Canadian Tire - Beeman 1040 Series MODS

[yietspingle]

I purchased this .177 break barrel this fall from Canadian Tire. Thinking it was a nice air rifle. What a joke! $169.99 and made in China. I should have researched more, but thought Beeman was a good name.

Anyhow, I rebuilt the trigger with a solid assembly. Not a big fan of stamped out metal. I changed springs, got one from a friend, 1942 machine gun spring that I cut in half. Made a huge difference power wise. Shot more consistantly.
I also made a new spring guide from steel as the original is plastic.

Original
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/y ... C02827.jpg
Spring Guide
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/y ... C02837.jpg
New Trigger
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/y ... C02860.jpg

[Parker_101_]

nice work there ....Do you have a QB78 yet?

[yietspingle]

No I haven't bought a QB78. My next step is to get my FAC so I can buy higher power airguns. I also want to build a few airguns, PCP, springers, multipump in 2006.

[DoctorFrankengun]

Very nice work

[Aaron]

PAL, not Fac unless u live out of ontario then i wouldnt know whats its called. but very nice work did there, and u used world war 2 spring?
now your gun has got some history in it

[Jester]

Very nice.
What kind of velocity are you getting out of it now?
I especially like the trigger.

[yietspingle]

The gun was rated under 500 fps from the store. I bought a Chrony today and tried the gun on it.
606.9, 609.1, 626.7, 622.6, 608.0

So about 100 FPS gain by changing the spring.
Gun assembled
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/y ... eeman1.jpg

Close up of trigger I made
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/y ... nClose.jpg

I also tried my old Vostok I bought about 16 or 17 years ago. It survived a house fire, that is why the blueing is rusting.
481.5, 476.7, 482.9, 450.5, 472.5, 460.2
Now its time to replace the old leather seal with modern plastics.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/y ... ostok1.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/y ... kClose.jpg