Well It really sucks trying not to catch that nasty virus so I spend allot of time alone and very bored. Got up today, well I got up several times and went back to bed each time. ;^) A rough life in the Americas it is. Finally when I managed to stay up around 2PM I noticed one of my 600s hanging on the wall. Thought to myself, it's been at least six months probly over a year with my tracking of time, I wonder if it will still shoot. So, I plucked it from the wall zeroed in on a target and let it rip. Three shot group the size of a nickel offhand then a flyer and then out of pellets. Wow it held air forever I thought as I tried to remember what pellets I fed this thing so it would not jam. Seems like it was a wadcutter so I grabbed a tin of Beeman Wadcutters loaded up and fired off a shot, that was good but second shot was a jam. So, I cleared the jam with great difficulty and repeat. Second shot jammed again. Well that wasn't it. So I tried some Beeman Bearcubs they are almost a wadcutter. Same scenario a good shot and a jam. Well there is always the old standard Crosman Premier, I wonder how they will do? I loaded them up and bang bang bang no jams at all ever. Lucky me now I need another co2 cart or better yet the other 600 but alas it was out of air too. Still it had the scope on it so I slid in a new cart and fired off these five shots. By then my arms were done holding these heavy things up so I shot it rested. Still it did pretty good after sitting around for so long. Bottom shot on the target was the first shot and the cart was near empty I put in a fresh cart and you see the results.
After that I decided it shot well but was a bit too noisy for the basement 10 meter range. So, I set about making a moderator/shroud for it. Werqing all day on an hour and a half project I managed to get it most of the way done. ;^) The picture is a mock up as I sill need to shape the carbon tube to give room for the carts to go in and put a couple of screws in the internals to hold the thing securely to the barrel then glue it together. I found hot glue werqs quite well for these low fpe units.
Looking at the pic I see I need to do some blueing on the piercing cap as well. Maybe next time it is empty.
Fun guns of days gone by they are.
It will look similar to this when it's done likely tomorrow.
After that I decided it shot well but was a bit too noisy for the basement 10 meter range. So, I set about making a moderator/shroud for it. Werqing all day on an hour and a half project I managed to get it most of the way done. ;^) The picture is a mock up as I sill need to shape the carbon tube to give room for the carts to go in and put a couple of screws in the internals to hold the thing securely to the barrel then glue it together. I found hot glue werqs quite well for these low fpe units.
Looking at the pic I see I need to do some blueing on the piercing cap as well. Maybe next time it is empty.
Fun guns of days gone by they are.
It will look similar to this when it's done likely tomorrow.
