Thursday, September 8, 2011

Crosman Powermatic 500 Disassembly, Part 1

Having hit a velocity wall with the V-350 I decided that a slight change of pace was in order. So I dug a Crosman Powermatic 500 out of my pile of airguns.09081101
Not a bad looking rifle, with the same lines as most other Crosman air rifles of the era.
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It has an inline BB magazine above the barrel.
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There’s a bit of corrosion.
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Power Matic 500
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More corrosion. This isn’t inspiring confidence.
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This is where the CO2 cartridge goes, The plastic plate which hides it is missing.
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As is one forestock screw.
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Time to begin by removing the buttstock.
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The stock is really heavy. I believe that this is a Croswood stock.
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Removing the one remaining forearm screw.
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The knurled CO2 nut needs to come off.
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I clamped the nut in the vise to get the punch started on the roll pin and then removed it so I could rotate it 90 degrees to fully tap it out.
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Notice that the forearm isn’t lightweight like a plastic part – it only has enough material removed for the parts to fit in.
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The “barrel” band holds the shoud to the stock.
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I removed three screws.
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And carefully separated the halves. Nothing shot across the room, which is always a good thing.
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As you can see the innards are corroded and full of cobwebs.
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I took a bunch of views to make reassembly easier.
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Notice that the safety is missing.
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Another view…
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Not really that complex although I’m unsure how the mechanism works.
More to come…

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