What pistol did you shoot today

Fed the horse and shot the P17

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What calibre is it?
I had one in 0.22, and a Hurricane, could not shoot either of them well, but I now have an all steel Premier in 0.177 that hits what I point it at. 😁
0.177, when it was new and I was young, Lincoln's heads at 10m. A Beeman 800 turned that head into a ragged hole. All off hand.
 
Did you have to replace the plastic housing because it cracked? Mine cracked lengthwise with a split 1/2" long just under the roll pin. Fixed it with some Tamiya brand extra thin cement, which is basically MEK. Hit it with a plastic polishing stick and it looks like new. It's held up through half a tin of pellets so far.

Should I replace the roll pin with a screw to avoid further problems?
Yep, split right down the middle. Still have the original part and roll pin in the box. I don't think I would touch yours. Any extra strain on aging plastic may not be a happy experience. My choice to substitute the screws was a judgment call 41 years ago. My calibrated eyeball guessed that the worthless aluminium cartridge screws in my junk hardware box would self tap in the plastic and hold the forend in place without attempting to split it in half.

Not a gunsmith, your mileage may vary. What I can tell you with authority is aluminium hardware is worthless for mounting phono cartridges. Ivor Tifenbrun was correct, use quality stainless steel hardware. ;-)
 
0.177, when it was new and I was young, Lincoln's heads at 10m. A Beeman 800 turned that head into a ragged hole. All off hand.
I have a theory that the faster lock time on 0.177 Tempest and Hurricanes avoids any torque twisting induced accuracy problems. I might see if I can pick up a proper Brummie Tempest if the opportunity ever presents itself, just to find out if my theory is correct. Unfortunately 0.177 examples are like rocking-horse poop, most that come up for sale are in the "man's calibre". :confused:
 
Taking out the BRNO Tau-7 for today's session. The gun came to me in rather poor shape. It had a fair amount of external rust, and pitting. Needless to say, I got a good deal on it. It also had some awfully rough machine marks and sharp edges. Worked out the pitting and tooling marks with a 240 and 400 grit muslin wheel. De-burred everything with a scotchbrite wheel. I bead blasted and re-blued it with Oxynate-7, which yields a nice deep blue-black finish. The crown was a bit buggered, so I cut a new recessed crown. Re-finished the wood with Tru-Oil. Installed all new seals.

I had planned on re-selling it, but it turned out to be a great shooter, and a keeper. Trigger breaks at 10oz and it puts the pellets through 1 hole at 10 meters with R10 Match.

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Got an E-mail from PA letting me know that a pistol I've wanted for many years is in stock, and I got a 12% off coupon code with it. It's also payday. I love it when a plan comes together. This beautiful baby will be here next Thursday. Can't wait!

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i bought this one knowing nothing about it . A bear to cock and then only 2.3 FPE but actually a fun gun
The end of the barrel larger for the first few inches, and is made for a cocking ball. I'm not sure if the shroud dimension but maybe a .32 would work. It would be easy to make one.

I've thought many times to measure it but haven't.


 
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Was shooting this this morning. Finally decided to blue the barrel today. Was a bare LW barrel with pretty rough machining, but shoots well. I smoothed it up as best I could. There was nothing wrong with the original barrel. I actually ruined it myself, but that's another story. This is my .177 bandit, btw, not the other pp800
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