Two New Crosman 38's

Well, bargain hunter that I am, I bought a lot of airgun parts off of Gunbroker.

This was the first picture in the auction, it's an impressive bunch of parts including a complete trigger assembly from a Crosman 160/180/400, a slew of other Crosman parts and some other odd stuff.
(picture copyright David Banker, 2008)

But this is what got my attention, a .177 Crosman 38T and a 38C, complete! The price for the lot was $65.00 w/shipping, which seemed a bargain. There is almost a 3rd 38T in pieces, just a few parts are missing.
(picture copyright David Banker, 2008)

The 38's seemed to function fine, but as is typical, they leaked.

The CO2 cartridge seal on the 38C seemed fine, and indeed it was.

The o-ring 140-058 was replaced with a viton #011 o-ring. All part numbers refer to the valve schematic on the Crosman site.

The 38-130 o-ring was replaced with a #009 o-ring.

38-065 square seal was replaced with a #004 o-ring. It deforms and seals fine when stuffed into the CO2 seal assembly. Indeed I tested the previous 38T I'd resealed using these o-rings and it is still holding gas. All other seals were reused.

The 38T CO2 cartridge seal and 38-130 o-ring weren't in good shape, luckily I had one old CO2 cartridge seal in my box of spare parts. So I was able to reseal it. I will order a bunch of CO2 cartridge seals and piercing pins soon, just in case I run across any more of these lovely old pistols.
The parts are 38A027 (piercing pin) and 38-128 (End Seal), and they are used in the current model Crosman 357-6W and should be available from Crosman directly.

So now my collection includes a .22 38T, a good condition .177 38T in box, two more .177 .38Ts and a .177 38C. I'll be getting rid of one of the 38Ts and looking for a .22 38C (have one in rough shape? I'd love to have it!), because sometimes you set out to collect and other times collection is thrust upon you...