What work did you just do?

[ped]

that is impresive thats some pressure he's running at (if i read his figures right) certainly not a standard xs 78 tube as the're made of chocolate
shame we can't have them easily as i'd certainly have ago at one of those
ped

[1377x]

that is impresive thats some pressure he's running at (if i read his figures right) certainly not a standard xs 78 tube as the're made of chocolate
shame we can't have them easily as i'd certainly have ago at one of those
ped

i thought it looked kinda long for a standard tube maybe an extention

[Motorhead]

 Current project over the weekend was to loose some barrel length off the .22 M-rod making rifle more woods friendly without losing the known attributes of the factory set up .... think think think   
Figured actually cutting barrel shorter than it's already stubby 20 length WAS NOT going to be an option .... So next best thing was getting onto the Lathe & Milling machine and re-engineer some stuff.
Delrin is GREAT stuff to work with, so went about building some substitute parts that would allow going to a bigger 1" diameter tube with a shorter length than OEM tube.
Ended up 4" shorter than factory set up in the process ... Sweet !!

Gaining the added separation distance required going from factory 7/8" O.D. to 1" O.D. Tube required an @ .080" breech riser.  This made from a thin wall section of aluminum tubing with the required mount holes, transfer tube and cocking lug slots all machined into place.

WALA .... Shorter ... fatter with being equally effecient as OEM.

M-rods getting more Carbine sized becoming a better woods rifle with every tweak.

[Gapmaster]

Put a new piston spring, breech seal, lube tune and added a few washers to the spring guide for a little something extra on my Quest 1000. That spring tar settled that thing right down. Gapmaster 

[1377x]

made a stock plastic breech into a left hand plastic breech

[Davio]

I just unboxed the benchtop sized powdercoating oven and put it... on a benchtop.   

I also took apart an older trigger frame (the only two screw version I own and have ever held in my hand) that has a dull brass (and very uncomfortable) trigger on it.  I determined that what is so uncomfortable to my finger is that the last bit of trigger feels like a pressure point.  Only way it felt half ass was if I let the trigger fall into the crease between the end and second joint of my finger.  That ain't no way to pull a trigger! I believe I'll take care of that and the dullness before it's over. 

It also has the most perfectly uniform casting line all the way around!  That will go, too... but not tonight.  I put one wee nylon washer on one side of the sear "axle" to get rid of about that much side to side play. I compressed the spring in my vice for a few hours to take about 1/2 a turn worth of memory out of it (much better).  The spring now BARELY compresses when at rest between the frame catch and the bottom of the sear. The pull is much lighter and there is very little radial slop in the trigger or the sear.  I checked the contact points of the sear and the trigger and saw where a previous owner had already polished and smoothed them.

Why all the fuss? This one will be powder-coated, so I had to make sure it will be righteous aside from the new finish.  It will be fine. 

[KevinP]

Installed a new trigger, safety and barrel band  from DC on my 2240 .... sweet stuff !!!! 

[droid]

Stripped a brand new custom shop 2300 so I could have the engraved main tube on my 2540 gun 



Now I have a spare 2240 to play with.

Gary

[cmj21973]

Built a workbench for my lathe and mill.
Degreased, oiled and mounted mini mill.
Recut the knurl of a Crosman 600 tube cap and reblued it.

[Crosshairs]

I been trying to paint a few items but its been so damp I don't want to chance it. Plus sandy realy hit Freeport hard.

[1377x]

nice set up cmj!
you know my long list order is going to be on its way soon
what did i hear??? manual milled custom aluminum grip frame on its way to my door
cant wait to get a set up like that.i was talking about guns with a friend that just moved back,he said he's going to go to the army so he can learn small arms repair,he wants to repair all small arms.while i'm at the store today hopefully the technical college is right around the corner ,im going to go see when machining classes start again.i want to learn cnc and manual they teach both and its a quick degree/certificate

[bodger]

lovin that monocore motorhead

[Motorhead]

Light weight - high velocity Hammer for the Regulated M-Rod.
OEM hammer = 72g
Billet hammer 37g

Worked great flinging .22 JSB 18.1's at @840 first chony shots ... Less burbing with a quieter shot from less wasted air 

[YSYEO]

Finished cleaning and touching up a Crosman S331 peep sight to go on the 160.

Before, with rust and flaky shellac-like coating:



After cleaning, rebluing steel parts, minimizing scratches in anodized parts with BC Aluminum Black, and addition of NOS aperture:

[cmj21973]

That came out real nice YSYEO!