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(@don_clark)
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This post was thoroughly garbled when put up initially.  The second try appears below.

 

 

 


   
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(@don_clark)
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A couple of You Tube videos about pump handle extensions for Crosman’s 13xx pistols prompted me to assemble one of my own.  What a difference it makes!  Putting in 10 or 15 pumps is no longer a chore, and the Sheridan-style tubular bumper I added at the back end converts the usual harsh pumping clatter to soft thumps.  There’s an aiming benefit as well.  I can grasp the angled part of the extension with my weak hand and make the pistol hold almost as steady as a rifle

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As the photo shows, the extended handle’s horizontal part copies the blocky handle on older Crosman 760 rifles.  I suppose it might look better if the back end were beveled as a continuation of the handle’s angular part instead of being squared off.  But the extra mass creates a place for the tubular bumper and strengthens the joint between the two parts of the handle.  That brings me to how it’s put together.

Instead of being sawn from a single piece of wood, the handle is a lamination of ¼” craft boards patterned so that when glued together they form the inletting automatically and create the handle’s bend.  Two more pictures will show most of the tools and a sample of the cut parts required for a 13xx extension built this way

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Having only hand tools and limited woodworking skills, I had to resort to this simple method of construction when I was building handle extensions for Benjamin and Sheridan rifles years ago.  I described and illustrated it in four posts that appeared in the old Yellow Forum in November of 2004.  For anyone interested in reading them, here are the links:

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/yellow/viewtopic.php?f=79537&t=66926&p=451589&hilit=DIY+stick+stocks+with+hand+tools+and+pocket+change#p451589

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/yellow/viewtopic.php?f=79537&t=67040&p=452530&hilit=DIY+stick+stocks+with+hand+tools+and+pocket+change#p452530

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/yellow/viewtopic.php?f=79537&t=67087&p=452855&hilit=DIY+stick+stocks+with+hand+tools+and+pocket+change#p452855

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/yellow/viewtopic.php?f=79537&t=67196&p=453694&hilit=DIY+stick+stocks+with+hand+tools+and+pocket+change#p453694


   
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Yes, I remember Streakfreak's awesome "stick-stocks."  He did incredible work, as have you.   Nice job on your 1377.  I'm currently considering doing something similar with my Seneca Dragonfly.  Probably not as radical as Streak's work, but I am thinking about an extended pump handle that integrates/becomes the trigger guard.  Thanks again for finding those old posts and putting them up again.  Truly remarkable work, as is your own interpretation.

<edit> Sorry, I didn't understand.  Are you in fact the original Streakfreak?  If so, nice to see you back at work!!!


   
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and with this technic you could also sandwich in some aluminum with epoxy to give it more strength and durability

I very smart idea that you have used

a table top bandsaw would be a great help in you endeavors


   
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(@don_clark)
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Yep, it's me.  And I hope to see what you make of your Dragonfly.

I may be mistaken, but I think I took a Diana 27 of yours outside for a test fire at Findlay a couple years ago.  When I returned it, I told you I had broken the spring.  I was pulling your leg, of course, (if it was you) and we laughed about it afterward.  Good to hear from you, Jim!


   
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(@don_clark)
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Thanks for both suggestions, Mike.  I have used aluminum that way in the past (see the third of the old posts I linked to).  As for the  small bandsaw, I didn't buy one when I had room for it and now I don't.  My only power tool is a benchtop drill press.


   
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yes my drill press has been used more then my little bandsaw and I too have to make thing without the right tools

but imagination sometimes works out in the long run

I'm putting your ideas on my project list

take care

mike


   
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