With an under $500 price point, I walk you through my trials and tribulations of the new budget friendly PCP. No BS, just the FACTS.

Macavity ARMS .22 Caliber Airgun : New kid on the block

Beeman San Raphael, serial # 898372 from 1980, appears little used, never rebuilt, scratch on LHS receiver and gouge on RHS of wrist as shown, otherwise very excellent condition. Original stock finish but maybe polished out or "burnished" from handling? Original front/rear sights, two arrestor holes. $350 plus ship.

Yesterday, I got a rare glimpse of a ground squirrel sprawled out flat on its belly just chilling on part of my retaining wall about 30yd from my office door so I go to the safe and grabbed my Edgun Leshiy 2 with red dot to dispatch of it. Of course, as soon as I open the sliding glass door to take aim at it, the squirrel scurries off into the bushes. Disappointed, I lower the Leshiy 2 . . . only to see a tiny bit of movement about 5yds past the squirrel's previous location.

I had to squint and do a double take to see what it was . . . but lo and behold, it was the very tip of the head of the pocket gopher that has been digging up a large portion of the backyard. I've been trying to poison it for weeks but it was still digging out new mounds of dirt everyday. It was pretty skittish, only popping its head above ground for a split second at a time before disappearing again. I knew I'd probably only have one shot at it and my chances of hitting it with the red dot on my L2 were probably low so I went back to the safe and pulled out the trusty Impact M3 0.25 w/ 30x Hawke Frontier scope on it.

By the time I got the M3 back to the door, there were all sorts of thoughts running through my head. 1) This M3 has been sitting for weeks without being shot so there's inevitably going to be some amount of reg creep so how much lower is the POI going to be on this shot? 2) This rifle is fully decked out and pretty heavy but I don't have time to mount in on my trusty tripod so I was going to have to brace it against the side of the sliding door and hope for the best. 3) It was mid-afternoon so there was a pretty brisk right to left breeze to contend with. 4) I'm going to have a split second to time the shot before it ducked into its hole again (which, by the way, was slightly obscured by the dirt mound in front of it so the line of sight was obstructed). 5) And finally, I've got another Zoom meeting starting in 3 minutes so I've got to get this shot off right quick . . . needless to say, the adrenaline's pumping pretty good now!

Taking all those things into consideration, I steady myself against the door, tried as best I could to anticipate its head popping rhythm and pulled the trigger . . . then logged onto two consecutive meetings without being able to see if I hit my target or not. The meetings end and I walk out to the gopher's location with more gopher pellets in hand thinking that, at the very least, I would have a fresh opening into which to put the pellets in the hopes of maybe finally getting the poison to its intended target.

Here's what I found:

The red arrow is pointing to the gopher hole just in front of the palm tree trunk (about 35yds out)



This is the hole:



This is what was waiting for me in the hole:



This is what I pulled out:


I mean WOW - a shot straight through the back of the head coming out the front dead center at its neck. Talk about a DEAD RIGHT THERE shot; that thing didn't move an inch after impact. Pretty amazing!!! Imagine something smaller than the size of a golf ball, popping in and out of a hole (partially obscured by a mound of dirt) for a split second at a time and getting this result!

I just hope that was the last one b/c I don't know if I can pull off another shot like that (or even have the chance to)!!!

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.22 caliber Ataman ap16 in chassis, folding stock, 2 mags, and impulse moderator. Great pistol, even better in the chassis very accurate with hades 15.89 $1000shipped

Beeman R1, .22, serial #925xxx from 1982, excellent metal, refinished stock, muzzle brake, Bushnell Sportive, $450

I have a very nice Huben. No issues like new. I had it set to 940 fps with 18.1 and it’s very accurate, surprising me ,and 80 shots on fill.
has 3d loading gate and a 1/2-20 mod adapter. Also comes with factory load gate and manual and box. $1150 shipped

This is what 500 H&N 8.64 452 pellets do to a Progreso soup can from a HW30 at 55 yards.

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Rex and gang hosted another awesome airgun weekend at Tom's beautiful river bottom property in Duncan Arizona this past weekend. The property offered the same great setting for field target and silhouettes that it has in the past, with a few bits of sour to go along with all that sweet. The ample shade and terrain and cottonwoods and etc all combined to make the sweet, while the sour this month was some rather serious wind and swarms of mosquitoes. There's a relevant saying about not fully appreciating the sweet without occasionally experiencing some sour. All in all, it was fun, despite the skeeters and the wind.

Here are some photos of the site and camping, etc.




With the Southwest Airgunners, what started as typical AAFTA-style rifle field target matches has, over the course of a few years, morphed into weekends full of field target silhouettes, pistol field target, and the most recent addition, field target pistol silhouettes. That's a lot of shooting crammed into just a few days! And how can field target and silhouettes be combined? Well, we're using our ft rifles and pistols, and ft shooting positions, to shoot silhouettes.

Pistol Silhouettes
The most recent event, held for the first time this past weekend, was pistol silhouettes. We of course used our <12fpe field target pistols, topped with scopes used at < 12x, and we all shot from the "Hunter" position, ie shooting sticks/bipod and stool/bucket. We also used the tiny little 10m silhouettes. Distances were 10, 15, 20, and 25 yards. This a bit of a learning experience, with the biggest learning curve that the targets are so small that the lead splatter and/or vibration effects on the support beam were knocking targets off that hadn't been shot. We kept track of what hadn't been shot at and reset them. With all the resetting we only made it through one "relay" each, making a total possible 20 points. There were a handful of us that were 19/20, but only two shooters that went 20/20: Steve Q and Dan L. The tie was decided by a shoot off, using the 40 yard 1/5 scale silhouettes that we typically use for rifle silhouettes. There were some grumbles about only having dope to 35 yards for the ft pistols, but the shoot off went ahead. Steve Q won the shoot off to become the first winner of pistol silhouettes. There was already much discussion about how to keep the peripheral targets from getting knocked off.

Some photos from the pistol ft match...
The shoot off between Dan L and Steve Q



I've always wanted to get great photos of a bunch of the rigs used in a match, and finally made it happen for this ft silhouette match (somehow missed a close up of Dan's RAW micro but it can be seen in the shoot off photo above). An astute observer will notice a bit of a unicorn in these gun photos..I'll give a hint,....it is 1 of 1 in two ways, the ONLY .177, and the ONLY pistol using this airgun platform that exists anywhere (click on em for better images).


Part 2 will have the rifle silhouette....

After shooting my avenger, I filled it up with air and set it down. All of a sudden POP and then it leaked all the air out. Does anyone know what this could be and is it something I can fix or will I have to send it to someone. This is an older avenger model.

Anyone purchased from them? Pricing looks good but I'm not familiar with them.

Whats a good way to keep the yong Heng cold been using ice frozen in water bottles that's doing nothing.... I run a fan on the head already I'm thinking about adding copper lines to the pipes on the head and in the water.

I've been looking for a super stable ARCA Rail type bi-pod for my bench rest Epoch PCP.
The F-class bi-pods appear to give unmatched stability. However 19" wide seems like a bit of overkill.
Just wondering and have been searching for a low profile type F-Class that is only about 15" wide.
Currently using a tripod up front also have an Atlas CAL rated for 50BGM rifles.
The down side of a tripod in my opinion, is that after it is locked down and major elevation changes are required you need to remember to loosen up the stops and get it settled in for that change. Where as with a Bi-pod that is not the case.
Please post if you know of something that I have missed.
Thanks

Hello all-
Just joined the forum today as I'm starting to find myself wanting to tap back into my childhood and the joy of shooting bb-guns was. I'm looking for a bit of guidance/direction to go for my first big-kid's pellet gun. I was looking to get an FX-boss, but it appears that has been discontinued or at least stopped being sold in the US? Not sure if that is too much rifle for a first timer? I read some of the posts here for newbies, and starting off with a lower end rifle to see if you (I) would enjoy it, but I also tend to live under the "buy once, cry once" mentality (to a limit, given this is my first go as an adult, I'm not looking to drop $3k-$5 for gun and other items).

I would only be using this for target shooting in the backyard and could easily setup targets at 25, 50, 100 (or even further) yards. My neighbors have said they don't care if I'm shooting out back, but I do want something that is as quiet as possible, as I am one that gets annoyed with other folks making abnormal loud noises, so I'd like to respect that.

I see there are a couple FX Crown's in the classifieds, which kind of speak to me, 1 -they're a little lighter on the wallet than new, 2 - they seem to be spec'd with scopes - iron sights are a bit too clumsy for me these days, and 3 - I'm sure buying off a site like this, they'd be coming from folks who actually took care of, and enjoyed them, just looking to give them another life.

I know I need to buy a different air compressor, so I've ordered a Yong Heng with auto-shut off, and still need to pick up the oil/water separator filter, would I also need to get a bottle, if I'm always shooting from the house? I see lots of folks state they fill a tank, then then gun, but I'm guessing it's okay to simply fill the gun?

Thanks in advance for any/all advice.
-greg

Shot a couple groups yesterday with my HW97k, It was blowing pretty good down here in the sunshine state so I limited it to 25yards. top group was H&N FTTrophy's 8.64gr and the bottom group was AirArms10.3gr. Both were 5 shots. I know a lot of you can get them much tighter, but I am happy with minute of squirrel.

I was filling my 4500psi 45 min SCBA tank and got to 2000psi and my oil level started rising the whole sight window is full and the oil is very dark now is that normal???? Also when I tilt the compressor the oil level goes back to the top of the red dot.

Finally arrived. Hopefully it shoots without issues

It’s beautiful. Love the grip. Feels pretty balanced. I going to love this!

Brand new never filled. Purchased from Airguns of Arizona. Due to shoulder injury selling off things to pay bills. Asking $450 shipped. Prefer Zelle or PayPal f&f.

Any one had there hands on one yet?
Price? When ?

If I buy an Airforce Talon P carbine, am I likely to be disappointed (I realize it's a single shot)?

I have a panthera I’m thinking about letting go. It is a .25 cal, 700mm slug liner, shooting nsa 55.5gr slugs great, had it up to 128 fpe. Has a 580cc front bottle, buttstock adaptor, magpul PRs light buttstock. Does not have a shroud because it started out as a 600mm .22 and the shroud was too short for the 700mm, no longer have those parts. Had DonnyFL make me an adaptor to screw onto the end of the plenum where the shroud use to mount. It shoots 1/2 inch or less groups at 100 yards with the nsa 55.5gr slugs. Will also come with a 500mm .30 cal barrel kit with mag and probe. Also comes with the factory buttstock and forward rail but no 300cc bottle. Also have a few boxes of the nsa 55.5gr slugs too. Does have some nicks and scratches from use. $1900 shipped to the lower 48.

Sightron 4-12x40 moa hashmarks turret caps missing, Comes with level.

Hawke Airmax 4-12x50 has small dot on objective lens cannot be seen through the scope. Comes with mount and level as pictured.

200 takes both!
Split shipping
PayPal F&F, Zelle, Venmo accepted.

I moved my mid size lathe to where this mini was. So I figured I would put it on here before I just tuck it away in a corner. I’m not shipping it so you would have to be semi close to me so we could meet and exchange. It has a quick change tool post and a bunch of tool holders. A 3 jaw and 4 jaw chuck. Change gears and probably some extra stuff. It works just fine. $200

I got this one on ebay. It looks pretty nice. Any one knows how to fill it? Thanks.

In mostly excellent condition (man did I kick myself for that mod gouge), all marks shown in photos.
Bought new from Georgia Airguns. Very accurate & very reliable.
Factory box, GA test target, 6 magazines, o-ring kit, & gauge removal tool included.
$750 shipped CONUS, PP F&F or USPS money order. Not interested in trades.
Will be happy to get more photos, or chat to answer any questions you have.