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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The following shows the basic contents currently in this thread. Hopefully it will make finding a particular subject a little easier.
1.
• Link to Daisy BB gun powerplant- how it works.
• “New versus Old”
• Photo comparison between old style Daisy lever BB gun plunger tube assembly and the new style plunger tube assembly, including air tubes.
• Photo comparison between old style Daisy lever BB gun trigger and the new style plastic trigger “module”.
• Photos showing where preload spacer goes, also how to use a washer to make reassembly easier.
• Link to Daisy Lever Action, Gravity Feed Workshop Manual
• Photos showing how to modify front sight/barrel plug to adjust windage (other options later).
• Photos and text showing the fitting of a Chief AJ adult sized buttstock. Also comparison of different stocks. More at page 4.
• Trigger mods, sourcing of curved metal lever for Red Ryder ($3.00 from Daisy).
• Photo of exploded view and parts order form and ordering info for Red Ryder and a few other models.
• Brief discussion of leather seals and spring compressor.
• Comparison between the Sheridan Cowboy and the Red Ryder. (Actually more differences than similarities.)
2.
• Discussion of dis- and reassembly.
• Chronograph testing of stock and modified BB guns. More on page 3.
• More, detailed discussion of the Cowboy. More at page 4.
3.
• Brief discussion on seals (model 25 and 104), springs (104, RR, 499B), sights (104, 499B), plunger tubes and air tubes.
• More chronograph testing.
• Link to cutaway of a Red Ryder showing internal parts, cocked and uncocked. Very interesting.
• Detail photos of the Cowboy, and of the model 104 showing the abutment.
• Replacement seals for the Red Ryder and model 104.
• Accuracy testing at 10 meters.
• Brief discussion of lead shot.
• Brief discussion of drilling air tube to a larger ID.
4.
• Photo and text about the model 499B powerplant.
• Photos and text on using model 25 shot tube in place of a gravity feed shot tube.
• Testing model 104 before and after replacing shot tube.
• Photos and text on new replacement seals for model 104.
• Piston travel and swept volumes for several BB guns.
• Removing anti beartrap ‘rack’ from plastic trigger module.
• Cowboy assembly tips.
• Buttstock length of pull comparison photos.
5.
• Red Ryder #3 — The Quest For 350 FPS. This gives some details of what it took back then to reach 350 fps.
• Air tube details
• Photo of modified plunger assembly used in the model 104.
• Model 25 comments.
• Photo comparing various springs, including the model 25. Model 25 trigger.
• Sourcing model 25 seals and spring.
• Resurrecting a used model 95
6.
• Brief discussion of the Number 3 Model 27 “reverse cocker”.
• More on the model 95- sights, accuracy, MV.
• Discussion on the "2000 Millennium" model Red Ryder. (Gun was found to be sorely lacking in quality/QC.)
• Brief discussion of the model 96.
• Information on building a 499B from parts.
• Some info on a few Red Ryder and 499B parts.
• 499B accuracy testing.
• How to use the good quality steel trigger module from a model 99 in a model 95 or 96.
• Trigger pull weights.
• Brief overview of the model 1105.
• Trigger comparison over several generations.
• Comparison of model 99 and 499B trigger modules.
• 499B accuracy testing using better peep sight.
7.
• A member, englertracing, starts modifying his Red Ryder- delrin preload spacer, drilled air tube, spacers to center plastic trigger module inside frame.
• Stainless steel tubing for custom air tubes.
• How to remove new style shot tube, tool for same.
• New style 3-piece abutment, disassembled.
• Dimensions of the new style model 25 and Red Ryder shot tubes.
• Cost of various brands of BBs.
8.
• How to replace new style BB loading gate.
• Link to huinz57’s photos of mounting a modified model 25 shot tube into a Red Ryder abutment assembly.
• Date Red Ryder production moved to China. (About 2006, but there was overlap of old versus new stock.)
9.
• How to use open sights, some discussion on peep sights, scopes and red dot sights.
• Dimensions of 499B shot tube.
• How to modify the Red Ryder rear sight to have windage adjustment. Also see Page 10, Post #246.
• Replacing the spring in the 499B with a new style Red Ryder spring. (Also see Page 10, Post #244 for final MV measurement.)
• Error in Post #224: “Then there's the lack of a shot tube in the 499, not needed because it's a single shot muzzle loader- and being a single shot is the one major downside to the 499/RR hybrid. But if you're going to make a repeater, the shot tube is a necessary evil, given the design parameters of the Daisy lever action BB gun.” Should read: “Then there's the lack of an AIR tube in the 499, not needed because it's a single shot muzzle loader- and being a single shot is the one major downside to the 499/RR hybrid. But if you're going to make a repeater, the AIR tube is a necessary evil, given the design parameters of the Daisy lever action BB gun.”
10.
• Discussion about chronographs.
• 499B MV without preload spacer- the MV increased over having a spacer installed.
• Photos and text on making Red Ryder rear sight adjustable for windage.
• Photos of disassembled nickel plated Number 102 Model 36 with leather seals. (hinz57)
11.
• Custom Red Ryder stock (hinz57)
• Nice exploded view of hinz57’s Number 102 Model 36.
• Dimensions of Number 102 Model 36 spring.
• More spring comparison photos and dimensions by hinz57.
12.
• Pondering the “pool cue shot” effect given by the air tube to the BB when the gun is fired: how much MV does it contribute? See page 1 for link to description of how the Red Ryder powerplant propels a BB.
• Member flightsimmer, good ideas regarding airguns in general
• More pondering: air volume of compression chamber versus volume of shot tube, importance of timing the high pressure discharge to be “all in” before the BB leaves the barrel, pressure losses when using a repeater shot tube.
• Hinz57 chronograph testing- impressive numbers!
13.
• Specifications of hinz57’s “hot” gun.
• Relative importance of air tube and shot tube configuration for overall performance.
• Discussions on preload spacer size, materials, cause/cure for plunger tube deflection when using preload spacers.
14.
• Spring anchor’s relationship to the end of the spring- turns out to be important!
• Using the Red Ryder spring AND plunger head (piston) in a 499B. (Chris USA)
• Photos showing both ends of 499B shot tube without abutment or funnel.
• 8 degree misalignment caused by spring anchor not being square to the end of spring. Making a spacer to correct that misalignment .
15.
• Making custom air tube.
• Custom Red Ryder stock photos.
• Threaded extension for 499B barrel to allow it to fit a Red Ryder.
• Piston stroke measurements.
• Precise measurements of various Daisy shot tube IDs.
16.
• Custom scope rail.
• Finished 499 shot tube in Red Ryder abutment with extension.
• Hinz57 breaks 400 fps with relative ease!
• Particulars of the 370 fps, 398 fps and 412 fps tunes.
• Found practical limit to spring preload- gun will not cock with 1-1/4” preload.
• Some discussion of relocating trigger as a means to add stroke- not practical.
• More talk about optics.
• Vinyl tubing over barrel to damp oscillations/vibrations.
17.
• Using model 953 rear FO sight on 499B. Comparison photos of various rear sights on the 499B.
• Unwanted shot tube movement. (engleracing)
• Some ideas for lengthening stock.
• Comparison photos of model 25 abutment and why it’s more efficient than that of the Red Ryder.
18.
• Detail photos of customized air tubes.
• Gas ram for the Daisy?
• Some talk on square wire springs.
• 2-piece steel triggers, one with anti beartrap rack.
• Photo of drilled and custom air tubes from hinz57.
• Photo showing 8 degree correcting spring seat/spacer.
19.
• Comparing 499 and 99 features.
• Modification to metal lever to make it more reliable.
• Member rick-o-shay custom buttstock.
• Installing hinz57 spacer and air tube into model 104, with results.
• My model 104 hits 375 fps using air tube and spacer from hinz57.
• Changing rear sight on model 104.