Now my question is how do I properly maintain this thing specifically the air bag and pump mechanism? From what I've read Benjamin stopped making these guns years ago and parts are almost impossible to get, it's a very solid little gun and it's fun to play around with in the back yard. My Dad gave it back to me for Christmas and it's like brand new at this point, with 8 pumps it'll penetrate a couple pieces of 1' pine from 25' away. The gun ends up at his repair shop and it takes him 2 years to track down the original Benjamin parts and to get it fixed. By chance my mom meets an old couple at church and the old man repairs vintage guns, my mom mentions my old pellet gun and his eyes light up because he works on them frequently. He destroys the air mechanism and it'll hold no pressure so it ends up back on the wall for another few years. Fast forward about 10 years and my Dad sees it on the wall and wants to shoot it, he tries to pump it and everything is pretty dirty so he proceeds to lubricate everything including the air hole that says 'use no oil'. At some point I lost interest and it ended up hanging on a wall in my dad's work shop. I'm sure I put a few thousand pieces of lead through it and it's presence was known by every squirrel and bird within 10 miles of our home. When I was 12 my parents bought me a nice little.

Haenel 311 Sight and a Small Problem After Reassem.I FINALLY got my childhood air rifle back from an old guy who's been repairing it for 2 years now.

His pump-action air rifle built up enough pressure to shoot round shot or darts up to 300 to 400 feet per second with just a few strokes of the pump lever. Benjamin introduced his 'Benjamin Pump' in 1882, most of the compressed rifles of the time were toys by comparison.

Dead Confederate soldiers from Starkes Louisiana. Often used as firearm training aids, air rifles have been around since the 1800s. Benjamin Model 132 Pistol Disassembly, Part 1 Rifles became hot and fouled from too much firing the air was filled with a hail of bullets and shells.I unscrewed the pump rod from the link coupling. I could not for the life of me loosen this screw.I'll touch on this later. With the worst wiped off.It doesn't look too bad. With that I pulled out the pump plunger assembly. So I used a small diameter pin punch to push it out. I lined up the link coupling pin with the hole to remove it but it wouldn't press out. Notice the groove that the screw tip locks into. Enough of such mundane matters, on to the fun stuff! The later pistol's barrel seems to protrude beyond the muzzle plug, where the earlier's is flush. The 137 has the model info on the right side. They gave me permission to take whatever I wanted, this air rifle went home with me that day. The markings on the breech cap are different. Years ago, when I was a house painter in the 80вЂ™s, I found this 22 cal model 312 in the home owners discard pile in the garage. Anyone recommend an air gunsmith Best would be in central Ohio, but hes willing to ship it if needed. Been passed down through various relatives. Besides the use of plastic grips on the 137 and some differences in screws, the sight on the earlier pistol is a one piece brass affair, where the later sight is a steel stamping. Hello guys, A buddy has a Benjamin Franklin Model 312. The upper pistol, a pre-1952 (according to Fletcher's 'The Saint Louis & Benjamin Air Rifle Co.'s') Benjamin 132 was purchased in November and happily doesn't work at all! So I'm going to tear into it.

I picked up the lower pistol, a later Benjamin 137 (.177 cal) earlier in the year. Happy New Year! I finally had a bit of time to buckle down and tear apart some airguns.

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