Paintball to .22 pellet conversion.

Mintie wrote: Looking forward to hearing more updates on the tuning Jono! I still think it should have been a .25 cal to fully make use of the c02 powerplant

J-S wrote: Update.. nothing on this one.. BUT, i did get a couple more cheap paintball guns of Trademe to hatch some more evil plans. Both are electric triggers which a very light compared to the current mechanical. Current project has a long bolt insert which acts as a transfer port of around 70mm. Is this wasted space for gas expansion, or does it aid in power? The next project may be a pistol version; if I make the barrel transfer port directly over the valve (like a crosman 2250), should this provide better use of the gas? (Im a springer fan at heart so this gas stuff is a bit less known). Below is a quick preview idea of project number 2:

dvlnme wrote: you not going to give up on this mate are you,we spoke bout this one time or two eh,never give up eh!! coz aint broke til you cant fix it anymore eh but fun project eh and really what its all about too,you never really know til you try eh,and we both know this one can be done.  cheers mike

kruzaroad wrote: You tried differnt pelllets to tighten group? What are those bug buster scopes like? They caught my attention on the web. All round that looks like it been a fun little exercise. Wheres the balance point on it. Nice project.

Well, got it all scoped up with a little Bug Buster scope and tested at around 8m.
Standing unsupported with no cheek rest was a little hard but not grouping the best.
Also the scope is maxed out on windage and I was aiming 4” to the left of the group… so.. next
(Apart from cutting a groove in the valve pin for an oring to try remove the blowback still), is epoxying the rail to the body as it’s only got one small screw in it, then get some windage adjustable mounts and make sure the pellets aren’t clipping the suppressor.





And get some sort of stock for it!