So what did you Order / Receive today ? (to feed the "Beast" that lives within)

[avator]

Placed a WTB in the GTA classifieds for an SPA sight blade. In less than day and fellow GTA member answered the call and wouldn't take payment..... Thanks Geno (Caveman).

[Bayman]

NOTHING!  I was watching to see how many air guns I might have to sell as the stock market plummeted again.

Thanks for the bad news. I've been burying my head in the sand since the last crash. Ugh

[Whirligig]

NOTHING!  I was watching to see how many air guns I might have to sell as the stock market plummeted again.

Time to move funds to principal-protected investments.

[starlingassassin]

recieved my discovery vt-t 6-24×50 first focal plane.

wow i wish i had picked one of these up sooner!

ive always been impressed with their quality for the price,
but this one is just incredible!

[Whirligig]

After talking with some folks at local machine shops about having them fabricate a metal stock that would fit my Benjamin Trail NP air pistols and being told that they "don't do that type of thing" or "come back in a month," I gave up on having a real machinist perform the work.

Possibly for the best outcome as well as learning experience, I went to Lowe's and bought the materials, parts, and tools that I think I'll need to do this project on my own.

Wish me luck!

-Whirligig

Update:

Behold my creation!

Custom Benjamin Trail NP air pistol stock. Version 1.0 - Codename: "Clubfoot"

It's ugly as sin, but seems pretty sturdy.

Please keep any critiques and/or suggestions as positive and constructive as possible. I have no metalworking tools or skills.

There is a long story about why I wanted a stock for this air pistol, which I will tell later, after some hopefully successful testing of "Clubfoot."

And now I have enough parts left over to make three more of these stocks, plus most of a Yugo.

Thanks,

-Whirligig

[Whirligig]

After talking with some folks at local machine shops about having them fabricate a metal stock that would fit my Benjamin Trail NP air pistols and being told that they "don't do that type of thing" or "come back in a month," I gave up on having a real machinist perform the work.

Possibly for the best outcome as well as learning experience, I went to Lowe's and bought the materials, parts, and tools that I think I'll need to do this project on my own.

Wish me luck!

-Whirligig

Update:

Behold my creation!

Custom Benjamin Trail NP air pistol stock. Version 1.0 - Codename: "Clubfoot"

It's ugly as sin, but seems pretty sturdy.

Please keep any critiques and/or suggestions as positive and constructive as possible. I have no metalworking tools or skills.

There is a long story about why I wanted a stock for this air pistol, which I will tell later, after some hopefully successful testing of "Clubfoot."

And now I have enough parts left over to make three more of these stocks, plus most of a Yugo.

Thanks,

-Whirligig

Edit: Codename is "Clubtail," not "Clubfoot."

[avator]

LOL..... that's great. Just another fun part of air gunning.

[Mr. Panther]

  Looks good to me. I prefer function over fashion any day of the week. It's always a good starting point you can always refine later if you need to. Gives me an idea for mine LOL. good job.
 

[Whirligig]

Looks good to me. I prefer function over fashion any day of the week. It's always a good starting point you can always refine later if you need to. Gives me an idea for mine LOL. good job.

Thanks!

I just put a Hawke 2-7x scope on it.

I think it's ready for some accuracy testing!

Part of the reason that I wanted to develop a stock for this pistol is because of a design flaw with the barrel lockup detent of this model that causes pressure to escape at the breech at the moment of firing, reducing pellet velocity and accuracy, and also causing the gun to shoot low UNLESS the "forearm" of the pistol is held (weird, I know). Adding the stock forces hand placement there and seems to have completely resolved this issue.

Shooting the pistol without the stock results in a velocity of about 480 FPS using 7.9-grain CPHS. Shooting it with the stock results in an extremely consistent 544.4 FPS with the same pellet.

Not bad for a $35 refurb from PA!

After some real in-the-field testing of "Clubtail," I'll start designing and fabricating Version 2: Codename "Stegosaurus."

-Whirly

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

A Crosman 115 yesterday and a 1400 today. 

[Hoosier Daddy]

Skeets... a drill bit the size of the barrel would have allowed you to use the original.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

A Crosman 115 yesterday and a 1400 today. 

pics of the 1400

[avator]

Gathering bits and pieces for my next tinker project.... going to build another "stubby".

[Matchstickshooter]

A Crosman 115 yesterday and a 1400 today. 

pics of the 1400

Looks in great shape!

[avator]

Gathering bits and pieces for my next tinker project.... going to build another "stubby".

Im jealous    im too cheap to buy another 2240 just for it...

I won't be buying one.... I have most everything already from other builds. I need to just get it all together and see what I am missing to complete it. I think at this point I just need the tube, cap and valve.

[Bicycleman]

I have enough stuff laying around to build one O-RING.   

[Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58)]

I got 4 tins of .25 JSB 25.39 grain pellets from GTA member (GadgetX) and he was nice enough to clean, lube and sort them by weight!  How’s that for an awesome deal!  He also gave me some different sized NSA Slugs to try.  Time for some fun!

[bantam5s]

Well it's not exactly an airgun in the sense we think of here, but PA emailed me a coupon code to get one of those AR style paper shooters for free just pay shipping and you get two extra magazines with it.
I'd never have spent the $15 + shipping for one, but for $7 I'll try it out.
I'll get my $7 worth of fun out of it for sure.

[gendoc]

just did the buy-3 get 1 free deal of jsb's with GTA code  at PA for my .20 career-II 

[Kels73]

I received a single-shot tray for my 177 Marauder.