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Discovering a hunting underworld/subculture
Hillbilly:
I had a .22 break-action airgun that my dad gave me when I was growing up. I don't remember what brand it was, but it was pretty high-end. He got it in Germany when he was stationed there in the Air Force. It was about like a .22 rifle shooting shorts, I killed a bunch of rabbits, squirrels, and a couple groundhogs with it. It was destroyed in a house fire we had, wish I still had it.
Eric Krewson:
Years ago an old guy we really liked was retiring at the plant. I took up a collection from my fellow workers and bought him a Beman R-1 pellet rifle as a retirement gift. I had worked with him for years and he had mentioned he sure would have liked to own one but they cost too much.
This guy was really someone special. He was a WW2 vet, had his right leg badly mangled by a German 88 round, had trouble walking but never complained. He had almost all the muscles in his left shoulder removed because of a melanoma, never complained. I found out he had a secret after working with him for years, he had volunteered to counsel dying cancer patients. He may work all day and stay by the side or on the phone with a dying patient most of the night only to report to work the next day with little or no sleep, he never complained.
He developed prostate cancer after he moved away, the aggressive kind. He thought it would kill him so he called me from Springfield Mo one day and asked if he could leave his "bb gun" to me when he died. I told I would be honored by his gesture.
I live in Florence Al, at least an 8 hr drive from Springfield. The day after I talked to him there was a knock at my door, there was Harold, standing there with his rifle. He said he wanted to give it to me in person while he could. Like I said he was a special person.
He didn't die and is now 87.
Unfortunately the rifle is a really poor shooter, very inconsistent. I have never been able to shoot a decent group with it. It is one of my most prised possessions non the less.
Wish I could make it shoot better as it was the Cadillac of air rifles in it's day
stickbender:
Eric, have you tried different brands of pellets, and different styles of pellets? Is it a multiple pump, or single. I can't remember that much about the Beeman, except that it was expensive at the time.
Wayne
El Destructo:
Wayne ...the Beeman R1 is a Single Shot...Single Pump....Spring Activated Pellet Rifle...about 950fps with the 22 model...I had a .177 model when I was younger....shot great though...but if you didn't keep the Barrel Clean...accuracy went by the wayside...so Eric...have you tried running a Brass Brush through it...with some Hoppes Solvent? this may improve the Accuracy of it....I can't see why it is inaccurate other than that...these are some Solid Rifles...with great Rifling....and Wayne...what size dove tail is in the Rifle Barrel on your Gun?? I may just have some sights for you....let me know........ send me a Model Number...and remember that on all Multi-Pump Pellet Rifles...when you are done shooting them...always pump them once to store them...keeps the Seals from Shrinking up on you...just a helpful hint that I learned a long time ago.......long time ago........ :P
stickbender:
Thanks El D, but it doesn't have a dove tail slot, it has a flat bar screwed on the side with a slot in it to adjust the elevation, and the sight was just a round bar, with a V groove in it, that was screwed to the sliding bar on the side. You adjusted the windage with the screw. I have used the screw cap from a spark plug once and it it worked, ok, but I would like to put the original sights on it. It needs to be completely rebuilt on the inside. All the gaskets, and seals, are dried, and or rotted, and are no good.
Wayne
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