Crossman 180 Pellgun

[Canadian_Zuk]

I've hade this old girl most of my life. As a kid I didn't take her good care of anything, I didn't abuse things, I just didn't spend time caring for them. After years of neclect the 180 was looking pretty rough. I stripped it down a bunch of years ago to refinish and reblue but ran out of time and never got it back together. The various parts were swept into a box and shelved.

Fast forward to last week, I was cleaning up my all my old crap up and discovered my long forgotten box of 180 parts. Looking over the metal it was obvious a blue job wasn't going to polish this turd. Out comes the wire wheel, a jug of degreaser and a few rattles cans of krylon. Some new seals and a fresh coat of paint was all it took to get interested in her again.

Base coat Khaki

Covered in garden shrubs

Second colour sprayed over shrubs

Final result. Not bad for a first stab at camo

 

[300shooter]

Very cool!!!

 

[.22LRGUY]

Yes, but what does the other side look like? That camo job looks terrific~nicely done!

 

[Canadian_Zuk]

Yes, but what does the other side look like? That camo job looks terrific~nicely done!

The other side was my first kick at the can, but here it is.

I would like to try a three colour job next. The whole painting process took less than 30 minutes from start to finish. I spent most of that collecting the branches and laying them over the gun.

I see my wife's car looking all blue and boring in the driveway...wonder how much paint I'll need.

 

[.22LRGUY]

Inspiring. I have a QB-79 (Chinese copy of that style of gun, fed by a 9oz CO2 cylinder) sitting at home...some seal making it inoperable. Maybe it needs some TLC and a nice camo job.

 

[lone ranger]

absolutly top notch...I love it. simple easy & effective. Looks great. good job. I will be trying this.