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by nick carter
Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:05 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Question About Daisy 747 Trigger Adjustment, And Nygord...
Replies: 4
Views: 4688

Question About Daisy 747 Trigger Adjustment, And Nygord...

I recently did the Nygord modification to one of my Daisy 717s: http://anotherairgunblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/daisy-717-match-air-pistol-was-first.html Looking at the grip frame on this pistol, I noticed a cutout and boss that are unused. http://www.mechanicalphilosopher.com/pg01.jpg This page on th...
by nick carter
Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:17 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Making a plastic front aperture insert, by a newbie...
Replies: 5
Views: 1684

Post Updated with some new info.

I updated the original blog post with some new pics, and info. I made the new inserts about .006" smaller so they're easier to get in and out. I also chamfered the edges while they were ganged up on the mandrel. I discovered that light was leaking into the disc through the aperture insert slot ...
by nick carter
Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:06 pm
Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
Topic: Making a plastic front aperture insert, by a newbie...
Replies: 5
Views: 1684

Making a plastic front aperture insert, by a newbie...

Love the forum, but being a rank amateur haven't had much to post about. Anyway, because of the forum I realized that the front sight aperture insert (3.5mm) on my (new to me) Diana 75 T-01 was too small to get a good sight picture. So rather than do the sensible thing and buy a set of inserts, I de...