so I screwed up bad...

[BJames]

I was shooting my b26-2 this afternoon, and having quite a good time.  Then during cocking, my fingers slipped and the barrel snapped back open!  I thought everything was ok, but quickly I noticed the stock was broken...ugh.   I'm pretty upset at myself for letting that happen, but it's done.  So, I guess I'll have to replace the stock (I could try to fix it and I might, but it's a pretty new gun and It's a little ugly now).  

Crap.  just wanted to vent a bit guys...

[Gopher]

My sympathy's...it's kinda like getting that first scratch on your new car.

You could fix the old one, but you know you won't be happy.

Hopefully,  Mike has a replacement stock for it.

Look on the bright side...after you replace the stock, you have a new project for the winter  

[mikeiniowa]

Don't feel bad, done that myself....more than once, hands covered with spring tar and grease doing testing 'cause I couldn't wait, have a nice pile of kindling, just need to get a wood burner soon to make use of it.........

[BJames]

Thanks Mike.  It'll have to wait unfortunately until sometime after Labor day, but I'll hit you up for one.  Thanks!

[BJames]

I glued, and put a big wood screw into the stock.  It's ugly, but at least it seems shootable for now, until I scrounge enough cash for a new stock.

[mikeiniowa]

I'll send you a new one...pay when you can. For the old one it's time to make it look nice, take some 80 or 100 grit paper and go over the stock to rough the finish up some. Where it's been repaired sand to get a smooth contour, take some red oxide primer and give the stock a coat, sand to remove any evidence of the crack, just keep sanding until it's not noticeable. Put one or two light coats of the grey colored primer on and sand lightly with 400 or 600 grit. Hit the stores and find the right color for you of truck bed coating, see the dealer if you have a perfect color from a truck or car...give it a few coats and let it sit for a day or two....all weather synthetic type stock without the awful noise. Mendoza does this with their colored stocks, just a wood one with paint on it....

[BJames]

Mike,  THIS is why I won't be buying airguns from anyone else.  You have a customer for life.

[TexasShooter72]

I did a similar thing with a Gamo Nitro.  Was making trigger adjustments and had cocked the rifle but hadn't put the barrel back into firing position.  I made a few adjustments to the GRTIII and tried feeling for the en of the first stage when it fired!  Bye bye Nitro 17!  John in PA tried fixing it but to no avail.  Then I sent it to Bob to have him look at it and he gave me a detailed report later down the line.  I won't do that again.

[cnsjones]

Sure sorry to hear that Brian!  But by telling us, you have made at least one GTA member learn another lesson, BE CAREFUL cocking!  Started out very careful, but I have been getting a bit lax and hurrysome of late. I WILL slow down!

And aren't we glad we know a guy named MikeinIowa!!

Fuller

[kp4att]

BRYAN .... THAT HAPPENED TO ME WITH A $550 BRAKE BARREL, BUT THE STOCK WAS NOT BRAKED, THE BARREL BENDED TO UPRIGHT DIRECTION, CHECK IF YOUR AIR RIFLE DO NOT SUFFER THE SAME EFFECT TOO.  GERALD

[BJames]

I hope it didn't, but if it did it's not obvious.  It did shoot high after I fixed (kind of) the stock (it's really ugly), but I thought it might be just that the scope was moved around.

Hopefully that didn't happen...

Let this be a lesson to everyone!  SLOW DOWN, take your time.  I was having a great time, moving quickly, punching holes in paper.  I should have slowed down and enjoyed myself a little more!

[mikeiniowa]

if the barrel is bent you can fix it or send it to me and I'll get it back to where it should be...the crude but effective way is to put the breech block in a solid vise and pulling or hitting the barrel back straight, use a block of wood and a 3 lb. hammer...they seem to have a memory and go back if you don't wack the heck out of it...a hydraulic press works better if you have a jig made...

[Jaymo]

I'm withMike on the bedliner finish on yer stock. I refinished my MM tuned B40 stock with black bedliner. I had no choice. I'm a lefty and had to remove that RH rollover comb and make the wrist of the stock ambidextrous. After I did that, I reinforced the wrist of the stock with a BIG brass wood screw. Then I sanded it in prep for a nice tung oil finish. That's when I found the UGLY putty filled knothole in the stock. I had also accidentally knocked a small chip out of the toe of the stock. So I gave it 3 or 4 coats of Dupli Color black spray on bed liner. I hung it up in my shop for a week to cure. Cure time is important with this bed liner stuff. I waited between coats, as per the instructions on the can, and in Archer Airgun's QB78 book, but the finish was still soft after it dried for a day. After a week of cure time, it came out darned near bulletproof. Looks and feels like a nice black fiberglass stock. Great grip and weather proof.
BTW, you can change how smooth or rough the finish is by how far you hold the spray can from the stock when you spray it.

Hey, Mike. How much would a new B40 stock cost me? I'd still like one to give a nice oil finish.