I bought my second one a few weeks ago with the determination that I could make it last - among the world of complaints about shoddy craftsmanship. I'm not a good online buyer as I hate waiting to touch and see the thing I'm buying. I now understand the "brown santa" lines here. I just about offered him a beer..
Pyramid shipped it in decent packaging promptly - good company and good website (site speed counts for bonus). Cut open the plastic hanging toy packaging (hey it's not a B3) and got my tools. I opened the grip and cleaned out the trigger group. It wasn't packed with vaseline like my marksman2004 (1st pistol returned, same gun), so I just cleaned and lubed just a bit. Checked that the valve screw was tight (the most solved issue concerning this gun's airleaks. Popped off the piston rod attachment to the "slide" and removed the piston from the chamber. Seal looked good but did feel some burr at the air inlet hole (the second most common issue with airleaks). Half moon file took care of that and polished the few scratches till the ridge was gone and smooth. At this point I don't have whatever piston/chamber lube (any suggestions???), so I didn't clean the shipped stuff out. Looks pretty nasty though. I removed the barrel tonight and noticed that it's not crowned. Went to the bedroom and saw that my s&w.38sp isn't crowned either. I would imagine, given the knowledge of everyone here, that it would probably be a good idea to fix that (the air pistol at least). I've read different thoughts on the matter but am looking for the best way to do this. I've read about the drill and crowned bit trick - but keep in mind I don't have a vice of any sort, let alone a drill press, and I want to get it right..
Now thinking I should have taken target pics for the "before" comparison, but it was shooting cphp and gamo match about the same with half an inch with a few flyers at maybe
