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I ordered a Daisy 853 from CMP...
These have been talked about on this forum before, and I have heard good things about them, but I had decided that I didn't need to spend the money on them... until recently. I got my 853 on Friday last week, and like a proverbial kid in a candy store, I carefully unwrapped the box, took the bubble wrap off the stock and found...
Doggone it! The Monte-Carlo stock had broken at the top of the pistol grip!
Anyway, I got in touch with CMP, and they shipped out a new stock that I got today (Good job CMP!). I haven't shot it yet, so we'll see how that goes. Pellets haven't gotten here yet (ordered from an online retailer).
I had heard that these looked like they had been run over with a truck, but worked. Mine looks like it has been... run over by something smaller than a truck. Like a Smart Car or something like that. Actually the finish isn't that bad. Stock(s) were grimy, but they scrubbed up nicely. There are paint chips, dents and dings in the stock, etc. but really no big deal to me. I plan to refinish the stock... someday. It isn't at the top of my "someday" list. I'll probably also someday do the pilkguns trigger job, and maybe I'll even make metal trigger parts someday and be able to polish the parts for real.
Anyway, I mounted the sight (which I do like), sling, and extended the stock to the full length (I received two spacers with the gun). When I shouldered it, I found that I really like the size and shape of the gun in general. LOP is not too short for me, and should fit my wife as well. It isn't full size by any stretch of the imagination, but it is really comfortable. After I figured out the sling, I decided that I would probably like that too.
We'll see how it goes! Somehow I'll convince my wife that it is safe to shoot indoors...
These have been talked about on this forum before, and I have heard good things about them, but I had decided that I didn't need to spend the money on them... until recently. I got my 853 on Friday last week, and like a proverbial kid in a candy store, I carefully unwrapped the box, took the bubble wrap off the stock and found...
Doggone it! The Monte-Carlo stock had broken at the top of the pistol grip!
Anyway, I got in touch with CMP, and they shipped out a new stock that I got today (Good job CMP!). I haven't shot it yet, so we'll see how that goes. Pellets haven't gotten here yet (ordered from an online retailer).
I had heard that these looked like they had been run over with a truck, but worked. Mine looks like it has been... run over by something smaller than a truck. Like a Smart Car or something like that. Actually the finish isn't that bad. Stock(s) were grimy, but they scrubbed up nicely. There are paint chips, dents and dings in the stock, etc. but really no big deal to me. I plan to refinish the stock... someday. It isn't at the top of my "someday" list. I'll probably also someday do the pilkguns trigger job, and maybe I'll even make metal trigger parts someday and be able to polish the parts for real.
Anyway, I mounted the sight (which I do like), sling, and extended the stock to the full length (I received two spacers with the gun). When I shouldered it, I found that I really like the size and shape of the gun in general. LOP is not too short for me, and should fit my wife as well. It isn't full size by any stretch of the imagination, but it is really comfortable. After I figured out the sling, I decided that I would probably like that too.
We'll see how it goes! Somehow I'll convince my wife that it is safe to shoot indoors...