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Hi everyone from the panhandle of Florida. I've had a Benjamin pump since I was 13, I got it for Christmas. I sent it off about 15 years ago to have the seals rebuilt in it because of the sentimental value of an air rifle my deceased father gave me. I'm 53 now, so that tells you how old it is. I bet I've shot 800,000 .177 through it. I have a spring action Gammo that I installed a Nikon Prostaff scope on that is very nice, butI recently traded some surplus ammo for a air rifle, it's a co2 XS60C. The gentlemen I traded with said it had been tuned by Dragon Riffles? I downloaded the instruction manual and it has been modified. It is made to charge, and not drop co2 cartridge's in. Maybe someone can tell me what I have. 1000009485.webp1000009486.webp1000009495.webp1000009500.webp1000009501.webp
 
Welcome to Ham, 800,000 pellets!? Just a random number....or rough estimate?.....that's alot of pellets! I always wonder about my old air guns, my dad would buy the cheap crosman .177 pellets from the store in cartons that held 1250 if i recall, went through plenty of those!
No idea on your airgun there....so its an air fed pcp but used to be run off co2 cartridges? 🤔
 
Kraz1 said:
Hi everyone from the panhandle of Florida. I've had a Benjamin pump since I was 13, I got it for Christmas. I sent it off about 15 years ago to have the seals rebuilt in it because of the sentimental value of an air rifle my deceased father gave me. I'm 53 now, so that tells you how old it is. I bet I've shot 800,000 .177 through it. I have a spring action Gammo that I installed a Nikon Prostaff scope on that is very nice, butI recently traded some surplus ammo for a air rifle, it's a co2 XS60C. The gentlemen I traded with said it had been tuned by Dragon Riffles? I downloaded the instruction manual and it has been modified. It is made to charge, and not drop co2 cartridge's in. Maybe someone can tell me what I have. View attachment 17885View attachment 17886View attachment 17887View attachment 17888View attachment 17889
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It's got a foster fill valve so a pcp hand pump would do the trick. Hand pump on Amazon around 50 bucks. A little rust there I see? Hope the internals aren't that way and the seals are ok. If you do get a pump don't forget to cock the gun first before filling. Cool find and welcome to the forum!
 
Welcome aboard. You have a very nice old rifle.
Dragon Airguns tunes UP not down...lol
And they better. I have a QB78 CO2 .177 that does a fantastic 740 fps...only 40 shots but wow he did good.
Someday when I want to dump $100 I'll get the QB79 that uses those 88 gram cartridges.
Probably be 150 shots during the summer...maybe more.
I'm in St Louis, never come here 😲
 
I respectfully disagree with the gentleman suggesting you get a $50 pump and fill with high pressure air. That rusty Foster fitting could be for CO² bulk filling. CO² is about 900 psi. A hand pump can get you to 3000 or more psi. That could be dangerous. I would be cautious. Try to get a hold of Flying Dragon Airguns and see if they can tell you anything about that gun. You can buy a valve and micro-bore hose that you can connect a CO² bottle for a paintball gun and fill that. You can put a drop or two of high flash point, pure silicone oil in the foster fitting when you fill it with CO² to lubricate any internal seals. Then you can see if it holds pressure or leaks.
 
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I respectfully disagree with the gentleman suggesting you get a $50 pump and fill with high pressure air. That rusty Foster fitting could be for CO² bulk filling. CO² is about 900 psi. A hand pump can get you to 3000 or more psi. That could be dangerous. I would be cautious. Try to get a hold of Flying Dragon Airguns and see if they can tell you anything about that gun. You can buy a valve and micro-bore hose that you can connect a CO² bottle for a paintball gun and fill that. You can put a drop or two of high flash point, pure silicone oil in the foster fitting when you fill it with CO² to lubricate any internal seals. Then you can see if it holds pressure or leaks.
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I have this setup on my old QB78 177 c02 rifle still sitting in my closet. I purchased it either from Baker Airguns or Mr. Archers shop Archer Airguns I think over 10 years ago. If you pump it up with high pressure air you fill to 800 to 1000 psi only or injury may result. The other piece he doesn't have in his photo is the large c02 800 psi bottle and adapter with on, off, knob to start the flow from the bottle to the gun with fill line laying on your shooting table for hundreds of shots tethered to the c02. With this setup you can run either hpa or c02 as long as you don't go over the 800 to 1000 psi max pressure. It's not something for a novice to mess with due to the pressures your working with. Better to just buy a cheap pcp and plink away in our usual known safe manner.
 
Thanks for the input everyone. I downloaded the instruction manual. I do my research before attempting anything new, especially with super high pressure. The manual recommends 812psi what would be 2 co2 cartridge's. It looks like the pressure tube is longer than the standard 2 co2 drop in. I planned on filling it with a proper gauge I am picking up from him with the pump. Any ideas how any shots I might get on 1 fill up to around 850 psi, provided I have no leaks. This is a .22 caliber. 20251008_182622.webp20251008_182659.webp
 
Shot count is probably 10 or so. But not much velocity. Need a fairly light pellet. PCP run at least double those pressures and get 800-900 FPS with 18gr .22

I agree with @Dogowski that you should look into a decent used, if older, PCP like Benjamin Marauder, Air Venturi Avenger, Hatsan Flash or AirForce TalonSS.
 

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