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 Post subject: My Crosman Optimus
PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 2:24 pm 
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My Crosman Optimus:

- Stock stripped, painted black.
- Barrel shortened to 42 cm.
- Two stage trigger ( http://woodfield-gcp.co.uk ).
- Misc screws/bolts changed to stainless steel.

Here with a Weihrauch silencer:

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 Post subject: Re: My Crosman Optimus
PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 3:07 pm 
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Very nice.

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 Post subject: Re: My Crosman Optimus
PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 10:20 pm 
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Awesome, anything special about the paint type. I assume it is a gloss? latex?


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 Post subject: Re: My Crosman Optimus
PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 2:33 am 
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Thank you. The paint is a nothing special oil based gloss.

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 Post subject: Re: My Crosman Optimus
PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:46 am 
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Original finish chemically stripped or sanded? I am doing the same to mine.

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 Post subject: Re: My Crosman Optimus
PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 1:59 pm 
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Stripped with heat gun and a blunt knife, then sanded.

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 Post subject: Re: My Crosman Optimus
PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:22 pm 
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Thank you for the information and for sharing. In Norway do you have the full power version Optimus?


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 Post subject: Re: My Crosman Optimus
PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 4:04 am 
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Measured this one to 275 m/s with 0.547 g JSBs, so I guess so.

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