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I currently have a Hawke Varmint 2.5-10. It's basically one step above the cheapie Centerpoint scopes in price and features. It has side parallax which is really nice, but the reticle isn't particularly great. At 10x, the eye box is extremely unforgiving. If I set it up in a t-shirt, the...

Went out for a hunt this morning. I've been curious whether Arizona rabbits are edible before the first frost, which is sometimes never unless you go up in the mountains. I'm still pretty new to hunting, so every trip is still a new experience. Today I shot two jacks and saw opposite extremes...

...that I don't shoot powder burners. Got a Black Friday ad from Big 5. A 500 round box of .22LR is on sale for $85. Are you kidding me?!

My vet told me that he almost never treats fleas or flea-borne diseases in southern Arizona. It surprised him when he moved here from the east coast. I've been curious to see whether the fall rabbits are disease-free. It's been chilly (40ish) but no frost yet around 3300' where I like to...

This evening I shot a jackrabbit in the head with a .177 JSB Monster @ 40 yards. It went down instantly, no movement at all, and it was gushing blood from the head. (Not sure exactly where; the whole head was soaked in blood.) But then it acted like it was trying to get up, so I shot it again...

I installed a regulator in my Cyclone. The set point is 140 bar, at least according to the markings on the reg. Immediately after firing a shot, the gauge on the rifle shows 140 bar. Within 3-5 seconds, it climbs to 145 bar. After about a minute, it rises to 150 bar. It hasn't moved any...

I tried removing the brass valve end from my FX Cyclone air tube so I can install a regulator, but it's stuck on tight. It looks like it's supposed to come off easily in YT videos There's a hole on the side meant for inserting something to gain leverage. I used the largest allen key that...

Does the FX Cyclone air tube have a valve inside it? In other words, can I remove it from the gun while it's filled?

I took the hammer spring adjuster (part C1186) out of my .177 Cyclone. Between it and the hammer spring I found the broken and mangled remains of some kind of shim or washer. This washer is not shown on any of the parts drawings. Should I replace it? What is its purpose? I've heard of...

A reward has been offered for a poacher possibly armed with something like a Benjamin Pioneer or FX Verminator. I hope this asshole wasn't one of you.

I set my hammer spring adjuster to max preload and shot this string: I never expected to see such such a flat power curve, so I foolishly bought a regulator before I bought the chrony. Now I'm wondering if it's even worth installing it. This rifle is a hunter, and I would consider myself...

The FX Cyclone has a hammer spring adjustment screw on the back of the receiver. I'm preparing to install a regulator, and I want to set the hammer to full tension before I graph the power curve with a chrony. But the adjustment screw seems to be glued in with dark green Loctite type stuff...

I have a FX Cyclone and a Huma regulator that I haven't installed yet. I'll mainly use it for hunting, but I'm thinking I might want to dabble in FT, and I probably won't buy another rifle. So I wonder if I can make good use of the power settings. In case anyone is unfamiliar with the...

I know of one forum member in the Tucson area, aside from myself. Are there more?

This fantastic thread talks about how to adjust your hammer after you've installed a regulator. Maybe I missed it, but I'm not clear on how to choose your regulated pressure in the first place. Do you just plot unregulated pressure vs. velocity and take the pressure that produces your desired...

Huma offers their FX regulator in .177 and .22, and possibly other calibers. I think all the air tubes are the same diameter, so what's the difference? I'm guessing it's the length of the spacer, so the larger caliber reg gives up a bit of cylinder capacity to gain a larger per-shot air...

I created a digital model of my FX Cyclone magazine and uploaded it to a professional 3D printing site. I could get a one-off in hand polished, gold plated steel for less than the price of a mass produced factory magazine. I'm thinking you might want to re-examine your demand curve.

Any tips for reliably aligning a barrel so its transfer port lines up with the receiver's transfer port? How sensitive is it to small misalignments? The breech end of my barrel is just a cylinder with no indexing marks or pins. There's a setscrew on the shroud that appears to be directly...

I bought a Hawke scope level that fits on an 11mm dovetail. I noticed there are other no-name levels that look exactly like the Hawke level, but I figured it might be worth a couple extra bucks for the Hawke name, in case the Hawke was the original and the others were the copies. Well...

I recently had a good experience with Sun Optics USA, maker/importer of adjustable airgun scope rings. I ordered a set of rings via Amazon and they arrived with a defective part. I contacted Sun Optics and they promptly took care of it. To me, knowing that a company stands behind their...