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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => The Shop => : dave2288 October 29, 2008, 05:26:55 AM

: powerline
: dave2288 October 29, 2008, 05:26:55 AM
what do you guys use for seals in the daisy powerlines?  both the breach seal and the piston seal seem to be of a rubber that won't hold up long...

any tuners out there, (i'm eventually getting this thing tuned by a proffesional)  how good do you get these things?  i've heard that they can be fairly smooth, and REALLY accurate for a $100 gun.
: RE: powerline
: vinceb October 29, 2008, 05:55:51 AM
I recently shot all my guns to group them at 60 yards. Granted, I ain't the greatest shooter - but in my hands my Powerline beat everything else I had - whether .22 or .177. This includes an RWS Panther, a Shadow, a CFX, and an RWS48. Granted, the ones that grouped the best were all pretty close - well within my margin of error. But it shows that the gun can do far better than its price would indicate.

I substituted an O-ring for the breech seal, I believe it was a #108 or #109. I don't remember if I had to shim it. Never had to look for a piston seal.

As for the rest, I tarred the spring on this one - which made a BIG improvement in firing behavior. I also ever-so-lightly smoothed over the interface surfaces between the sear and the intermediate lever and applied a little moly paste - and the trigger now breaks at less than 2 pounds (which helps with the accuracy, I'm sure).


: Re: powerline
: dave2288 October 29, 2008, 06:07:07 AM
i think two o rings will be needed...thanks vince.  what is the firing behavior like on your gun?
: RE: paul
: dave2288 October 29, 2008, 06:22:10 AM
do you think that the piston mod that you offer will work on this gun?
: Re: powerline
: dave2288 October 29, 2008, 10:21:19 AM
the mod you do on g1's with welding brass...you think it will work on the powerline?

thanks paul!
: Re: powerline
: dave2288 October 29, 2008, 12:11:48 PM
hmmm...do you think the powerlines would benefit from any hinge work?  i'm trying to decide on which tune to get from ya!  what do you think?...fix tune work?...or should i go intermediate tune, and add piston mod to it(along with some other parts...hehe)
: Re: powerline
: shadow October 29, 2008, 09:18:33 PM
Good shooter for the price, trigger mod is a must. I agree with vince, accurate little shooter too.Ed
: Re: powerline
: vinceb October 30, 2008, 01:02:23 AM
The tar made a heck of an improvement, but I suspect that a lot of the remaining noise is caused by the hollow stock. If I can get it filled with something, I suspect the gun will be a relative pleasure to shoot. Considering how unpleasant it was when I started, anyway...