If I were to use a tape measure to "precisely" mark distances to 50 yards from my bench setup, would I start to measure from the end of the barrel or somewhere else? Or does it even make a difference? There might be a difference of 24 inches for precision shooters who are shooting for prize money.

I was going to have this thing custom cerakoted and whatnot , and maybe in the future I will take it apart and still have that done but for now its going to see field use so I just threw a black top rail on, kl ex trigger guard, 700cc bottle w/ wrap, and my ATN 5-20 on it.

It also has : Huma high flow probe, huma slug power kit (lighter of the two hammer weights installed), huma extra pressure reg, and huma transfer port along with 2 digital gauges, all of which I installed myself, had one small leak through the atmospheric vent hole but sorted that out and its good to go

It is running the HEAVY SLUG LINER with CF sleeve w/ the ernest rowe style barrel tensioning rear screw.


Reg is at 180 bar , 2.5 lines on the valve, and 5 on the hammer spring adjuster

Shooting Zan .218 30.5 slugs at 1055 fps. Need to test accuracy next at the range with this setting, for some reason the reg is just at 180, screw bottomed out so I can only bring the reg up from here , maybe thats just the nature of the huma extra pressure reg.

Someone elsewhere suggested a few names for the next RTI gun:

bconlon said:

Could make it the demon or exorcist in keeping with priest and prophet naming conventions

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I think RTI's naming is creative.

Here are a few more ideas for the next great gun from the RTI line:

▪ Apostle
▪ Doomsayer, Doomsdayer
▪ Oracle
▪ Preacher
▪ Diviner
▪ Wizard
▪ Mage
▪ Mystic
▪ Seer
▪ Sorcerer
▪ Shaman
▪ Voodoo
▪ Druid
▪ Guru
▪ Alchemist
▪ Mentalist
▪ Medicine Man
▪ Magician
▪ Psychic
▪ ...


Matthias

Ok step away from your benches - dig out your “first airgun” buy one if you have to. Set up your target at 25 yards and FREEHAND 10 rounds. Post your pics!
I’ll be posting my Sheridan Blue Streak results this coming weekend.

On another thread there were some concerns about if the RTI is a good hunting rig....

And a few other concerns about sturdiness....

And big power....

So, instead of derrailing that thread, here goes:

■ RTI Prophet II ■​

Instead of the Impact's 30 o-rings, the RTI has 7* (seven) o-rings.
*[Correction: 6, and for performance version: 15]
And a very sturdy shroud/barrel.

The OEM magazines are nice for left-handed shooters.
And the CARM magazines don't flip left/right.

You want BIG power — but a sturdy gun:
.177cal = 22—37FPE
.22cal = 35—65FPE
.25cal = 44—77FPE
.30cal = 48—100FPE
Plenum 70cc
HardAir Magazine just did a write-up, and they have more power graphs (power—regulator setting correlations):



Externally adjustable regulator 80-180 bar (1150-2600psi)
Externally adjustable hammer spring


Barrels
.177cal: 510mm=20", 1:17.7 twist, choked
.22cal: 600mm=24", 1:16 twist, light choke to accomodate both slugs and pellets, proprietary RTI barrel
.25cal: 600mm=24", 1:16 twist, light choke to accomodate both slugs and pellets, proprietary RTI barrel
.30cal: 600mm=24", 1:16" twist, choked


Caliber change kits available
Arrow barrel available (Arrows X7 2212)


This is a dream gun!

Matthias

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Trying to get my Benjamin Prowler break barrel sighted in. When I first got the rifle, I used the Center point 4x32 scope it came with.
I got the windage adjusted properly with very little issue, however, the elevation is cranked all the way "up" and the gun is still shooting too low.
I added a few "shims" to the rear scope mount, to raise up the rear in hopes it would correct this. I have it shimmed so much you can see the tip of the barrel in the bottom of the scope, and it still shoots too low, it's almost there! But not quite.

I got a different scope , a 3-9x40,, exact same issue with this one , maxed out all the way and still shoots too low. This sçope has a direct dovetail mount, no round mounts, so I can't shim this one to try that out.. I am a beginner, what the hell am I doing wrong here ? 2 Scopes can't be off, any advice is appreciated.
I have been doing and am currently doing research on it, just looking for live advice

By saying it's shooting too low, I mean the POI is lower the center of my cross hairs. I need to lower the cross hairs more to match the POI, but I'm out of clicks

While shooting my two Nitro Piston rifles, and one of my Springers, I finally decided that I sure do like the shooting experience of a Springer, over a Nitro Piston gun. Generally, my Springers shoot more accurately for me as well. I don't know if it is made up in my head, or others feel the same way.

It just sucks that Springers tend to be a little more weather/temperature sensitive than an NP. Has anyone been able to get decent performance out of their Springers in the cold? I have never shot mine below about 45 degrees.

Finally getting around to shooting the new HW97 177 a good but this afternoon. I SMELL a burning/smoke odor. I cleaned the barrel good upon receipt and pulled a bunch of patches through it after. I didn't get this on the HW50 after shooting it. Any ideas?

Went out for lunch and when I got home I had a package waiting. New .30 Western Airguns Rattler got from AOA. My initial impressions are good, love the quality soft case it came in. I topped it off with a Hawke Sidewinder 4-16x50 and can't friggin wait to leave for a few days to try it out. I got a bunch of different pellets including polymags as well as some NSA's and High Arc hunters. The build quality looks pretty darn good, the shroud on it is pretty serious looking and the rails are nice and long. I plan to test it out and bring back some details hopefully by the weekend.

All right these may be stupid questions but I am moving to the East Coast and couldn’t bring myself to put the airguns that I put a lot of time and money into into the shipping container that is bringing most of my stuff east.

So they are coming along in the car.

I’ll be driving pretty quickly because I’ll also have some pets with me (I don’t even want to get into the details of that, it’s ridiculous but it STILL beats flying lol) and I am wondering what if anything in need to think about.

One thing i wonder is what will motel employees think if I am carrying multiple gun cases into the room when I arrive… was thinking maybe I should buy a couple of guitar cases and ditch the gun cases just to avoid any awkward and unnecessary conversations.

How about driving with compressed air tanks: a few guns and a pressurized hatsan 1.6L fill station? Is this a problem if I were pulled over?

Anything I need to consider?

Thanks.

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"Perfect".

Airong a tank yesterday. I always back charge thru the tank " manifold".
BANG, right beside my fore arm. Luckily the rupture was at the top of hose where steel anti kink spring is installed. Could have been some serious wounds from something like this!

Having been bitten by the spinger bug, I have recently been looking at the HW77K. I would like to have one, but I keep thinking the Long barrel looks nicer then the K model. Anyone have side by side photos?

Comparing size difference between the HW35E and HW77 Long barrel.

The HW77 is .4" longer overall length then the HW35E
Both have the same 18.5" length barrel
The HW77 is 10.5 ounces heavier

But when I read about the Long barrel 77 most commenters think the gun is to long and heavy. Yet I see very few comments on the 35 being to long and heavy.

I realize 10.5 ounces is a lot of weight, but is the HW77 Long really an undesirable rifle?

Give me your pro's and cons on the long barrel HW77

Cheers
Zut

I am new to the airgun world and I’m trying to figure everything out as I go with help from the internet.

I am shooting with a FX impact M3 700mm .22 with a FX heavy liner and JSB knockout .216 25gr slugs. I think I’m done tuning this set up for now but I’m running into issue with a few random flyers. I’m shooting at 35 yards ( I haven’t shot them past 35 yet either) and it’s shooting lights out then a flyer almost a inch away then the following shot is a bullseye. I’ve attached a target showing what I’m talking about.

Is this “normal” with slugs or could it be the barrel doesn’t like them as much as I think? I don’t do any sorting or inspecting of the slugs, straight from the tin to shooting, should I be doing something in between?

I do have a large selection of other slugs on their way to test but right now I’m just using the knockouts.

New video of my Ratgun setup

Going to have footage from last night's pesting permission tomorrow, pretty sure I got some good stuff

Can anyone tell me what kind of batteries this takes? It's for the Yong Heng. It's the temperature probe.
Thanks!

As the title says, looking to spend around $1500-1600 on a 25 caliber PCP rifle, accuracy is a priority. Right now I'm leaning towards an FX Wildcat MK3 BT with a DonnyFL moderator. Would like the gun to be capable of at least 50ftlbs. I'll be upgrading from my Umarex Origin. The inconsistent shot curve is driving me crazy so it's time to upgrade. The new rifle needs to be quiet, so if a moderator is needed that must be factored into the budget. Just looking for some suggestions, thanks everyone!

looking at a vulcan 3, 500mm, in 25 cal ( coon patrol) and wondering what fps ( don't want to max it out, but on the " heavy side" and accurate) i could expect ? Interested in shooting the hades pellets and of course trying the fx hybrids. Also, how many shots per fill roughly can I expect ? Thanks.

With all the tools available now for measurement of pellets, i wonder IF old pellets ? pellets that were produced lets say the 5th year in the pellet manufacturing time line of a company (JSB as example ) IF the pellets were of a more constant measurement ? Seems to me everybody is complaining now of size and weight of pellets in the same tin . Anyone have old unopened tins of Quality pellets ? Maybe 1990 ? 2001 ? is that old enough to qualify for what was a high Quality pellet ? or maybe too old in the industry where a pellet was a pellet . When in fact the pellets are the same ,but now we have access to measurement equipment ? or maybe i just drank too much coffee this morning ?

I ordered one of those Apex muzzle weights from ARH and was just curious if anybody here had any experience with them. Thanks in advance!

At my range yesterday shooting with a couple of friends and one of them brought his new RTI Prophet 2 Performance Compact At the end of the day, we decided to test the max power output of this new edition with the new valve - He was shooting 13 gr slugs at the same velocity as we did with the RTI Prophet 1, but he was only at 115 bar and we were at 145 bar !

Well, he cranked up the regulator to the max of 180 bar and loaded the ZAN 20 gr slugs The specs at RTI says 30-50 Joules or 22-37 FPE




63.05 Joules and 46.5 FPE !

Huge numbers for a .177 for sure ! Amazing !