Pellet pistol update

  When I heard air hissing from the bolt area when I pumped it up , I figured it was a worn seal on the pin in the valve assembly so I bought a new pin . Well , today I finally got to work on it (grand daughters came for a visit , brought their cold with them and I ain't been that sick in a long time so ...) and yes the seal was bad . Because there were nicks in the sealing surface inside the valve . Seeing as how new valve assemblies are around 40 bucks delivered , I decided to try to clean up that seat . Chucked it up in the lathe , put a 3/8" end mill in the tailstock chuck and made a super light cut , turning the chuck by hand and applying light pressure by hand .
   It worked ! I have about 5 or 6 different pellets to test , both for accuracy and velocity . I measured a few pellets of different brands and they vary ... I expect the larger ones will give both better velocity and accuracy .
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