I have owned a model 45 .177 for a very long time. How long I don't really remember, I'm thinking maybe 20-25 years but it hasn't been fired for a decade. I never did put many rounds through it, maybe a few hundred, and it has been stored indoors in a case. Recently I took it out with a friend and we put some time in with it. It didn't seem as accurate as it should be snd I know there can be a lot of different reasons for that. But that's something I can address later. We used a chronograph and found that the MV was in the range of 690fps using Beeman Crow Mag pellets. I think this gun was originally rated at 1000fps but probably that was optimistic and was achieved with a lighter pellet. In any case, I'm thinking 690 is considerably lower than it should be and may be due to bad seals or spring. I have a number of questions. Are parts still available and would this be something I could do myself? I'm fairly capable with tools and fixing things in general. Would it even be worth doing if I had to send it to an airgunsmith or should I use it as an excuse to buy a new gun? :^)
Thanks in advance for opinions and suggestions!
Thanks in advance for opinions and suggestions!