Hunter Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 So, heres my contribution, being a big fan of squirrel hunting, heres my attempts with the Crossman Rabbit stopper. Have been hunting now and then for around 4 years, only just getting into guns fully now, and after building this gun, im moving to an FAC certificate to add some bigger toys to the airgun colection. I nabbed these two ratty's while field testing this gun after I finished building it. Seems to be working just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatingisbest Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 nice shooting, nice grouping, wonderful gun, 2 less grey's in the country. Bring the reds back!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antuk99 Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 Nice grain on the stock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 what are the rabbit stoppers like for accuracy and power flash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 (edited) Flash, Rabbit stoppers are well known for good accuracy, though you have to remember they run off CO2, so you only get a good 25 or less full power shots. I pretty much re built this gun with TR robb parts, and the stainless steel trigger was hand built by myself. Accuracy is plenty good enough for bunny hunting up to 30meters Heres the trigger I built.. The trigger was built from stainless steel (bloody hard stuff to work with, hence grinder for cutting to shape. I wanted to make a new better trigger out of this steel compared to the crappy plastic junk on the gun This was marked up on the metal by simply spraying over it with black spray Edited February 11, 2006 by Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 Then drill all the holes around the trigger to save time on sawing. Without drilling, it would have been imposible. Then hack saw all the gaps between the drilled holes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 (edited) After that, it was hours and hours of hand filling, polishing, and cutting. of course a pin had to be placed through the trigger.. so another exact drilled hole is made, and threaded for pin Quick polish.. Job done. This trigger may look like it was easily made of alloy, but I can asure you this took many hours, and is the most hard peice of metal I have worked with atleast its so strong it will outlive the gun.. Edited February 11, 2006 by Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PestController Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 That's an extremely nice piece of work, I'm betting you served a recognised engineering apprenticeship....if you didn't, you should have. Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Thanks I am taking a couple of engineering courses in college, and thats where I nabbed the expensive metal from too. But mostly its all about hand work on this, rather then maths and measuring.. which is the hardest part of engineering. I have some more pics of the work, I can put them up tomoro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadeye ive Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Hunter Interesting set of photo's there .............As a time served Sheetmetalworker it's nice to see .....You have a good eye for detail to make a good job of that trigger Well Done If I may make an suggestion as I've worked with S/S for over 25 yrs now ........Give Brass a try Ive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 I thought of brass.. but it goes a funny colour and doesnt keep its shine. Stainless will also go with the bolt (which was brass but I replaced the whole silly plastic mechanism for a metal one from TR Robb) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 I like your reading material! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Im always doing projects like this.. if peeps like it, il put the rest up Somone mentioned about the grain of the stock? This was pretty rough when I got (bought for 65pounds hehe) so the stock needed sanding down to remove flaked plastic varnish, which had dents and scratches in. Laying next to the stock is the barrel After some serious sanding work (removed about 1.5mm of wood all round to remove dents) the stock gets a coat of wax oil instead of cheap plastic varnish.. The barrel was worse off, and I had to re crown it on a lathe in college as the crown was off center by about 1.6mm!! terrible engineering on this crossman.. So heres the barrel with a fresh re crown and 0.7mm counter sink into the bore to remove all bur caused by cutting the barrel's muzzel down very slightly to remove the very poor original crown. This is my work desk in my room. It very rarley gets used for paperwork hehe infact the only paperwork that was done in the last month on this table was my FAC/SGC papers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Heres a blured picture down the bore, I used a laser sight from an airpistol to licht up the rifles The scary bit on this gun was when I put it back together.. the bolts that hold the stockl to the barrel and chamber had threaded the holes!! (**** poor quality metal on this USA made gun) So I had to very carefully re thread the holes to a slightly larger diameter and also put a second bolt at the forend of the stock, which ment drilling through the wood, then metal, then threading it. Luckily it worked, and the stock holds.. but im worried about the metal on this gun, and im scared to ever take the bolts out, or they may never hold the stock on seems to be fine though, have been hunting with it for a couple of months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Hunter you have far too much time on your hands mate. Damn good thread to read through, well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon master Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 and he still has time to go shooting, I want your life mate. Very good work though, The PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Thanks guys Well its the only thing that keeps me going. I had some problems with stress, and ended up feeling very sick.. but to be honest, guns have given me something to think about, and I have been working hard to get an FAC/SGC, plus build various guns.. and I sudenly realised.. hey Ive forgotten about all the bad things in this world.. and started to wake up thinking about shooting sports.. reading every article about hunting I can.. its good. To be honest, I have no idea what I would do without shooting sports. Im fortunate to have a little land on.. and im worried the FAC guys wont let me use anything bigger then a shotgun.. but atleast its something to look forward too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Wow, Hunter, you are a genious mate, keep up the excellent work. Good shooting on the greys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Thanks. 44 down now.. I work with trees, and I feel sad when I see all the little trees stripped by the greys.. so squirrel is often my priority in a hunt. Havent eaten one yet, but I will give it a go.. I heard its good meat if you can get enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wol the hunter Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 nice work hunter.tip for you ,when you apply for fac dont mention stress on your application. :thumbs: old bill dont like that word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 Yup lol luckily I never went to the doctor.. as they ask in the FAC papers if you have seen a doctor about stress, and they also check the records.. so im safe :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenbears10 Posted February 13, 2006 Report Share Posted February 13, 2006 good work hunter and good luck on the SG and FAC :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2006 Thanks ten, got my fingers crossed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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