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longhunter · « **Reply #40 on:** February 23, 2015, 08:46:56 PM »

wanna tighten up those groups?? lay the four fingers of your off hand over the top of the scope. then, place your thumb on the back of the hammer. use that to keep the gun centered on target, and your trigger hand can relax slightly. then, you can concentrate on trigger pull.

maraudinglizard · « **Reply #41 on:** February 23, 2015, 09:08:57 PM »

Thanks, I will definitely give that one a try. I'm happy with the results today, this the first time ever that I even attempted to shoot that distance. It's starting to make a believer out of me for sure.

Just-a-Guy · « **Reply #42 on:** February 23, 2015, 09:32:36 PM »

maraudinglizard - do you happen to have a sister?

(Just joking around, but ... well, I think I'm in love with you.)

maraudinglizard · « **Reply #43 on:** February 24, 2015, 08:27:00 AM »

Quote from: Just-a-Guy on February 23, 2015, 09:32:36 PM

maraudinglizard - do you happen to have a sister?

(Just joking around, but ... well, I think I'm in love with you.)

I don't have a sister, just brothers. My parents would have gone berserk if there was another one like me in the house.

longhunter · « **Reply #44 on:** February 24, 2015, 08:58:41 AM »

Quote from: Just-a-Guy on February 23, 2015, 09:32:36 PM

maraudinglizard - do you happen to have a sister?

(Just joking around, but ... well, I think I'm in love with you.)

down boy, down. good boy.

maraudinglizard · « **Reply #45 on:** February 24, 2015, 11:43:00 AM »

Quote from: longhunter on February 24, 2015, 08:58:41 AM

Quote from: Just-a-Guy on February 23, 2015, 09:32:36 PM
maraudinglizard - do you happen to have a sister?

(Just joking around, but ... well, I think I'm in love with you.)

down boy, down. good boy.

ya'll are killin' me!

beerhippy · « **Reply #46 on:** February 28, 2015, 08:06:17 AM »

That is a tastefully done job. The fact that it drives tacks makes it a keeper. Nice job!!!

maraudinglizard · « **Reply #47 on:** February 28, 2015, 08:39:11 AM »

Quote from: beerhippy on February 28, 2015, 08:06:17 AM

That is a tastefully done job. The fact that it drives tacks makes it a keeper. Nice job!!!

Thank you, it's a very loved pistol for sure, 32 years of it.

For those who are following this thread, a few more mods have been made. The trigger still had little play in it so I got a little creative and made some shims from plastic blowout packaging and those wide floss picks. No more rattling or play, just a nice predictable pull. The tools used were a paper hole punch, leather punch and nail clippers. I had some brass washers that had taken up most of the slack but was not enough so the plastic shims did the trick.

longhunter · « **Reply #48 on:** February 28, 2015, 06:21:35 PM »

Nice job shimming the trigger.

Tater · « **Reply #49 on:** March 01, 2015, 05:38:20 AM »

Yeah, nice job on the trigger.

avator · « **Reply #50 on:** March 01, 2015, 05:42:23 AM »

Yes, and very... umm... Hygienic.

maraudinglizard · « **Reply #51 on:** March 01, 2015, 07:04:29 AM »

Thanks guys, the floss pick was just the right thickness and width to shim between the trigger and sear. Just a touch of pliobond to hold it in place. The floss pick can be a pretty handy tool in cleaning out seal grooves and removing o-rings with out damaging them. Still waiting on the TKO and scope. The weather here has not been the greatest this weekend so shooting old faithful has been put on hold for a day or two.

avator · « **Reply #52 on:** March 01, 2015, 08:49:26 AM »

I hear ya Kris. I'm probly just a couple hours north of you. Bout 20 miles southwest of Troy We were out shooting last night til around 8:00 or so. The wind was the worse part. Finally just gave up and came in. Maybe better today, if not we might have to hit the 20' shooting shed. Only a 20% chance of rain. Won't be long we'll be complaining about the heat.
BTW.... you are inspiring me to reconig some of our 13XX/22XX platform guns. I only have one 2240 still in pistol form. 4 converted to bugout/carbine. We normally grab the Stalwart Beeman P-17s for pistol shooting. I recently picked up a pre-'75 MKII. I resealed it and it stopped leaking but I have more work to do, It's still way down on power. I think I know the problem.

maraudinglizard · « **Reply #53 on:** March 01, 2015, 10:11:59 AM »

I am so tired of the rain, my property is partially underwater again. I can't even get a garden down right now. My 30 and 70 yard ranges you have to wade around in them with rubber boots. I will never complain about a drought again. I have been wanting to shoot all weekend and it's been drizzling the whole time, just enough to get the guns and me wet. Just not worth it.

I am about an hour and a half from Dothan. I ride the bike up that way every now and then when it's not raining.

But all and all, I have something to look forward to is getting the rest of the bling for old faithful.

beerhippy · « **Reply #54 on:** March 07, 2015, 12:14:42 PM »

Kris - Looking forward to hearing how your tko shroud performs.

maraudinglizard · « **Reply #55 on:** March 07, 2015, 01:30:25 PM »

The TKO is still being made, it should be ready for shipping in another week, it just depends on how many orders they have to fill before mine. The scope is here and I am waiting on the rings to mount it. So for now I will be testing different pellet weights in it.
I have the Daisy 717 and the Hatsan model 25 supercharger pistols to keep me busy for now.

maraudinglizard · « **Reply #56 on:** March 11, 2015, 01:49:00 PM »

The TKO has arrived and installed, what a difference it made. Installation was easy and no pellet clipping at all. This is going be one quiet squirrel whacker next season in the stand. Also tested the trigger pull, its holding at 5.5lbs and that will work for me. Still waiting on the scope rings to get here to mount the new scope.

Froghunter · « **Reply #57 on:** March 12, 2015, 08:25:54 PM »

Kris,

Very Nice and Enjoy!

Froghunter

maraudinglizard · « **Reply #58 on:** March 12, 2015, 09:24:56 PM »

Thank you Froghunter, I am having a blast with it. The scope rings should be here tomorrow and if weather permitting I will be able to sight it in. I had chance yesterday to test the JSB Match Exact Heavy Diabolo 10.34gr pellet. At 10 pumps they were averaging 550fps, at 15 pumps they averaged at 600fps and were spot on at 20yds. The scope that will be mounted on this pistol is an AIM Mil-Dot Reticle 2-7x42 Pistol Scout Scope 30mm, Long Eye Relief, Green Lens. I purchased it off of Ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/161603078093?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

maraudinglizard · « **Reply #59 on:** March 13, 2015, 10:11:40 PM »

Good evening folks, here is another update. Old faithful can see better now, the scope rings came in today and I was able to mount the scope. Oh what a joy to see through. Managed to get it sighted in before the rain came. Hoping to get some quality time in with it this weekend but for now I will just enjoy the eye candy aspect of it.

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