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Great story AK! Thanks! Well, my older brother got his house robbed, and they took his old, " pumper pistol" as he called it. So I'm restoring the 760-D Pumpmaster for him. But for now, I'll be continuing on with the 760 variant 1 resto. and a fellow group starter/admin on Facebook that We mutually became friends with is sending me a 1977 760 Powermaster free! That's 3 freebies in a few months! I'm really happy about how folks are liking my Airgun Fan video shows! I'm also doing, " The Outdorsman's Kitchen" as well.
Flash-forward to the present time. Some things have changed, others surprised me. A lot of custom work bogging things down, as well as waiting for money as a retiree to get the parts, tools, etc needed to continue. So it's been a long 5 months!
The 760 Powermaster variant 1 was my first pellet gun, after having a long-barreled Daisy red Ryder BB gun. Then @ 10, dad teachin' me to shoot and handle guns properly with, " spoils of war". So the 760 v1 means something to me, since I saved paper route $ to buy it in 1970. It was built June 1970. And they can be modded! My 760 v1 is getting a N.O.S. 761xl rifled barrel, and the mac1 seal/piston upgrade kit. And a 1892 Winchester-style butt plate I'm making by hand. Butt that'll come later, as the 1/8" steel is too thick and I had to redesign the butt plate pattern.
Anyway, to come to the point, My son came home from work early this morning and found a package on the porch. My set of roll pin punches arrived late yesterday evening! A 9-piece set you need to knock out the rolled-steel pins Crosman uses in the elbow joint of the forearm stock pump. Crosman's pins require a 5/32" punch so far. Got'em from home depot for 13 bucks.
Knocking out the roll pin on the 760 variant 1;
I'm working on part 7 of the resto video for this 760 v1 as well. It'll be getting reassembled and test-fired in this episode as well.
And a peek at the stocks and pump tube. That's the original stock's wood grain folks.
and the exploded view of the rebuilt gas valve assembly;
Reassembled with new internal parts and seal upgrades;
Flash-forward to the present time. Some things have changed, others surprised me. A lot of custom work bogging things down, as well as waiting for money as a retiree to get the parts, tools, etc needed to continue. So it's been a long 5 months!
The 760 Powermaster variant 1 was my first pellet gun, after having a long-barreled Daisy red Ryder BB gun. Then @ 10, dad teachin' me to shoot and handle guns properly with, " spoils of war". So the 760 v1 means something to me, since I saved paper route $ to buy it in 1970. It was built June 1970. And they can be modded! My 760 v1 is getting a N.O.S. 761xl rifled barrel, and the mac1 seal/piston upgrade kit. And a 1892 Winchester-style butt plate I'm making by hand. Butt that'll come later, as the 1/8" steel is too thick and I had to redesign the butt plate pattern.
Anyway, to come to the point, My son came home from work early this morning and found a package on the porch. My set of roll pin punches arrived late yesterday evening! A 9-piece set you need to knock out the rolled-steel pins Crosman uses in the elbow joint of the forearm stock pump. Crosman's pins require a 5/32" punch so far. Got'em from home depot for 13 bucks.
Knocking out the roll pin on the 760 variant 1;
I'm working on part 7 of the resto video for this 760 v1 as well. It'll be getting reassembled and test-fired in this episode as well.
And a peek at the stocks and pump tube. That's the original stock's wood grain folks.
and the exploded view of the rebuilt gas valve assembly;
Reassembled with new internal parts and seal upgrades;
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