Dano,
That post came in a 2:16AM EST, its past midnight for you - get some sleep man.
Thanks for the info on Big Ed. I was hoping to get a barrel, de-pinger and other stuf from him, if possible, I will see if he can do the work too. I will still do the main spring change, thats easy. Might even to the power adjuster screw mod too, depends on time and my ability to chrony today. I really like the idea of a lower fill pressure!
I really like your cocking lever knob. As you can see from the picure, my B-51 is older than yours so one thing that would be nice to do is to replace the whole bolt knob assembly with a prettier and better feeling one.
How are you flattening your trigger? I would be afraid of breaking it. I was thinking of making a wood overlay that would reduce the curvature and widen it a bit. Could do it with PVC pipe bit too I guess. Either way, I will polish and lube every thing. I have a Maccari spring kit for my RWS 54, in it he includes Tar, White Grease, and lots of Moly.
I will keep all posted on shot strings and mods I do - this is going to be fun.
Looks like a lot of rain and wind today. We are in HArwood MD, east of DC by about 30 miles so we should get some of the heaviest rains. Gutters are clean so it should be OK.
Scott