Any one here like air rifles?

[temperflash]

Been digging out my old airguns and rebuilding and resealing them, also picked up a few battered old clunkers to rebuild and customize.

My best restoration so far is an S&W 78g that a friend found buried in mud on a lake bottom when the water level dropped.
I rebuilt it once many years ago and only had to reseal it again recently.

I also re built a .38T revolver and a Crosman 357 first variant.

Been upgrading some air rifles as well.

Fixing up these old air guns is very satisfying.

[PROFESSOR JARROD]

I have a couple of Crossman "Pumpmaster" pellet gun pistols, I put a red dot scope on one of them but I've got to build a stabelizer for the gun barrel because it flexes slightly from side to side throwing off the acuracy of the scope.
I also have a 1969 daisy "Buffalo Bill Scout" lever action 30-30 BB rifle which I bought for memories sake to replace one I use to have which I got for Christmas in 1969.
Just wondering if you were aware that there are large caliber compressed air rifles that are used for hunting large game animals?
Look up "Big Game Hunting With Air Rifles Videos" on the internet if you want to see some very powerful air guns!

Rick

[temperflash]

I have a couple of Crossman "Pumpmaster" pellet gun pistols, I put a red dot scope on one of them but I've got to build a stabelizer for the gun barrel because it flexes slightly from side to side throwing off the acuracy of the scope.

If you have a 1377 or 1322 Crosman they make after market metal breeches with dovetail scope mounts that deal with this problem.
I converted a .177 caliber 1377 pistol to a .22 caliber rifle with 24 inch barrel and shoulder stock. I'll add a metal breech later but don't really need it since I only use this gun with the stock aperture peep sight.

I also have a 1969 daisy "Buffalo Bill Scout" lever action 30-30 BB rifle which I bought for memories sake to replace one I use to have which I got for Christmas in 1969.

Great minds move in the same channels.
I found a 1970's all metal and wood re issue of the Red Ryder Daisy BB gun at a salvage store in the 90's. I picked it up for 10 USD only because I remembered the 1930's Red Ryder my older brother had when I was a youngster.

Just wondering if you were aware that there are large caliber compressed air rifles that are used for hunting large game animals?
Look up "Big Game Hunting With Air Rifles Videos" on the internet if you want to see some very powerful air guns!

Rick

Sure thing. My favorite along those lines would be the Girandoni air gun carried by the Lewis and Clarke expedition. Occasionally someone will build a replica of this rifle or find an original and return it to service by making a new air canister. The original air canisters were never really safe and often burst like a grenade if over filled.
Some PCP rifles have been converted to Nitrogen power and rival conventional big game rifles.
Some of the most powerful PCP pistols have promise for use in self defense .

My main interest is in target shooting and elimination of pests. I'm not into hunting these days, not even small game, but killing rats and the like doesn't weigh on my conscience one bit.

Though I'm not interested in hunting, having the ability to take down small game in a survival or subsistence hunting situation is a comforting thought.

Its interesting that during WW2 the OSS ordered hundreds of Crosman air rifles to give as gifts to primitive hunters in Asia who acted as scouts and kept an eye on the Japanese.
These were not intended as weapons but to allow the hunters to fill their pot with game without the Japanese hearing any gunfire.