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    Getting the Most Out of Your Forum

    .... this forum has REALLY evolved into something very cool.... i'm sure it's a lot of work for michael and the gang , as websites are tedious to tend to all the time - but what a GREAT bunch of folks here on the nation - always helpful.... seems i kinda remember you too , rob-in-nc , from...
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    posting pictures?

    is your picture resolution under 1080 ? seems like i use 800x1066 pixels in windows paint to resize my photos - and for brad's site especially... - paul.
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    anschutz 335 sporter (aka crosman model 6500) - need help w/ piston seal

    ....well shoot , mr driskill , i hope i dont like it too terribly much....i might really need one then....i'll ask the guy if i can "sight it in" for him..... i still havent had time to run in my new .177 diana 430L (never had an underlever that i have kept) , or my .177 bsa supersport se...
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    Making your own pellets

    .. ........... i just got this on my facebook personal page.... i had seen a fella making his own jsb pellets in the s.e.asian tropics on a youtube video - he was just making 6-10 at a time with a mold that he said jsb had sent to him.... i just assumed that folks did that when they lived...
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    anschutz 335 sporter (aka crosman model 6500) - need help w/ piston seal

    ... does anyone out there in airgun land know for sure where i can get a psiton seal for these cool anschutz 335 sporters ?? it was sold here in the u.s. under crosman model 6500 in the late 1980's..... i was gonna email jim macarri , but he's closed for the week....and i...
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    New and need a little help

    ....benjamin discovery with pump package deal for $350 at places.....i'd go with the maximus euro hunter , tho....get .22....it's more accurate , and there's more pellets for it... they are LOUD, tho....that tko stage5 is very effective for these crosman-type barrels....and under $50 for the...
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    My Birthday present to myself

    ....happy birthday to biohazmat-man..... that IS sweet !! i live 15 miles from air force... sometimes i fish this guy's tank right down the road from their shop (he gets their mail by mistake sometimes and has to run it over there - good bass in that tank, tho)......but everyone i know...
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    Hello from Ohio

    ...........great bunch of guys here.... welcome to the nation , from ft.worth, tx..... no one has even asked you -- what were you shooting the 58 yards with ? what gun , caliber, and pellet ?? ....cheers.. - paul.
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    New To The Forum

    ........... you'll have to let us know how that dian 430L is breaking in (or run in) for you ?? i have one i havent had time to get into yet.... ( how did you get your cb handle , there , "grandma" ?? that'd be interesting to know , too)... - paul..
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    Benjamin Summit Gas piston Air Rifle

    ....centerpoints arent that bad to me....probably better than the leapers i have had.....and those np2 guns are made in here in america.... except for the trigger , which can be remedied with a $12-15 trigger tune kit from ebay , these are pretty good guns with good american...
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    The Diana 430L

    ...it was a good deal when i got mine for $200....i thought it came with the scope , and the guys at ag's of az called me early that morning and mentioned no scope, no z-mount.....so the threw in the z-mount.... i wish i had have just spent the $279 to get the z-mount slider thing and that...
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    Diana 36 vs Diana 34

    ....to answer the main thread questions ( and this is just my opinion thru hands on experience ) - i would say the model 36 is a better gun than the 34..... it was just a whole different build quality when they made the models 36 and 38... when you get these two - you KNOW it's all german...
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    Benjamin air rifle

    ...,.the model number will be either on the breech area , or on the the back end cap , at the back of that whole brass tube the gun is built inside... - paul.
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    Benjamin air rifle

    ....if you need metal parts - you'll need to to call tim, or someone at mac1 airguns in calif.....that's where i get my metal parts when i dont have spares......trust me he'll probably have you need there.....and honestly , maybe you better send it to him and wait the 4-5 months to get it back (...
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    Anyone have a RWS 460 Magnum in 22 Cal.?

    ...mine shot 880 fps with 14.3's , could get 1/2" groups at 50 yards from a bench...and it was well balanced - reminded me of a 30-30 winch... the cocking and loading arrangement seemed foreign to me , but i'm a break-barrel guy... i had a 470th , too it shot a little hooter, and a little...