ratcatcher

[barrywhite 282]

I need help .I am getting a second hand ratcatcher cheap. I know they are made of plastic so parts move arround making sighting hard.[impossible] .The gun is for my mates 8 year old so I will shorten the stock a bit, maybe, have to see.I was thinking of jioning the barrel ,problocs and co2 cilinder together with epoxy resin .[chemetal metal putty ect] as a CHEAP FIX to stableising the sighs .The gun is not going to be a treasure but it would be nice for it to be accurate ....Any suggestion in this area would be of a help .

[andyfr1968 772]

If the barrel band won't hold the barrel properly, I'd sack the idea of a scope and use the open sights. Some kind of epoxy or similar may hold it for a while, but it's only destined to fail eventually.

 

Is the grub scew in the top of the band not tightening up? If the thread's fecked, take the band off and any garage or tool shop should be able to take the thread out to the next size up for next to nowt

Edited September 4, 2011 by andyfr1968

[barrywhite 282]

there is a silentser with this gun at present I havent seen it yet ,so no open sights.I may go for the steel breach yet I have some taps dies and a crap lathe at home .I was thinking of a few grub screws in the plastic barrel band or making one out of ally or steel or brass.but when I say epoxy I mean a big lump.I feel any seals ect will not be able to be changed.The pro blocs barrel and cilinder will be burried in it .

[barrywhite 282]

or mabe put a few more grub screws in the standard plastic breach

[andyfr1968 772]

If it's a DIY job and you've got the gear, then I'd say you're best off drilling out the old thread and fitting a bigger grub screw and as you say, maybe one either side of the barrel won't hurt. The standard set up is a bit marginal at best. I use a Ratty myself from time to time, they are flawed but can be made into a decent little rifle given a bit of patience

 

I'd leave the epoxy alone unless it really is a last resort. Seals do need changing sometimes and that won't help. Have a look at TR Robbs website, here's the link......

 

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~trobb/

[barrywhite 282]

I havent got the gun yet ,but looking at the pictures of the gun . The scope seem to mount to far forward also .I feel a solution may be to make a little bit of scope rail out of aluminium and fit that in place of the rear open sight.Then use the two pro blocks together to mount the front scope mount .......This will stabalise the scope a bit and bring it back also .MAYBE.

[barrywhite 282]

I have made a bit of scope rail out of 20mm x25mm x 10mm piece of ally.works 100 persent.