Airgun Pellet Rifle

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The Hoppes kit should be ok, the patches will work well, and as JohnKSa says don't over do it.
I'm not fimiliar with the type of oil in the Hoppes kit, it may work for rust also, but I do use one of their silicone impregnated rags, to wipe my guns down with after handling.
 
I picked up a Fienwerkebau Model 124 Sporter (4.5mm/.177) for only $69US.

OK, it was in 1982 and at an American Rod and Gun Club in Germany.

It served me well for a couple of decades and did infact drop grey squirrels inside 35 yards fairly well.

I bought it because I had the opertunity to and it was what Mel Tappen had recommended in his "Survival Guns" as an air rifle.

Unfortunately in the last year it seems the piston/seal has given up the ghost.

I have been unable to find a schematic to show me how to take the gun appart (and have no desire to be personally damaged by that big spring) and only one place that offers a repair kit.

Any help would be appreciated.

The straight shooters site has me thinking about that Beeman Apperature. Could be just the think for keeping the hand in for the M-1s (both flavors), Mini whatevers, and AR types for folk that shoot those with irons.

-Bob Hollingsworth
 
IIRC, Beeman used to sell the 124. You might check with them for schematics or other information. If they can't help, they may know someone who can.

Here is a list of airgunsmiths. I have personal experience with Russ Best and have heard a lot of good things about Paul Watts. I would think that either one of them would be capable of getting your 124 back on its feet and working better than when it was new.

http://www.airgunartisans.com/AARepair.htm
 
i personally like my crossman/sheridan blue streak. i grew up with one, it finally died when i was in my 30's. i replaces it about 6 months ago. the trigger isnt as good as it used to be in the older ones, or maybe its just because this doesnt have 10.000 rounds through it yet. but kill it will. i have killed lots of small game with it. squirrels, rabbits, crows,etc. prints pretty good on paper too. the absolout worse thing about this rifle is the lack of a GOOD scope mount for it. with my 50 + year old eyes, open sights are a thing of the past. the "b-square" is the best there is, and in my opinion, is hardly adequet for the job. its more money than you are planning, but quality usually is. i thought about other guns, but @ this stage of my life, familiarity was the deciding factor for me.
 
Beeman was bought out a few years back and they have introduced CHEAP guns to the line up. I am not talking of only price- so research what you buy!

I absolutely hate cheap airguns. They give quality airguns a bad name to quite a few and encourage the "I bought one that shoots 1500 fps for 50.00 crowd" :barf:

Inexpensive and value for the dollar do exist but look around on straightshooters or the yellow forum.

I still have my first HW 50 from the mid seventies. I used it exclusively until a few years back and the net reminded me of the guns I lusted for as a kid- one of those olympic class airguns and a few other new and classic ones I have added to the mix.

here are just a few classic springers just hangin around ...

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don't forget the pistols

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Be careful they are addictive ! They are easy and cheap to shoot since they can be shot USUALLY without a trip to the range etc. They will be more popular as costs go up and the value will be even more real.
 
hey moooose- those sheridens and benji's are rebuildable.... usually a reseal works. If ya still have it ya can likely get it fixed.
 
I owned a Sheridan Blue Streak, my father bought it for me out of a pawn shop in 1960, the 5mm pellets weren't available every where at the time and I had to order them mail order from Racine Wisconsin their home.
The rifle was as accurate and powerful enough to take rabbits and squirrels if I did my job and could stalk close enough for a kill. I don't know how the line turned out after the buy out by Benjiman, Sheriadan also had the Silver Streak guess it was chromed or nickled. The saftey on the old Blue Streaks was unique, it was spring loaded ,tang mounted device made of thin metal, that you had to hold depressed with your thumb, as you squeezed the trigger
the rifle automatically went into safe if the saftey was released.
 
I picked up a Fienwerkebau Model 124 Sporter (4.5mm/.177) for only $69US.

OK, it was in 1982 and at an American Rod and Gun Club in Germany.

It served me well for a couple of decades and did infact drop grey squirrels inside 35 yards fairly well.

I bought it because I had the opertunity to and it was what Mel Tappen had recommended in his "Survival Guns" as an air rifle.

Unfortunately in the last year it seems the piston/seal has given up the ghost.

I have been unable to find a schematic to show me how to take the gun appart (and have no desire to be personally damaged by that big spring) and only one place that offers a repair kit.

Any help would be appreciated.

The straight shooters site has me thinking about that Beeman Apperature. Could be just the think for keeping the hand in for the M-1s (both flavors), Mini whatevers, and AR types for folk that shoot those with irons.
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I wish I had gotten mine via the R&G club when in Turkey in the early 70's but did not know about these fine rifles. I learned about them after returning to the states and ordered mine through Air RIfle Headquarters in W.Va. Seems as though I paid about twice your price for it then.

They are well worth having repaired, one of the best air rifles made. I had new seals and a tune up done on mine by Beaman about 12 -15 years ago and it's still going strong. I removed stock and only shipped metal work to have the work done, refinishing the stock at the same time.

Also have one of their 300 side cocking match rifles which is a hoot to shoot.
 
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DCoats,

I have several Beemans and lesser airguns, and have never cleaned any of them, and haven't seen any noticeable degradation in accuracy. I should say also that I don't shoot thousands of pellets annually, though.

But I have seen a felt cleaning pellet advertised, by Beeman (I think) which is supposed to be fired thru the bore like a normal pellet, and thus clean it.
 
They sold them for many years, and it was the flagship of the Beeman line.

rcmodel
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I would argue that comment... it was more likely the 300 in that time period. They were and are the premier or one of- manufacturers of olympic target guns. The sporter was a 'sideline" for them and dropped from production while the match guns evolved...


I personally love the 124, I have two ... and likely would not pass up a great deal on another :D
 
O.K.

Point conceeded!

What I meant was the 124 was the flagship of the Beeman Sporter line!

Is that better?

rcmodel
 
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Hey I have one like that up above. First time I have ever seen another 400!
 
Be aware anything at walmart, even if it says Beeman, is Chinese and will have a crappy trigger. You have to spend 300 bucks to get a decent trigger, I guess. Not that I'm willing to do that to find out. I got a Crossman for 100 bucks. Shoots well, 1" at 25 yards with a Beeman pellet that has a BB in the nose for some odd reason. Anyway, I have to work around that crappy trigger. Jeeeeesus, talk about creep! If it would stage a little at the end of that DA trigger, would be more controllable, LOL. And people grip about snubbies and Kel Tec P11s????? Someday, I'll buy a decent air rifle. For now, this thing will give me thrills in the back yard. I found out it's accurate enough to pop a grackle at 35 yards. :D Oh, yeah, the scope is a joke. I have 55 year old eyes, but the scope makes 'em worse.

My old Benjamin, took it out of the closet the other day. It fired a few years ago. I got it for Christmas when I was 7 years old. It no longer pumps up. Thanks for the link to airgun smiths. I may have to send this beat up old thing off to get a redo. Stock is cracked, would like to replace that, maybe, if possible.
 
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