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Most here that have went down the rabbit hole have taught ourselves about repairing airguns. There is a wealth of information on AGN and GTA with helpful knowledge people. And the internet has a ton of information. . I found out early in this hobby. If you own airguns, be prepared to work on them.
 
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i think you are not going to find much
i would not know where to look in Washington state, i know there are members that are here but say myself i have my rabbit hole of makes and models
Diana pistols some Crosman this and that
but it is like a cup of water in a very large lake
you learn you grow and most of us are self taught
you have one person that is listed on the Crosman web page in Maui


and he does one gun not much help at all

tell us what are your main guns you shoot
 
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Watch YouTube videos and ask a lot of questions on this forum and soon you will instruct others. There are many "how too and break down videos" out there to learn from.

Most important, use the correct size of tools; Just because it fits doesn't mean it's the correct size, Stripped fastener heads are no fun to deal with. The proper size tool fits snugly not sloppy in the fastener head screw. "GORILLA tight" in most cases is too tight for fasteners on firearms.
 
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WoodWelder said:
Watch YouTube videos and ask a lot of questions on this forum and soon you will instruct others. There are many "how too and break down videos" out there to learn from.

Most important, use the correct size of tools; Just because it fits doesn't mean it's the correct size, Stripped fastener heads are no fun to deal with. The proper size tool fits snugly not sloppy in the fastener head screw. "GORILLA tight" in most cases is too tight for fasteners on firearms.
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I'd like to add, buy QUALITY tools, garbage tools will most likely mean more problems
 
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Quality tools nowadays can be found inexpensively. I have been purchasing gunsmithing tools from Wheelers and Brownells for decades, when their catalogs were stapled books.

Those tools were OK but Matco made some tighter fitting drivers.

A couple years back, I found a set of 1.5, 2, 2.5 & 3mm Allen hand drivers with precision ground tips that blew all of my expensive Allen wrenches out of the water!

I love them so much, I bought a set to give away here last year.

Don't buy by name, buy your tools according to fit and comfort, in that order.
 
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There's a lot of really excellent advice here.

You might consider taking an auto or motorcycle repair class. The principles are all the same and airguns are not nearly as complicated. I don't know of an airgun that you have to plug into an extremely expensive (and proprietary) computer system to diagnose. As mentioned, youtube rocks when it comes to most airgun diagnosis and repair.

Cheers,

J~
 
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Treefrog said:
There's a lot of really excellent advice here.

You might consider taking an auto or motorcycle repair class. The principles are all the same and arguns are not nearly as complicated. I don't know of an airgun that you have to plug into an extremely expensive (and proprietary) computer system to diagnose. As mentioned, youtube rocks when it comes to most airgun diagnosis and repair.

Cheers,

J~
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We do like the university of youtube!
 
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