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1750 PCP Target Pistol
Just starting the process of turning the wife's Co2 powered 2250B (now .177 cal) into a 1750 PCP target pistol. I was originally going to get a Hi-Pac (and still might if this idea doesn't pan out), but instead picked up a Disco valve, fill adapter and gauge from Eric.
I will get into the specifics in a later post, but for now I have pretty much everything figured out for the build except for one thing - gauge placement. I want a gauge on it to monitor tube pressure so I'll know when to refill BEFORE accuracy heads south, but not sure what route to take...
1) With such a small reservoir for air, using a Disco gauge block is out of the question.
2) I could take the male Foster off the adapter, install a street "T" and then re-install Foster as well as gauge (Foster straight out, gauge pointing down). This would be the easiest way, but I would like a cleaner look (i.e - not look like a plumbing job).
3) After looking at the fill adapter (or more precisely - the space between threads and o-rings) and gauge for awhile, I came up with this idea but wanted to ask you braniac's first to see if it is even feasible before proceeding:
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Would this be possible...or even safe?
Enough meat on adapter to thread and safely secure gauge with 2000 psi (max) fill?
I took a few measurements and found that if the outermost portion of threads on gauge were .030" from o-ring groove, then opposite side of threaded hole would just BARELY touch the first thread on adapter. With a 3/8" hole in tube to accept gauge, it would leave .53" of tube material between end of tube and start of hole. Acceptable or no?
Thanks for any insight you can offer, and as always, I'm open to suggestions!
Cheers,
Todd
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I'm thinking it might be safer to move the o-rings back to where you have the gauge sitting, and then thread where the o-rings are currently to hold the gauge (?)
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You have to have the gauge outboard of the O-rings as you have shown.... if it were inboard, the air would leak out the hole around the gauge.... Whether it was safe or not would depend on the thickness of the material in the fill fitting.... ie how many threads you can get.... You only need one O-ring to seal, so don't be afraid of destroying the outer O-ring groove.... I think it should work....
Bob
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Yup that should work just fine as long as there is enough wall in the fill adapter for a full strength thread. As Bob says its only the first oring that's doing any work. The second one doesn't even see pressure until the first one fails.
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Well, I guess I will be the guinea pig for this one! :highly_amused:
Worst case scenario, I ruin a pair of underwear when gauge blows out and end up with a pooched fill adapter....I've had worse things happen :icon_biggrin:
Todd
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When I'm making gauge adapters for aluminum for a 22XX, I use a 3/8" center hole in the 3/4" OD insert and that's plenty of threads for a 1/8" NPT gauge fitting, provided it comes through just flush with the inside of the hole.... If your fill fitting has larger than a 3/8" hole where you will be tapping it, measure it and post here and we'll give it another think....
Bob
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Damn, missed your last post, Bob. Now I have it all together...:concern:
Well...it's not the prettiest job ever, but it works!
I was able to stay away from the o-ring groove AND not mess up the threads on fill adapter as well. It's a tight fit, but doable. Once I had hole drilled, I was a bit surprised at how much meat there actually was on fill adapter - 5 full threads (minimum):
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Sufficient enough? :huh: LOL...Hope so, seeing as it is assembled and pressurized sitting on my bench...:icon_eek:
De-burred the rough edges on both tube and adapter, did some touch up bluing on tube once all the shrapnel was cleaned out/washed down, then lubed the o-rings and put them in place and reassembled gun. Pumped it up to 2000 psi and found that 2000 psi on Hill pump equals about 1850-1900 psi (+/-) on Disco gauge. To be on the safe side I will go by the gauge on pump as it registers the same as my glycerin-filled 3500 psi gauge I use to check regulator output pressures.
Still have some trimming to do on the front of the forearm to even up the gap some and smooth it out, but so far the gauge hasn't moved in 4hrs....hopefully it reads the same in the morning:
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I haven't bothered putting sights on yet (most likely a scope) until I'm done playing with TP's and hammer spring combo's in order to keep it sub-500 fps. Currently has a 14" barrel which IMO makes it a bit long for a pistol, but may end up getting a 10.1" LW to replace it. We'll see...
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If it hasn't lost pressure by morning, I will start playing around and tuning it.
Todd
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Lots of thread, no problem there....
Bob
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Very nice build.
How are you cutting threads in a hole that shallow? That's always been a problem for me, even with a "bottoming" tap. I've found that I need a few "modified" taps for threading holes like that in those tight clearance situations....
That seems to be a natural with the 22-50-B... going to .177. I did one a while back with a packer stock and 24" crosman bbl. It was very accurate on C/O-2 with the Cr .177 ultra mags. A flow restrictor under the transfer port kept it around 480-490 fps with the above pellet.
Interesting location for the bbl. band. Looking forward to seeing some groups.
Regards,
Doc Sharptail
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Nice job Todd. I like the clean look of it.:encouragement:
Al