I'm new to this forum and I am not an avid marksman. I live in a 300 house subdivision near Detroit Michigan. I have put out a trail cam and have spotted several different families of raccoons using my side and back yard as major highway causing deep trails in my yard. I have purchased a dog proof trap but i need something to dispatch the coon once he's caught. Is there an economical air gun that people would recommend that is easy to conceal and comes with a moderator to keep the sound down. Our state allows the killing of raccoons all year round.

Thank you in advance.

With shipping, AAA .30 Magnon, or .22 Mini or longer Evol.22,
for 2323 and change.
Granted you’ll probably have “duties” for 80?
Even still, if you were thinking about one, it’s a nice savings...

Hi AGN. I've been absent lately. I live a very mundane life so nothing new to write in about. BUT now,oh boy,lol. I bought a HW97K,22cal,,last year. Yea,,should have gotten the .177 but anyhow. She was gonna be a 25 yard bench queen. Well I did all the standard stuff when I got it. Cleaned it real good and shot it alot with fodder pellets to break it in. I got it a nice scope. A Discovery VT-2 / 10X44 SF. Sent it back before even mounting it because it would not focus. The guy complained but sent another 1. This focused until I had mounted it and when I tried to focus it,it would not move. I put the big wheel on it and that broke it. Never got off 1 shot. Needless to say that is the last Discovery product I will ever buy. Ate that loss and bought a Hawke AMX 10 X 44 IL SF scope. So I settled down to business. She shows a strong preference for H&N FTT 14 grain,head size 4.55. I was not getting the results I expected. I kinda figured the problem was at the trigger because it had this creeping 2nd stage that I just could'nt figure out. I did'nt know what to do about it. So I mentioned it here on AGN. Some1 said to adjust this 1 screw. It turned into a small ordeal,which is why I don't like doing these things anymore. BUT it helped,,it helped alot. The results took awhile. I changed my bench set-up and tweaked my hold & this and that. I was so close so many times. I now present to you the famously over used term. THE 1 HOLE 5 SHOT GROUP at 25 yards. YES!! May I remind the reader. This is a stock 22cal HW 97K.

Sold......

GRS crown mk2 stock.. $450 paypal shipped friends and family or zelle with USPS priority and tracking number

I have a couple of guns that need re-blued. I'm looking for someone who can do original level bluing/blacking for a Theoben.

Any recommendations?

Hi,

My Yong Heng is almost 4 years old and its dying. However I am looking at the Tuxing Double(twin) Cylinder just the standard model since I got all the filters already from my Yong Heng.

Does anyone know if the Double Cylinder model is more reliable then the Yong Heng for filling a 7 liter tank? Does it fill faster than a Yong Heng due the design? My Yong Heng served me well but it is so damn loud. I considered a dive compressor aswell but thats a bit out of my budget.

Talking about this model :

I have a R11 that I bought new in 2005. I purchased it to use it as a "practice gun" as I was into powder burning bench rest competition at the time. Turns out it wasn't good for my intended purpose, so it has spend almost 20 years in my gun safe. Maybe has had 1 tin of JSB 8.44s shot through it. Currently it averages 761fps with the 8.44s.
Since I'm planning on shooting it a lot in the future, this morning I disassembled it to lubricate the spring and seal expecting to see lots of dried up grease but to my surprise it was in really good shape to have sat for almost 20 years.
Here's the problem.......where the cocking shoe rides on the piston there appears to be metal "crunched up" at the upper end.....see pictures.
It's appears to have been this way since new and it hasn't caused any operational problems that I have seen or felt.
If some of you experienced guys would take a look I would really appreciate it. Wondering if I could just "hammer" down the crinkled up metal so the cocking shoe could travel all the way up? Do I need to try to find another piston assembly?
Again, the gun cocks and shoots fine.
I did order a Vortek PG4 kit to install while I have the gun disassembled.

I’m sad to say this, but my trio has to go. It is a wonderful collection and I will truly miss it. I have a trip coming up, and due to the rising cost of everything, I need to let this go. I’m asking 3k for everything.
*Black WARP with Cobra Valve and Regulator
*FDE WARP with Cothran Valve and Cobra Regulator
*Burnt Bronze Flex with Cothran Valve and Cobra Regulator
*24” .357 barrel
*24” .22 barrel
*(2) 17” .25 barrel
*12” .30 barrel
* All probes for each caliber including 2 in .25.
* .30 mag, .357 mag, .22 mag, (2) .25 mags
*shrouds available for each barrel length.
Each gun will come in a hard case. You can look at this thread. All pictures are included. We can also FaceTime or video chat and go over the whole package. I would like to keep this collection together.

Edgun Matador R5M standard in .22 cal. Great shooting rifle. Zero issues. Comes with everything pictured. 4 old magazines and 4 brand new magazines (not pictured) from Edgun West.
Make me an offer. $1200 buyer pays any fees. I accept PP, USPS MO, Zelle,Venmo. I also use Pirate Ship for low rates on shipping and can send you a quote.
Thanks for looking, happy shooting.

AA Pro Sport is up in price , just got air gun depot ad for $ 999.99 YIKES!!! Said REG wag $1029.00

I took my sexy little bullpup “Elly” out for a walk tonight.
Went to a permission I haven’t been to in about a month. Well, it’s actually two permissions next to each other.
The property’s belong to an Uncle and his nephew. Combined they are about 15 acres of paddocks, gates and fences .
It was actually a nice night, had two short spells of light drizzel, then the stars came out!
I find with these flat horse property’s it is more productive to walk around slowly and quietly in the dark looking for rabbits through the thermal scope, there is just too much area to cover to sit quietly and wait for them.
These two property’s share a common boundary with a third property, and as Murphy would have it, all the rabbits seem to be on the other side of the fence, the side I don’t have permission to shoot .
As soon as they know I’m around they dash off under the fence, run another 5m then turn around, sit down and just stare back at me through the fence! It’s like they know they are safe on that side .
All up I managed to get 12 tonight.
This little AirArms S510 in a bullpup stock is such a sweet little rifle. At 12fpe it is so quiet aswell. The hammer spring makes more noise then the muzzel.
I can’t fathom why it’s previous owner would have ever wanted to sell it…

It seems crazy that this little .177 shoots an 8.44gr pellet, when compared to the 30gr .22 slug the dream line is shooting. That is almost a quarter of the weight of the slug.
A quarter of the weight!!!
And at 30 and 40m, those bunnies just keel over, every bit as dead as when they’r hit by a 30grain slug

Any time spent out side under the stars, quietly walking around with a sexy little thing, is time well spent in my opinion
Pete.

Well, I’ve been shooting PCPs now for over 20 years which ended up with me owning two Daystates, one Wolverine R and one Red Wolf. Thing is, I’ve recently bought a Walther LGV which has turned my life upside down. I’ve sold the Wolverine and about to sell my Red Wolf to a friend. Whenever I’ve been to my club, the PCPs didn’t even come out. I’m finding the feeling of hitting bullseyes with the springer much more exciting than the PCPs. I’m having to reawaken long lost skills and enjoying every moment. I’m not suggesting that one type is better than the other, it’s just that I find the PCPs too clinical (this even more so with the electronic trigger on the RW!). Hitting a bull with either of the Daystates was just kind of expected. Not so with the springer. Has anybody else taken this route? Most I know have moved on to PCPs.

I posted a similar post here in the UK and got some fantastic discussions going with some in agreement and others thinking I was nuts.

Here is the culprit!

I had posted this in the Evol thread but wanted to share with the rest of you

So the original Evol HPS is a fantastic rifle but did not fair so well with my slug testing, come to find that when it was released it was setup for a slug by NSA that Nick no longer produces. All that said I didn't really get it to be a slugger, I just wanted a second evol.

So friday I mounted my MDTTac SRS Short stock in FDE , took it out and shot some 25.39 monster redesigns, and well, you all were right when you warned me about the incredible inconsistency within the tins of these pellets. I opened a new tin, shot some groups, out of 10 I got one that was "acceptable" to me.

That brings me to Saturday. Saturday I degassed the rifle, tore it down, and by god are these things easy to work on and tune. It was actually a pleasurable experience, not a million and 1 little pieces to remove, special tools needed (aside from the barrel removal tool) , or headaches, purely simple.

Saturday I got an absolutely incredibly consistent tune but others had questioned the air usage, only getting 55 or so shots shooting 18.13 from the rifle and as the pics show, it was damn consistent, and accuracy was there.






Well, thanks to members I chat with regularly questioning the air usage because Sunday, I wanted to tune some more!!!

I finally ended up here,

An Evol HPS Shooting 18.13 for 135 shots a fill at ~30 FPE , extremely quiet, extremely docile, and extremely accurate with such a light projectile.

I then got rid of all my MRDs. LMFAO!

I am loving the addition of the MDTTAC stock (the LOP is perfect for me) but I am still finding it hard to get comfortable behind the high scope , I noticed this when it was on my HUBEN at NAC, as well as when it was on the HPS with its original magpul PRS stock. I am thinking about going with a smaller objective lens to bring the centerline of the scope closer to the centerline of the barrel and provide me with a more comfortable position. Something with a better eye box and eye relief for me too. I realize if I go below 50mm objective I may sacrifice some mag.

Now there is a definite following with this caliber , which I am not one of. Hence the post. Me shying away has nothing to do with any monty python "biggest dicchus" attitude, in fact it is my arthritis making handling and loading said projectiles a challenge- thereby minimizing enjoyment in my desired hobby. Putting that aside, why is the 177 cal prefered over the 22 by such a good portion of shooters? Cost is virtually the same that I had observed. Ok , I give the flatter trajectory, cool. I have yet to see this appeal specifically, but there is obviously, just look at all the varied weights you can get today. JSB even came out with a 16g, the 177 version of the monster redesign. The 177 field has expanded big time, the primary benefit looks to be target shooting, or hunting / pesting applications to really test ones skill. I know almost nothing about this caliber, so 177 folks, fill me in.

It is claimed that the 22 caliber is THE most popular caliber in airgun use today. There is plenty of reason to believe that. The weight range of 22 cal pellets is impressive. Cost per pellet is also substantially beneficial versus their larger caliber counterparts. The recent increase in power of the guns has expanded the versatility of this caliber with slugs and monster redesigns. Both in target and hunting. Their economical nature versus the 25 caliber also elevates their standing with both pellets and slugs. I prefer 25 caliber, but 22 caliber has made big advances and I'm gaining new respect for them.

I really need a camera for this , I double taped a sparrow with 22 JTS pellet , This is the second time I have done this and its pretty hard to pull off , You have to be very smooth pulling trigger twice very fast , But you know you double tapped with the explosion of feathers and nothing left of the sparrow , Took about 10 tries but practice makes you better, I could take a picture but do you really want to see just the feet and part of the head, I have eight PCPs and I rotate one a week and this week is the Huben week, I got to say this gun is sick, Its bad, If i could just put a Mutant trigger and a Mutant type magazine on this gun I might sell my other guns and buy more Hubens. Oh this tick shot was at 42 yards.
Mike

.22 long, .217 23g H&N slugs, 935'ish fps. 100 yds. Big fatty too. I knew I connected but as the grass was kind of deep, and I was below him ... I didn't see him when he initially went down. I kept looking through the scope and then saw the "helicopter tail". Booyah. I took him off the roof of the car which you can see down near the farm equipment. #8 on the year, #3 with this Taipan.

Rifle is in great condition. Bluing is excellent, the stock is in great condition with a few smalls marks. The double action and single action function very smoothly. Rifle has the power kit installed(power valve, hammer spring, and transfer port).

$425 - for rifle, 3 .22 mags, .25 cal conversion kit(barrel and 2 mags), fill probe

$350 - for the rifle with 3 mags and fill probe

$125 - .25 cal conversion kit (barrel + 2 mags)

Buyer pays shipping. Zelle, Venmo, PayPal, money order, cashiers check are accepted forms of payment.

Gun is like new, .25 cal and have the delta wolf programmer. Included. Have done some modifications to port and shoots 37 gr zan over 1000fps. 34 gr are around 1060. Asking 2000 shipped. Also have extra magazine. Can be reached at 512-216-9120 have paperwork and everything . Scope not included

I have completed just over a dozen Notos bottle conversions using an Amazon purchased drop-block and wish to bring some of the challenges to light and discuss the issues I have found with the parts and fit-up.

First off is thread pitch, thread angle and such:

The thread pitch of the air block on your Notos to the drop block is M16X1MM. The air block needs a bottoming tap, this means that the tap has to have a flat end, no point.

The tap has to cut clean threads, you need to use cutting fluid and do short cuts, clear the threads often.

Thread pitch of the block gauge and foster fill fitting are both M10X1MM tapered threads. Please dont use non-HPA hardware and ALWAYS hand-thread the fitting all the way to the bottom of the hole before wrenching on them. Both holes also require that the fitting contacts the white teflon/nylon washer before tightening. The angle and thread tip are also specific to HPA

Second is the drop-block:

Every drop-block is threaded a little differently from the factory. Be aware that your drop-block may not clock with the air-block or it may be a perfect fit! PLEASE try to hand fit your air-block to your drop-block first before you send it off to be converted.

Third is the regulator:

When purchasing a regulator, make sure you purchase one with the pressure you want for the speed you are looking for. My Notos was set to 2200 psi on the regulator, I purchased the same and I still get around 750 fps.

You have two options when it comes to the plunger where the reg attaches to the drop-block. The first is to make a pin that fits inside the drop-block that will depress the plunger inn the reg, allowing air to pass from the regulator to the gun. This is a safety device and "allows" the bottle to be removed from the drop-block without the bottle emptying catastrophically.

The second option is to simply remove the end of the regulator and pull out the plunger, reattach the end and attach it to the drop-block. The safety is missing but is it actually needed?

I do provide a service to convert your Notos but you can do the conversion yourself as well with some tools. Good luck and good shootin!

I remember in the 70s, before the R1 and I think before the Beeman Kodiak, Crow Magnum and Beeman RX1, there were 3 magnum springers. I remember the FWB 124, HW 35 and a Wischo ???? (not sure at all on the name or model). Does anybody know the last gun and/or post a picture. Love to get my hands on one but bet they are rare and expensive. Back in the 70s, were there other magnum springers I missed??? Thank you.

Does anyone here have any accurate data on stock R9 FPE or velocities at 50 with popular pellet brands ..Jsb,H&N..Etc ...14.66 to 15.89 grn...thanks in advance

The .30 cal was just serviced by AOA about 5 months ago. They resealed the gun and changed all the orings, and rebuilt the regulator. I've put about 5 tins through it and have taken iguanas up to 146yds. Y'all can look up one of my posts. She has a few soft scartches but nothing you can feel or see without looking for it. Except for at the very end, near the picatini rail on the stock. The guns comes with 2 magazines.


Bobcat 30 - $700 O.B.O Shipping included

Like new, Gurlleu Carbon Fiber tank, 30cf/ 3L, CE approved. has the upgraded valve.
Has safety burst disk and release valve, Din type
$250 shipped

Today I wanted to shoot special. And I did, these are .20 cal. I just put a scope this morning on the HW30 and 50. The 30 started the round taking a few minutes to zero it at 30 yds.This is one of my newest from AOA along with the 50 and 95. I’ll keep this 30 forever. So unique.
The HW50 needed zeroing as well. Another dream rifle in the works. Piss off, having so much fun a Dear fly got me on the ankle. Another AOA special the 95. This is a stupid accurate gun for very new. I had nothing this couldn’t hit up to 35 yds. Going to be a keeper once the springs get changed.
Now this baby has a Vortek spring but still waiting for the piston seal. Absolutely the most amazing rifle to own. When it’s on the rack light emits from it.It’s hard to miss your mark, it’s that good. 25-35 yd.
This next puppy a HW90, I thought it would have a hard time following the 97‘s performance. This 90 is a leader , not a follower. The sounds that come from this gun are the 90’s only. Turned down to 18 bars seems to turn this gun into a magician. It’s more cost with the gauge and pump, but they turn turn this gun into a mind boggling miracle.This gun has a virus that makes you want more. Definitely in a league of its own.
The last is a R9. It is identical to the 95. I think this Beeman was the one that converted me to be a sinner of shooting the .20. The Dark side.A tac driver.
I really don’t under stand why the .20 cal. seems to be so superior over the other cal. IMO.
I like handling them over .177, not as much fumbling. Been using JSB 13.??
Even when hitting spinners they hit the spinner in the center.
Would like a 77 and 98 in .20 cal.
‘These are current. I’ve never seen or had a chance for an older classic .20 cal.
AGS has had .20 JSB’s in stock last few months. Never been an issue.
All the guns above get a 5 star ratting.
Do you find the .20 cal. superior over the .177 and .22?
Crow