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 !

Are the Taipans any good offhand?

Most of the shooting I do is offhand, so considerable weight is allocated here before making a purchase.

Which would balance better for this, the Short, Standard or Long?

Gentleman, I'm editing this because I've absolutely been given the answers I need and I understand how this question/topic can be contentious.

Thank you VERY MUCH.

Wait times and doesn't answer the phone complaints,...Sure some are warranted, that said, too many people do not get it.
Custom work takes time,and most of those people are working to get your order out,that is what they get paid for
and answering the phone is not perority.
Patience,have it or do your own work.
Custom stocks,get on a waiting list,wait and then wait some more,most do tell you how long you have to wait,
Tuning and fixing,=have to see what is wrong,then have to order the parts,then this and that, patience.
Think about this,if a custom tuner is well known wouldn't he have more businss= more wait time,but remember you can always say I got my air gun tuned by so and so
Of course, if you purchase a new air gun and it does not work ,That would be another subject.
I think it is a good idea for the "tuner" and client to have a working understanding, and if there is a problem the tuner should call the client and tell him about it, that is also part of a tuners job,to keep the client informed....that should be upfront and the client should have enough faith in his chosen tuner to trust him.
One tuner is notorious for not answering the phone,yet people still complain about it.Every time I order something from him I get it within 2 weeks, I use his website to order.
Sorry for those that have had a bad experiences,always check out the "tuner" custom parts guy Before you proceed.
One more thought....I have waited too long on some custom parts or tune jobs ,custom stocks or resin models,and that person retired .or no longer is around.
I used to have a sheet that had the Air Gun tuners that belonged to the Air Gun Guild info on it...I do not even know if there is still a Air Gun Guild.
One thing I do know,air guns are a lot better nowadays.
Thank you for your patience.

Just a video showing what takes up most of my time over airgunning

I'm really proud of these two. They're amazing. The bond is unreal and they've treated me better than any human ever has.

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Was shooting at sportsman's club today thinking about the recent posts about shooting flies that landed on the target. Well, wouldn't you just know this butterfly landed on mine. So what's a guy to do but try to match those other posts — only problem is, this is just gross.

Looking at getting into air guns. I like to have nice stuff and generally the best of the best hence the thread asking what is the accuracy international of air guns. This air gun would be for messing around in my backyard. Usually not more than 50 yards.
From the research ive done i think id be fine using pellets in 22 cal. What gun would you recommend for me? Money no object. Thank you

Hi guys,

My problem : I'm only able to reach 550 fps with my Maverick .30 (7.62mm) cal 500mm
I read that some reach to 900 and more
What could be wrong...

And I'm allready sorry, cause I'm new in the hobby, so I'm that heavy guy with so many question !!
Believe me, I'll try to be as light as I can ;-))

Precisions... that could probably help...
- My regs are (from what I know) setup max : 250bottle-> 180reg1 -> 150 reg2 (Is it really the max ?)
- Position 7 and setup unscrew with hex1.5 to max (with ajust wheel stuff)
- I didn't change hammer or spring (and even I allready ordered a 14gr new hammer I don't think it is the thing wich can reach from 500 to 900fps ? Or am I wrong ?)
- I bought FX Maverick with .22 cal and I change barrel with .30 and its pellet probe (hole not big enough ?)

The 2 barrels I have :
.22 (5.5mm) cal (barrel of origin) has 2 positions (2 rectangle holes et round hole)
.30 (7.62mm) cal has only one (round hole)
1) Is it normal ? Or some holes are missing on .30?
2) I noticed that 1 of the 2 O-ring on .30 cal I get is flying in the middle of nowhere... Is it normal ?



3) Could you help me on what am I doing wrong - well to reach more than 500fps with .30 cal ?
4) For you do I have to buy a Humma KIT like : High Flow V2 Dual Hole Transfer Port for maverick or it is not necessary ?
5) What could be the difference from your experience if I change spring and put 14gr hammer ?

Guys English is a foreign language for me so sorry in advance for my writing mistakes
And thanks also in advance for your help !

I wanted a new .177 for small pests in my garden. My garden is 40 yards to the center. I have a Taipan .22 and .25 but they are overkill and overpower for some of the small nuisances needing to be "controlled". My other Taipans are super accurate so I ordered a new Taipan .177 from UTAH AIRGUNS. I got an Element Helix 6-24x50 SFP scope. I spent 3 days using JSB 7.3, 8.4 and 10.34 pellets at every speed from 750fps to 1060fps and I could never get sub 1" groups at 40 yards. Needless to say, that would be hit or miss for most small pests in the garden.

So, I sent the rifle back to UTAH AIRGUNS and they cleaned and tested it at 35 yards and appeared to get a little better groups than I was getting at 40 yards. They returned the rifle saying it was fine. I tried again today and I still get a 1 and 1/8" group at 40 yards with little to no wind. I don't want to shoot heavier pellets because that defeats the purpose of the .177.

Was I overly optimistic in thinking that I could get the same or close to the same accuracy with the .177 as I do with my .22 and .25? If not, could someone please give me some help on where to go from here?

Last chance! Don't miss out.

on cost? I mean I am happy with,177,.22, and the one.25 I have, cost never entered the picture....now .30 might, but I really have no use for anything larger than .25
Geeze I've already been thinking about gas mileage for years,I would hate to have to think about pellet cost....oh no tell me it ain't coming to that.
Know what, I just give up candy and cookies. What if it was a conspiracy,to make all these great air guns , get people to buy them,get them hooked ,then raise the price of pellets.
Yea I have that T-shirt,"Shut up and Fish".....gotta get the one that says,"Shut up and Shoot".

I was curious if anybody has eaten a pigeon. I enjoy dove and was curious if pigeons are equally palatable.

I got these 2 new toys delivered back to back. They’re both in.30 cal. I own FX guns, never a Crown and never a Daystate. We will see how this ends. I want to thank Tom for the beautiful Crown MKII.

Today I received this B5 1 .22 thanks Tom #tkerrigan
took it out of the stock. cleaned barrel. cleaned up the mainspring as best I could without tearing it down. moly on both ends of spring. lubed all the moving parts. I did put 2 drops of chamber oil in the port. let it sit in the hot sun all day. Someday a full tune but fun for now.

I was only able to shoot it about 15 times at tin cans 20 yard just to test it. missing once. I have not tested fps but sure it's above 500. It is accurate little carbine, probably do to the fixed barrel. The open sights I had a hard to get a good sight picture. A compact scope or red dot hum. The trigger is heavy but breaks clean.

This is going to be one fun little rifle.

My one bitch about my sidelever guns. Most of us are right handed. Put the cocking lever on the left. It would make it easier to load while still holding the lever " I ain't trustin no anti bear trap" I've learned to load left.

What can I say? I read the glowing reviews, and heard the hype. So I needed to try some for myself.

The top of my shed is a rat highway. I set up my Wyze cam and HF ding Dong to alert me to them.

This morning at 03:00 a.m. I received the alert and grabbed my 0.25 Talon SS. Loaded a Predator Polymag and WHACK!

The force of the pellet hitting him back flipped him. Reviewing the carnage shows you the damage. WOW. I am, now a believer.

had a forum member come from iowa come to get his wildcat bt 700 snipper i tuned for him today, hes a chef pit master on the grill for a living food truck, best bbg i ever tasted pulled pork and brisket, his own sauce was to die for an my wife said its best she has had also, anyways we shot in the guns i tuned plus his mk2 25 cal crown while he was here and his slug shooting 22 impact with knockers at 986 fps wow, what a great guy to have as a friend we hit it off right away which was great. NORMAN RIED BLACK DEISEL told him aabout me and fx tunes what a great tday to teach him few things as hes kinda new but has top notch stuff, my back was very tired but i made it through the day as it was just plain out bad ass fun, glad to help out a fellow air gunner and get a great friend he was so impressed that made me happy to see the poop eating grin on his face, 50 yards as hole in hole those guns, here few pictures i took as we had our day in the sun. canwait till we di it agin as it will be more shooting than setting up guns which ireally enjoy anyways made my day as i have had health issues and to have a friend to come get his tuned guns plus tune and set up a couple more for him was just plain out great day, thanks for the gtreat day CHEF thats what i call him lol best bbg lol my wifes not yelling lol not sure what she was talking about

WELL ITS A MORE PURPLE REDISH COLOR CHANGES IN THE LIGHT, MOST NICEST COLOR IV EVER SEEN

What are some of the benefits of having a long barrel besides making more power? Let's use barrel lengths over 26" as examples. I bring this up as a topic as to me it's strange that manufacturers would not be putting more effort into shortening barrels to make them a bit more "harmonically friendly"?? Are longer barrels somehow more accurate than shorter barrels, or is it more of a fact without them they simply cannot make power to shoot slugs effectively nor efficiently?

Just curious on your thoughts here. Everyone has different benchmarking and expectations.

It seems most new high end air rifles shoot pretty dang well out of the box.
Most of my rifles after tuning & pellet sorting will do about 1.5" at 100y.
Sometimes better, but I have none that will do MoA (1") on average at 100y.
My accurate rifles will do MoA at 50y consistently.

I'm talking pellets only here...no need to get into a slug discussion.

What average group size at 100y would YOU require before getting on a plane to shoot EBR or RMAC?

Thanks for weighing in!

Wondering and thinking is there a way to make some extra money Airgun pesting? How would I go about doing this? And how to find clients? Am I going to need permits or am I ok as long as I have permission from property owners? And also located in Maryland so not sure if that matters as well.

I have three PCP, Brocock Bantam (.25 cal, unregulated), Brocock Sniper XR (.25 Cal) and Daystate Redwolf (.22 HP). The Bantam I have maybe a 150 pellets through it - not enough to really get to "know" her. The Sniper, I just got her, so maybe 100 pellets (1 was dedicated to dispatching a rat Full Disclosure - 2 where shot at the rat), and my Redwolf less than 100.
I seem to notice shooting the Sniper and Bantam that the POI shifts. Example: The Sniper last weekend, I zero'd at 50 yards. 10 shots all in 1". Yes, I need to work on my shooting skills. When I was shooting at 25 yard, the POI was slightly to the left of the target and at 75 yards it was slightly to the right. Little to no wind, 72ºF, sunny.

Am I nuts? I'll take them out this weekend and shoot the above and get actual measurement's.
If it continues to happen, what are the fixes? I get that there will be a POI with distance in the Z axis, but in the X Axis?

Smitty

Hello everyone,

A big advantage of living way out in the country is that I have a lot of neighbors that have great big wood barns. All of theses barns have huge barn doors and I can ask very nicely if they mind if I come over and try to hit one of the doors .

I shot a whole bunch of paper targets this morning and for whatever reason was way off the mark....could not shoot a barn door....so to speak . For the last couple of weeks I have been stacking one pellet right on top of another and scoring a lot of 10's. Today I wanted to give myself a high-five when I shot a 9 .

Have any of you fellows ever had a day like that?

ThomasT

Just got my brand new donnyfl koi mounted on my impact mk1 25 cal but cant get any good groups, its really bad.
Im not complaining about the silencer im sure its me thats missing something when i try to tune the gun.
Im shooting with jsb heavy mk2 875 fps and target only 110 feet away 5 shot groups spreading about 2.5 inch.
I tryed many settings from 860 - 910 fps but nothing seems to help. after every setting i shoot 1 mag ( 16 shots) before making new adjustment.

Can anyone please help me figure this out because i really like both the look on my gun with the donny and that its much quieter .

Sorry for the wrong spellings -