Erik Geiger's Blog

I've been looking for a Benjamin 132 air pistol to add to my collection for several months. It's not that they are hard to find, it's just that the timing hasn't worked out so that I found one when I actually had cash in hand. Recently, another frequent poster at the Crosman Airgun Forum had one that he agreed to sell.

It came without a rear site adjustment screw, which was a disappointing surprise. When I looked around my parts box, I found I had a screw that fit, from my Benjamin 397 rear site, which I didn't need because my 397 now wears a Williams peep site. The catch was, it was too long. After a few minutes in the shop, I had ground it down to length, cut a new screw driver slot and re-blued it. It fits perfectly.

I spent some time sighting the pistol in, but found that the trigger pull is atrocious - heavy and rough. I had an extra trigger shoe from a paintball gun in my parts box too. After installing it, I found that it made the trigger pull feel a bit lighter, though it's still rough. Nonetheless, I shot a half inch groups at 20 feet (the length of my garage) using an isosceles hold, so I guess I'm pretty happy with the pistol. I may still sell it, however. If I don't, then a trigger job is the next project for this gun.

Craig had wondered over to my cube, and was looking out the window, over the parking lot behind out building.
"Jackass", he said, pointing to a car someone had parked badly. "Jackass", he said, again, pointing to another.
"Yep, I agreed, "some people just can't park". I said this, though honestly, I never have understood Craig's impulse to play parking lot monitor. Not that it matters. He's a great co-worker and a better friend - convivial, humorous, and a general heller-about-town.
Maybe it's the heat", he replied, searching for a reason why someone would park a compact car, on a diagonal to and on top of one of the parking space border lines.
I replied, unable to resist the quip, "It's not the heat, It's the stupidity."