Ay experience with the EAA/IZH MP513?

[vinceb]

Kickin' it around as my next acquisition. Anybody familiar with it???

[ribbonstone]

Be interresting in hearing about it as well.

Haven't held one and am wondering about that "hammer" that needs to be cocked...from the pictures, seems like it would take a pretty tall scope (or one set well forward with long eye relief) to leave room for your thumb to easily slip under the occular and thumb that spur back.

[vinceb]

...the hammer is what actually kicks the piston sear out of the way to fire the gun. The trigger just releases the hammer. Kinda like my old Daisy 1894.

I still have mine (Daisy 1894, circa 1977 I believe)

[vinceb]

Including one from the late 60's. I rebuilt them (new seals) this past summer and repainted them.

They both shoot rather slow - mid 200's - and they're not very accurate. The most amazing thing is how heavy it was when I was 10, and how light it is now!

BTW - where in NJ are you? I'm down south, Salem County.

I tried to shoot mine last year and the bb barely exitted the barrel.  It didn't sound or feel any different (than I remember) when it fired, just didn't have any oooooomph left.  It's funny that you mentioned the weight, it does feel like a toy now.  Out of the box when it was new, mine had shot to the left about 2 inches at 20 feet.....I learned at a young age the meaning of hold off.  Back then my father didn't have a FAID card so he had gotten a friend to purchase it in Delaware. That's why it wasn't returned.  It still served me well though, so I really can't complain.

Where am I??? In the sticks....He He He!   Seriously, I'm further south in Cape May County near the Stone Harbor- Wildwood area...inland of course.  

[vinceb]

As I recall, the seals are about $12 per gun. They should still be available, if you want me to I'll try and dig up the supplier...

Actually, I'm afraid to take it apart for fear of not being able to put it back together properly.  Granted it is no show piece, more sentimental value in that it was my first air gun (bb gun)  Just for the fun of it, a few months ago I tried shooting it....literally the first time in over 20 years, and wasn't expecting much considering.
Is it fairly simple to open one of these up without something springing out???

[vinceb]

It's one of the more complicated BB guns, and can be a bit of a bugger. Then again, if I was able to do it...

Guess I'll just leave it alone.

[vinceb]

...you can buy the seals and get the whole shebang to me. I might not qualify as an expert, but I did manage to succesfully do 2 of them. I'll clean it out and get it running again, and if I forget how it goes back together I've got 2 I can refer to!

Wouldn't even think of charging for it. It wouldn't take that long.

Thank you very much Vince, for your offer, but it's not going to be worth the time and aggravation to you.  Reason being is that I probably won't ever shoot it again so to replace the seal(s) would just be a waste of your time.  It had served me well in my youth and I look at it as something with sentimental value now and nothing more.  If it was something that could be done easily by myself I would do it, if for nothing else, the experience of it, but, like I said, if something is going to go "boing" if I opened it up (which I kind of suspected) I would just leave it alone in it's "retirement" years and let it rest.     Thanks again.