What did you do to your 362?

[moorepower]

So far i put on a TKO and used a disco front fiber optic attached to the TKO. I have a Baker trigger to install with trigger work. I have a steel breach and 24 and 26" .177 and .22 barrels to try, but, I am actually really liking the basic gun. The TKO is perfect for this platform.

[wll2506]

Well it was stock for a lil bit. I installed the steel breech on 1476 today. Along with a Williams peep and the fiber optic front.
 

If my Down & Dirty C362 factory gun, doesn't fit my fantasy, that Down & Dirty gun will look just like yours, except mine will have a butt pouch.

wll

[Mintyman]

I dug thru some old drill bits and found a couple #30 bits. I cut the shanks off into new pins for the trigger on 1480. That took all of the slop in the pivot points. I did a final polish of all the contact points. Really nice trigger now. I also mounted a Bugbuster on 1480 in place of the fixed scope. After a bunch of pellets and fiddling I can put pellets into pellet holes.
I ordered another #30 bit to do the pins in 1476.
  I did dial in the Williams peep on 1476 and I’m really loving the accuracy I’m able to get out of it with my eyes. Lol.

[mentolio]

Ordered a steel breach plus a few other sundries from Alchemy and bought a couple compact scopes from Amazon, but haven’t actually done anything to mine yet (other than shoot it some).

[EdinGa]

Turned it into a 365.

[Back_Roads]

 What Have I done 

Added a 2260 24" barrel.


 And some spare parts projects 

[Firewalker]

Awesome, James! 

[Mintyman]

Shot them.

[avator]

I put them down... they are both set up as we want them... now they will lay in wait for when Betty Lou and I are ready to put them in the games rotation.
Time to move on to something else. I think it's springer time. I've got a few waiting for some attention.

[mentolio]

Took it apart, drilled the handle out of the stock probe, added my new steel breach, shortened the rear breech screw too much (must do it again), and then realized I couldn’t find my 8-32 tap for the bolt handle hole in the probe…ugh! Also took the bottom end apart enough to expose the trigger guts, polished and lined the contact areas, and made the TKO experimental trigger fit and function. There’s a new 8-32 tap in my pocket and another hour of work (job work, not airgun work. That should only take 15 min or so) between me and my 362!

[Mintyman]

Took it apart, drilled the handle out of the stock probe, added my new steel breach, shortened the rear breech screw too much (must do it again), and then realized I couldn’t find my 8-32 tap for the bolt handle hole in the probe…ugh! Also took the bottom end apart enough to expose the trigger guts, polished and lined the contact areas, and made the TKO experimental trigger fit and function. There’s a new 8-32 tap in my pocket and another hour of work (job work, not airgun work. That should only take 15 min or so) between me and my 362!

😊 Nice. I didn’t realize the bolt handle wasn’t threaded in. I twisted the first one right off. I have a spare “very short handle” bolt on hand now. I Bought 2 new bolts from Mellon air. An extended probe and flow thru bolt. I have one in each gun now. Extended probe works very nice. I feel I might have an exhaust port alignment issue flow thru bolt. I’ll be think I maybe pulling that one apart after I get to chrono it again.
 3 threads off the factory screw. I also removed the green “booger” from the spring.
Take out the hammer and if the piston pin is loose now’s you’re chance to peen it slightly to fit. Also I put a little moly/ pellgun oil coating on the hammer and polished the sear contact.

[mentolio]

I may remove the “booger” at some point, but I want to keep it mostly “stock” to see if I notice differences. So far it is a bit harder to cock (need a little more lube in the bolt channel I think), and the pellets are a bit tougher to feed (guess the cavity for the breech screw is deeper in the metal breech?). Once I tapped the bolt and shortened another rear bolt screw, it was all gravy. The TKO trigger definitely has a better feel and shape, as well as starting further back in the trigger guard. I did not install any adjusting screws in the trigger housing (again, looking for reference from stock)…it needs them. While the trigger definitely feels better (even with the lawyer springs), it does have a LOT of travel, still pretty good though. I mounted an Amazon shorty 3-9x40, though I’d much prefer the Williams Peep (waiting for the one with knob-adjustable micro-click windage and elevation. I hate the one that requires all the screws to be loosened and tightened!).

[avator]

Concerning the 'booger'....
We are already experiencing the 'wobble' in the cocking pin in the hammer.
IMO, the 'booger' just adds unneeded stress on that situation.
The gun dumps the recommended 8 pumps just fine without it and makes cocking the gun easier.

[tennx]

Concerning the 'booger'....
We are already experiencing the 'wobble' in the cocking pin in the hammer.
IMO, the 'booger' just adds unneeded stress on that situation.
The gun dumps the recommended 8 pumps just fine without it and makes cocking the gun easier.

I havent read everything ,how u folks dealing with the wobble and is it potentially on every gun…thanks

[avator]

Concerning the 'booger'....
We are already experiencing the 'wobble' in the cocking pin in the hammer.
IMO, the 'booger' just adds unneeded stress on that situation.
The gun dumps the recommended 8 pumps just fine without it and makes cocking the gun easier.

I havent read everything ,how u folks dealing with the wobble and is it potentially on every gun…every gun..thanks

Phil.... I haven't done it yet but I will next time I have the guns apart.
I understand they are peening the short end of the pin to make it fit tighter in the hammer.

[tennx]

Concerning the 'booger'....
We are already experiencing the 'wobble' in the cocking pin in the hammer.
IMO, the 'booger' just adds unneeded stress on that situation.
The gun dumps the recommended 8 pumps just fine without it and makes cocking the gun easier.

I havent read everything ,how u folks dealing with the wobble and is it potentially on every gun…every gun..thanks

Phil.... I haven't done it yet but I will next time I have the guns apart.
I understand they are peening the short end of the pin to make it fit tighter in the hammer.

Many thanks…..

[mentolio]

Is the “booger” supposed to act as a guide, a cushion, or is it to add preload to the hammer spring? Maybe the Crosman member will chime in (if this hasn’t already been answered)?

[avator]

Jeff, I have yet to see that answer other than the typical speculation.
I have resigned to posting from personal experience and in this case.... I don't find it needed at all.

[Mintyman]

I speculate the booger is there to aid in assembly.  Idk.
I peened the pin on 1476 and it has no wobble now.
Just a few gently taps were all it took.

[Wayne52]

There's a good possibility that booger does help for the pin life as well as a little more hammer spring tension as well   It would be interesting to know the reasoning behind the green booger though