My current favorite air pistol - but why?

My Sheridan .20, 5mm caliber H-series pellet gun. It's a multi-pump. It's not particularly powerful. It's not particularly accurate. It's got plastic grips. But it looks nice.

I think it looks very nice.

It's also a very solid feeling gun. The grips are the only plastic on the gun. Working the pump lever is not difficult, though it's quite the potential palm-pincher. When I got it, the trigger guard was broken. I just bent a piece of brass plate, drilled and tapped a hole and viola, doesn't look SO bad. I might open up the bottom of the trigger guard though, just for some freaky-stylie.

Photo of MOST of my airguns

So the image above shows most of my airguns. I've got a couple more that are in parts currently.

The rifle at the top is a .22 QB78 that has been modified to accept  paintball CO2 bottles or Crosman 88g CO2 canisters. I also refinished the stock. The "tiger stripes" are the actual wood grain, but was invisible before stripping off the factory finish. The scope has an illuminated reticle which is pretty cool. The muzzle break is a Beeman.

Below that is a .177 RWS Diana 34, that's been "lube-tuned," spring replaced, delrin spring guide made, trigger mechanism polished. Also has a red-dot BSA scope. I turned the aluminum muzzle break on my lathe.

Next is a Crosman Quest .177 with a two-stage trigger mod, stock refinished, sites removed and hand-made brass muzzle break installed.

Fourth on the list, is a highly modified .20 Sheridan BlueStreak. After re-sealing, I converted it to a bulk-fill CO2 by soldering in a brass adapter. The sight is a cheap-o red-dot sight. Works quite well actually. This gun was my very first mod attempt.

The rifle on it's end on the right is an old Beeman Silver Bear. I cleaned the inside, removed a TON of gooped on grease the fitted it with a fiber-optic front sight. This small break-barrel is part of my collection of "training guns" for my wife.

The pistols hanging on the board are, from left to right, a Sheridan .20 pump that I re-sealed, and believe it or not, the black pistol is a Beeman P17 that I basically rebuilt. The Beeman pistol has it's entire upper receiver replaced. I still need to fit a front sight.

The four pistols on the floor are more "training guns." The one on the far left is a pretty cool BB repeater by Crosman called the Hahn .45. It's pretty hefty and feels fairly "real." Next is a Crosman 357, nothing special. Then a really nifty BB caliber CO2 "blow-back" Walther PPK/s, to which I fitted a rifled barrel, thinking of some future modification to .177 pellet use. Finally, is a .177 black plastic CO2 Crosman "Colt 1911" knock-off.

So, there they are.

So tell me people, am I going insane?

I have strange hobbies. I always have. Many have followed me through life, shifting in form slightly, but the themes remain predictably constant. Music and music making instruments; breaking, building, and modding things; mechanical doodads like yo-yos, telescopes, watches, cameras; Art and art-making, all mix and mingle in the stream of my free-time.

Of late, it's been pellet guns. I'd like to say "adult pellet guns" or "Olympic grade pellet guns," but for better or for worse, I can only say broadly "pellet guns." I've got some nice ones, some old ones, some cheap ones (several cheap ones), some modded ones... ok, ALL modded ones -  they just didn't come to me that way.

So to kick of this blog, I'm planning to photograph my collection and maybe comment on the modifications and performance they exhibit.