I rebuilt mine after someone thought it would be fun to shoot a Dremel Tool bit from it. My rebuild only lasted about 8 tins, so I probanly need to get in the chamber and polish it. I have the parts now, and a new mainspring. A great old HW.
My granddaughter shooting my ten shot.
My first springer, my first pistol, and my first Beeman product, was a .177 Tempest.I have a theory that the faster lock time on 0.177 Tempest and Hurricanes avoids any torque twisting induced accuracy problems. I might see if I can pick up a proper Brummie Tempest if the opportunity ever presents itself, just to find out if my theory is correct. Unfortunately 0.177 examples are like rocking-horse poop, most that come up for sale are in the "man's calibre".
Wire nuts are for making electical terminations in homes etc. The further I get away from that kind of work, the fewer I have avaliable. So I shoot whatever targets are avaliable."Wire nut accuracy" is a new one for me, is it good or bad?
I had never owned a CO2 gun that wasn't just a cool, shooting replica. So seeing them often on here I was motivated to try a 2240. That thing in factory issue spec, is near about as precsion as a red ryder. Lol I never realy examined the gun. I just threw a cartridge in it, loaded it up and started shooting. It wouldn't zero. When I looked at it from the front, the barrel was pointing acouple of degrees left, and the barrel band was twisted with it. The screws in the barrel band were completely loose.
Well, it’s like the old racing adage. Speed costs money, how fast do you wanna go? The Buck Rail moderators for the stock barrel are great. That’s what’s on my Custom Shop 2300. TKO makes one that’s very nice but more money. All require optics because you have to remove front sight. Steel breech is the only way to go. Both our 2240 are the XL which has it stock. Also has a threaded end for screw on mod. Buck Rail and TKO make one for it also. Stock Crosman barrel is very, very good and I like the compact length on the pistols. I have a 10.5” barrel to test on Kim’s carbine at some point. More pop with longer barrel because the 2240 is famously over sprung. Can cut a coil(s) on hammer spring or get a power adjuster to increase shot count and not lose any power with stock barrel. The LW barrels are excellent but pricey. Honestly, I think I’d put the steel breech and red dot on with the stock barrel and test it. The grips are of course horrible. Sets of Steve Corcoran grips transformed both my Custom Shop 2300 and my 2300S.
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Really the wheelhouse for these guns. You can get a longer barrel, mode the valve, etc. and really up the power. And get what, maybe 20 good shots? I like it running 6-7 FPE and getting 35-40 good shots. Perfect for what I do with it. I have other things for critters if needed.
