I am newbie to pcp airguns. I think i want a BRK ghost. I cannot find any reviews that compare accuracy and velocity between the long and short barrel. Any info?

Trying to decide which one i should get. I will hunt with it and plink just for fun. Squirrel, coon, coyote? 25 cal is what i am leaning toward.

Also, i own nothing, so should i get a tank to fill with, or just a compressor? I like quality stuff. Is the Daystate 4500 overkill?

Ok, all you Hw 95 / R9 gurus ,let’s talk..
I haven’t had one in my possession to play with in 15 years .. That being said our friend Lewis told me I needed to play with one. Get to know it.

We discussed the deal and he promised me not to send me a 2x4 ….

what I did get was a new HW 95 K . The bulbous muzzle break .

first thing I did was remove that useless pineapple and shroud it with a matching the breech block width shroud with some internal love.
My question is what is one to expect from a .177 factory gun after and tin of pellets. It came with the typical 34 coil .120 x800 or so .. I don’t recall exact BUT IT WAS FACTORY BRAND NEW ..
It had spring buzz and twang bad and no matter how many tins you put through it it would not get better , guide was loose and no tophat at all
steel washer and liner.
it wasn’t shooting slow but was butter easy to cocking actually falling into the latch but over sprung none the less.
The Hw 95 is a tad longer stroke than the Hw 80 it’s compared to .. it’s as far from it as can be. Ones a short stroked big tube gun and the other is a long stroked small tube gun
Now it’s no secret that 25.mm x 100 mm is the most used platform . Every GAMO,crossman, China copy all share that platform. why ? it’s easy to get power with the platform and power sells…

The 26 mm x95 as it’s called is a bit more tricky. It’s only one mm bigger but that is worlds in air rifles..

I also have two Hw 80 I just tuned in .177 and .22.. wow they are user friendly if you do your homework..
short spring and minimal pre load as well as thinner wire with port work and piston work ,new seals and guides.

Thats another post

Anyways I was not keeping that stock set up , I put a 30 gram top hat on the factory spring to test the velocity gain and reaction of the spring. It gained a bit ,but at the cost of piston bounce .. ( I wasn’t planing on keeping it) .. yuk. BUZZZ. THHWAANG.
So my first test was with a tad bigger wire and smaller diameter I’d to fit the guide snug after .010 was removed. .125 x785
x 34 which is a tad smaller in wire than the famed Hornet spring which is .128 wire .. ANDalmost IDENTICAL TO THE HIGHLY TOUTED E 3650 spring EdCanoles praises..

It was a bit of preload but nothing I could not force down with out a compressor and twist the end on
The shot cycle was so over sprung that it was hard to shoot. Velocity was higher than hell

945 with H&N ftt 8.6 and 835 with Crossman 10.5 , this was not dieseling as a tin of pellets went through it. I HATED the gun.
Wondered how anyone would think this is good

This was odd to me as Vortek,ARH AND MOST USE A 34 coil .128 wire, and this was not pleasant. Now I can cock a air rifle but ,$@it wasn’t a walk in the park daily plinker at this point.
upon refiguring I did some re structuring .. I cut the spring down to 30 coils and added .400 in delrin spacers to get my stack . Left the factory piston seal in as well as no port work.

It’s night and day difference in every area, it’s very easy and liner to cock. it’s dead blow quiet and blasting 8.4 at 900 fps
recoil is minimum and this gun now can play.. like the “Brody”.

I have to get used to fingering these tiny sombitches.. I’ll blue the shroud to match and maybe machine the breech to match the chamber as well as custom stock now I like what I got..

oh yeah.. that HW80… another post in time.

I am new to pcp rifles.Old to shooting.I have two 22 cal Marauders[only needed one].One is 2019 syn with crosman barrel the other a 2022 wood with LW barrel both unregulated.The marauder has many reasons for poi shift.I will discuss one that I have made better and one that I am working on.If my info is old news remember I am old toK taking off shroud and shooting both rifles at at spot [one at a time] at around 30 yds-no wind-on bench.Pretty much one hole group.Put shroud on snug and shoot again at same target.Yea diff poi.Now adjust shroud by shimming.Both of mine shot lower[2 inch to 3 inch] with shroud on.For test purposes I simply put layers of tape on the bottom of the barrel band until it shot into same hole as when the shroud was off and the group was first made.If conditions stay about the same[TEMP] POI is way more consistent day to day then before.Now I am working on temp change effects on POI. Rifles are inside[72] shooting from inside garage[40] Both rifles seem to change poi since it has got colder outside.When I figure something out I will post again.Mabe some of you more seasoned pcp men can enlighten me before I go through several thousand rds more.Oh yea that is the fun of it!

I have too many scopes and need to move some out. The price includes shipping to Conus. PayPal or USPS MO accepted. Excellent condition, no scratches.

Burris mini compact 4x with adjustable objective lens. Target turrets, and vertical post reticle. 1" tube $170.00.
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Just thought I would share my pre Christmas project. Added some steel and cleaned up my down range area. Redid the mulch tote and added the trap below the bench. White back is 1/4 plate on a 30 degree pitch.
My wife is much happier.

Been collecting to long and time to let go
Both scopes have been mounted and work as they should, the UTG has small marks on the focus ring from an 80mm wheel but works fine...
How about $65 shipped for the UTG and $25 shipped for the Simmons.
Postal M.O. and shipping only CONUS

More cleaning!! This stuff has just been sitting for toooooo long. Please help me out and make some reasonable offer!!!!

All mounts are 1 inch 11mm and some are adjustable.
UTG ring is new!!
Levels (there's two, 30mm) are new.
Bi pod is a Chinese knock off.
Pellets are mostly full tins and all but the Monsters are 177. Monsters are 22

Remember Cheap!! Heck I'd take $125 shipped for everything!!!!
Thanks for looking

Anyone else having issues posting pics?

To start I am very new to air guns as this is my first one so I don't know to much about them. I bought a brocock sniper xr. When I first received it I cleaned everything and set up to test it out. After firing a few shots and testing the fps I noticed pretty wild deviations. On low power they would spread out anywhere from 503 to 462 Jumping as far as 30 fps between shots. Then I noticed the regulator After sitting for about 10 min would climb all the way up to 152 bar. After shooting about 4 shots it would be down to about 125 and start acting more like I would expect. It would drop 10ish bar right after being fired and have a very quick return to 125. Even at this point I would still easily get 10 fps difference from shot to shot. My dad bought the exact same gun and was within 2 fps every shot so I assume all the testing equipment was working fine. After setting it down again for the night the regulator was reading 152 bar in the morning. Are there any simple checks I can do before sending it back for warranty? Please keep in mind I am very new to this so nothing can be stated to simply. Thanks for the advice.

Most rubber grips feel good in my hand but are way too skinny.. Like the FX, Hogue etc. I had a zero degree Ergo and although I love how thick it is, the angle is a little too vertical for me. I wish they would make it in 15 degrees.
I picked up a MDT Elite overmold to try, and it's thick as well as giving an angle closer to 15 degrees. I really like it and will probably get another.

Im very interested in examining the results from the 2023 RMAC 100 yard benchrest.
Im mainly interested in the rifle brand, model, and caliber that was used, by each of the 18 and 20 pro finalists.

The 2021, and 2022 results that I have found online, include the make/model/caliber information.
However, the 2023 results do not.

Does anone have this information available?
Thanks in advance.

I have a rifle on order, HM 1000X, 30 cal.

If the rifle is properly adjusted and using pellets appropriate for 100 yd benchrest shooting, approximately how many shots would be usual from a fully charged (230 bar) 480cc tank?

Thanks!

I got another one out back right now. The cold weather is making them hungry.

Same as usual. about 70 foot lbs energy with 25 cal FX Impact M3 at about 25 yards distance. I make sure to always shoot from a prone position since it is more difficult for them to spot me in this bright moonlight. Often they don't even know what I am and look at me in curiosity. That is when they notice me there if I make too much noise (which isn't much more than a mouse fart)

Any thought on the above in .177 as bird feeder protection and general plinking?

Thanks.

Merry Christmas eve everyone, totally new here and came across the site by searching for classifieds. I was trying to get in touch with a member on here GT350 who has an Aea listed for sale. I quickly found out that to respond to a listing I need 10 posts and minimum of 10 days on here. If it isn't against any of the forum rules, is there anyone that would be willing to reachout to him and let him know I am very interested in purchasing it? If that breaks any forum rules than obviously I understand it can't be done but I thought I'd give a shot at asking. Thanks for reading and I'm glad to have found this site. Happy holidays everyone

Amazon just delivered my Tuxing moisture filter, and maybe these questions are in the “if you hafta ask” department, but since there are zero instructions included, here I go.

I got the “molecular sieve” version. How does one know when the little pellets have reached their limit and are saturated? It came with some small bottles of replacement pellets.

There are small round cotton (?) discs. They go….? If only it came with instructions….

Also, I’m assuming the flow from my compressor is to connect the male plug end to the female from the pump, and attach the hose with a female end to the gun.

Thanks in advance for helping the noob. I just wanna feed my rifle clean dry air, and this seemed like a good way to go about it.

Curt

I know this has been discussed many times before. Been busy lately with life, work and family and not tinkering. Just finished a side lever for the .25 NOTOS . Was really liking the mods done by Genob and waiting on Firewalker to complete his side levers but decided to try it myself. Only using hand tools I think my first prototype came out ok but I will try several others to see if I can improve. I also want to make one for my .177 bottled PP750 and .22 NOTOS. All 3 have drop block and bottle mods with 16.9 inch Crosman Akela and KRATOS barrels and full shrouds with crosman baffles. Today I was shooting 20 grain .25 and averaged 780 fps with 3500 psi fill and reg set at 2150 psi out of 1 mag.

I mounted a Center Point scope on my new QB78S after and preceded to sight it in, which is usually only takes a few minutes, however not the case today. At about 10 yards it was shooting about 3 inches low and 2 inches to the left. Should have been an easy job, however no matter how much I adjusted the scope the group never moved, just clustered in the same location. Well after many tries I figured the scope was bad and took it off. Then I mounted a red dot sight and low and behold I had the same darn problem. So I begin to thing the gun must be at fault so I reinstalled the rear sights and made my first shot and I was only about an inch off vertical and about 1/2v inch off horz. Made a sight adjustment and it shot great and even did well on my reactive targets. Any idea what's going on? I guess to be sure its the scope is to try a different scope. Also had one other strange to me happened and that I had my first new CO2 cart without any gas. By then I figured it was time to stop and go watch some football. Charles

Purchased October 2022, plagued by careless manufacture, design flaws and inherent weaknesses, finally found a measure of satisfaction. These groups @ 50 yards with JSB 33.95 MKII. Chronograph results; Mean: 766.8, SD: 1.11, FPE: 44.3. DonnyFL $50 adapter and Frankenstein .50 moderator resolved accuracy and sound moderation concerns. WM

How to slug a barrel? ​

I keep reading how important it is to "slug your barrel" in order to play the slug game..... (And buy correctly sized slugs for the barrel.)

However, two things seem to never get explained in this context:
▪ How to "slug" the barrel
▪ How to measure what you "slugged"

I suspect, to most mechanically minded people these two things are so obvious that they don't require any further explanation.


To me, being less gifted on the mechanical side — I'm a bit lost...

Would you help me out?
Note, that I don't have a lathe in the garage, nor am I a hobby gunsmith, nor do I have a vast variety of tools at my disposal (I do have some).


I have only a made-in-China caliper — and I have no idea how I am supposed to measure the grooves(?) that the rifling put into the slug.... (Now you see just how confused I really am....)

Do I need to go through the hassle of removing the barrel? (More confusion....)


Thanks for any help,

Matthias

Well i finally made my decision on which shooter in .30 I would buy...well after some serious research & thoughts including Bang for the Buck .... i found a nice Vulcan 3 .30 power tuned from Tony TT...the rig is abou 6weeks old comes with a Monstrum scope which i have no experience with at all....heard they have nice glass but not the best at long distance sighting....I had the Vulcan 2 a few yrs back so if the 3 is just a tad of improvement im looking at a keeper for sure & with a TT power tune i think playing Santa for my own gift i should have a very Happy & Merry belated Christmas only because its not being delivered til Wednesday.... .....Hopefully some of you informative airgunners have some positive or negative feedback on the AGT VULCAN 3...
THANKS ALL!!!


MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR/HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE ....Most of all be healthy & stay safe!!!