Thursday, June 2, 2011

Manu-Arm Air Pistol Disassembly, Part 2

On I go…


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The cocking bar, that part of the cocking linkage that pushes the piston back.


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I don’t know why it has that square bit. Possibly a sort of anti-beartrap? Hmmm.


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One trigger pin pushed out.


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The sear is odd, there’s a ball bearing on the sear and one on the piston.


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The trigger and its two pins.


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I couldn’t remove the “cocking body”.


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The pin just wouldn’t come out more than this and I did not want to destroy the gun.


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The rear sight.


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A setscrew locks the plug to a cross-pin.


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I was too lazy to drag out my spring compressor so I just used a bar clamp. The spring does have a significant preload.


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Pushing the cross-pin out


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The end plug. Notice the integral cruciform spring guide.


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The piston.


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See the ball? Shiny ball


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The piston seal is a simple slug of molded elastomer. I forgot to take pics but it has a groove on the underside as it’s molded. I think an easy replacement would be an aluminum slug with an o-ring.


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All the parts…


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Here’s a poor shot of the two sear balls in contact, representing a cocked condition. When the trigger is pulled the one ball slowly rotates out of contact, which yields a sliding motion as the sear releases. Not crisp, but smooth.


Anyway…reassembly is exactly in reverse. I took some time to properly lube everything. The gun does shoot smoother than before.

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