Do they become tinkerers after getting into airguns? Seems like you can't have one without the other. I suddenly feel like i need a lathe,,lol
Do tinkerers get into airgunning or....
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I bought a car that I couldn't afford to have a mechanic work on, I had to learn tinkering or just walk. At one point I became a human transmission jack. I assume that guys that have always tinkered work on their air guns.
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Yup, born tinkerer here. Have my own machine shop and love re-building and building airguns.
Chris
Chris
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I've been taking things apart since I was a kid. It didn't always work out well, but I never learned my lesson, so I'm still at it.
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Muddy,
Seen all kinds on this forum, talented gunsmiths to no-talent butchers. Newbies, who won't separate action from stock to tinkerers who break down new guns to component parts during first day of ownership. As in most instances the talented tinkerer can save money on upgrades and repairs, a big plus in this hobby. WM
Seen all kinds on this forum, talented gunsmiths to no-talent butchers. Newbies, who won't separate action from stock to tinkerers who break down new guns to component parts during first day of ownership. As in most instances the talented tinkerer can save money on upgrades and repairs, a big plus in this hobby. WM
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Tinker tinker tinker with a healthy dose of McGiver thrown in.
Been fixing, altering and just making stuff work with what was on hand for decades because I had to. Now that I can afford to not work on stuff, I don’t unless it is air guns. They are just too much fun
Been fixing, altering and just making stuff work with what was on hand for decades because I had to. Now that I can afford to not work on stuff, I don’t unless it is air guns. They are just too much fun
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Who HADN'T taken apart a clock as a kid? I always liked knowing how things work & the logic behind them, HOWEVER, after my first 3 or 4 PCP 's, which I tinkered with a lot (needed or not) I'm glad I own guns that rarely, if ever, need tinkeration! Now I just want to shoot & smile!
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When I was a young apprentice machinist I couldn't help myself to make things for my rifle.. even built a couple to see if I could.. now much older heading for retirement... If have to machine up something for my rifles...it's probably not gonna happen.. but todays rifle I don't have to... Twist a knob here...turn a screw there.. .. Easley swap calibers in minutes and your on your way.. today's air rifles are great... only getting better.
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you dont need to, but airguns lend themselves to the 'hobby minded' .. theyre relatively simple and easy to modify using any level your at from a piece of sandpaper to a machine shop ..
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I normally practice on old cheap/broken stuff. Then eventually I’ll stumble across a high quality but broken item for cheap that I know I can get back to working condition. I’m just starting to get into rebuilding springers. So as of now it’s just cheap guns for me.
Here are some things I’ve restored over the years. I like “tools”. Stuff that can be used.
Here are some things I’ve restored over the years. I like “tools”. Stuff that can be used.
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Et tu Brute.
I have had a sort of functional 6 barrel 12 gauge Gatling gun ( electric with a starter motor to spin things ) sitting in storage for many many years, it is long ago turned into scrap metal.
Always had a thing for the GAU-8. Mind you like the Avenger mine was not something you would carry around, made the M134 look like a peashooter i would assume.
You could move it, maybe get it in a van or up on a trailer, but that was also it, and really being 2 to do it would have been advisable.
Also "creative " machinist apprentice.
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Nice work, one of your items is on fire!I normally practice on old cheap/broken stuff. Then eventually I’ll stumble across a high quality but broken item for cheap that I know I can get back to working condition. I’m just starting to get into rebuilding springers. So as of now it’s just cheap guns for me.
Here are some things I’ve restored over the years. I like “tools”. Stuff that can be used.
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I've been tinkering since my first bicycle 
went into the USAF and tinkered on RF4C. I try to tinker on anything that I think I can fix/improve and sometimes I'm successful and then there are times I miss the target and think I should have never attempted that but hey that's how we learn from our mistakes.
went into the USAF and tinkered on RF4C. I try to tinker on anything that I think I can fix/improve and sometimes I'm successful and then there are times I miss the target and think I should have never attempted that but hey that's how we learn from our mistakes. Last edited:
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