This little rig fell into my hands on such a killer deal !!! So it stayed with me and got a Motorheads AG work over
Started with quieting it down as the factory 320mm .177 barrel had quite the bark !! Was not wanting the length of an effective LDC so went about designing and fabricating a secondary Shroud to fit over the OEM shroud. This 1 1/2" CF tube came off an offset RAW moderator / LDC. As did one of the Air strippers at exit which was cut down and Re-threaded 1/2-20 fitting the OEM shroud exit threads. Added length a mere 2 1/4"
Next was fix of IMO FX'S less that effective 5 stacked o-rings under crush at barrel thimble retention miens. In it's place a machined Delrin sleeve having counter sunk bevels on each end. 1 o-ring at each end forced by the bevels to crush inward against liner. The sleeve fabricated has an I.D. fit to liner that is a modest snug slip fit also sized to fit thimble housing in a similar light but snug fit. With end nut snugged up the barrel rings like a wind chime with a finger flick ... It is now one with the thimble housing !!
Up next the trigger, yea that same o'l same o'l rolling barrel with a notch set FX has used for many years now. Out came the eye loupe to take a closer look at profile for the sear notch finding .. well lets say not impressed .. Out came the Stones and ceramics taking the surface finish from blaw to crisp & smooth. Hammer holding sear next sharpening and smoothing up the surfaces in contact. Installed it all back in place & adjusted ... Hot Damn !! It is super smooth and if ball plunger is set critical perhaps a 2 ounce creep free trigger break.
Placed an inclinometer with double stick tape on receivers left side where butt stock folds in over it w/o contact.
Up top side a USO TS-3 3 to 12 power compact scope with an Optisan EVX 44mm sun shade attached. Scopewerks nautilus side wheel and D.O.P.E card around barrel.
Telescopic wind flag on the right side rounds it out.
Little gun came to me power maxed out with 10.3's @ 890 fps, reg was at 150 bar & power wheel maxed out. Shot count dismal and noisy !!!
Now regs @ 110 bar & power wheel on 9 shooting JSB 8.4's @ 900 fps & making a solid 70 shots at @ 15 fpe with very low noise.
So just a share of a quick & tidy revamp. Not owned an FX for many years now, so a BIG break in tradition around here.
Thanks for reading along
Started with quieting it down as the factory 320mm .177 barrel had quite the bark !! Was not wanting the length of an effective LDC so went about designing and fabricating a secondary Shroud to fit over the OEM shroud. This 1 1/2" CF tube came off an offset RAW moderator / LDC. As did one of the Air strippers at exit which was cut down and Re-threaded 1/2-20 fitting the OEM shroud exit threads. Added length a mere 2 1/4"
Next was fix of IMO FX'S less that effective 5 stacked o-rings under crush at barrel thimble retention miens. In it's place a machined Delrin sleeve having counter sunk bevels on each end. 1 o-ring at each end forced by the bevels to crush inward against liner. The sleeve fabricated has an I.D. fit to liner that is a modest snug slip fit also sized to fit thimble housing in a similar light but snug fit. With end nut snugged up the barrel rings like a wind chime with a finger flick ... It is now one with the thimble housing !!
Up next the trigger, yea that same o'l same o'l rolling barrel with a notch set FX has used for many years now. Out came the eye loupe to take a closer look at profile for the sear notch finding .. well lets say not impressed .. Out came the Stones and ceramics taking the surface finish from blaw to crisp & smooth. Hammer holding sear next sharpening and smoothing up the surfaces in contact. Installed it all back in place & adjusted ... Hot Damn !! It is super smooth and if ball plunger is set critical perhaps a 2 ounce creep free trigger break.
Placed an inclinometer with double stick tape on receivers left side where butt stock folds in over it w/o contact.
Up top side a USO TS-3 3 to 12 power compact scope with an Optisan EVX 44mm sun shade attached. Scopewerks nautilus side wheel and D.O.P.E card around barrel.
Telescopic wind flag on the right side rounds it out.
Little gun came to me power maxed out with 10.3's @ 890 fps, reg was at 150 bar & power wheel maxed out. Shot count dismal and noisy !!!
Now regs @ 110 bar & power wheel on 9 shooting JSB 8.4's @ 900 fps & making a solid 70 shots at @ 15 fpe with very low noise.
So just a share of a quick & tidy revamp. Not owned an FX for many years now, so a BIG break in tradition around here.
Thanks for reading along
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