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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - old daisy 840 won't build air

Posted: 2/22/2021 1:36:02 AM EDT

I'm reading it's fixable but not sure if I need the 840 0 or the plug I see on Amazon.

50 years old. To think we used to walk through the neighborhood to the public park woods where we hunted squirrel-and nobody gave a damn. 50 years ago.

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Posted: 2/22/2021 4:11:45 AM EDT

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seals are gone

Posted: 2/22/2021 5:53:26 AM EDT

[#2]

We used to oil the seals, or go to NAPA and get new ones.

Posted: 2/22/2021 7:56:43 AM EDT

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50 years old. To think we used to walk through the neighborhood to the public park woods where we hunted squirrel-and nobody gave a damn. 50 years ago.

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Yeah, probably a day didn't go by when I wasn't in the woods or at the river with mine.

Now it would be suicide by cop.

Posted: 2/23/2021 2:07:40 AM EDT

[#4]

I took it apart today.

Looks like I need to 19x2.4 orings.

Let's see if I can get it back together and working

Posted: 2/23/2021 2:12:40 AM EDT

[#5]

look up baker air guns. I had them rebuild a few air rifles my grandpa had

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - old daisy 840 won't build air

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