just removed this from a rapid yesterday, dodgy or what.
KevG
Hey KevG,
So you found another one of those Modified MK I bottle adapter...
That old manual is still out there!!
Also did it have those extra Air Flow holes drill into it too??
Atb,
Stuart
yes extra hole.looked like a pepper pot 😁
kevG
So is this the Original Owner.....
Or just a new Owner....not knowing what he bought!!
What power was it set at??
I glad I don't have to deal with things like that over here...
Just dumb guys who have no idea what 3000 psi can do!!!
:o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Cheers,
Stuart
no the guy got it 2nd hand and didn't even know he had a potential pipe bomb. who ever sells a gun to someone like this who is unsuspecting needs to give their head a wobble.
KevG
Could have been deadly if the threads had let go kev 😳
there is an old thread on the bbs about someone getting hit in the back with a mates buddy bottle that blew of,he ended up loosing a kidney.
KevG
It's like the Dilberts that drill bottle bases to fit a QF, No idea just how dangerous their DIY could be.
jeebus wept, bet the stock had a "power cutout" too 🤦♂️
Just when you thought you'd seen just about everything with a rapid this pops up,
Looks like I've still not seen everything people get up to with rapid modifications then.
At least its out of circulation now,that's the trouble with 2nd rapids if they've had a expert 🤣on them. Md
there was a website and also a book they did called the rapid tuning guide that recommended doing this mod.thats why theoben changed their design of their bottle adapter, so you could not chop the rear threads of if you did the bottle push pin would come away with the rear thread.
KevG
Hey KevG...
Well that Dangerous manual is still out there......
(https://photos.imageevent.com/scl_electronics/gun/misc/websize/fake%20manual.jpg)
Anyone buying a old MKI, should get it checked out by a Professional!!
Stuart
Another dodgy and what I would consider dangerous repair to a rapid, can be seen in a YouTube video on the "Double Boost" channel. Episode "SNNC 334 Part 1", where a rapid action is drilled out and a hellicoil thread is installed for a high pressure gage. The gage goes in with a sloppy fit until it just about bottoms out on the O-ring. You can see it if you want to fast forward to 13:10 into the video. It just makes me cringe, and I watched the video enough times so if a gun with this fill & gage layout ever comes up for sale, it will ring a bell in my mind.
Wasn't mine was it Kev 😡
I'm already going to contact the previous owner regarding the state of the internals
Jeez that's a frightening discovery! There's hardly any threads on it and it doesn't bare to think what could of happened.
Quote from: Carlperkins on November 02, 2022, 07:56:37 AM
Wasn't mine was it Kev 😡
I'm already going to contact the previous owner regarding the state of the internals
no yours wasn't that bad realy carl
KevG
Quote from: Ca_Varminter on October 30, 2022, 03:23:48 PM
Hey KevG,
So you found another one of those Modified MK I bottle adapter...
That old manual is still out there!!
Also did it have those extra Air Flow holes drill into it too??
Atb,
Stuart
I just found this "tuning mod" in a download file I have copyright "Dazy_1998" ???
The Original is "Copyright" in 1997
Stuart
I think Dazy_1996 is the guy's name, I've got a few downloads with that name on the bottom of each page, all dated 2006
This one,
another on stripping & setting the reg,
&
an alpabetic list of pellets by cal with the FPS for 11.5-11.75-12-30 ftlbs, then by weight from 5.1gn to 30gn giving "max fps"(?) & ideal fps for 11.5ftlb :o
Someone put a lot of work in to the last one.
Quote from: angrybear on November 09, 2022, 03:03:51 AM
I think Dazy_1996 is the guy's name, I've got a few downloads with that name on the bottom of each page, all dated 2006
This one,
another on stripping & setting the reg,
&
an alpabetic list of pellets by cal with the FPS for 11.5-11.75-12-30 ftlbs, then by weight from 5.1gn to 30gn giving "max fps"(?) & ideal fps for 11.5ftlb :o
Someone put a lot of work in to the last one.
is the reg one the one with my name on and sam boltons,I originally did this around 2001/2002 and was for the original airgunforum that DaveL ran.
KevG
Quote from: KevG on November 09, 2022, 08:31:28 AM
is the reg one the one with my name on and sam boltons,I originally did this around 2001/2002 and was for the original airgunforum that DaveL ran.
KevG
Sounds like the same one, with a photo of a tester designed by you made by Sam on the first page.
I was going to put them all on here, but won't if there's an issue with the info.
KevG is this your hands???
Or Sam's??
(https://photos.imageevent.com/scl_electronics/gun/air/websize/rapidreg4_1_.jpg)
Stuart
yes Stuart its my hands m8😁
KevG
he must have cleaned his finger nails then HAHAHAHAHA
;)
I can tell they are his hands by his worktop.
Regards kev.
Quote from: Kernal on November 09, 2022, 06:04:13 PM
he must have cleaned his finger nails then HAHAHAHAHA
;)
Hey Guys. leave poor KevG alone!!!!
Some guy's like having a Manicure....
Lucky he not using his Favorite Nail Polish..... Ruby Red????
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Stuart
sam Bolton took the pictures it was at his house when hr lived at Shaw near Manchester.that reg was of one of the first ever mk2 rapids with anschutz trigger.the reg tester(adapter) was the first one ever made and just made from brass as was a dummy run job.
KevG
Wow... just thinking about this...
Sometime after this is was posted, is when Dr Bob and I got kick off the BBS..
Dr Bob purposed a run of reg testers in Stainless...
Dr Bob got kicked for selling goods on the BBS
I got kick for supporting him and telling the Admins were a Bunch of Hypocrites...
Stuart 8)