I'll share a few later on today. Looks wise there's nothing special about it. It's just a 392PA that's in good shape with the altered forearm. There is apparently a downside to moving the forearm back a few inches for better leverage in that it weakens the rear stock. When I got it the rear stock was cracked and had been glued back together, but very poorly. You could feel a flex in it when you pumped it and within a short while the glue repair came apart. I reglued it and while the repair doesn't look terrible, it doesn't look fantastic either. I think I will try my hand at making a replacement stock for it. I've made a couple stocks in the past and had good luck at it. I'm definitely no Steve Corcoran though.Sounds fantastic! Have any photos you wouldn't mind sharing with us? In my opinion, those original .177 and .22 caliber Sheridan and Benjamin air rifles were pretty much the very first higher quality and higher powered multi stroke pneumatics designed and priced for us regular folks (although there were a few others that might deserve a spot on that list). l'd love to have at least one of my later-model Benjamin variable pumpers, probably my 392s, rather than the .177 version, really jazzed up. Both rifles shoot very accurately and right hard as delivered, so anything more would be incredible. Since I'm more mechanically declined than inclined even when healthy though, I'm afraid it's destined to remain nothing more than a pipe dream without some kind of miraculous intervention. At least it is a nice dream. ;-)
And speaking of sound reduction... I was totally surprised my 'new' Artemis Dragonfly Mk1 (grin) turned out to be the only air rifle I've ever purchased that's delivered with an optional moderator, which went totally unmentioned in the advertising on Amazon.com, where I made the buy. Also included without mention was a small baggie of seals and such, a nice touch, as well as both an advertised single shot tray and an eight or nine round magazine, although I found the multi-pellet magazine to be more of a novelty than something I'll use regularly. Interestingly, both of the 'Butterfly' improved pumping Seneca Dragonfly Mk2 air rifles included single shot and multi-pellet magazines and seals with the purchase, but NOT a moderator. Too bad, as it actually would be right useful for the louder and more powerful Mk2 air rifles. Without the moderator installed, shooting my new LR700W rifle actually was fairly quiet from the git-go, at least compared to most of the rest of the comparably powered airguns in my collection, but once I screwed on the moderator, it made shooting the rifle so quiet that at first, I genuinely started worrying if it was holding the air being pumped into it! Luckily, several test shots with different pump numbers proved that wasn't the case, thank goodness, so besides it shooting super quietly, my LR700W/Dragonfly Mk 1 also turned out to be one of, maybe even closing in on, being the very best (and my favorite) MSP in my entire collection. It's very accurate with nice open sights, easy to charge, it's put together quite well, the weight is perfect for me and it's even better lookin' than the Dragonfly MK2 rifles it closely resembles, at least in my opinion, so I'm really enjoying it.
At first, when I discovered it for sale at Amazon.com, I couldn't find any additional information about, much less a review, of the airgun anywhere online or off, going with how it was advertised on Amazon, and nobody there had even provided a rating yet, but eventually, I pulled the trigger on a purchase anyway and I'm so glad I did! It's definitely a keeper.
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