Ok So I tuned Pops gun for him on Sat first tune on a Gamo and here are my impressions.
I was very pleased on the quality of the material the internals are made of... I was not at ALL impressed on the fit and finish of them though... the tophat being the worsthad razor sharp edges on every surface of it actually almost cut myself on it when the gun was first pulled apart....
Spring guide was mostly ok but for the tip and it too had a wire fine edge that was just asking to get broke off and gunk up the works...
compression chamber walls where wavy and not very uniform not only that but it was full of metal shavings!! the blown seal had shaving embedded into the face of it and the face of the chamber also has shavings that needed dug out before it could be honed and refinished...
And of course every opening had not really burrs but raised ridges that needed taken down from the slots being die punched
overall I feel its WAY overpriced for a piece of equipment to come with such poor finishing and full of shavings.......honestly its shameful but that being said here is what was done to it..
tophat and spring guide completely deburred,reshaped, smoothed, and polished
all ridges in cocking slot and trigger slot and scope stop removed and polished
compression chamber honed and crosshatched
action tube refinished to better hold lube
piston buttoned and fitted to tube and deburred/polished
stainlessthrust washers turned for spring guide
stainless thrust washer turned for tophat and sized to keep tophat centered in piston
e3650 "ultra" spring ends ground flat and polished
Apex small seal installed
GRT-III trigger installed
sear faces reworked and polished
and trigger assembly lubed with "dry" Silicone ( my preferred trigger lube for anything
everything was lubed back up with JM's moly and spring got a light coat of heavy tar on the outside also allpivot points was lubed with correct lubes and the whole thing put pack together..
finished impressions
Action is buttery smooth and VERY quietno creaking or clanking while cocking the gun or shooting.. fire sequence is a very smooth thunk with no spring twang or vibration... no twist or any real spring torque just a straight recoil and thunk... trigger is well.... s e x y.... between Bobs excellent trigger and the sear refinish its nothing short of spectacular.... I would like it to have a slightly shorter second stage(sear engagement) but as set its lovely and very smooth and glassy
All in all its a completely different gun and next post will show the results!!
