Huge appreciation to all the show organizers and volunteers. It was really a great time.
I did buy a few things. Hopefully I can get a few projects out of them.
Thanks for checking in. More airgun stuff soon.
Saturday, April 13, 2019
Images from the 14th Annual Toys that Shoot Airgun Show in Findlay, Ohio 2019
Just got back from Findlay, Ohio. The airgun show was amazing. Here's a little bit of what was there.
Huge appreciation to all the show organizers and volunteers. It was really a great time.
I did buy a few things. Hopefully I can get a few projects out of them.
Thanks for checking in. More airgun stuff soon.
Huge appreciation to all the show organizers and volunteers. It was really a great time.
I did buy a few things. Hopefully I can get a few projects out of them.
Thanks for checking in. More airgun stuff soon.
Friday, March 29, 2019
14th Annual Toys That Shoot Airgun Show, Findlay Ohio
The 2019 Findlay, Ohio airgun show is almost here!
Saturday, April 13. 9AM--3PM
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Some Tweaks to My IZH 61
Thought I'd check in and show a few minor changes I recently made to my IZH.
Removed the steel muzzle weight/sight base and made a carbon fiber sleeve with an aluminum base for the Weihrauch front sight. The aluminum is bonded to the carbon with a two part epoxy. It's mechanically simpler than the steel base, and I think it'll be easier to keep dialed in.
Revisited the forward sling attachment. A modified keymod QD fitting tidies up the forend and makes sling attachment/removal effortless.
Also swapped the large target diopter sight for this lightweight Daisy model #5899. It was too low to dial in with my HW front sight, so a sliver of a 11mm dovetail riser made up the necessary height.
Finally, I've had this old Redfield adjustable aperture disc for at least 30 years. It was either my father's or my grandfather's. Probably came off an old Winchester 52 target rifle. A simple thread adapter was machined to fit the Daisy.
That's about all I've got for the moment.
More soon.
Removed the steel muzzle weight/sight base and made a carbon fiber sleeve with an aluminum base for the Weihrauch front sight. The aluminum is bonded to the carbon with a two part epoxy. It's mechanically simpler than the steel base, and I think it'll be easier to keep dialed in.
Revisited the forward sling attachment. A modified keymod QD fitting tidies up the forend and makes sling attachment/removal effortless.
Also swapped the large target diopter sight for this lightweight Daisy model #5899. It was too low to dial in with my HW front sight, so a sliver of a 11mm dovetail riser made up the necessary height.
Finally, I've had this old Redfield adjustable aperture disc for at least 30 years. It was either my father's or my grandfather's. Probably came off an old Winchester 52 target rifle. A simple thread adapter was machined to fit the Daisy.
That's about all I've got for the moment.
More soon.
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Remington Summit in a Benjamin NP2 Stock ???
Told my co-blogger, Nick, that I wasn't going to post this, as the entire project was just an exercise in frustration.
Anyway, we do like content, so here's the gist: The stock was cracking on my old Remington Summit air rifle. Some online research suggested that a Benjamin NP2 stock could be a drop-in fit. After ordering a replacement NP2 wood stock, I discovered that some things on the internet aren't exactly true. The forend holes don't quite line up and the spring tube end cap is about 3/4" too short, the inletting doesn't quite match in critical areas... And that was just the obvious stuff. Truthfully, it was just looking like more work than I wanted to put into a Remington Summit. At the very least, this was a project that I'd really need to be in the mood to tackle.
I leaned the NP2 stock against the wall and tried to forget about it. About six months--OK, maybe a year and six months later--I finally got the urge to see if it would work.
Took zero pics of this in process. Was sure it was going to end up in the trash with the original Summit stock. The forend screw holes were off location by just a bit more than 1/16" Had to go forward and slightly up. This also entailed shifting the counterbores a very small amount.
A new end cap was turned from a piece of 1-1/4 black acetal.
Here's a better shot of that endcap. Cut the radius freehand then fit it to the spring tube.
There was work with a router to get the trigger unit to fit. A long shelf also had to be cut in the right side inletting--and wood added--for the cocking lever roller.
The Remington's single scope stop hole wasn't in a useful place, so I drilled another. The scope rings are from VISM. Of course, they didn't have a recoil stop pin, so that got machined into the rear ring.
Even the rear action screw through the trigger guard needed modification.
After all that work, and the rife finally functional, I found that the cheek piece was too low. With a good cheek weld on the stock, the bottom of the recoil pad hit me mid shoulder.
The quickest and easiest fix was to make the recoil pad vertically adjustable as I did for the QB 77 rifle. Since I still had the raw material, I cut another butt plate from my nemesis plastic--UHMW PE. And like the QB project, after all the shaping, I again struggled with the surface finish; lots of fine scratches that won't polish out. After wet sanding and various attempts at polishing, I tried bead blasting it. Figured maybe some texture would blend the finish. Used a fine glass media then wiped it down with a silicone rag.
The bead blasting really did the trick.
In retrospect, the project was frustrating because it wasn't even remotely close to what I was expecting. At least the Remington is finally in a new stock. A stock that absolutely, positively is not a drop in fit. No thanks to the damn internet.
Made some small tweaks to my IZH 61 a while back. Try to get something posted later this week. Thanks for checking in.
Anyway, we do like content, so here's the gist: The stock was cracking on my old Remington Summit air rifle. Some online research suggested that a Benjamin NP2 stock could be a drop-in fit. After ordering a replacement NP2 wood stock, I discovered that some things on the internet aren't exactly true. The forend holes don't quite line up and the spring tube end cap is about 3/4" too short, the inletting doesn't quite match in critical areas... And that was just the obvious stuff. Truthfully, it was just looking like more work than I wanted to put into a Remington Summit. At the very least, this was a project that I'd really need to be in the mood to tackle.
I leaned the NP2 stock against the wall and tried to forget about it. About six months--OK, maybe a year and six months later--I finally got the urge to see if it would work.
Took zero pics of this in process. Was sure it was going to end up in the trash with the original Summit stock. The forend screw holes were off location by just a bit more than 1/16" Had to go forward and slightly up. This also entailed shifting the counterbores a very small amount.
A new end cap was turned from a piece of 1-1/4 black acetal.
Here's a better shot of that endcap. Cut the radius freehand then fit it to the spring tube.
There was work with a router to get the trigger unit to fit. A long shelf also had to be cut in the right side inletting--and wood added--for the cocking lever roller.
The Remington's single scope stop hole wasn't in a useful place, so I drilled another. The scope rings are from VISM. Of course, they didn't have a recoil stop pin, so that got machined into the rear ring.
Even the rear action screw through the trigger guard needed modification.
After all that work, and the rife finally functional, I found that the cheek piece was too low. With a good cheek weld on the stock, the bottom of the recoil pad hit me mid shoulder.
The quickest and easiest fix was to make the recoil pad vertically adjustable as I did for the QB 77 rifle. Since I still had the raw material, I cut another butt plate from my nemesis plastic--UHMW PE. And like the QB project, after all the shaping, I again struggled with the surface finish; lots of fine scratches that won't polish out. After wet sanding and various attempts at polishing, I tried bead blasting it. Figured maybe some texture would blend the finish. Used a fine glass media then wiped it down with a silicone rag.
The bead blasting really did the trick.
In retrospect, the project was frustrating because it wasn't even remotely close to what I was expecting. At least the Remington is finally in a new stock. A stock that absolutely, positively is not a drop in fit. No thanks to the damn internet.
Made some small tweaks to my IZH 61 a while back. Try to get something posted later this week. Thanks for checking in.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018
FB Record Model 68 Pistol Disassembly, Part 2
Oh look, another clip…
Small taper head lock screw for the pivot bolt.
Then the pivot bolt unscrews.
Pretty standard breech seal. Barrel is an insert in the cast assembly.
Barrel locking lug fits into a cast profile hole.
Rear sight disassembly, remove a clip…
Not a ball bearing detent, a half round pin detent. Neat.
I don’t think that pin on the right is meant to be removed as it retains the elevation detent.
Elevation uses a ball detent. 
Trigger/sear details.
Two small pins retain the trigger and sear. 
Straightforward. The cutout screw sets the sear engagement.
Another ball detent.
All done! Reassembly should be the reverse, will post more if any surprises come up.
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