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shipto:
I kinda built one before I joined this forum loosely following "building a modern air rifle" or a title like that, still have it in the shed I seem to recall posting a page or two for someone else on here but that of course is a pcp which is much easier for the hobbyist to make. A springer would be a much more complicated build to my mind but I look forward to seeing the build log if you do decide to make one.
I got mine to the stage where it was spitting pellets out of the barrel but funds would not stretch to the proper materials for it and I decided to postpone it till I could afford it then forgot all about it.

nrml:
I've got the two books by H.M.Buckley. He sells them directly to interested people. If you want them, you can send him an email. They are well thought out designs with good drawings and instructions for machining sequences. I intend to attempt one of them as a test of my precision machining skills once they improve considerably.

The only other plans I've come across online are these http://www.john-tom.com/ForSale/ForSale.html#AirRiflePlans
I haven't seen any reports of completed builds of these online yet.

I remember doubleboost posting something here on springers a long while back. I can't remember if it was a new build or a rebuild.

vtsteam:
Thanks Oz.  :wave: I don't think I'm ready yet to correspond with a gunsmith. I'm just thinking about it. I think maybe the first thing I'd do is change the stock on my present one. That would be something I could do pretty easily. Next would be just making a new trigger block for it. They are removable on the Crosman as a unit. And then swap it. That would take me a long way along. No actual plans beyond that except what would suggest itself. Actually I feel like I should finish my lathe project before I do anything else in machining. That would then be a nice first project for the lathe.

Eric, thanks for the link. That was quite a piece of work!

Dwayne, it would be cool to see what you came up with if you ever care to poat anything about it.

nrml, do you have a link or address to Mr. Buckley? I could at least read about it beforehand. I doubt I could start anything mechanical before fall because of the cistern build, and maybe completing the lathe project, but reading in the evenings would be possible.

Thank you guys for your ideas!  :beer:

Manxmodder:
Lathe project...what lathe project...I don't remember you doing one of those  :)

The gunsmith friend has a couple of much modded crossman air pistols in his collection.

I remember that the trigger assy and sear block were replaced with homemade items as early modifications. He is certainly a man who likes a predictable trigger squeeze and a polished sear block :bugeye:....OZ

S. Heslop:
A while back I was thinking about making an air pistol, largely as an excuse to do something 'complicated' with files and chisels. I had a cheap air rifle I bought second hand with the idea of using it to release the vacuum from a CRT TV from a distance. I can't even remember what I wanted from the CRT TV but I never got around to doing it. But yeah I took the rifle apart with the idea of using the barrel to make the air pistol from.

The air pistol I was thinking about making was mostly a clone of the Webley Senior, which really impressed me with how tidy it looks. Most air pistols i've seen either look like chunky exterminator tools, goofy real pistol lookalikes, or those riddiculous target pistols with all the weights dangling off them.


I even made up a shoddy plan.

"The Webley Seņor"

But that's about as far as I got. I could never find anything out on the legality of building air guns in the UK. I don't believe it's illegal but I still didn't want to risk filming myself commiting a crime.

The plan was mostly adapted from exploded parts diagrams as well as photos/ videos of disassembly to try figure out what each part of the thing did and how it worked.


Also you may have already read this. It sort of tries to cover everything at once and direly needs an index, but as a guy that knows next to nothing about gunsmithing I thought it was a good read.

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