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1900colt reacted to LayeredOgre's post in the thread N/A Finally some decent weather to take one of the older big bores out with
Like. Exactly my thoughts! I’m no expert but as far as I know there were repeater muskets around the same time as the Girandoni but I don’t...- I don't think the grease pot is a joke so much as poorly designed. It would be better if there was a zerk as they had for a brief time...
- 1900colt replied to the thread I was sure my GX CS4 needed rebuilt..When used correctly, they work great. How many posts do we see with people turning the pots from new to "get rid of the air gap". My...
- 1900colt replied to the thread N/A Finally some decent weather to take one of the older big bores out.I would venture to say a repeating airgun was more useful than any gun until a firearm that could use shells that were reloadable...
- 1900colt reacted to LayeredOgre's post in the thread N/A Finally some decent weather to take one of the older big bores out with Like. It’s insane to think that the Girandoni was made in the 1790s. That guy was way ahead of his time! If you ask me this gun is a perfect...
- 1900colt replied to the thread I was sure my GX CS4 needed rebuilt..They most likely are. As stated earlier, they are NOT desiccant beads of any sort. They are not going to dissolve into your gun. Most...
- sounds like glass beads .
- 1900colt replied to the thread I was sure my GX CS4 needed rebuilt..I honestly do not know what they are made of exactly. I clean them with soapy water and roll them between paper towels to clean them up...
- 1900colt replied to the thread I was sure my GX CS4 needed rebuilt..The beads do not collect water, they create surface area for the water to condense on, when you open the blead valve, it blows that...
- 1900colt replied to the thread I was sure my GX CS4 needed rebuilt..With that much grease, you'll want to take the pressure guage off, remove the brass nut under it and dump out the beads. Clean out the...
- EDIT: I had 20-30 hours on the machine I'm writing about prior to purchasing an hour meter for it. So 70-80 hours filling tanks. I was...
- 1900colt replied to the thread I was sure my GX CS4 needed rebuilt..The cs4 has roller bearings... even the newer cs2 and cs3 models have roller bearings.
- 1900colt replied to the thread N/A Finally some decent weather to take one of the older big bores out.Very nice!
- 1900colt reacted to Mapleaf99's post in the thread N/A Finally some decent weather to take one of the older big bores out with Love. You have inspired me to also shoot one of my older big bores!
- 1900colt replied to the thread N/A Finally some decent weather to take one of the older big bores out.It's #1 of 4 museum grade copies of an original gun, the one supposedly carried by Lewis & Clark. Here is a video of it by Rick Rehm...