Marksman 934 Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Thanks to Lost Scouse I'm the owner of an El Gamo Paratrooper in .177 It's the repeater version however on looking the magazine is missing so there's the first parts to source. All in all it's not in bad nick but it's still gonna get the full strip down clean and rebuild with a little something special in mind for this one Here's the condition so far..... Keep coming back to see the full restoration Darryl 1 Quote Link to post
venomviper 129 Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 hi ya darryl looking forward to seing what comes next buddy here your getting worse than me with guns now matey lol shay Quote Link to post
Marksman 934 Posted June 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 (edited) Well Shay..... It's not going to be as straight forward as I was hoping it was going to be..... After eventually getting it stripped after removing half of the screws who's heads were lets say knackered to be polite... only to find this..... Some total f***ing idiot had been trying to fire NAILS!!!! F***ING NAILS!!!! They had embedded themselves into the head of the piston as you can see in the pic. Luckily the plastic has taken the impact and the breech head remains undamaged I'll get the pics of the stripped rifle up either later or tomorrow..... Stay TUNED! Darryl Edited June 3, 2010 by Marksman 1 Quote Link to post
falcongit 242 Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Well Shay..... It's not going to be as straight forward as I was hoping it was going to be..... After eventually getting it stripped after removing half of the screws who's heads were lets say knackered to be polite... only to find this..... Some total f***ing idiot had been trying to fire NAILS!!!! F***ING NAILS!!!! They had embedded themselves into the head of the piston as you can see in the pic. Luckily the plastic has taken the impact and the breech head remains undamaged I'll get the pics of the stripped rifle up either later or tomorrow..... Stay TUNED! Darryl hi mate,it should luck great when you get it done,amazing what idiots use for ammo iint it..can you get hold of the parts for it still mate... sym Quote Link to post
davyt63 1,845 Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 hi darryl im sure it will look fine! by the time you have finished with it by the way if you cant get the parts,then ask adi he might make them for ya? regards davy Quote Link to post
Marksman 934 Posted June 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 another update..... found.... snapped spring & trigger mechanism return spring isnt working properly, also may need to drill out the barrel release screw and the front trigger mechanism screw as bothe flat heads are stripped Pics to follow tomorrow..... This one is going to be a long haul!! Darryl Quote Link to post
gurtwurz 793 Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 blimey darryl, youve got your work cut out for you there mate!are you gonna let us in on what youve got planned for it or do we have to wait patiently? very much looking forwards to seeing how it turns out fella all the best, wurz Quote Link to post
lost scouse 46 Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Darryl you have a pm Degsy Quote Link to post
Phantom 631 Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Hey Darryl, You're right, you've a hell of a job on buddy You can get a few of the parts here, but looks like the magazine and other major bits and pieces aint available now http://www.gunspares.co.uk/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=24271&cat=Paratrooper Hope you get them sorted buddy Phantom Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Is it finished yet Looks like there may be some custom bits going onto this project Quote Link to post
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