Thursday, March 24, 2011

A.B.T. Shooting Gallery Rifle, Final Notes

Finally found some time to put the A.B.T. back together…

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This needed some fixing.

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My precision drawing.

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Surgery.

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An attempt at precision.

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A walnut block.

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JB Weld. Why? Because I was out of clear epoxy and didn’t have time to go to the hardware store. It’s not going to be visible.

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Clamped up. I let it cure for a day.

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I roughed out the block with the mill.

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Almost done.

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I left it oversize so I could fit it after I reassembled the rifle.

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Another shot of the receiver.

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Sear.

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Fitting…there was a bunch of chiseling and rasping.

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Now to drill the hole for the bushing. I left those steel plates because they look cool. This was a gun that was used by thousands of people.

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Fitted.

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The wood broke out as I was drilling – from this side…some days I can’t win. But again, nobody will see it. Except you guys.

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Some air fittings.

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A long drill bit, paper and glue.

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Makes a tube.

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I decided to try regular .170” BBs first.

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In the loading trough.

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Plink.

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Airgun dork.

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This is at 15’

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I then tried .177 lead balls. I loaded them directly in the trough without a tube. Which worked fine, FYI.

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And 3/16” ball bearings, which are I believe the ammunition the rifle is supposed to use. These were all at 80psi from my crappy compressor – I wonder if more pressure was warranted. I’ll bring it over a friend’s shop sometime and see how it does with more air pressure.

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Making a tube for 3/16 ball bearings.

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Exciting as watching glue dry.

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Glue drying…So that's pretty much it. A nice piece of Carnival history. Now I just need to find a complete shooting gallery and I can have a nice summer job.

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