Sort of like a Colt Woodsman, somewhat like a Nambu… It’s not ugly, just oddly proportioned.
”Plainsman .175”, “PAT. PEND.”, “Healthways L.A. CALIF”.
The other side.
The rear sight doubles as the BB filling gate.
Well it’ll be hard to spill BBs, unlike other guns.
The lever actuated piercing cap. The screw head is for power adjustment.
Unscrewed.
The CO2 cartridge is inserted neck down and the lever actuates that piercing pin.
It uses 8g. CO2 cartridges.
The left grip removed.
Removing the right grip.
Right grip removed.
More valve elements down in the tube.
Removing the left frame screws.
Five screws of two different lengths.
Nothing flew apart when I removed the left frame side although the loading gate spring did come out.
A fairly simple mechanism. Which is good.
The spring should be under the post extending from the loading gate.
I find it interesting that they used a straight piece of spring wire both here and as shown below with the safety. I haven’t seen this type of spring in any other airgun.
The safety is captured by a piece of straight spring wire that passes through a hole in the post. Notice the semicircular slot.
More to come…
5 comments:
I have one of these guns that I had since I was a kid.
I always wanted to refurb it but I never could find anything on it. SO.. thanks for the spectacular write up.
I am about to start my journey and I would like to ask what "o" rings are used. size and material???
They can be tricky to eyeball. I think there are 3. The really little one in the stabber almost looks oval cross section , but thats because of ~50 years of confinement.
I have a tube of teflon grease that I will lube the internals, and seals.
Also I dont think I will remove the "L" gasket unless its messed.
Any further help would be appreciated . Thanks again
LOU
I rarely measure o-rings as I'm never sure I'm right...They are usually always round originally. It's a good idea to build up an assortment over time. Use Polyurethane (Mac-1 has them) or Viton rings.
I've completely restored 2 of these now and they're pretty simple. One I purchased new in the early 70's. I purchase a parts gun and it turns out that the wire spring on the safety is identical to the one on the loading gate and are interchangeable. There's a small o-ring between the valve assembly and the CO2 tube and it's an odd size. The little rubber "L" gasket that seals the valve/loading assembly to the frame was still in tact so I didn't try to replace it. Even though both of mine are over 35 years old they both still hold pressure and shoot great.
Trigger does not cock gun to fire.Does anyone know the solution?
Open it up and double check that everything is aligned correctly as per the teardown. Look for missing parts, broken parts, etc.
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