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cmcleod

cmcleod

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I just wanted to throw an introduction out there. I have been building and restoring old air rifles for a couple of years now first starting with an old Crosman 101 and then moved on to making a pair of Double Discovery tube PCPs with modified Crosman 160 stocks, huma regs, grav mags, Magnum valves and triggers, custom type III anodized double barrel bands and Donny FLs. The next project was a Crosman 2240/Disco type lego gun made using the cut off back half of a Disco tube from the previous project mated with an aluminum tube. The unit is held together by a custom 3D printed body and utilizes a side lever breach. The guns are setup for hunting and are dialed to 32ftlb muzzle energy.

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Currently I am bringing an old FX Cultas/Logun Domin8tor back to life; I will probably start a thread on that at some point. My background is a mixed bag I am an electrical design engineer by day, and have been a tube amp tech and custom amp builder before getting engineering degrees. I dabble in 3D CAD and have used these projects as a reason to learn. When not working on Air Rifles I am raising a family, building fishing rods, getting outdoors and tinkering on something.
 
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cmcleod said:
I just wanted to throw an introduction out there. I have been building and restoring old air rifles for a couple of years now first starting with an old Crosman 101 and then moved on to making a pair of Double Discovery tube PCPs with modified Crosman 160 stocks, huma regs, grav mags, Magnum valves and triggers, custom type III anodized double barrel bands and Donny FLs. The next project was a Crosman 2240/Disco type lego gun made using the cut off back half of a Disco tube from the previous project mated with an aluminum tube. The unit is held together by a custom 3D printed body and utilizes a side lever breach. The guns are setup for hunting and are dialed to 32ftlb muzzle energy.

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Currently I am bringing an old FX Cultas/Logun Domin8tor back to life; I will probably start a thread on that at some point. My background is a mixed bag I am an electrical design engineer by day, and have been a tube amp tech and custom amp builder before getting engineering degrees. I dabble in 3D CAD and have used these projects as a reason to learn. When not working on Air Rifles I am raising a family, building fishing rods, getting outdoors and tinkering on something.
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Welcome!
We certainly have some things in common!

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Gents! Thank you for welcome, it's nice to officially be part of the community. I grew up in the 70's in what became silicon valley, as you can imagine it changed quite a bit and a few years ago I moved to Oregon to be close to my wife's family. The one proviso I had in moving is I wanted a workshop and some open space; luckily we found a spot in between Portland and Beaverton that is in unincorporated Washington County which means no city ordinances on air rifles.
 
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Welcome, thanks for sharing. Personally would like to see the Crosman 101. A fine true utility designed to put food and the table, user serviceable and to last generations while doing so. Excellent barrel (personally fired competition 2 rigs using them) and many used the cheapest wood crosman could get from across the street at the furniture makers. Crosman would take their reject wood that was "just to wildly figured to use". Had a CG2 with such undesirable wood. Yours should be shooting a solid 60fps with round ball and under 1" at 40 yards. Anyway if you might have a picture and/or other information about that older rifle I would sure enjoy hearing.
Love your work on the others. Also very interested in the (excellent rig) "Logun Domin8tor" . Esp. as Davis of ARS fame has been selling a bunch or such fine older rifle NOS recently and it's SO hard for me not to call him. Folks these day's will pay more for a marauder (good rigs) than one of the true "FX" rifles which will out shoot and outlast the latest greatest offering by a long shot. (pun from down under) .


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spysir said:
Welcome, thanks for sharing. Personally would like to see the Crosman 101. A fine true utility designed to put food and the table, user serviceable and to last generations while doing so. Excellent barrel (personally fired competition 2 rigs using them) and many used the cheapest wood crosman could get from across the street at the furniture makers. Crosman would take their reject wood that was "just to wildly figured to use". Had a CG2 with such undesirable wood. Yours should be shooting a solid 60fps with round ball and under 1" at 40 yards. Anyway if you might have a picture and/or other information about that older rifle I would sure enjoy hearing.
Love your work on the others. Also very interested in the (excellent rig) "Logun Domin8tor" . Esp. as Davis of ARS fame has been selling a bunch or such fine older rifle NOS recently and it's SO hard for me not to call him. Folks these day's will pay more for a marauder (good rigs) than one of the true "FX" rifles which will out shoot and outlast the latest greatest offering by a long shot. (pun from down under) .


John
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She's a fine old piece. I did a reseal and cleaned up the parts as best as I could. The previous owner had stripped the paint from the gun, but I decided to leave it. I think it did 580f/s with 18.13gr-JSB (13.55ftlb). I recall cooking the crap out of the gun 'setting' the seal; not sure if that is approved and since I mainly work on PCP guns now I wouldn't think of it.

On the Logun (pictured in the back ground), FX USA was kind enough to sell me all the service parts I needed and had the variable transfer port, side lever arm, and valve seal kits etc. I am waiting on what I hope to be my last round of parts. For that gun I got an Altaros regulator that has a modest plenum and fits inside the tube. The one thing I would note on these guns is t hat they also made a shrouded version. That one has a shaved down barrel to accommodate the shroud., which in turn leads to instability in the floating barrel design. Supposedly on that one people put on barrel bands. The version I got is threaded for a moderator and works with my Donny and has no shroud so it has a barrel roughly the thickness of a Crosman 160 barrel. I am not 100% sold on the floating barrel design, but will reserve judgement.
 
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cmcleod said:
Gents! Thank you for welcome, it's nice to officially be part of the community. I grew up in the 70's in what became silicon valley, as you can imagine it changed quite a bit and a few years ago I moved to Oregon to be close to my wife's family. The one proviso I had in moving is I wanted a workshop and some open space; luckily we found a spot in between Portland and Beaverton that is in unincorporated Washington County which means no city ordinances on air rifles.
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Welcome, personally I NEVER trust anyone with a clean uncluttered work space.
 
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