So I have a pelletgun I use for getting squirrel tendies in the yard and shooting shit birds that land near. Hatsan 95 in .25 caliber. Well it shit the bed, and it was cheaper to just get a new one than try to replace the piston. I know, get out of here with that airshit. The gun is useless to me now, but the barrel is still good. I was thinking of taking the seals out, putting a bolt on the piston for a firing pin, reaming out a chamber. I just don't know what cartridge would be good to do it with was looking at a rimmed cartridge to make headspacing simpler and possibly extraction. I'd ask a gunsmith forum but they would tell me to never even consider it. Obviously going to test fire remotely. I thought you retards might help me out.
TL:DR=My pellet gun broke, what .25
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Yea but what if I really wanna.
Saw off the barrel, drop some .22 ratshot in either end and set it off with a hammer. Safety is obviously paramount here, so make sure you wear two pairs of socks on whichever foot is holding the hammer.
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25 acp, I wouldnt trust it with a lot of pressure and the only other 25 calibers I can think of are like .257 Robert's and the like, and I dont think a full power rifle round would play nice with a airgun action.
And its semi rimmed, and light bullets so the barrel might have enough twist
I wasn't going to put a full power rifle round. 25-06 or something. I was thinking of adding a locking mechanism. Firing it remotely ten times, check for any signs of overpressure. .25 ACP sounds like a good bet.
.25ACP is lower pressure than .22lr if I recall correctly.
whichever caliber has the softest brass... make it easier to pick out of your face when the gun explodes the first time you fire it.
Years ago I had a full-auto BB gun that you could fit like 250 bbs into the hopper and let ‘Er rip. It took little canisters of r-12 Freon but I converted it to compressed air from the air compressor.
For 30 years now I keep saying if I ever get ahold of a spare barrel... like I need another project.
Wait...they used to make a gun that was full auto AND put holes in the Ozone layer? Did any liberals survive at all?
They sure did. I used to let off a few bursts and listen for Al Gore’s baby cries in the wind. It was glorious. But sadly the libs developed 410a and we can no longer punch holes in the upper atmosphere so easily.
Ream out the barrel and put in a 22 liner
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I would choose .25 NAA because it'd weird.
Or measure the chamber, call it a a new caliber, 3dprint some casings, and load them with black powder.
Was thinking of doing some blackpowder abomination with it. Thread and plug the breech.
I'm gonna measure the sides of the barrel when I get home, see if I even have enough meat to ream a chamber out.
think about this... you're going to ream a chamber out of (making the walls thinner) something that is only meant to hold enough pressure to get a 28 grain air rifle pellet up to 650fps. that's a muzzle energy of 26 foot pounds. that's 1/3 the energy of a .22 short. also, keep in mind that the impulse from a smokeless or black powder detonation is way higher than just pressurized air.
This is true.. I hadn't thought that they probably used a much softer steel. So basically all I have is a long piece of scrap at this point. .