A Colibri came to nest at my house

Russ, 

No worries, after reading up on these critters, I realized it's a rite of passage. Don't be concerned about an unhappy customer, I'm not that guy.... If you have seal sizes and durometer specs, it would be appreciated. I can't call right now, but I'll give you a shout tomorrow.

Mark

Fuss,

Funny how things go, I traded my R5M for a Cricket and some boot, which went towards the purchase of the Colibri. I love my other 4 Edguns, but the R5M was too much overlap in .25's and I wanted a full power.22, so the Cricket will scratch that itch for now. I just liked the aesthetics of the Colibri and didn't have a "need" for it, so it went home with me. I've read about your affinity for the one you have and I hope to enjoy this one also.

Michael,

Hopefully I can square it away on my own, but I appreciate the lead. Not to mention that this one might be a wee bit different than what is usually seen.



Mark

Scott,

Gotta say that nickel finish looks great on yours. After over 30 years of gunsmithing, I think I can manage the reseal and sorting out the mechanical bits, so it will be a fun learning opportunity. I'm waiting for the parts to reseal a Walther LP3 I got at the show also, so leaking guns don't make me terribly concerned. I tend to be drawn to tempermental designs because of the challenge to sort them out. 

Hopefully someone else with an early one like this will chime in and help expand the knowledge base of these neat little guns.



Mark

The thing about this oddball is that I don't know if it was an early design before they planned semi-auto, or a sidebar variant to overcome some of the failings when the option to be semi-auto went down the drain. I'll try to take a peek at the internals this weekend if I have time. I will try to remember and take plenty of pictures. I would like to compare the mechanical differences with the production model.

Obviously one of the problems will be to guard the original magazines carefully since it doesn't look like the later ones will work. I may see what it would take to machine a couple of spares. Crazy labor intensive, but likely the only way to have extras. Don't get me wrong, I don't plan on wearing the gun out, but I hate being limited on magazines if I can avoid it.

I'll also look at the moderator and take pictures to see why this isn't as quiet as the production gun. Rc-air was very up front honest and indicated that this one has more snap to it than the legendary quiet that the later ones are famous for. 

I'll try to be proactive and keep adding more pictures and info to expand the documentation about these neat little pups.



Mark

Swami,

I'm not much of a FB guy, but I just joined. It will be interesting to see what I can learn about this example.

Thanks!



Mark

Unfortunately, the magazines for the production models are completely different, so I'm on my own to guard the two that it has. I may try sometime in the future to machine a couple of spares, bit it will be a serious chore. Thanks for the compliments, I'm glad to have it.

Mark