Five Airguns Today

[Methuselah]

Six if you count bidding on one. All of them needing work (if you can call it that).

My 1377 quit holding air and I cleaned it up and reassembled it last week. They sights wouldn't adjust enough. After some web reading,  I figured it might just need better attention to detail during assembly - pushing the breech over some seems to have helped ... it (hopefully) gets sighted in tomorrow.

Next was the Daisy 880. It was never very accurate and got worse after it was dropped, lots moreso after hitting the buck rail moderator.  It had cracked the adapter and was clipping pellets so I had removed it. That left the sight a bit loose.

I hand "scrunched" the shroud and put foil tape where it met the cutout. Barrel was filthy and crown dinged up. Must've been dropped at the factory. No rifling last half inch or so either. Nothing to loose, used grinder, screw (steel, with valve grinding compound) then buffing thingy with rouge. Tape near end and middle. Two rounds touching, third not seen had to have hit one of the first two again. OK, sighted in. Oops, forgot, also bronze-brushed it and pulled patches - hopes, oil, and dry.

Next up, Benjamin 397PA. Investigation. Some rough leade, no "transition" at barrel. Hmmm. It mangles Norma ft. Try seating newly purchased cphp, rodded, looks good, push resistance was lands, nice marks head and skirts (should have taken pics of pellet). Try for group tomorrow.

Got dissassembled 760 supposedly all there, wasn't, took apart valve, evaled rest. Probably needs both plastic receiver halves, they are chewed where the need to hold the tube in back. Nut for butstock is missing. Valve stem might be good. Yeah!

Next 760, 1979 I believe. New derlin because last try replacing rubber with an o-ring failed (months ago). Spun and pulled to score it a hair bit, seems to be seating. One pump for overnight and eval tomorrow.

Bid Sheridan E20 nickel plated maybe NOS.

[Rocker1]

 I do not quiet understand this post sir?? Are you trying to sell these air guns??  David

[eeler1]

Busy day so far, and day isn't over yet.

Good luck on the E.

[Methuselah]

I do not quiet understand this post sir?? Are you trying to sell these air guns??  David

Oh, I see what you meant in pm, no, it's just part of a very busy day. It's all my broke-&ick stuff I'd been meaning to get up and running.

Maybe move thread to back room?

[Methuselah]

The 760 held that pump through the night.

5 pumps
499.6
486.6
489.7

10 pumps
586.2
585.1
584.5

Smooth bore (forgot to check last night).

Not terrible,  probably need to try some pellets...

[Methuselah]

Busy day so far, and day isn't over yet.

Good luck on the E.

Thanks Jon, it's been fun actually, but I've got too many that just don't work or aren't accurate.

I've only recently decided to try pistols and seek out some of the older stuff.

Do you own an E20? I know very little about Sheridans other than they are built to last.

[eeler1]

I don't own one, but if you need to rebuild one the valve tool is the same as for the Streaks and Benji's.

[Methuselah]

I don't own one, but if you need to rebuild one the valve tool is the same as for the Streaks and Benji's.

Sorry to hear you need a tool, I just did a crosman using vise, visegrip pliers and rubber for grip. One let me turn one side by inserting a punch in the port.

Maybe it doesn't need work...

[Methuselah]

Was out several hours but did some proof shooting, I'll add them one post at a time. All are in back at about 11 yards. First,  the Daisy 880.

It's the one I spent the most time on, and I found it was dialed in inside on windage but I had the front sight bent over, so it was right for 9 or 10 feet inside (2 or 3 pumps).

Gonna add, it's 9 that would hit a dime, but it's done better. Maybe that's the ammo. I used up the old tins of it's favorite, these are at least 5 or 10 years newer, so perhaps not the same any more? (anybody know?)

Pic

[Methuselah]

Next, the 397PA

It felt like they were still hanging up in the breach

I welcome pellet suggestions, you can see from the pics in the initial post it's not going to be easy to get one past all the transitions and "lacerations"...

It ain't pretty - the pics

[Methuselah]

The 1377, reassembled, I had higher confidence.

Confidence shattered

[Methuselah]

Shattered confidence, not to mention ego, I picked a better gun for some redemption.

Better but still blah. Maybe these newer pointed hunter pellets are not as good as the older tins.

[Methuselah]

One last grasp at sanity (are my shooting skills at fault!)

 

[airgunaut]

You are not insane.

You may, however, be a masochist!

[Methuselah]

You are not insane.

You may, however, be a masochist!

Might could possibly maybe be!

[Methuselah]

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[pipestone]

Wow!....pretty energetic there Steve..fun stuff isn't it



Dana

[Methuselah]

Wow!....pretty energetic there Steve..fun stuff isn't it



Dana

When I see improvement it's fun, some of them are beginning to frustrate me though.

I'm a bit harder to get motivated these days... lots more work needed

[Methuselah]

The 1377, reassembled, I had higher confidence.

Confidence shattered

Maybe I'm getting senile, I recalled running out of older tin crosman pointed hunters and thinking my bad grouping was that. So, pellet trap (Christmas present) in the house at other side of son room (not son's room, long story), 12 feet away, tried different pellets.

Target below.

Only thing is, it wasn't the pointed hunters I was shooting in the P1377...

LOL, still, same could have happened with the Win RN pellets, it wasn't that long ago it ran out too, and some were made in Spain, some China. Yup, maybe senile, I just don't pay any attention to that stuff when it's time to open another tin.

I'll have to stretch it out to 10 yards tomorrow, then maybe 25.