Air Arms "Blacked out" Prosport complete..
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That’s what SHE said
Yeah The Mil INSTEAD OF INCHES is from dealing with CERAKOTE its what they use to describe the desired application of thickness , other wise I would be using inches also lol
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it looks perfect except for the picatinny rail. They can make a classy gun look cheap.
However, what you have done to that air rifle is exactly how AA should send them out.
However, what you have done to that air rifle is exactly how AA should send them out.
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yeah ,at first i thought you blacked the whole gun ,stock and all (YIKES) looks fantastic ,great job .Although the stock hasn't fully cured after the 6th coat of tung oil, it takes like a month.
Anyway, lets start with a picture of the rifle after I took it out of the box, with it's bone dry wood, but it still looked good...
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Happy camper that day. Since then I've tinkering on it, and have changed pretty much everything from stock form. Quick run through of the changes I did... Stripped all factory lubes, made new spring guide and top hat, relubed with Krytox. I then blued the safety button.
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Followed by polishing and bluing the stock screws.
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Then polished out the trigger sears and made washers to help with side to side trigger blade play...View attachment 477990
Next was to replace the gold trigger with a Rowan set back trigger in BLACK.
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After these mods I had it in my mind to black out the rest of it, so after some work here's what it looks like now...
Compression tube, and cocking arm done.
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It's not perfect by my standards, but I'm really pleased with the way it looks now. After reassembly with new Krytox, I shot a 10 shot string over the crony with QYS 8.48's it's preferred pellet and got these numbers.
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Not bad, I'm sure the ES will drop some after I run some shots through and it settles back down.
Or it could just be because I was off handing thru the crony and the angle changed
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@bustachip I hope you've had the chance to shoot your beautiful custom PS a lot since the upgrades! How's the black coating on the lever holding up? I've heard that AA leaves the material uncoated because any finish would wear off over time. Is that true?
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It's still holding up good, I've shot at least a couple of tins thru it since then. The stuff I used isn't ideal and I coated it with a clear matte spray to protect it. I already had the stuff so I used it.
I would think anodizing would hold up really well, or powder coat. Time will tell how this holds up, but I do like it way better than bare aluminum.
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