I bought a 717 and could not be happier with the accuracy! What are you're thoughts on the platform?
I bought it to get grips for an older friend that couldn't shoot his 777 because the grips were too big. Turns out that he bought it new, never even dry fired the gun!!
they are fine pistol
i got one that i upgraded with a 747 trigger group and LW barrel and found a pair of 777 grips
you can take the trigger out and work on it on the table and see how it work
i put a piece of hard foam on the top of the trigger to take up the trigger take up when i put back together
it just pushes the trigger down-back-pick one
it was more of a proof of concept but it was a big help in trigger feel
now i assembled the trigger group out off parts, bought at Daisy and the trigger pin has splining at it's center and was a SOB to install, so knowing that the trigger could take a big hammer to punch out or a press
i wish i had removed some before i drove it in
there are easy to work on also
it was a shame Daisy stopped making them alone with the 853's
prices used now have become absurd, i have thought about building a 717 out of the left over parts but haven't
I am glad you like the pistol Jim. They are nice guns. I have shot them a good bit and they are accurate.
Bob in WV
Bob is right on the money. My 777 is just as accurate (in my hands) as my FWB 65. There is a sense of pride in owning an American made, entry level - but competitive, 10 M air pistol.
I am glad you like the pistol Jim. They are nice guns. I have shot them a good bit and they are accurate.
Bob in WV
So much so Bob that I bought the new/old 777 from my buddy!!
You did good Jim. The 777 is real nice. I think I still have a couple of those around here somewhere.When my buddy Joe in WV was alive, we used to shoot pistols a lot. Sadly, not so much anymore. Enjoy that 777.
After a few hundred pellets, I'm keeping the 777 and selling the 717 with the aftermarket wood grips and the Don Nygord trigger mod.
I have owned 2. Didn't like the plastic breech cover closer thingy. Sold them cheap.
Yeah, those plastic bolts are definitely function over form. Picked up this one cheap with a broken bolt and a nail epoxied in so I fashioned my own "handle". I have a spare bolt but this one feels nicer to the touch and works surprisingly well.
I purchased a nice used 717 last year. Still shoots nines and tens.
so i had to look for the Don Nygord mod and found this which explains it
https://airgunwarriors.com/resources/library/Daisy_717_Don_Nygord_Mods.pdf
but looking at the diagram i think a different angle would work as well
and you can grind the sear to make the area of contact area less, i have done it
but again the sear movement is only a few millimeter
The nice part of the Nygord mod is it is reversible and tunable. Grinding the sear could result in unwanted results. As far as the angle, it would be pretty difficult to install the screw any other way (at least in my machining experience).
that is true you might screw up the sear but then again you might drill the hole in the frame wrong or screw up the threads and the sear cost about 3 bucks from Daisy or it used to be
and we are talking of grinding off maybe .5mm and when you do the work you have the trigger group in you hand and watch the results
i'm all about drilling and tapping but i just mentioned a different way
and it is no different then drop the height of the sear on the 2240
it is R&D work, proof of concept but only do what you want i really don't care
