Gamo MC the Super Gamo
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 8:40 pm
Super Headache more like it!
Did you miss me guys? Prolly didn't notice I vanished. Well anyway, now that the demands of my day-job are slowing a little I have made a start on a Gamo-MC the Gamo Super. Actually this is a very nicely engineered Target Rifle. Plenty of bits, all well engineered, and fit well together.
First off, these guns are not new. There are no spares, anywhere. Nobody works on them now and many people believe them to be either "unrepairable" or, worse, "Junk".
Outrageous. These are very fine target rifles. The system is very innovative, very unique. There is a piston within the piston. Very clever and more about that later. Let's get back to basics and here we go. Didn't take much taking apart this one, it came to me in a bin bag!
First up, the piston, need to get it apart and a little judicious use of a bit of heat in the vice, that is not a bit of leftover brass pipe, you can't see it but it is a blowtorch:
When it was apart I could get a look see as to how we were doing inside the piston itself:
Next up, the cylinder itself, a complicated piece of engineering. I can't help but think someone had bought a multi-function CNC machine and decided to make something with it and this is the result:
It is a double acting cylinder and locks up securely. The little pip you see just to the left of the keyhole is actually the Firing Pin or in this case the firing actuator. And yes, for the sharp eyed amongst you, there are two cylinders here on the bench. The boys just know I love a treat and I don't have one of these to repair, I have TWO In the same week.
Finally, despite having the outward appearance of being well maintained and cared for it is obvious to me that these guns have been "stored" in collections. This is what I found on the back of one of the cylinders, it is solid, hard and embedded gunk. Nothing the rotary wire brush won't get off:
Did you miss me guys? Prolly didn't notice I vanished. Well anyway, now that the demands of my day-job are slowing a little I have made a start on a Gamo-MC the Gamo Super. Actually this is a very nicely engineered Target Rifle. Plenty of bits, all well engineered, and fit well together.
First off, these guns are not new. There are no spares, anywhere. Nobody works on them now and many people believe them to be either "unrepairable" or, worse, "Junk".
Outrageous. These are very fine target rifles. The system is very innovative, very unique. There is a piston within the piston. Very clever and more about that later. Let's get back to basics and here we go. Didn't take much taking apart this one, it came to me in a bin bag!
First up, the piston, need to get it apart and a little judicious use of a bit of heat in the vice, that is not a bit of leftover brass pipe, you can't see it but it is a blowtorch:
When it was apart I could get a look see as to how we were doing inside the piston itself:
Next up, the cylinder itself, a complicated piece of engineering. I can't help but think someone had bought a multi-function CNC machine and decided to make something with it and this is the result:
It is a double acting cylinder and locks up securely. The little pip you see just to the left of the keyhole is actually the Firing Pin or in this case the firing actuator. And yes, for the sharp eyed amongst you, there are two cylinders here on the bench. The boys just know I love a treat and I don't have one of these to repair, I have TWO In the same week.
Finally, despite having the outward appearance of being well maintained and cared for it is obvious to me that these guns have been "stored" in collections. This is what I found on the back of one of the cylinders, it is solid, hard and embedded gunk. Nothing the rotary wire brush won't get off: