Hello, this is my first post so i hope it's ok to ask some questions.
A very dear friend gifted me 2 air pistols to keep me busy and active during my cancer therapy. It's hard to do a lot of stuff we usually do together.
I dry fired the Daisy 717 a few times and it sounded fine... so i then tested it with a few projectiles.
The 717 shot very weak....and i could hear a little bit of rattling which didn't sound right.
I reviewed a video to learn how to disassemble the pistol but its very dark, tough to see fine details.
What i could find is that the wide bushing had disintegrated, almost to dust.
More worrisome is a little piece of plastic that looks like it broke off the rear sight....there is a tab that makes a right angle heading back up the rear sight base.
I guess i need new rings/bushings and a rear sight...are these available?
Also, where is there someplace to download a manual for the pistol. I found one for the 717 but it doesn't show assembly/disasemby and i can't find any for the Beeman 800.
Appreciate any leads and information as to how best to care for them and anything else i should purchase. I would very much like to use them.
thank you.
A very dear friend gifted me 2 air pistols to keep me busy and active during my cancer therapy. It's hard to do a lot of stuff we usually do together.
I dry fired the Daisy 717 a few times and it sounded fine... so i then tested it with a few projectiles.
The 717 shot very weak....and i could hear a little bit of rattling which didn't sound right.
I reviewed a video to learn how to disassemble the pistol but its very dark, tough to see fine details.
What i could find is that the wide bushing had disintegrated, almost to dust.
More worrisome is a little piece of plastic that looks like it broke off the rear sight....there is a tab that makes a right angle heading back up the rear sight base.
I guess i need new rings/bushings and a rear sight...are these available?
Also, where is there someplace to download a manual for the pistol. I found one for the 717 but it doesn't show assembly/disasemby and i can't find any for the Beeman 800.
Appreciate any leads and information as to how best to care for them and anything else i should purchase. I would very much like to use them.
thank you.
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