tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378835029459742413.post8579913017446278080..comments2024-03-28T18:36:43.934-07:00Comments on Another Airgun Blog: Daisy 881 Quick FixNick Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16450103736731487361noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378835029459742413.post-58062029147854176732017-10-16T15:40:43.540-07:002017-10-16T15:40:43.540-07:00It's the rifled brass one.It's the rifled brass one.Nick Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16450103736731487361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378835029459742413.post-18750547940208797362017-10-16T15:20:15.134-07:002017-10-16T15:20:15.134-07:00Forgot to ask, is that the smoothbore steel barrel...Forgot to ask, is that the smoothbore steel barrel, or the rifled brass one? My guess is the steel barrel and the yellow tint comes from ambient light, but just a guess.Paulhttp://paulmoreland.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378835029459742413.post-64567912184178916092017-10-16T15:18:30.977-07:002017-10-16T15:18:30.977-07:00Thanks for this series, it brings back a lot of me...Thanks for this series, it brings back a lot of memories. Way back in the early 80's my folks got me an 880 through which I ran a ton of BB's and pellets, wearing it out in the process. Got the parts from Daisy and proceeded to wear it out again, after which I left for college and the old pumper disappeared. <br /><br />If the barrel wiggles too much in the shroud, you can take a turn or four of electrical tape around the muzzle end, this gives a better friction fit to the front sight base which is where the barrel is supposed to mate up. Looks like you got the rear part of the barrel fixed well with lapping down the clamp.<br /><br />There are better guns out there, even back then, but mine took all kinds of small game in the Amazon basin where we were raised. It taught me how to shoot and the principles of trajectory. I could hit about anything I could see, with from 2 pumps up to 10. The current crop of "880's" are plastic junk, but have heard of folks doing a transplant of the innards to the older metal framed ones.Paulhttp://paulmoreland.comnoreply@blogger.com