Crosman 116 Disassembly

Yet another of the Findlay show finds. A Crosman 116 bulk-fill .22 cal pistol. Got it at a great price, no doubt due to the missing finish and it didn't come with the 10 oz filling tank.

The tank is no problem, as I have one or two around here somewhere. Though, I've been using paintball tanks and an adapter to fill my bulk guns. I can only imagine the lecture Dan would give me at Underground Sports where I get my tanks filled. I'll take one down there next time just to raise his blood pressure.

Anyway, the gun works, but the finish has seen better decades. Want to tear it down, check out the seals, massage anything that looks troublesome and respray the metal.

Odd, but the old grips look really good considering the rest of the gun has been dragged behind a truck.

With the grips off...

The grip frame goes next.

Two retaining bolts for the gas tube plug were removed.

There's a power adjuster. Nice feature for a gun from 1950-something. The hammer spring came out, too. The spring looks kinda ratty. I'll scrounge up something to replace it.

Bolt and hammer

Top of the bolt is grooved for the cocking pin.

Speaking of which...

And the bolt came out. Notice the protruding spring. There's supposed to be a small ball bearing at each end of the spring. Yeah, the bolt rides on bearings. Another nice touch.

Rear of the bolt.

Just for posterity, I took it apart.

The valve. It needs a two-pronged spanner for removal. I tapped the valve pin several times with an aluminum rod to make sure there wasn't any gas left in the tube.

Next up is the bulk-fill cap.

A few years ago, I bought a removal tool from eBay or the Yellow Airgun Classifieds. It's simply a ring of steel with a small handle.

A few holes drilled through the side accept a small steel pin.

Tool goes over the cap, pin through the tool and into the cap's vent hole.

The cap is then unscrewed. I think that sliver is the remains of the seal. That was probably at the base of the cap's threads. A small o-ring or maybe just some teflon tape should do the trick upon reassembly. I'll worry about it later.

I think all that's left is the valve. I sacrificed a 13mm socket. Cut and ground it until the notches fit the valve nut inside the gas tube.

Blurry, but you get the idea.

The retaining nut.

And the valve parts. The valve body is soldered into the gas tube, so that's that.

Ah, and I had to remove the front sight.

I'm going to strip what's left of the finish off and hunt down some crinkly, wrinkly, krackly kinda paint.

More soon.