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Iowa Airgunner

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I have had this gun all my life. It belonged to a relative and I found it in the garage. I remember it working and shooting bottles with it. I even shot my neighbor in the chest when he surprised me by jumping out with a knife. It left a red mark on his chest.
At some point over the last fifty years I lost the shot tube. So it has always sat in the back of the gun safe.

I looked for parts like seals for year and found nothing. And I found the hard parts are very difficult to come by.

I have been looking for a used shot tube but can’t find anything. Till now. E bay has an old broken Buck jones for parts . The stock is ruined but the shot tube is there. If I can get it I will have one gun I can take apart and use to figure out how to fix my gun.

Don’t want to do a full restoration just fix it.

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@Iowa Airgunner - That is an oldie but a goodie! - Might want to call Baker Airguns. They have a great reputation and they work on old airguns. They might have parts for that rifle.

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Iowa Airgunner said:
I have had this gun all my life. It belonged to a relative and I found it in the garage. I remember it working and shooting bottles with it. I even shot my neighbor in the chest when he surprised me by jumping out with a knife. It left a red mark on his chest.
At some point over the last fifty years I lost the shot tube. So it has always sat in the back of the gun safe.

I looked for parts like seals for year and found nothing. And I found the hard parts are very difficult to come by.

I have been looking for a used shot tube but can’t find anything. Till now. E bay has an old broken Buck jones for parts . The stock is ruined but the shot tube is there. If I can get it I will have one gun I can take apart and use to figure out how to fix my gun.

Don’t want to do a full restoration just fix it.

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their are Air Gun shows , largest one is in Columbus Ohio june ?2025 over 100 tables , I would be glad to look for your part if you do not find it by then .
 
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Never thought about that. I was thinking about going to the one in Indiana. But ya that would be great place to look.

I don’t want to damage a good gun to fix my nasty old gun. And I don’t want to ruin my gun by taking it apart and then just having a pile of stuff I can’t out back together. Or damage it in the process. I will hopefully get this one and take it apart. Make tools what ever. Then take my gun apart and see what I need. Going to be a super winter project.
 
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maxtrouble said:
@Iowa Airgunner - That is an oldie but a goodie! - Might want to call Baker Airguns. They have a great reputation and they work on old airguns. They might have parts for that rifle.

Baker Airguns: Air Guns, Repair, Parts, and Supplies

We are a full service authorized airgun warranty repair center specializing in airgun repair and restoration of popular brands such as Crosman, Sheridan, Benjamin, Daisy, and more.
www.bakerairguns.com www.bakerairguns.com
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I got all the parts from them to restore my 1894 NRA special addition Daisy. I’ll check again.
 
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Iowa Airgunner said:
Never thought about that. I was thinking about going to the one in Indiana. But ya that would be great place to look.

I don’t want to damage a good gun to fix my nasty old gun. And I don’t want to ruin my gun by taking it apart and then just having a pile of stuff I can’t out back together. Or damage it in the process. I will hopefully get this one and take it apart. Make tools what ever. Then take my gun apart and see what I need. Going to be a super winter project.
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OH i am talking parts , like the tube you mentioned . i see many of the tubes on tables i am defiantly going to the Indiana show 3 hours drive for me .
 
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Hopefully I will know what I need. I am sure when I get everything apart there will be be something missing. And I am sure there is a leather seal that must be rotten after 90 years.
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Iowa Airgunner said:
I have had this gun all my life. It belonged to a relative and I found it in the garage. I remember it working and shooting bottles with it. I even shot my neighbor in the chest when he surprised me by jumping out with a knife. It left a red mark on his chest.
At some point over the last fifty years I lost the shot tube. So it has always sat in the back of the gun safe.

I looked for parts like seals for year and found nothing. And I found the hard parts are very difficult to come by.

I have been looking for a used shot tube but can’t find anything. Till now. E bay has an old broken Buck jones for parts . The stock is ruined but the shot tube is there. If I can get it I will have one gun I can take apart and use to figure out how to fix my gun.

Don’t want to do a full restoration just fix it.

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your looking for the shot tube barrel part correct ?
 
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SO get this. I finally summon the courage to open up this gun. And it is in unbelievable shape. It is sorta covered in a slimy oil/ tar /dirt muck. But everything is preserved. The freaking ninety year old seal still soaked up oil.

I found a bent part I could straighten enough to get under and hammer back to shape. Then I ran a piece of paper towel into the cylinder with a mix of Ballistol and brake clean.
At first I thought it had a cracked cylinder. But when I flipped it over the gun is made from a flat sheet of steel and rolled into a cylinder. Then I guess they machine it. But the seam is just a thin hairline. And perfectly smooth.

I soaked down the seal with some oil and put it back together. Cocked it and it makes a resound pop . And pushed a piece of paper towel out the barrel. Basically it needs a really really good clean. I understand pitena but it’s a mechanical device full of gunk.
Now I just need the shot tube and it should all work. I’ll probably clean up with vinegar or something. Any suggestions on removing the gunk without removing the blueing. Or should I just clean and reblue it?
 
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Cleaned up all the parts this morning. Everything is covered in a light brown rusty slime that was more attached than what ever bluing was still there.
I don’t want to make the gun new so I am leaving the stock and for-grip alone.

Internally it was really full of muck. The shot tube is missing and there was decades of dirt in the front of the piston part of the action.
But the piston and seal and spring are all like new. It’s amazing. I’m sure the seal will deteriorate rapidly now that it has absorbed some oil.

Cleaning cleaning the internals of the made clean streaks on the sides. So I had to scrub all the surfaces with OOOO steel wool and acetone. That revealed all the beautiful scroll work on the sides.
Inside I cleaned and polished everything to a mirror finish. Except the trigger tip and trigger guard. Those I left the sorta brown black . But one day someone is going to pull the gun apart and go “wow Somebody was in here before”.
You can’t see any of it . But I know it’s there. And it’s my gun.

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It's cool getting a gun that you enjoyed as youngster shooting again. The leather seal will likely be fine. I have some well over 100 years old.
My next older brother and I acquired a Daisy 1894 for Christmas that had belonged to our two oldest brothers when they got real guns. That's how it worked in a large family with 10 children. I have 5 brothers and 4 sisters.
The1894 is long gone, I wore it out and had it apart and back together so many times as a boy. My brother scarcely ever shot it. Parts ended up scattered. I remember finding some of it in the creek that runs through our farm when trout fishing.
Years later my uncle gave me one that had belonged to my cousin who apparently didn't want it. Pretty nice shape with the original box. Suffering the typical rubber cup issue every 1894 has. I WILL get it running again some day, I daydream about shooting it occasionally. And I have put quite a few vintage air rifles back in service before and still do. Having even made many parts that aren't available today.
As a youngster I appreciated the fact that it looked just like a Winchester. And was glad I didn't have a tin plate. They look like toys. Probably why I never wanted a Sheridan. A gun should like a gun, to me.
But, back to yours, I hope it takes you back when you get it shooting again. We can't really go back. It is nice to dream about it, though. To be a boy with a BB gun again shooting it at anything and everything. Imagining a big buck in my sights.
 
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Thank you
The auction for the parts gun ends on Wednesday. I’m a little nervous about that. It says the shot tube is frozen in the barrel. That’s bad , but also if it is frozen it is not twisted. And I don’t see plier marks in the photo. So I can cut the barrel if I have to. In the mean time I cleaned up everything with acetone and then went through the cold blue process. I did the blue on the inside to a dark shine. I left the outside dull black so it did not look new and so it does not show all the imperfections.
Inside where you can’t see it is polished and blue. I left the wood stocks front grip alone.

Still having trouble uploading photos.
 
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Well now I have done it. The rusty buck jones 107 I had my eye on just topped fifty dollars. The shot tube is rusted in. So I found a 107 that is a newer model and offered the seller 90 dollars. The asking price is 130 but it is not functioning. He accepted the offer and it will be here on the 23 rd. Then I looked closely at the barrel not he tip. I think the loading hole is different. So now I probably have to buy the rusty one also and then restore this 107. F@#€ 🥴
 
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