What is the best diameter for long range shooting for 200 to 250 yards on pigs and whitetail I know it's a bit of a stretch just wanted to know what would be the best one

Was great getting to see everyone again! I wont list names as there are too many.

Firstly, thanks to all who stopped by my tables to indulge me and inflate my ego by checking out and even buying some of my trinkets I make. As a relatively new smith and wood turner, it was amazing to me that folks actually take an interest in the doo dads that I make... so a very sincere thank you!

Lots of regulars at the show and Saturday had some moderate foot traffic. I think we all owe it to ourselves next year to try to spread the word and get some more foot traffic in so we can all move more stuff (and take home new stuff).

I know there were folks who traveled many states over to come here and on behalf of us all, I would like to say 'thank you' for making the trip to ensure the success of the show.

Regretfully, the only pictures I took were of the knick knacks on my table that I made so I'll post those in hopes that others had taken pics of actual airguns and can share for those who were unable to attend.

And finally, a big thank you to Tony and crew for doing the legwork and putting this together for us all!

WTS - .177 Taipan Veteran Shorty
Includes everything in the Picture

2 magazines
Speed Dial fitted
1/2 unf adaptaptor fitted for moderator
Donny FL Moderator
Fil Probe( Not in Picture)

$885 Shiped


Text: 805 566 7190

I am new to air gun hunting and I was just wondering if there is any good budget compressors out there to look into

Excellent shape. Tuned to shoot 18grain JSBs. See photos. Scope not included.
Will be shipped in the FX hard case
PM me for details. Open to trades involving a Panthera Hunter Compact .22

Asking $1,300
Payment Via PayPal (you cover fees)
Located in Louisville, KY

These rubber wrist bands have become very popular in recent years. I saw one laying in the parking lot of my super market and couldn't resist picking it up. I have a couple at home that I've been using as extra heavy rubber bands. After I washed this latest acquisition I thought about seeing how it fit around a pellet tin. Not bad... not bad at all.

Chicken feed thieves are showin up in droves…

My local air gun shop is going out of the airgun business much to my chagrin. Stopped this morning to see what was left and ended up buying a new FX Crown Continuum in .22 with two barrels, extra mag and GRS stock for $1700.00. I think I got a good deal even though the last thing I needed was another air gun.

What is the best diameter for long-range hunting for pig and deer size targets out to 200 and 250 yards

The soup can make's the best target" it love's 25 cal" before and after" when im sober i shoot the can way out on the right haning on the car hood"

This is one of the original SK19's. Full/semi-auto .25 caliber. Has sat around since the LCS/Western Airgun drama. It has a leak that I don't have time to fix. Reflected in price. Comes with complete o-ring kit.




$1099 includes shipping to CONUS. Zelle, Venmo, PPFF.

I have an Ultra CLX sub-12 ft lb for sale or trade. Very good condition (some stock dings on the Minelli wood stock, dang it) and accurate to the millimeter. It is a .177, has two all-metal mags, a fill probe with a Foster fitting already attached, all in a Plano black heavy lockable case that fits the rifle. The threaded muzzle has the BSA "flash suppressor" that mainly just protects the threads. The trigger is fantastic as expected: two stage, light and very crisp (let-off of the shot requires little more than a thought). I have the trigger shoe set midway down the trigger stem and canted just a smidge to the right to suit my trigger finger pad. Power is as it came from AoA when purchased early this year, giving 48 consistent, full power shots from fill to 232 bar. Magazines are the latest from BSA and hold 12 pellets each. If you are interested in a purchase I am happy to send photos. I have set a price of $450 for purchase; that price has a little room to haggle.

Alternatively, I am looking to trade for a .177 or .22 Marauder, used in good condition and manufactured within the past 3 years (better Crosman barrels). Wood or synthetic stock, not interested in a SAM - just a classic bolt action Mrod. Such a trade would have to include a couple of Marauder magazines, a single shot tray, and a soft case for the gun. Missing trade items could be covered by a decent scope on the gun, otherwise I provide my own optic.

I bought the gun as my "bucket list" gun and discovered it is more gun than I need. Best accuracy and quality I'll ever handle but not my cup of tea. I am serious about the trade for a Marauder in good condition. Contact via private message per site rules.

Pete / ironlion269

With the absence of Utah Airguns ( Fair to say FX/) how do the scores (points) compare to 2022 or this moot because of the weather and shooters?

On Sunday at EBR, in the raffle after the awards ceremony, I won a .25 Skout Epoch in Gold (they call it Champagne).

So this week I’ve shot it over the chrony with MK2 Heavy, and it shoots approx 920 fps. The only issue is that it has a slow leak somewhere, I’ll have to call Skout about that, it goes from 3000 psi to 1500 psi overnight. Other than that everything functions as designed. I replaced the stock moderator with an STO Falx high flow because it is much quieter and can’t have loud where I shoot normally.

I took it to my range this morning to break it in and sight in the scope. I shot a mag at 50 yards, them moved to 100. Shot two more mags (25 shots per mag) and the gun accuracy improved with each mag. This is ten shots after about 75 shots through the gun at 100 yards light breeze.





So then I decided to set the gun up like I would at a match, front tripod and rear ST rest. This ten shot group 100Y light breeze is after about 150 shots break in. And a pic of the gun set up for competition.





So far I am happy with the gun and just need to work out the slow leak issue. More to follow.

SIII FIELD TARGET 10-50X60 IR Why is it so recommended/used for field target? More importantly for hunter division of american field target? What are the characteristics that this scope meets?

I know FFP SFP is a debate and preference as is reticle types.

I've got a Hawke Sidewinder 6-24x56 FFP Half Mill scope and a couple Athlon Argos scopes. What does the Sightron SIII FT have that these dont? Is there that much clarity and quality improvement with the SIII?

Selling my FX PANTHERA in .22cal.
Comes with 6 magazines well-taken care of. Not a single scratch on it
Asking $1550 shipped

Selling for $1050 shipping included, comes with manual, o-rings, fill probe, 3 magazines. The rifle got the charlie special before arriving. It has a few scuffs from use, but all are superficial and minor.

Shots 1-14 rounds were with the jsb 18.13 and 14-28 are with the fx atomics, with the gun at around 135bar.

Down to trade for a AGT Vixen .177, or a .177 uragan

Shooting big bores requires an ample source of air. I use a SCBA tank to fill them and I can drain it down to around 2200-2300 psi before refilling it. Once I think I drained the tank to close to 2000 psi and stopped filling around 3300-3500 psi because it felt too warm. I use an Alkin compresor to fill my 74 cuft SCBA tank and I’ve learned that it’s ok to see moisture spray out of the 1st & 2nd stage valves when I bleed them so long as there isn’t any coming from the air purifier valve on the fill side. But what I am unsure about is how to gauge when to take a break on filling a SCBA tank due to the SCBA tank heating up. I do not want to deal with moisture in my tank or my gun reservoirs. I’ve noticed that the bottom of the SCBA tank can get pretty warm during the fill process. A top off usually takes 5-7 minutes and this is my primary concern. I think that fills from zero pressure is where there is a real concern here, but I’m curious. I generally like the room temperature to be between 70F - 85F and I run a dehumidifier prior to filling my tank so the relative humidity is usually 30%-40% in this moderately humid region.

What do you use to gauge temperature when filling your SCBA tank at home? At what point do you stop to allow the tank to cool before finishing your top off or fill?

I came across another YouTube channel last night “Amazing Airguns” I am not sure about the history between him and Fx but he is DEFINITELY NOT a fanboy!

While I do agree with some of the stuff he is saying about quality and in particular barrel liners! I am not convinced he hasn’t got a hidden agenda.

He does a few videos on barrel polishing, it obviously works for him but I wouldn’t recommend clearing out the choke will a drill or some of the more aggressive polishing techniques he uses. Slow and steady is the way to do it, you can always take more material out of the barrel, you can’t put it back in.

I just received this scope from Athlon. It is a warranty replacement and is new. I just took out of box for pictures. It has a mildot recital. Nice scope and life time warranty. I will take 175.00 shipped to lower 48. I can take PayPal gift or add 3% or a USPS money order. Thanks,Don

Shipping was a bit slow and packaging could have been better. Thanks to USPS they arrived in great condition. I wanted to try them before the rain and wind coming the next few days so I shot some directly from the tin, my they are clean and shiny. I later put a tin in my ultrasonic cleaner and they showed a bit of lead particles but much less and more like dust than what comes off the JSB/FX brand.
My Impact M3 hasn't found anything it likes until now. The last time I shot it was turned down to shoot Fx 10.3's at 800 fps. After 5 or 8 shots to adjust the scope I was shooting 30 yard 8 shot groups MOA or better. A first for this gun. I've always enjoyed shooting this gun I just haven't been able to get it anywhere near accurate until now. The fun factor jumped up a lot.
I can hardly wait to try them a bit faster after cleaning and lubed with Pledge spray. Now that it's raining I'll weigh some and see how consistent they are. Thank you Benjamin
Now to order more...still waiting for the JTS in .177

The torque driver!



It’s surprising how little torque is actually needed on some screws.

For I think these issues cannot be considered apart
I use to have great ideas (at least till someone tells me better )
First of all: What a name "Transfer Port" for such a humble bore, the pressure nozzle. (I'm quite sure if there was a valve acting fast enough with 3 mm full clearance it stuck there instead of that bore.
My idea about the above is that the larger the swept volume the bigger TP they accept. That schouldn't suggest that a large TP is better than a small one.
TP length is at least an issue as its width. As long as the width isn't much less than 3 mm the resistance to airflow (which might be the first concern) isn't the point but its dead volume is.
A powerful spring will easily press the complete swept volume (the air cushion) into the TP when it's too large. (before the pellet has started moving) Thus any enhancing of the TP will yield nothing but increase of dry firing.
The air cushion itself has no direct impact on pellet speed in the way: the more the higher the power. This is because the air cushion does not deliver the energy, it's the spring. The cushion is nothing but a clutch or like the string in an longbow translating the energy stored in the spring to the pellet. It does so quite efficently. Compress for example a spring and put a pellet on top of it and release. The pellet won't be nearly as fast as it is blown through the barrel. For good shooting consistency it is important to attain a high iniitial (maximum) pressure thus optimally sealing the pellet into the breech. A too large TP with respect to the swept volume might be degrading there.
Only, if the initial (maximum) pressure was too high (don't know if that ever occurs) a larger TP might flatten that pressure peak and yield a smoother action. This depends on the pellet type at what pressure it releases, too. Pretty sure hard and tight pellets need higher initial pressure thus a small TP (by volume). But when the pellet was soft and loose, only a small enough (by width) TP makes sure of a constant and good initial (maximum) pressure at all. So the small TP (by volume) is good for both pellet types the small TP (by width) is good at least for soft, lightweight and undersized pellets.
What minimum swept volume is necessary for a certain pellet energy depends surely on TP volume. But I've no idea at moment how to estimate the minimum air cushion volume for a certain pellet energy. For my calculations on pellet speed I just suppose a sufficient amount of air involved.

And then ther're those splendid combinations of a certain airgun with a certain power, certain barrel and pellet which do better than any other combination. Maybe that can never been properly calculated just tried. When the pellet is released just at the perfect moment to subdue any slam and vibration, the situation is called "aperiodischer Grenzfall" sorry, lack of proper translation.

Just how I think.

And piston weight must be considered, too. None will stand alone

The shorter the TP the wider it may possibly be. The longer it is the narrower it must be in order to avoid dead volume. but a 1 inch long TP is no aperture but a tube where diameter reduces airflow by 4th power (Hagen-Poiseulle's law), so TP length is more degrading than width (as long as resistance to airflow is an issue at all)

Hi Friends, for sale is my beloved Vixen. Reason being I've started tinkering and just want to free up some budget to play with other toys that have external adjustments.

With that being said the Vixen perfect and ready to go without any tuning! From the first day it arrived I adjusted nothing. It shoots both pellet and slugs excellently. The shroud is custom created by an artisan gunsmith, he added the 1/2 UNF and made the shroud servicable (you can take it apart and experiment by stuffing different material in there to muffle the sound). This shroud can be tightened flat against the receiver to act as a barrel tensioner (factory shroud had a gap).

The trigger is crisp and frankly the best I've ever used in a PCP. Balances well, lightweight and compact.

Quick research shows a brand new one going for about $1350. The shroud is valued at around $200. I'll do $1,000 shipped CONUS, buyer responsible for any fees.

So I brought a new HW100S (177) yesterday.

What do I need to do or know as a new HW100 owner?

I’m thinking I should give the stock some treatment before I start using it. There’s a thread on walnut stocks that suggests CCL oil. I’ve used walnut oil for my TX200 in the past but I don’t think it really seals or drys to a hard finish.

I’ve also seen comments about cleaning the factory grease off of the hammer/spring and using some light oil instead - but there’s also guidance that this then needs regular lubrication so is it worth the hassle?

Future mods/upgrades that’ll be I the planning:

Studs
Rowan Engineering adjustable buttpad
HW100 Tuning kit 3
HW100 tuning titanium cylinder
Huma in-tank regulator

Anything else that’s worth considering or in peoples opinion not worth it?

Won’t do all this at once, probably gradually over the next year.