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- Joined: January 14th, 2011, 9:42 pm
... with a grade 8 allen set screw. I turned the end flat on the lathe first.
With a spring change and the adjuster I tuned for a 1500PSI fill and get a bunch of shots at 12FPE.
Very tame, quiet and accurate at that power level.
With a spring change and the adjuster I tuned for a 1500PSI fill and get a bunch of shots at 12FPE.
Very tame, quiet and accurate at that power level.
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- Joined: November 17th, 2006, 3:51 am
I just took the safety off (careful not to lose the little spring loaded steel ball for the detent).Has anyone done the mod where you cut a slot in the power adjust screw. How well it it work?
Disassembled enough to get the striker out.
Took out the issue stroke screw.
Slotted the back end with a Dremel cut-off wheel.
Put the now slotted screw back in (slot to the rear).
Mad a skinny screwdriver to fit through the threaded hole that holds the safety on.
Reassembled.
Did all my tuning with the safety off the rifle.
Once I got where I wanted to be, put the safety back on.
Liked the rifles so much, did it twice (.22/.177):
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- Joined: November 17th, 2006, 3:51 am
..a member with a lot more stock remodeling skills that I have. It, and the stock finish, have held up very well over the years I've owned it. The .177 50 is newer (one of the last FD airguns had) and the stock is pretty much as-issued.Can't argue with results. I had mine apart for debur & polish so while fluffing & buffing I dropped in the allen head screw.
Your 51 with the rosewood grip & cap is dead sexy...
These are not lite-weights, and pretty much nothing short of some drastic major replacement parts are going to turn metal-and-wood rifles into lite-weights (and I have to say, the air tube is much thicker than most rifles produced today).
Because they are never going to be run-way-model-light, may was well bolt up a decent size/weight scope and let 'em be "fat".
