Daisy 35 musing

[EdinGa]

Who else thinks Daisy needs to offer a Daisy 35R? R being rifled barrel. I know they have the 901 and the 880 but I absolutely love my 35s and I would by another one in a heartbeat if it had a rifled barrel.

[Jayrotx821]

What am I missing about the 35?  People seem to love it but I'm not sure why.  Is it because it's a single pump?

Can you not switch out the barrel with one from an 880? 

[EdinGa]

What am I missing about the 35?  People seem to love it but I'm not sure why.  Is it because it's a single pump?

Can you not switch out the barrel with one from an 880?

It's a multipump, makes decent power and it's a solid little gun. You can switch the barrel, but I have too many mods going as it is.

[desmobob]

The PowerLine 35 ended my quest for a very accurate (and powerful and inexpensive) BB rifle.  Is there any other smoothbore multi-pump out there?  I bought two of the pink camo versions for about $18 each on sale from Amazon a few years back.  I gave one of them away and now regret it.  I might paint the stock on the one I kept...

[Jayrotx821]

@edinga ahhh I see it's a multi pump.  I hear ya about the mods!!

[EdinGa]

The PowerLine 35 ended my quest for a very accurate (and powerful and inexpensive) BB rifle.  Is there any other smoothbore multi-pump out there?  I bought two of the pink camo versions for about $18 each on sale from Amazon a few years back.  I gave one of them away and now regret it.  I might paint the stock on the one I kept...

I have 2 already and I refuse to mod them. If there is a more perfect BB plinker, I don't know what it is. Daisy Precision Max BBs continually astonish me with the accuracy they produce in both of mine. My wife quickly claimed the first one I bought, so I made it hers and ordered another one. I just bought my 3rd and will be ordering the 880 barrel for it.

[Matchstickshooter]

Who else thinks Daisy needs to offer a Daisy 35R? R being rifled barrel. I know they have the 901 and the 880 but I absolutely love my 35s and I would by another one in a heartbeat if it had a rifled barrel.

The 880 rifled barrel is drop in after removing a couple inches off the barrel and recrowning!!
  When you order it comes with the valve and trigger assembled SAME as 880.    Measure/compare lengths of old versus new then cut/recrown!

This is my second one I've done.




Under the Bold Heading at the Top of Daisy Gate......Stonykill was the first I had ever heard doing it.

[EdinGa]

I've been studying that thread. I just ordered the camo version and I have big plans for it.

[EdinGa]

Who else thinks Daisy needs to offer a Daisy 35R? R being rifled barrel. I know they have the 901 and the 880 but I absolutely love my 35s and I would by another one in a heartbeat if it had a rifled barrel.

The 880 rifled barrel is drop in after removing a couple inches off the barrel and recrowning!!
  When you order it comes with the valve and trigger assembled SAME as 880.    Measure/compare lengths of old versus new then cut/recrown!

This is my second one I've done.




Under the Bold Heading at the Top of Daisy Gate......Stonykill was the first I had ever heard doing it.

What LDC is that? I like how it doesn't add too much length.

[pblawler]

Just a question but if you cut the breach side of the barrel is there a need to recrown?

Is there a difference in the pump mechanism from the 880?

I don't have a 35 so just curious.

[EdinGa]

Just a question but if you cut the breach side of the barrel is there a need to recrown?

Is there a difference in the pump mechanism from the 880?

I don't have a 35 so just curious.

I'm not sure but I'm interested. I've got plans to turn my new one into an indoor silent pellet shooter.

[Matchstickshooter]

  As far as cutting the breech end, I believe the barrel is press fit into the valve.  I wouldn't want to mess up where I put the pellet in.
Trimming the the crown end and then recrowning seems simpler to me. 
The LDC came from Geo, once upon a time.

The 880 comes with the valve, trigger, and aluminum pump tube. There's a difference in the length of the tube as I recall.
I switch pump tubes, keeping the 35 tube on the gun.   Here ya go!  Here's who I followed!

https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=81383.0

[EdinGa]

I got my camo 35 in and converted it. I decided to leave the barrel alone and bored out the front sight assembly instead. I did the tape mod to be a force fit inside the Buck-Rail adapter and it seems to be working well. I'm not having any issues hitting my 15 yard spinners, but I need to tear it back down and work on the trigger before I do any real accuracy testing. It's making 6.6 fpe on 10 pumps and 7.3 on 12 with RWS Supermags.

[Matchstickshooter]

I got my camo 35 in and converted it. I decided to leave the barrel alone and bored out the front sight assembly instead. I did the tape mod to be a force fit inside the Buck-Rail adapter and it seems to be working well. I'm not having any issues hitting my 15 yard spinners, but I need to tear it back down and work on the trigger before I do any real accuracy testing. It's making 6.6 fpe on 10 pumps and 7.3 on 12 with RWS Supermags.

It'll make quite a difference in that trigger if you remove that little silver  flat lawyer spring.  jmho

and, looking good!

[EdinGa]

I got my camo 35 in and converted it. I decided to leave the barrel alone and bored out the front sight assembly instead. I did the tape mod to be a force fit inside the Buck-Rail adapter and it seems to be working well. I'm not having any issues hitting my 15 yard spinners, but I need to tear it back down and work on the trigger before I do any real accuracy testing. It's making 6.6 fpe on 10 pumps and 7.3 on 12 with RWS Supermags.

It'll make quite a difference in that trigger if you remove that little silver  flat lawyer spring.  jmho

and, looking good!

That's my plan and I'm going to do the Credit card mod. This thing is a blast. I've got a couple of other goodies coming for it too.

[lillysdad621]

the conversion took literally 15 mins from dissasembly to shooting. The barrel is pressure fitted and the easiest way to cut is with a pipe cutter. lay it next to the original, mark it and cut. maybe 8 turns. recrowns with a screw head and polishing compound. cleane up with 0000 steel wool. it was accurate with bbs... but now is a laser with pellets.

[EdinGa]

the conversion took literally 15 mins from dissasembly to shooting. The barrel is pressure fitted and the easiest way to cut is with a pipe cutter. lay it next to the original, mark it and cut. maybe 8 turns. recrowns with a screw head and polishing compound. cleane up with 0000 steel wool. it was accurate with bbs... but now is a laser with pellets.

I decided it might be nice to have a few extra fps with the longer barrel so I didn't cut it. It's shooting great with pellets as far as a can tell with this atrocious trigger. I'm going to take it apart again as soon as I have time and do the trigger mods.

[EdinGa]

I snuck outside for a few minutes to snipe some sweetgum balls and found out that this Daisy barrel likes 10.3 Knockouts too. It's shooting them at 550 fps on 12 pumps.

[EdinGa]

At the risk of becoming annoying, I'm in love with this 35r. It's a rainy day here in Georgia and I've been sitting on the front porch plinking sweetgum balls out of the trees in the front yard. It's a laser with Daisy HPs and as soon as I get a little longer scope it will be upgraded from the red dot.


Many thanks to those that came before me and made this mod  possible for the rest of us to enjoy.

[Matchstickshooter]

At the risk of becoming annoying, I'm in love with this 35r. It's a rainy day here in Georgia and I've been sitting on the front porch plinking sweetgum balls out of the trees in the front yard. It's a laser with Daisy HPs and as soon as I get a little longer scope it will be upgraded from the red dot.


Many thanks to those that came before me and made this mod  possible for the rest of us to enjoy.

 Stonykill is the man for coming up with it.
You sound as pleased with it as I am.   
 My first one took a chipmunk off the front step with one pump.  My wife's container garden was out there.
The living room window is at a right angle to the kitchen stone steps he was living under.  So I left the window open a crack. Nailed him from 2 yards away, in one ear and out the other.