Krico

[Roel!]

G`devening everyone and hi Dave,

it`s been a while since i`ve been here, lotsa things happened the last years but airguns lasted!

I bought a German airgun from the fifties, a Krico LG1. In 2015 or so i repaired a LG1 for a girl. The LG1 was a very well built airgun. So i decided to buy me one someday. And i did three months ago.

Krico is still in business. The factory is making fireams for hunting, the poduction of airguns has stopped long ago. That`s a pity. Krico`s are well made and accurate.

Here are some pictures of my Krico.
I put a Nikko Sterling scope on it because the front part of the open sights was gone.
https://i.postimg.cc/J4t3sY8N/DSCF6661.jpg (https://postimg.cc/HVD8K2Vn)

It`s obvious i didn`t do any work on the outside of the gun. The Krico is some 10 years olde than me and i don`t want it to look better `n me.
https://i.postimg.cc/ZqPpG1PS/DSCF6663.jpg (https://postimg.cc/CZ1RDr6P)

This small screw makes the trigger adjustable. It`s a solution i`ve seen on Chinese airguns too, this trigger is marvelous and Chinese triggers aren`t.
https://i.postimg.cc/nLfqwHD2/DSCF6665.jpg (https://postimg.cc/tsD1sGDn)

Here`s the trigger adjustment screw of a Shanghai model 55.
https://i.postimg.cc/wBcBkT51/002.jpg (https://postimg.cc/Lq5R9SbS)

Here`s the trigger taken from the gun.
https://i.postimg.cc/sxtSQHJv/krico-trigger-2.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

and the parts the trigger is made of.
https://i.postimg.cc/fy3mbQmG/krico-trigger-1.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

to be continued....

Roel! (aka Badmoets aka Fokke Mol)

[Roel!]

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The circulair sprring around the trigger was gone, so i replaced it with an o ring. It works allright.
https://i.postimg.cc/nrj093vR/krrico8.jpg (https://postimg.cc/rRTSvCZx)

One locking screw was missing. I haven`t found the time to make me another one.
https://i.postimg.cc/BnKxg8Xt/DSCF6668.jpg (https://postimg.cc/VJzrsk9c)

I made a simple new part for the front sight.
https://i.postimg.cc/sg4d22fB/krrico12.jpg (https://postimg.cc/0zjHWPwx)

The rear sight is a bit worn of course but it does what it is made for.
https://i.postimg.cc/5y2BqnCM/DSCF6679.jpg (https://postimg.cc/ph35PQC0)




The spring of a Weihrauch hw95 sems to fit when a few coils are removed. I left the sprring the way it was. I did replace the leather seal. The seal from a Diana model 35 fits.
https://i.postimg.cc/50ksthFQ/krrico6.jpg (https://postimg.cc/YGY6nyRt)

Hee`s the perfect machined cocking rod. When the stock screws arre a bit too long they will not do any damage.
https://i.postimg.cc/ryDk9cjb/krrico7.jpg (https://postimg.cc/qgHSkP9X)

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[Roel!]

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Like i said, the seal wasn`t all that great. It looked suspiciously like the seal from the that i have worked on in 2015.
https://i.postimg.cc/445pXwt4/krico-4.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

On the piston it looked a bit better.
https://i.postimg.cc/52GwZ0zw/krico-3.jpg (https://postimages.org/)

It`s a feast to shoot this little gun with its 7 fpe. No target is safe up to 25 yards.

Best regards to everyone.

Groetnis from Fryslân!

Roel!