Who has one of these coming.....

Hello everyone,

I’m reaching out to this community with a heavy heart, hoping for guidance. Last year, I invested my hard-earned savings in an FX Chronograph from a local dealer here in Pakistan. As many know, the economic situation here is incredibly challenging—every penny counts, and replacing such an item is simply beyond my means.

Sadly, my chronograph stopped functioning recently, and since it’s still under warranty, I contacted FX directly. They redirected me to the original dealer, who has since closed their business. To make matters worse, there are *no longer any authorized FX dealers in Pakistan*, leaving me with no local support.

I’m sharing this not to criticize but to plead for advice. For someone in a country with limited resources and no accessible service centers, this warranty feels meaningless. Has anyone else navigated a similar situation? Are there alternative channels or escalation paths? This chrony was more than a purchase; it was a significant investment, and I feel utterly helpless. I have Sshoots of emails from fx and the dealer as well who closed his business

Any suggestions or solidarity would be deeply appreciated.

Regards
MUGHAL

Pyramid air has a special buy 3 containers of airgun ammo get 1 free.

At least I think it’s a special

I bought 9 got 3 free

Trying out the .30 cal Zan BR100 56 gr pellets

Looking for someone who could make me a mold for weihrauch breech seals. I would like to make 10 at a time. Does this sound like something anyone here can do?

Appalachian Lead Head Airgun Club and Chad Simon ,owner of Lethal Air, will be hosting a 50 yard indoor benchrest money shoot at the Piney Hill indoor range in Luray Virginia on March 29th. Doors open at 1 pm . We practice for a couple of hours then we shoot some cards in competition It cost $10 to enter and $5 per card to compete . Its winner take all. Rick Rehm, trick shot shooter,Shooter1721 from the You Tube channel says he will be there. Also if you have some equipment that you want to sell or swap ,bring it along. Address is 900 Piney Road, Luray Virginia , Can call Greg for more information at 540-309-0826

I just used my JTS COMP100 (CS4I) for the first time tonight. I had degassed my Sniper Magnum to change the reg setting and the 480cc bottle was filled to 250bar in under 14:30 which is okay in my books. The dead head pressure test I initially did was 300bar in about 26-27 seconds if I remember right. It's very quiet and I definitely like it so far. I'm going to change the valve on mu 6.8L bottle, so that will be the next test.

A review if anyone is interested.

Two semi-related questions in one....

Is the image quality/optical clarity any better with the second gen SWFA SS than it is with the first?

Recently deescalated the scope situation on my Ghost (@cavedweller, Rudy, you were right). The Falcon X50 was just too big and heavy of a scope to put on a gun with an inherently large bore/scope height. It just messed up the balance and made the gun harder to shoot. So, off came the X50 and on went my spare, a first gen SWFA SS 20x. And I'm surprisingly liking everything about it, except the image quality.

So, assuming the second gen SS is still murky and less than clear...

Does a scope exist with the following parameters.....
1. First and foremost is Clear glass (Athlon Midas Tac clarity or better and I'd be happy here)
2. 1/10 mil click values that are as trustable as the SWFA
3. Mil reticle of course
4. No longer than 14inches
5. No heavier than 22ounces
6. Objective bell of 42mm like the SS would be fine (does not have to be a big honking 50mm
7. Fixed power of at least 20x would be fine
8. If variable power, must be ffp
9. Would prefer non-Christmas tree reticle
10. Does not have to have illuminated reticle
11. Does not have to have a zero stop
12. 30mm tube (with the weight restriction, no 34mm would likely qualify anyway)

I'm tempted to just go with another 6-24 Midas Tac, but they're a bit bigger/heavier than I'd like for this rifles uses.

Suggestions?

Sitting here getting the springers inspected and ready for the pesting season to kickoff at the dairy farms.
Starlings are already starting to flood in and the pigeons are in breeding mode.
Started looking at pictures from last year and realized I didn't take very many from last years pesting. Did take a few and hunting pics and just wanted to brag a little I love hunting but this time of year is the airgunners dream here in Michigan.
Just a look back at 2024!

Reduced Price--Very hard to find, excellent condition ASP 20 in .177 cal. Only a few shots through her. A couple of small minor safe handling marks on the stock (see pics). Metal is like new. Box and papers included. $465 plus $35 shipping CONUS. I accept USPS M/O or Paypal Friends and Family or add 3%.

So I have the .22 500mm DRS with the extended plenum. I’ve heard you are able to swap out the valve for the heavy impulse valve. Is this true and if so where can I purchase one? I would like to upgrade the valve along with the slug kit and have a compact slug slinger if possible

*** SOLD *** *** SOLD *** *** SOLD *** This customized Crosman 2300 .22 is converted to high-pressure air with a HiPac-PowerMax, has The Exclusive SIDE-LEVER action breech, heavy 10” stainless steel barrel, polished Crosman grip frame, trigger mods and shoe, a brass power adjuster, and stippled walnut Corcoran grips. Excellent trigger action, very accurate (see accuracy notes below), and holds pressure indefinitely. *** Not iron-sights compatible, without utilizing custom sights, does NOT include scope or mounts. This gun could be returned to Co2, but it would need to be retuned and the same performance might not be attained. I will include the original Co2 cap upon request. Also included is a band that could replace the small front breech screw, this was an accessory that was included with The Exclusive SIDE-LEVER action breech when new.

*** SOLD *** *** SOLD ***

Latest testing-
15.9 grain Air Arms (JSBs) at 1900 PSI fill pressure, 15 shot powerband- Lo= 463, Hi= 499, ES= 36, SD= 9, Avg= 478 FPS/8.1 FP
18.1 grain JSB at 1900 PSI fill pressure,15 shot powerband- Lo= 429, Hi= 461, ES= 32, SD= 11, Avg= 444FPS/7.9 FP
5/9/2021- 3 consecutive 5-shot groups at 25 yards with 15.9s averaged .62” c-t-c.
5/9/2021- 3 consecutive 5-shot groups at 50 yards w/15.9 JSBs @ 110 BAR averaged 1.34” c-t-c.

For Sale: Buddy Tank – Excellent Condition

• Flawless condition, never dropped
• Holds air perfectly
• Made in the UK
• 300 BAR max fill
• Includes carrying bag
• Tank expires this year but is in perfect working order
• $150 shipped
• PayPal Friends & Family

Message me with any questions or for more pics!

Woke up late , well early since retirement about 9:30 went for coffee in a haze and saw a crow beneath feeder.
Huhh that ain’t a crow , Starlings!! Sh t wife won’t have any problem with culling them. Thats when I got to the guns
and the Rexy rpa airless, and the next closest the Akela red dot dead.

So question? Are Starlings observant or crow smart ?

Hi again!

I posted an intro last week, and got an amazing welcome, and a ton of schooling. I'm one week deeper into the rabbit hole, and my mind is still blown. But, I need to ask some questions to learn.

I think I'm going ease my way into this mania gradually. I don't have the knowledge, experience or money to get what I mostly likely will soon want. So, here's what I'm thinking right now to get in.

Gun: Hatsan Sortie Tact, $300 new (Pyramyd)
Hill/Air Venturi mk5 hand pump, $75 (used, vg condition)

It's got iron sites, or I can try my cheap red dot I have on my shotgun. So, optics $0 for now.

Reasoning: I have pews. I'm still not sure where air rifles will fit into my life. I only have a few acres, so the noise reduction is a potential plus. So, I'm keeping it cheap while (I think) giving myself a real chance to see if I like PCPs.

The good: Semi auto in pistol (ish..18") or compact carbine format (25")... That sounds fun. And 300$?

The bad: I've read. Some reported issues. I own a Hatsan shotgun. It has problems. I need to dig into it. Maybe adding another Hatsan to my life will inspire me to do so. (Reading this back... Sounds like questionable reasoning, a little?)

The pump: people advise having a cheap eBay hand pump on hand anyway. This one seemed worth the marginal extra expense (I guess about $35 more than the cheapest currently on eBay).

Anyway, I'm still a noob, call me Grasshopper (Anyone remember the TV series Kung Fu?). I defer to the wisdom of the forum, and critique & guidance are well appreciated. Thanks!

Here's my micro review of the 2025 edition of the Karma Red Panda Bench that I received two days ago. There is a noticeable "upgrade" from the 2024 version. At my request, my Panda is tuned for pellets.

I took it out of the box, there's rumors that I got a hernia, lifting it, out of the box, and cleaned the bore thoroughly, and filled it with air.
I first shot 38.6 grain AEA slugs. At 779 ft./s. I got 52 foot pounds. BC 0.078

With the JSB 33.965 grain pellets I got 842 ft./s with 53.5 ft. lbs. of energy And BC of 0.056

Both of these projectiles gave me extreme accuracy, literally pellet on pellet. I mean exactly pellet in the same hole, not a ragged hole as the other previous pallets. I started taking videos of this on my Zulus scope, but they were all the same. Every group I fired, was the same exact thing. I was shooting at 30 m. I'm going to move out to 50 tomorrow and I usually shoot at 50 every day.

Aside from being the most accurate PCP rifle I've ever even dreamed of, and I am especially OCD on accuracy at SD, the regulator was very stable with a tight, standard deviation, which I'm sure will only improve after it's broken in. The trigger pull from the factory came in at about a pound, and for now I'm gonna leave it at that because I didn't wanna change a thing on the gun. I have no need to do that. The power on the Red Panda is quickly and easily adjusted from very low to extremely high, depending on your preferences, and what you're shooting at.

The gun is very tunable without tools.

Note that the threaded adaptor is M18x1 not 1/2 UNF

This is obviously a bench gun. I don't believe anyone would carry this out in the field unless you had a decent sized stand set up and a sturdy tripod and called your target in.

Tomorrow if I can find the time to post, not only targets at 50 m, but the video from the Zulus proving it at which time you'll be able to hear the true ballistic chronograph spitting out the data.

I shoot every day in my backyard at 50 m for two or three hours competing against myself and for the last five weeks or so I've been solely focused on my favorite gun the K-1 in 22 caliber. So I put that aside and for the next few weeks, at least I'll shoot this behemoth at 50 m just so I can go "unbelievable unbelievable unbelievable" with each shot.

Many people know I'm an FX fanatic and I think they make the best product on the market in their dynamic block and I have several of those but my most accurate gun up to the time I acquired the Panda was a 30 caliber Kng GRS in Green Mountain, which gave me eight consecutive shots in one extremely clean, not frayed hole at 50m

I don't know whether that's a fluke and I just got a special King GRS but I'll take it as it is and that was out of the box. No changes to the tuning, totally amazing.

So I'll provide the actual data and imagery for this hopefully tomorrow or the next day but in closing I can say that this is one exceptional PCP rifle. And I don't think that there's any commercially available PCP rifle that's as accurate as this Red Panda.

It's so good that's for the first time in my life I'm actually considering entering a competition. I don't know what to do at a competition. I've never seen one and I've never been in one. I'm a little intimidated by the thought, but I'm not intimidated about the fact that I believe that my Red Panda will come away from the competition with stellar results. The hard part is my PTSD, being around people, having to travel and meet with strange people, and trying something that I've never tried before, but I'm gonna try to do it if I don't chicken out at the last minute. I'll have to find a competition close enough for me to drive to in New England because there's no way I want to get on an airplane again or go to an airport or at least a commercial airport. I just don't want to handle that. My kids are all pushing me to do a competition to help me step "across the line" of my service-connected PTSD.

I have a great deal of admiration for Donny Donnyfl Du, .and I'm very appreciative of all he's done for me to help me. Needless to say his products are definitely superior and I do everything I can to make other people aware of them because not only is he a real pleasure to do business with, I 've got to mention PJ as well, but the way they run their business, and the quality of their products is an example for others, especially to 2 PCP dealers I can think of in the American Southwest.
#karmaairguns Donny Donnyfl Du DonnyFl #redpanda #Accuracy #GreatStandardDeviation #MostaccuratePCP, #BestPCPforCompetition, #22caliber #accuratepcp #PrecisiionPCP #pcprifle #pelletgun #pjclark




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@reiffra945 and I just posted a video of our experience replacing the O-rings in my Thomas HPX. There wasn’t a lot of info out there on how to do this so hopefully this video may help other owners. BTW we are not experienced at doing this nor are we airsmiths nor do we even play one on TV.

I made one major mistake of NOT measuring the reg pressure BEFORE disassembling the reg. Had I done this first I would have saved a LOT of time as well as trial and error to get the reg back to the OEM setting.

NLA

This is my first real air gun outside of a cheap gamo something or other… Felt like Christmas today because I was able to open up the gun, moderator, hand pump, compressor, and scope!

Scope- Meopta 3-18x56- I can’t believe how good this thing is out of the box! I have plenty of $2k+ scopes and I am super impressed with this thing. I specifically bought a Meopta because I don’t have any and have heard good things. Well so far, I am very happy with the results. The glass is unbelievably clear for the price range. The illumination doesn’t bleed and has very good brightness settings. The weight feels somewhat light for the size. Turrets have a good feel.

Rifle - Ghost HP - can’t say too much yet because it’s completely dark and I haven’t had time to shoot it but the fit and finish on this thing is impeccable. It’s a beautiful gun! Weight seems good. Not sure if I can dry fire?! I was afraid so I didn’t but I’m curious how the stock trigger will feel

Hand pump - Hill MK5 - quality seems to be good but haven’t used it yet.

Compressor - GX CS4i - haven’t opened the box yet lol

Moderator - DonnyFL Sumo - quality seems really nice. Can’t speak of effectiveness yet but hopefully soon!

Anyway, was just really excited so figured I’d throw a post out. Thank you to all of you who helped me make good decisions on this stuff. I feel very confident I have a decent setup to start with!

I’m just looking for some people‘s opinion on what is the best all-around air rifle scope for as first focal plane scope just looking for some opinions before I spend some money.

I have a Dar Gen 3 that started leaking after a year I started checking it out it was leaking from the oring closest to the action where the pressure gauge is I replaced the oring several times and come to find out if I didt put any kind of lube on the oring was the only way it would stop leaking this makes know sense to me? also almost every screww was loose barrel was loose in order to get it to stop leaking I had to leave air tank partial unscrewed I think the part that has pressure gauge in it was not butting up square to the tubes im sure its gonna be a problem down the roads . The original orings are very low quality

Back in the day, the Crosman Premier FT 14.3 was the rage. They are the most accurate for my R-9.I shot some yesterday; they were old and tight. I put the JSB 13.73 up against them, and it was hard to tell the difference in accuracy.
I have some other.20 pellets to try, maybe today.
I am just posting this because of the BS about finding pellets in .20.
"Seek and You Shall Find". btw. The .20 has always been a great caliber.

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I always found it relaxing as a kid, to shoot targets with a BB gun. 30 years later - am looking to jump back in. I expect it's going to be a great stress reliever.
Wondering what enjoyment other people get out of this hobby? Why do you do it, and what keeps you coming back to it?

From the first time I saw the RTI Mora, I was captivated by its design. Visually, it was unmatched in my eyes—futuristic, industrial, yet sleek and lethal. However, the only thing keeping me from purchasing one was its price tag. At over $2,500, I just couldn’t justify the expense for what is ultimately a hobby.

So, I decided the next best thing was to modify a Zelos to achieve a similar aesthetic. I found a great deal on a new Zelos, and that marked the beginning of my journey to modify the shroud. I started by 3D printing some threaded end caps. When I removed the shroud, I noticed a large gap between the barrel’s end and the shroud’s front, where a moderator would typically be attached. That gave me the idea to install an internal moderator and make use of that empty space.

Long story short, I replaced all the end caps with aluminum ones. The only plastic part left is the spacer at the end, which I plan to replace with a properly sized aluminum version in the future.

I missed one in the daytime. It moved as I was pulling the trigger. 2 days later (today) I put one down in the night

I have 2 Wicked air rifles for sale. They are both warps. One is in .25 cal and the other is.30cal. Both have been upgraded pretty heavily. Pretty much everything that can be has been. They both have Don’s power valve in them. Both have 700cc tanks. They shoot like the War rifles shoot. Only bad is they both need the regulators rebuilt. The regs creep. The .25 cal creep isn’t as bad as the .30 cal but both need to be rebuilt. I don’t have the time to rebuild them. Life has thrown me a couple of curve balls the last few months and I just don’t have time for them. I can’t remember the exact numbers but the .25 cal is shooting around 900 and the .30cal is in the upper 800s. They have been sitting for awhile now. Price on these guns I’m unsure of. I’ll start by asking 700.00 for each gun and we can go from there. I have pictures I can send you. I prefer PayPal but money is money so how ever is fine. Just add for the fees if applicable. My contact is 7. 3. 1. 6. 0. 9. 1. 9. 3. 3.
Names Brandon.