Mr. Schaefer sent pictures of the rifle completed and some content as well. Check out the page at:
http://airgundevelopment.com/custombuild/schaefer5.html
Great build I must say.
~ Pedro
Mr. Schaefer sent 4 more pictures of his current build. He has completed a stock and mounted the rifle action to the stock. Looks pretty sharp! He is using a Crosman clip from a Marauder.
I have rifles almost complete minus the stock and wood.
I haven’t been able to finish all the page links but here are two new pages of pictures for the concept 4 rifle.
http://airgundevelopment.com/concept4pg6.html
http://airgundevelopment.com/concept4pg7.html
I hope to link all the pages soon. I have pictures from Schaefer on his new build and will post them soon. Thanks for reading.
After a very frustrating morning, I was finally able to get to the shop to work on the air rifles. I managed to get one of the rifles to fire by 8pm. On valve is leaking so have to work on that. Valves either work or leak and finding the perfect combination is tricky it seems. I realize now I should have made the valve a 2 piece design.
I worked on the triggers and sear. I had some springs but they are to weak and will have to get some heavier springs to make the trigger and sear engage more consistently.
Below is a video showing a few shots and first pellet shot. I will add to the web page when I can as I have many pictures to add from last 2 weeks of working on this project. The rubber bands are holding 1/8 drill bits in place to locate the trigger and sear and kept falling out otherwise.
Next few weeks will be focusing on the final machining and assembly as I can. Thus far a very mild fall here in Manitoba, but the snow and extreme cold are going to pounce on us very soon!
Comments, please feel to tell me what you think. Thanks for visiting the website. ~ Pedro
I added some pictures from October 11 to the page 5 of the Concept 4 airgun.
http://airgundevelopment.com/concept4pg5.html
Hoping to do more soon and will post when I can.
I was able to do more work on the rifles I am building this past Monday. I hope to do more later this week and will post the pictures I have taken at that time. I have mounted the valve body on the action block and now need to start on the inner workings of the action. The hammer, trigger, sear, bolt and valve parts need to built. Barrel is ready to be mounted and waiting till all parts are completed for firing before this is done. The tight fit between the barrel and action will help ensure accuracy and do not want to take out the barrel to often and ruin the fit.
Mr. Schaefer sent three more pictures of some changes he implemented to his side lever Buckler inspired rifle. An offset adaptor in the front allowed fora 600cc reservoir. Schafer says he gets a lot of shots per fill.
Will try to get larger format pictures on Schaefer’s page 4 as soon as possible.
I am hoping to get going on more machining on the Concept 4 design. Possibly in the next two weeks might get some time, once the wedding anniversary is past.
Please feel free to contact or comment on any posts. Thanks ~ Pedro
I cut out the profile of the gun stock for the modern rifle I made. The walnut is sure a lot harder to cut than regular wood. I am by no means a wood worker so working with hardwood will be interesting. Over the next few weeks will be shaping it along with hopefully continuing on the Concept4 when time allows.
Thanks for the emails and kind words some of you have said about the website. ~Pedro
Over the next few weeks I hope to make a new stock for the Modern Pneumatic Airgun I built a few years back. This past Saturday I finally picked up a chunk of walnut. Found a cutoff piece for $90. I traced out the old stock, with some lines from an airgun I have. I will eventually post the final stock on the site.
My garage.
I have started to buy a few tools for at home. I hope to eventually get a mill and lathe. I was able to get a decent drill press and 19 gallon compressor a few weeks ago. Next few weeks should hopefully see continued work on the Concept 4 rifle.
I added a few pictures that Mr. Schaefer had sent me awhile ago.
http://www.airgundevelopment.com/custombuild/schaefer4.html
Looks like a great rifle build and that Mr. Schaefer has been very busy building rifles recently. Check out his builds on youtube. Follows the video on the page 4.
