Sometimes it's the simple things in life that just make a guy smile... New pair of boots, new airgun, new truck, or a nice set of... (This is a family show, so use your imagination.)

I've been looking for a couple extra mags for my Vulcan .22 and Vulcan .25.

They always seem to be out of stock. Well... I found em in the UK. Yay!

I bought 6 total, 3 .22 and 3 .25.

Price, 6 mags for what I'd pay for 3 here in the States. If I can find em. Nice!

It's the little things that make it worth while.




Just thought I'd share. I dunno why... Because I can.

Cheers,

K9

Anyone have experience shooting all 3? Ive read through a lot of the past threads and find that most folks have used one or the other but never all 3.

Essentially I’m hoping for comparisons. What one does better than the other, shots per fill comparison, quietness/loudness, accuracy, you know the good stuff Hopefully in .177 or .22

AoA just posted about 30 new items on their pre-owned page... Phew, nothing I'm interested in ;^)

I said to my self I will never buy Chicom scopes but the quality coming from some are just unreal.

A few years ago when I hear Discovery scope I think of the TV channel making scope, what a joke.

But now the joke is on me. Their line of ED scopes are really really clear. The price is unbelievable for what you get. I have bought the 3-15x50, PRS 4-20x52-34mm tube and the PRS

5-25x56-34mm ALL ED GLASS. The ED glass is like 1000 dollar scopes. The turrets are enormous tactile awesome clicks with zero stop.

Trust me when I say these are the best bang for the buck you can get.

There is also a new ED PRS 5-40x56-35mm but I think the mag is a bit high. They also have the HD glass but I have not tried. I think ED is better for clarity.

Also get them from Wes in Canada Airgun Archery Fun. He is awesome to deal with.

I have bought scopes from Vector Optics their top of line is over 1000. Their 34mm line is good quality but for those prices its expensive also its not ED glass. Their lower lines are not great quality i have returned some of them d/t problems.

It's been raining off and on these past couple of days so there was no better time to clean up and organize my gun room after work yesterday. As I was picking up I noticed a tube which had a barrel in it propped up in the corner. I bought this HW 22cal 24"barrel for a project from Mac 1 years ago.. I had it on a QB78 that I made into a PCP.. later I made it a 25cal and forgot about the 22 barrel.. thinking back this is a very accurate barrel I had in mind for a later project someday. Today I think I have decided to machine it to use on my RTI compact. I thinking it would be a great project and shooter..

I am new to this forum and it seems like there is a wealth of knowledge and experience here. Sorry in advance for how long and complicated this is:

I am looking for a PCP for pest control. I have a 9 acre ranch with almonds on it. The place is overrun with ground squirrels (100’s if not 1000’s of them!) and are causing havoc. The squirrels are skittish, hear EXTREMELY well, and believe it or not have learned the shape of a rifle (literally will stand there staring at me 30 feet away if I don’t have my gun but won’t get within 150 yards of me if they see my rifle!) They have even figured out a way to get into the walls of my house from underground and line my tiled roof every morning as lookouts! Lol My ranch is surrounded by residential housing that is approximately 500 – 700 yards away from where I will be shooting, hence why I am not using a conventional firearm.

I purchased 2 springer's to help with the situation, a Gamo Fusion .177 and a Gamo Swarm Magnum .22 and my son and I have dispatched countless with them. I found that the .177 seemed to be more accurate at 75 – 80 yards, but the kill power was not there, especially if hitting them at shorter ranges like 40-50 yards as the pellets seemed to go right through with little damage (most of them made it back to their hole where I assumed they died a not so good death, which brings ethics into the mix.) I also found several issues I had with the springer's: 1) a huge learning curve to shoot them accurately. 2) I have a bum shoulder and cocking them is painful. 3) I have broken 3 “airgun” scopes due to the double recoil. I am hoping that a PCP with a decent scope and a fill compressor will be my solution. I have set aside a budget of $1,500, but could go a little if I had too, but that would mean having to sleep outside with the dog if my wife finds out!

I have read dozens of articles/blogs and watched countless youtube videos about PCP’s but none seem to address all of my specific needs/variables. I am currently leaning toward purchasing a regulated Marauder, with a scope and fill compressor, but not sure if that is just pissing money away based on my needs.

These are my needs: Accurate at 100 yards (+); Enough power to humanely kill ground squirrels at that distance; not so much power as to endanger the neighbors, and quiet. Not asking for much, I know! Lol

My questions are: 1) What is the best caliber pellet for my needs .22, .25, or .30? 2) Is there a budget PCP that will fit the bill or will I need to keep saving? 3) What would be a good scope for this situation?

Thank you if you read it all the way to the end. Any opinions/suggestions are welcome.

While I was reading comments on a thread I had posted; I had seen.someome mention that there was not an area for low powered .177 slingers.
Make me think; I'll just start one
Not exactly sure the parameters they were speaking of BUT I know I have some low powered stuff!
Feel free to add/comment/etc
So!
Let's see what you all have!













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Here's how I set up my Yong Heng. After a 15 minute run to top off my 30 min scba tank the cotton filters in the small gold filter after the coalescing filter seem to be completely dry, the baby filter at compressor is empty - no cotton, just used to make my connection. I think I'll call my drying / filter system good unless anyone has any suggestions. As for cooling water I'm trying a couple different things but haven't hit 50c during a 15 minute run yet.

Didn't know or realized that our post...## or whatever was monitored. I was just notified that I ranked 17 for last month for number of post. Not something I want to challenge or be #1 at for sure.

Last week I was notified that I was #4 or 5 for number of post that week. Guess I best keep to myself some.?

Just like hanging out here once in awhile, that's all.

Either way...its all cool.

Joe

FOX 300 moderator in .25 cal.
Used for testing only about 50 rds through it. Perfect condition.
Asking $150 shipped CONUS PP F&F preferred.

The best .177 projectile

Being pretty round and fairly centered is satisfying. Pellets

Does anyone have a Chart with BCs of .22 pellets.
If there is not one out there already. It would be nice to make one and put it as a sticky up top as this information is priceless
and time consuming to figure out.

I did a search but could not come up with a chart.

Daystate

Air Arms

I figured to repurpose these plastic drums to a spent pellet catch. Seems to be working . Leaf trash from the trees seems the only inconvenience over time , but should be easier the raking and scooping off the ground.. time will tell.


The few caught test pellet .177& .22

Got up early and beat the wind to the range! But not by much was dead calm when I got there. Got setup and the wind showed up
Nothing crazy like wind but breezy.
Was able to acquire an old pizza pan from work; so I utilized it as a 100y target
Started slinging away
Got all of the slugs to hit the 100 yard mark
A few even went THROUGH the pan!!
Slugs are NO JOKE when it comes to carrying that energy and smacking right through metal at 100yards!
I was NOT expecting them to go through at all.
Set targets at 15, 35, 50, 75, and 100yards.
Was able to hit them all quite easily with slugs compared to using a pellet. Was able to watch the pellets drift in the wind by about 4 hash marks in my scope from POA.
At that point it was getting quite windy, and the Lothar was low on air...
Toted the 880 along to see what she could do against the Lothar.
While accuracy wise she could keep up(more holdover and windage) but she just didn't have the oomph to do much damage after 75 yards.
However.....I WAS able to consistently smack the 100 yard taget with the 880. Leaving very little dings for damage.
Anyways; enjoy the pictures and videos!
Had a blast even though it wasn't for as long as I hoped it would be.

My BRK Pathfinder in .22 was getting an inch and a quarter groups with Nielsen 17.5 grain slugs at 40 yards and I thought that was the best it could do. All the other slugs that I had available to me had groups worst than that. ( groups shot with red dot)
And then...forgotten in a corner I found a lonely zip lock bag with a small sample of 16 grain AVS polycore slugs. Tried those and put 5 slugs in a rugged hole. And then.again. And again. My last few slugs I put over a chrony and they turned a very respectable 24.5 FPE.
And then the disappointment...AVS no longer produces those slugs. If anyone out there is reading this and happens to have a stash of them please reach out.

m3 impact . lots of Xtra. tried to slug it but failed. 30 cal. have every part for 22 cal with new heavy liner but never used.has the smaller brass hammer in it. also bought two new carbon liners. 22 30. put barrel tensioner and screwed up my moderator. I'm just tired of it. I Use my other airguns and just gave up on this. please no endless questions. I don't know how to ship so local pickup only. has everything in pictures helix scope. 1200 bucks. will set up for pellets for 200 bucks otherwise I don't want to touch no leaks. reg dealeat.

Up for sale is my Air Logics Genisis .22 Cal Single Stroke Pneumatic. There is less than 12 in america and only 150 made in england very rare and this one is in very nice condition. I am asking 1500.00 for this rifle it is very rare you will probably not see another one. phone number is 860 992 2527.

I have for sale a fx barrels/ other goodies
Fx 600mm 357 with probe and mag 300tyd
Fx 600mm 30cal with pellet liner and heavy liner and carbon sleeve and mag/pellet probe 400tyd
Fx 25 heavy liner 600mm tyd
Burris fast fire 4 Red dot 300tyd
Leupold freedom 1.5x4 200tyd
Message me and I can provide pics thanks god bless!

Done some shooting yesterday with my Tiapan vet long with 22 redesigns at 75 yards. Shooting 910 fps. Shot a couple times to get centered on target then shot one five shot group that was .635. Then two groups with .25 cal impact 33.95 then three groups with hiM Is all at 75 yards and one group at 110 yards with mkIIs. I was happy to say the least!!

ForSale: As new Sniper HR.22 in perfect condition. 2 Brocock magazines, 2 Brocock single shot adapters, one Carm mag and one carm single shot adapter and one Element magazine. Includes picatinny raised rail. Scope and mounts not included. I'm selling to fund a benchrest rifle. Everything works perfectly and shoots like a laser. $1000 plus shipping
Photos upon request.

Warren Peppered Laminate Grip (BNIB). Retail $250, asking $108.



Prices include shipping to CONUS, HI, PR. I prefer Zelle, Venmo, PPFF.

.22 - .25 Badger kit: CF hand guard with adapter & hardware, 5 stack Huma-Air Mod 40, picatinny rail adapter (for use with 350mm barrel). Retail $275, asking $125. SOLD


.17 - .22 Valkyrie Tishina kit: Aluminum hand guard with adapter & hardware, Tishina moderator with shroud (for use with 350mm barrel). Retail $275, asking $125.



17'' CF hand guard with adapter & hardware (BNIP). Retail $275, asking $125. SOLD


Prices include shipping to CONUS, HI, PR. I prefer Zelle, Venmo, PPFF.

Any body have pictures of this event ? please post .
Thanks Stan