Project 140 Black Wing

[Petey]

The project 140 Black Wing... Born out of necessity.
 I got bored.
Had this 140 laying on the bench next to my 1377 carbine....got to thinking how do I get this TKO on my 140? Well ...it wasn't too hard and it wasn't too easy either.
So I tore it down... got a seal kit and 2260 barrel cut and crowned from Allan at AB Airguns
( not a direct fit  but easy enough) an early 760 barrel band .
Another member (1377x) was kind enough to sell me a pump tube I desperately needed. Thank you Ed.
A couple of hours in the garage and i'm under way.

More to come.

[mav72]

That's one modernized looking 140.. Very nice!

[airnutz]

I like it!

 

[1377x]

WOW!
that looks good!
its nice to see the tube get put to good use!
what did it take to mount up the 2260 barrel? how long is it?
i am assuming that new holes had to be drilled into the 760 band.thought about doing the but i had a 1400 band that was opened up to accomodate the longer barrel
what are you going to do for sighting?
with the longer barrel you should see better numbers.

[Tom @ Buzzard Bluff]

"The project 140 Black Wing... Born out of necessity.
 I got bored.
Had this 140 laying on the bench next to my 1377 carbine....got to thinking how do I get this TKO on my 140? Well ...it wasn't too hard and it wasn't too easy either.
So I tore it down... got a seal kit and 2260 barrel cut and crowned from Allan at AB Airguns
( not a direct fit  but easy enough) an early 760 barrel band .
Another member (1377) was kind enough to sell me a pump tube I desperately needed. Thank you Ed.
A couple of hours in the garage and i'm under way."
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 Dangit Petey! Now I gotta go out to the shop to see if my 140L (Long) is still there or if I've been raided!

Your rifle looks virtually identical to one I put together a few years ago----even the parts sound correct. 2260 barrel and an early 760 die-cast potmetal pump-pivot/barrel band with barrel set screw.

If your junker pile is deep enough you can use the early 2 piece barrel/breech with short bolt cover from a 150 that allows use of the pistol rear sight and the rear sight element from various guns that can be inverted to use as a peep-sight to increase sight radius as well.

The only stock I still had appeared to have been 're-finished' using 40 grit sandpaper and used motor oil so I used bedliner to hide the ugly.
Unfortunately mine was assembled from previously condemned parts and I STILL haven't got it holding dependably. Looks like I need to find a slightly better 'junker' for a donor.

One of the best MSPs ever made in the US----reason enough to upgrade them!   Tom

[Petey]

weLL ...she's going back in the locker....I spent some good time today trying to get her to group. Nothing doing...Heck at one point it was so far off i hit my chicken coop. I tried at everything I had. best I could do was two in row and then Shotgun.
All I can figure is it has to be flexing when I pump it. Really not worthy because It cost me a few bucks to get to this point.
However: the experience gained is priceless....That's what I'm sticking with.
I'll play with her some when I have more time. Right now I'd rather be shooting than working on AG's.

Happy Shootin!
Petey

[Crosshairs]

Looks good all black i like it, nice job.
                               mike

[Tom @ Buzzard Bluff]

"weLL ...she's going back in the locker....I spent some good time today trying to get her to group. Nothing doing...Heck at one point it was so far off i hit my chicken coop. I tried at everything I had. best I could do was two in row and then Shotgun."
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Don't give up at this juncture!

Take the LDC off and try again, If the same results occur get a stock 2260 barrel direct from Crosman and try it. Even tho I still don't have mine holding properly it is a stone tackdriver.
Some batches of Crosman barrels are better than others but at @ $12 it doesn't break the bank to try more than one.   Tom

[1377x]

could it be the heavy trigger?
would a 2260 trigger group work?probably not with they way the valve works

[Petey]

The barrel is new .. it was cut and re-crowned....the trigger ...I've shot better with worse.
 I wish it shot like my HW30..lol

[mav72]

Maybe the Lead-in??? I had a Crosman barrel that would tear up the pellet skirts when inserted... I taped up a perfect size diameter drill bit to the depth I wanted and had the bit smooth it out, keeping everything perfectly straight...

That HW's gonna spoil you... LOL

[1377x]

my 140 used to chew up the skirts on pellets,but it still shot good.the recovered pellets had a deep groove in it from the head to the skirt,where something in the leade or the rifling was off.

[Petey]

 I think for now , I'll just let it set for awhile....then attack it again when the mood is right....
Where's my 30? lol

[rsterne]

IIRC, the chamber/leade is larger on a 140 than on a 2260 barrel because of the larger bolt and O-ring.... Did you make changes there?....

Bob

[Petey]

Yep .. a 8mm bit  made that happen....then a dab of JB weld for a ramp to make the pellet feed right in .