big Air to make some mags for it. I sent him my mag to reverse engineer and he just wasn't able to do it without the gun... I didn't want to chance sending the gun with all that could happen during shipping.
I do have a couple mags that Van made a run of a few years back but they "walk" when they cycle and you have to "tap" them back into place between shots. I also have the "flip out" single shot mag that works great.

Maybe the Urban will be the gun of the day today.   

[maraudinglizard]

Finally got the Prod to hold air. The original foster on it would not hold air. Bought a new on with the replaceable seal so I don't have to go through this again. It's nice to have my trap gun usable again. Lugging a rifle around was getting to be a pain.