The valve assembly was crusty.
O-rings had given up any hint of elasticity.
Something new? The 1377 piston had a pin retaining the pump cup. I had not seen this before and the cups I have do not have a hole.
I can only guess that they found that the cups were popping out of the plastic retainer - possibly due to the design changing or the injection mold wearing?
I have a new ultrasonic cleaner that is almost big enough.
While parts were soaking I set about adapting a spare sight to a spare Crosman steel breech I had on hand.
Fitting.
Filed and formed. It's a tight fit, but slightly tighter one way t'other.
Sight mounted. It's held by two screws, one into the breech and one into the brass.
Taig now offers a 5C lathe headstock. It's a bit spendy but just the ticket for doing barrel work.
Lapping the crown. Not match grade lapping but enough to remove any burr from the lathe ops.
Finished. A longer barrel, a 760 plastic front sight and barrel band. I raided the parts boxes for this one. Friend was delighted and finds it much improved.
3 comments:
Lovely work, as always. Gives me thoughts on a rear sight for the Crosman steel breech. These "old news" projects are fun in their own right, kind of like shaking hands with an old friend. I get a kick out of them, even out of reading of other people's approach to them. If one pays attention one can pick up bits of ideas here and there that might help out in the future.
Yes, that's why I finally emerged from my slumber to post this, sometimes it's the little bits that are most interesting.
Nick
Solid work!!!
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