Recent content by Barkley9

Update. Received the update that a UPS label was created earlier this week and received my order today. VERY well made items. 

I can vouch for the Daisy 499. Got one as a kid (40 some odd years ago). I still have it, still works great, and it’s true about the accuracy. Just make sure it’s under, about, 15 yards. My grandpa used it for a while on stray cats. Unlikely to do any serious harm, but like esingle pointed out...

A fun exercise, but always surprising when one accounts for inflation (plus some other variables). Seems that $118.50 in 1970 is “worth” about $866.50 today. When you reverse that process you can see that some of the prices of today, when adjusted for inflation, are pretty close. Some are...

That’s disappointing. I’ve got a couple of weeks to go. We’ll see. Thanks for the reply. 

Previously posted what could be construed as a negative experience and wanted to post a positive one. Just want to thank Shannon with AOA customer service for her help a few weeks ago. Her emails were prompt and very helpful. She was able to get me a copy of my receipt for my Impact I needed for...

A question for y’all. I placed an order, now going on, 5 weeks ago for a few items. I noted there were no indications on the website that there were back orders and no indication that the items were not in stock. Placed said order and waited. Sent an email 2 weeks after order was placed, no...

That’s cool. I didn’t know Daisy ever marketed a break barrel. There is some info online, doesn’t look like a lot of parts are available, but likely just needs a little TLC (checking seal, spring, barrel clean, and a little lubrication). I did find a schematic of it. Doesn’t look too complicated...

I’m not sure if this is how it’s always done, but this guy seems to know what he’s doing. I’m guessing there’s other ways? What looks like piston seal fitting starts at about 3:55 https://youtu.be/DcX2x-v_k6I

After fixing my TX, cleaned the barrel, re-zeroed my scope. Mine has always like the Crosman domed. 10 shots, bench, 20yrds. 1 got away from me and went high

I hope others can read this and not make the mistakes I did. Maybe save a newbie some aggravation.

I can't speak for others, but my take away was 1. You can spend money on someone to "tune" your airgun or I could do it myself. It certainly takes some considerable time (at first) , and I have to overcome a steep learning curve, but it's doable. 2. Delrin can break, and when it does, it...

I tried out the springs today plus I had ordered the 12fpe spring from Pyramyd, which came in today so I tried that one too. The TX engaged the sears, cocked, maybe 75% of the time and never engaged the safety with any of the springs. So, it HAD to be something simple, and it was. Even though I...

I lied. I can't leave it alone. It's eating at me. willy and thumper.... with the compression tube and piston tube in place it will engage the sear and set the safety WITHOUT the spring. Thank you for that suggestion. So.... I spent a bit of time and literally cut and dug out the broken...

I appreciate the idea. I’ll read up on that. Surely there’s a YouTube video or two. Is that a common thing to have to do? Cut coils?

Friend, you chime in any time. Your suggestion helped me narrow this down.