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- The perfect is the enemy of the good.
I found one in the basement, looks ok, except, it doesn't have the magazine for the pellets. Looks like you can't get the 6-shot but you can get the 10-shot magazines. I think Pyramid Air has the latter. I was hoping I could get it locally but we don't have Bass Pro or Cabela's and those are so far the only other places I found the magazines so if you know of any chains that carry them that would be great.
Questions:
1. The left grip, absent a CO2 cartridge, doesn't stay on. Is it supposed to? When you have a CO2 cartridge in it it stays in because it clips around it (there was an empty in it so I know that). Not a big deal, except, without a cartridge in it you have that grip just falling off which seems weird and inconvenient.
2. I got the parts diagram/list and the owner manual for it online, that helps. But I think probably I should clean the barrel and oil it with that pellet gun oil. What's the best way to clean the barrel, just push some oily rag or something thru it with a non-abrasive rod? As to the oiling, the manual tells where to do that.
3. Anything else I should do before I try it out? It looks not half bad, adjustable rear sights. I don't expect super accuracy and after all it's a pistol, but I figure for almost-free why not give it a try.
Questions:
1. The left grip, absent a CO2 cartridge, doesn't stay on. Is it supposed to? When you have a CO2 cartridge in it it stays in because it clips around it (there was an empty in it so I know that). Not a big deal, except, without a cartridge in it you have that grip just falling off which seems weird and inconvenient.
2. I got the parts diagram/list and the owner manual for it online, that helps. But I think probably I should clean the barrel and oil it with that pellet gun oil. What's the best way to clean the barrel, just push some oily rag or something thru it with a non-abrasive rod? As to the oiling, the manual tells where to do that.
3. Anything else I should do before I try it out? It looks not half bad, adjustable rear sights. I don't expect super accuracy and after all it's a pistol, but I figure for almost-free why not give it a try.