Is there a quality air gun book out there that has good pictures, diagrams, and data.

Looking for a good quality air gun book, with quality pictures, diagrams, technical data. If you need to make or find a piece that the parent company no longer makes it's a crap shoot on the size or even where the part might go. I have bought several older guns in the hopes of getting them to work but it appears most companies haven't bothered to keep any records or even pictures of what the gun looked like.
 
FX is superb at keeping records, providing links on their website to diagrams and parts lists as well having parts available for their guns
There is also a wealth of quality info and repair videos on the net.
Search "Ernest Rowe" for starters

FWIW
Daystate, a laggard in this area , has begun a workshop series of videos/texts about disassembly/reassembly of a few of their guns.
The videos are very well produced and informative IMO

As mentioned by @Treefrog The Crosman archives run deep
Access to their parts lists also makes it possible to order parts by model and part number by phoning the usually knowledgeable staff in upstate NY

Hope this helps
Edward
 
FX is superb at keeping records, providing links on their website to diagrams and parts lists as well having parts available for their guns
There is also a wealth of quality info and repair videos on the net.
Search "Ernest Rowe" for starters

FWIW
Daystate, a laggard in this area , has begun a workshop series of videos/texts about disassembly/reassembly of a few of their guns.
The videos are very well produced and informative IMO

As mentioned by @Treefrog The Crosman archives run deep
Access to their parts lists also makes it possible to order parts by model and part number by phoning the usually knowledgeable staff in upstate NY

Hope this helps
If the guns in question are Crosmans or Sheridans, you're in luck. There are pdf files out there that cover pretty much all of the older ones.

The Crosman web-site has manuals and exploded part diagrams that you can download for free.

Cheers,

J~
Some are Crosman, in which case they don't have quality pictures, diagrams, or information, which really surprised me. I would have thought Crosman would have great colored pictures of every gun they ever produced along with details. I will try some of the other sites Thanks. I'm amazed at some of the older guns that are built much better than most guns on the market today. Especially Crosman & old Gamo's don't know why they quit making quality metal guns. Got a Crosman V300 springer in today that shoots great for 60 years old.
 
Have to make your browser translate it, but you might find at least a little of what you're looking for here:
Might also try talking to someone like Rick at Precision Pellet. If nothing else, he may be able to point you in the right direction:
 
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You might enjoy these two books by Ron Robinson (AirNGasman). They don't address most of the new stuff out there but there's good info on a lot of classic guns and the photography is tops. I doubt if you'll find these in bookstores, so contact him directly.

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