Been working on a tune for my Wildcat 22 for pellets and found the heavy liner doesn't like 18gr pellets. Then I tried 25gr MRD's and wow! things started to really look up. I've read a bit on here about them and they like high speed, over 900fps, preferably more and they still shoot at 100 yards. I know, at least some will question this, until they try them.

I was mulling over ballistic calculators with this pellet and fast twist barres, ie 1"18 ish. It kind of makes sense, that if a pellets loses velocity faster than it loses spin, it get all wonky at long distance. BUT, if designed properly and shot fast enough to still retain forward speed, then it is better off at long distance than say a pellet that is shot at 875fps and loses a ton of velocity at 100 yards while the spin is still quite high.

Long way of saying, get the velocity up and the spin will not be excessive at distance.

These are really cool days to be an airgunner, that's for sure. I know the pellet has to be designed correctly, you can't just increase the velocity of any pellet high enough that it will work like this. You also need weight, that makes sense that the MRD's aren't like say 18gr or whatever. Interesting stuff.

Like I do?

Peanuts mixed with peanut butter ... I think the smell of the peanut butter is stronger than just peanuts, and unlike when they eat the nuts and move around, they sit perfectly still while they lick the pb.

Here's my bait set up (the white cloths are there for pass-throughs, and are piled thick. They will catch a full-on hit without a problem.

Hey. I joined to hopefully score a used gk1 in the classifieds. Is it still the king in its category of pcp? Anything new on the horizon?

About 20+ years ago, my dad started developing Parkinson's Disease and as a result, he had difficulty holding still to sight in his scoped 1950's Sheridan Blue Streak.

He took scrap wood, metal fittings and other odds & ends and made a rifle rest. One that cradles the forearm and butt of the rifle, taking the human error out of the equation.

When I got my Benjamin 392 about 6 years ago, I used the rest to zero it as well.

Dad's design worked ok, but it was overall too low (especially the butt rest), and he'd put 'arms" on the back of the rest, which made 'shouldering' the rifle difficult, but it did work.

About a month ago, when my passion for air rifles rekindled, I wanted to re-zero the Benji, and got the rest from mom's house (since technically it's my rest now). I had to use 4×4's and other pieces if wood to position the rest so I could use it, and thought about altering it to be more functional.

Those thoughts didn't linger very long, as it's still DAD'S rest, so I’d decided to build a new one using his as a model. I did it like he did, scrap boards and misc things from around the house including a good size chunk if carpet from the bedroom floor (I took it from under the bed, so the wife will never know ).

The only new parts I had to buy, were two 3/8 × 6 carriage bolts, two 3/8 t-nuts and some glue to attach the carpeting for padding for the rifle.

The end result is a much shorter, lighter and easier to transport rest, with height adjustable forearm AND butt rests. It also had taller and wider 'feet' for better stability.

I finished it yesterday, but haven't had a chance to try it out. Here are pictures of both rests, with my 392, to show the differences.

What do you think?

I recently missed two chipmunks and after checking the zero on my scope, found that I was hitting about 1" right at 20 feet.

The noise from 8 pumps might annoy my neighbors, but I want to at least push the pellets hard enough to get an accurate zero (horizontally).

Would 3 or 4 pumps in my 392 be enough to get an accurate horizontal zero?

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I have tried just measuring with calipers, eyeballing it. Gets somewhat close but never quite accurate when you put it into a bc calculator. This is what I did recently. I figured that if I shot at very close range(10-15 yards) the parameter that would really matter the most in ballistic calculation would be scope height. I zeroed at 30 yards. Then moved target in to like 15 yards. Shot and figured out what the exact mil hold under was to hit center. I then entered all the info into a ballistics calculator and manipulated sight height until it spit out the hold under that matched my results. Used that scope height in the calculator and it seems to have worked pretty well at other ranges. Again I figure at 15 yards bc, speed, etc weren’t going to have much of an effect but the height of your scope will be huge. Many of the other methods I’ve read about to get scope height seem like a PIA and this was pretty easy. What do you guys think ?

Hi guys- my friends in polen have cherry plantations that are plagued with starlings and invited me to come and shoot them all up..

but my .30cal is just too big for the job and i decided to get the .22 swap kit but not sure what i need to change the cal?

in my .30cal i already have modified the hammer weight and spring so that would need to be swapped for a lighter hammer and spring?

what else- barrel complete? probe? am i missing something..

I have for sale a basically brand new Umarex Hammer Carbine. $650 shipped paypal ff to your door. Zelle or venmo also ok.

TEXAN HAS SOLD.

These two rifles I got in trade from Dave cheplicki (michigan airgunner) September of last year. They are very well taken care of and pretty sure Dave has videos of them on his YouTube page. I have not shot the .257 texan at all and have shot the hammer a couple times just to shoot it for the hell of it. Never even sighted in the scope. Was gonna use the hammer for deer hunting but went a different route instead. The hammer comes with a couple mags. Both are holding air and are in working order nothing wrong with them. If you have any questions feel free to reach out. We can talk or text on the phone and I can send you any pictures youd like of them. Pm me here. Price is for the rifles only no accessories included.


Im borrowing Dave's photo from his original post.

(PS DAVE IF YOU SEE THIS AND WANT ME TO NOT INCLUDE YOUR NAME IN THE POST OR FOR ME TO USE YOUR PHOTO. JUST HIT ME UP AND ILL EDIT THE POST. )

I just purchased a .177 Zan Pellet Sizer. It's more of a pellet down sizer since you can't make the pellet head or skirt larger. It's also easy to use to check pellet head and skirt diameters saving you from purchasing addition measuring equipment. It consists of 5 magnetic skirt sizing plates, 5 magnetic head sizing plates, fixture, and push tool. The magnets hold very strongly to each other and require the push tool to separate the plates for me. You may have more strength than me. The provided case looks like a Pelican case at first but is a thin imposter. I ended up purchasing a $1.78 bead container from Wally World to keep the plates separated and organized.

Shooting session conditions:
Crosman Challenger 2021S modified by Airgun Revisions to accept Marauder Magazine
Daisy Wadcutters (sorted to 7.54 grain)
Winchester Domed (sorted to 7.74 grain)
Benchrest at 10 meters
No wind to speak of
5 shots on each 1/2" bullseye

This is my new retirement hobby (shooting less than 6 months). I never shot anything since I was a kid, and I had a BB gun. Take my opinions and observations into account with the fact I have very little shooting experience, and I may be speaking out of my ass. I was curious if this device could make cheap pellets perform better. The Daisy wadcutters and Winchester domes are only $4.50 / $5.40 for 500 pellets from Daisy online.

Observations:
The Daisy and Winchester pellets are "fat" (larger than the biggest head plate size of 4.53") in comparison to Excite Plinking pellets (4.50 head size).
I first sized the pellets to the closest original size and then 1 skirt and 1 head size down for this session. I did not Chrono my shots, but my Challenger usually shoots the Daisy wadcutters at 580fps. It seems to prefer the Winchester sized closer to its original size and the Daisy at one size down. The center target is Winchester 4.72 - 4.53. This is a very small sample size, but sizing pellets seem to show improvement in my use case.

Questions:
Does a choked barrel affect skirt size less?
Can cheap sized pellets be as accurate as more expensive pellets straight out of the tin?
How resized pellets perform under more normal speeds of 850-900 fps?

i got a 2022 480 cc fx tank with valve for sale 175$ shiped

My Yong Heng started taking 45 minutes to refill my 45 minute Scott air pack from 3000 psi to around 300 bar. It really struggled as it got up around 4000 so I did not always take it to 300 bar. It used to do this in 20 minutes. So I ordered a piston/rod assembly from Amazon and installed it this morning.

I would not call the installation very easy but it was not terrible either. But with the new piston installed I cannot get my bottle to go over 3500 psi (where it started). It also trips breakers much more than it every has but I got it to run for 15 minutes but it stayed at a pretty constant 3500 (using the gauge on my fill set, not the crummy YH gauge). The temperature is up a little, 10 degrees or less, but it's hotter here now so that is probably at least part of it. The big issue is it won't even do as well as the old piston did in terms of filling my bottle. It will go to 4000 psi on a dead head test but slows down a lot over 3500 psi.

It might be leaking a bit somewhere around the gauge. I don't think it's the gauge itself but might be. The gauge is new (but that doesn't prove anything). I will check more for leaks, probably tomorrow (tired of messing with it right now).

Other things I should check?

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*** SOLD to Roberto *** Air Arms S-400 SL Carbine FAC .22 single shot, side lever, laminated stock.
I bought this from an AGN ad and he bought it used from AOA awhile back so I do not know the history of it.

1-Resealed gage block and fill port,(had slow leak) now holds air as it should

2-Stock was cracked at grip, has been repaired with epoxy and very well secured with a #10 construction type screw , installed going up in the grip.(tried to show crack in pictures, it is difficult to see!) cracked area is smooth, otherwise stock & finish are in Excellent condition NO DENTS OR DINGS.

3-Has adjustable lower forearm (hamster)

4-Butt plate is adjustable

5-Accessory rail on lower forward forearm

6-Metal finish appears as new

7-Barrel shroud is baffled

8-Has power adjustment knob

9-Fill adapter included

10-Recorded the following chrono information.

Does not include Bipod !!!

JTS 18.1 pellets --Power knob on HIGH---- (5) shot string 856,858,863,865,863, Average 861 FPS. spread 9FPS, STD Deviation 3.4 FPS
Power knob on LOW 473,469,473,471,480 (will actually go lower but my crony would not read)
PICTURE of five shot group at 40 yards, less than 3/8" On high, slight breeze left to right.

I am only selling this airgun to help finance the purchase of an antique air rifle. Gun will ship double boxed and well packed.
$740.00 shipped where legal only - PayPal Friends & Family, or add $25.00 to cover fees if PayPal as Goods or Services, I will also accept USPS money order.

Been looking for one of these for quite a while.


Air Arms Khamsin .177

I have a Taipan II 25 long I would like to trade. It shoots very nice, but I just don't grab it for when I go hunting....Maybe because the stock is so nice and has no dings. Just not sure why.

I would like to trade for a 25 cal that I would feel comfortable to hunt with. I am not interested in a Vulcan, I had a wonderful Vulcan 500mm in 25 cal, but the ping in my ear drove me nuts.

Or maybe a 177 that shoots slugs.

No FX guns.

If you want to buy it $1100.00 shipped PayPal F&F

Of course the scope and mount do not come with the rifle. I have 5 factory mags, but if somebody has a Taipan standard I in 25 I would keep 3 of them.

Tony P.

This is kind of a takeaway from couple threads, but not. You have your trusty pest gun on permanent standby for key pests, year round. What is it? When you have to have full confidence reaching for it off the rack/ case and drop an ethical kill shot every time, assuming you do your part. Mine is a 25 cal taipan, now taipan 2. Never a concern, what’s yours?

Just when the accuracy was really coming around this popped apart while shooting it. I think I found all the parts. Luckily none of them fell through my deck into the inaccessible space under it.
Time to find a fix for this.

I simply love the EDgun Leshiy 2!

JSB .177 KnockOut 13.43gr. Slugs, 8 tins. $110.00 Shipped...

PayPal preferred...

Interested in a FX Leopard .22 cal USA.
700mm Bottle .22 version

Will the Leopard shoot light pellets 18-22grain as smoothly and quietly as the M3?
Or is it ment for higher FPE with heavier slugs?

Thanks

Somehow I lost the black rubber disc in the grease pot!!! In ideas where to order a new one?

Thanks