For tinkerers to the hard core of you, I found some very...high grade Allan drivers (plus other drivers) today.

With my recent introduction to the RC car hobby, along with the air guns, requiring PROPER fitting Allan wrenches to keep from ruining hex fasteners, I found THE drivers today.
In looking at different drivers available, and comments from users on a couple of different RC forums, there seems to be two or three companies that are of higher grade tools, and a LOT of cheaper, questionable tool manufacturers.

I looked into the MIP (Moore's Ideal Products). While yes, they are a little expensive, after a walk though the manufacturing plant today while purchasing a a few drivers, was enlightening. And yeah, I'm not easily impressed. Yes, they happen to be close by my house. I even met mister Moore as he walked out the door !
As some of you know, I worked most of my life in the Aerospace industry. Both sides, Aircraft and Space. My last 20 years in the "Space" side of things. I've got a pretty good idea what makes up a good tool from...well...others. And yeah, we normally pay for good tools, or pay more than once for cheaper tools or the fasteners that the cheaper tools have ruined !

The MIP shop (all offices) is/are VERY clean. All mostly new, custom CNC lath, mill, combination machines, that get updated every 10 years. 12 axes machines, with robot arms, and "check" tools as part of the actual machine.
Allan driver tips are diamond wheel ground (not milled) within, .0005" of the finished required dimension. ALL of their tools will be the SAME (+/-.0005") of each other, no matter when you may buy them. The bit dimensions are a study of both the Machinery Design, hand book, AND "actual", high grade fasteners. The tip dimensions are made to fit "properly" into high grade (grade 3A / 3B threads) fasteners, rather than the looser grades, 1 or 2 hex sockets.

I checked a couple of screw fits with my new drivers after getting home. Yeah...nice fit ! I bought four drivers today.

Anyway, if you don't mind paying a little more for well designed and manufactured drivers, check these guys tools.


Mike

The pin that makes the old style magazine to rotate trapped the brand new new system magazine.

Please, any idea of how to solve this?

Selling a nice condition fx wildcat mk2 .25 cal sniper version. Has upgraded brand new huma reg, comes with 4 mags. Bipod mount, wika gauge, fx hard case, donnyfl moderator. Fill probe.

Asking 775 shipped. Ppff. Conus.

I bought a used Daystate Huntsman Revere and am slowly acquiring everything I need to get out and shoot. I need a solution for filling it. I have given up the idea of buying a compressor because I don't have the space to store it.

What I do have is a 68 cubic-inch carbon fiber paintball tank that is in excellent condition. I am the original owner and it has been well cared for. The problem is that it was manufactured 08/2006 and it has never been hydrotested. There is a shop that has filled it recently and it held air for 2 weeks without losing pressure. I expect to only get 4-5 fills with the Daystate and the shop is 45 minutes away.

I would like to buy a 98 cubic-foot tank and use it to fill my gun directly and even fill the paintball tank for field use. I'm having a hard time finding used tanks < 15 years old for a decent price and new tanks are $700. I see there are new 100 cubic-inch "buddy" tanks that are $300. So my question is, what would you do? Should I scrap the paintball tank? Keep it and buy a fill station? Should I buy a $300 buddy tank to keep initial costs low? Decisions. Decisions.

Welp, let's do an UpNorth AirGunner-style long(ish) write-up about my experience at PA Cup:

I drove out Thursday from Chicagoland (6hr drive) after being pathetically sick for the previous 2 days. This was a change of plans from leaving Wednesday night, but I wanted one more good sleep in my own bed to recover. This would end up being a lucky move, as I arrived to the FX USA house a day late. Norm Shanley and his wife Lisa had decided to get their own hotel, which left me with the master bedroom w/attached bathroom that was being held for them! Lucky me! ...And honestly lucky for the rest of the guys in the house, too, since it was probably good to have me a bit quarantined. I went to the range and sighted in, then came back and chilled with Chris Turek, Nikolai Boldov, Ernest Rowe, and Newman Buck. We feasted on rice pilaf that Николай Болдов made and then I went to bed early as I was still not feeling great.

Friday I shot my (2) qualifying bench cards. Relay 3, the one with high winds, as it was later in the day. I shot a 200 and a 202. Not great, but given the winds it did land me in finals. I then went and shot Springer Gunslinger with a $99 Walmart Gamo breakbarrel and el-cheapo scope, and only lost by 1 target! Everyone was laughing with me about using a fricken GAMO! Then I shot magfed PCP Gunslinger with my FX Airguns Panthera Hunter Compact .22. I had to face Nicolas Gregoris who is the fastest gunslinger on this side of the Mississippi. He beat me so fast I didn't even realize, finished all my targets, and still blurted out "DONE!" at the end..... ooof!

Saturday I woke up and got ready to shoot my single bench card for 100 yard benchrest finals. At the breakfast table I asked Nikolai if I should switch to the Jts Airguns pellets since I was running a bit low on FX Pellets, only having 20-40 pellets in each of 4 sorted tins - not enough to shoot a whole card with any one weight. My JTS tin was full of 100. Nikola told me "absolutely do not do that". This was advise I should have taken. During the sight in, I tried (5) JTS pellets and shot an MOA group, so it was out the window with Nikolai's advice and I thought the JTS were going to be the ticket. What I did not realize was that I was now leading up my barrel with (2) different lead formulas/consistencies and that made for uncontrollable results, with two heart-breakers out in the white... Never will I not listen to Nikolai again, but you live and you learn. Last place in finals was the result, but still, 33rd place out of 150 shooters ain't so bad!

Then it was on to Field Target, with the first half (15 lanes, 4 targets each) taking place on Saturday after bench finals. I got squadded up with Cecil of Hatsan and legendary shooter John Bagakis. I couldn't have asked for better squadmates. It was my first Field Target rodeo and they helped me out quite a bit. I shot poorly, a 32/60. What? I know I can do better than that! At the end of the day I found my issue. I had been fully loading my mags with the super thin-skirted 13.43gr JSB pellets and it was dinging up the skirts as the full strength of the mag spring cycled. This caused me to miss a lot of the further targets. I stopped this for day 2, only loading 4-8 pellets at a time rather than 18, and I shot a 46/60, which was only 4 impacts under Mr. Bagakis. Not too shabby, and I proved that the Panthera Hunter Compact .22 can be tuned for sub-20 AND perform well in Field Target. The gun was a laser, the missed targets only being attributable to the shooter.

Overall this was a great event and a nice capstone to my rookie year in professional airgunning. My message remains the same as it always has to anyone reading this - just get out there and compete if that is what you want to do. My whole "jump in the deep end" here was prompted by a long stay in a hospital bed last year where I thought "Man, if I ever get out of this bed I am going to every competition possible with zero excuses". You never know when you could lose it all, so get out there and make your dreams happen, guys. A year ago I was little known, with no sponsors, no airgun victories, and I had no idea how fun this is! Now I am ranked #1 in the nation currently for Airgun NRL22, I made finals 2 of 3 times in pro benchrest in my rookie year, took 20th of 100 in PRS at RMAC, 8th in PRS at NAC, I'm on the best pro team ever, I've got tons of support, I've made tons of friends, and this is only the beginning. Get out there and get it, guys. If I can do it, so can you!

Took 2 13 lined ground squirrels yesterday afternoon with my taipan veteran 22. It hasn't been shot in about 2 months. No checking zero, no dry fire, first shot dead on 60 yards
Second shot 65 yards

Put it back on the shelf till next time..

Mounted a scope on my hw35 and decided I need to remove the front sight. Looked like an easy job, just loosen the retaining screw and slide it off, except with the screw loose it did not want to budge. I restrained myself from trying to tap it out until I checked here first with more knowledgeable folks. Is a bit of force the next step or not?

I purchased a GX-CS2 compressor and it has been working flawlessly filling up my FX air rifles, what I was curious about was its ability to fill a 6.8liter or 9liter 4500 carbon fiber tank in small increments at a time. Has anyone successfully used the CS2 to fill a larger air tank before? Or would this be a terrible idea and causing potentially too much wear and tear on the compressor? Any insight would be wonderful!

Does anyone know what happened the SG? I just noticed his youtube channel was missing from my subscription and can't find any of his videos.

The name Thomas Air is known throughout the airgun world as the epitome of precision and craftsmanship.



Thomas Air is a one-man operation, run by Michael Thomas Niksch. Michael has been blessed to be the gunsmith of choice for field target and benchrest shooters who compete at the highest levels.



The demand for his hand-built products greatly exceed the production capability of a single person. Current lead time are about one year. Michael spends about a week per rifle for assembly, barrel work, testing, and as much “retesting” as it takes to make certain his products meet the highest accuracy standards in the world.




Thomas Air is recognized throughout the industry as the gold standard of champions.

• 32 National BR records in 25m and 50y sanctioned events
• 3 World Championship titles including the current Heavy Varmint world champion (world record)
• Current EBR Pro class champion, and the highest score ever achieved at the event
• Countless National FT championships, and the choice of the entire USA team world competitors (except 1)

Air rifle accuracy is Michael’s passion, and the results could not be achieved without an absolute love for what he does, and a complete devotion to the process.

website: https://thomasrifles.com/
call or text: (970) 275-9247
email: [email protected]
AGN: @thomasair

FX Dreamlite Regulator Gauge Seal failed ( air is leaking from threads).
FX Part Number 19762 ( X-ring 3.63 x 2.62 NBR 70 )
Has anyone tried another type of seal with success?

I have considered making a "crush ring" from copper, but am concerned about being able tighten the gauge enough to seal. The gauge is a "hex" around the bezel or frame of the gauge.

Hey everyone,

So I am new to the airgun sport and after doing my research, I decided to pick up an FX Maverick Sniper from UA. I decided on the Maverick because I felt it was a better introduction rifle and easier to tune than the Impact, plus the price point was within my budget Overall, I am very pleased with my purchase, and shooting it has been a blast. I wanted to ask those with more experience about what one should expect with an average FPS when shooting pellets. I've seen Impacts on YT with a very consistent FPS only deviating around 5-10 FPS. I'm using .22 FX 25.4gr pellets with my regulators tuned to 150/125 and PW7, and my FPS is all over the place. I used the FX chron and my FPS was between 851-888 after adjusting the microwheel. My groupings were decent, but I couldn't get any two shots between 5-10 FPS of each other. Is this common for pellets, and if so, will using slugs improve the FPS deviation? If I left out anything important, please don't hesitate to point it out. I'm new to all this and there is still a lot of things I am trying to figure out.

Thank you guys
Alonzo

Question - would you buy an SCBA bottle from this ebay vendor? SCBA bottle

I'm thinking of getting a bottle for spot refills "in the field". So want something relatively light, and safe.

At my private range again doing some more testing with the Daystate Delta Wolf .177 HP with the longer prototype barrel

I have added the prototype barrel, which also fits my BRK Ghost .177 HP, so therefore no chrono in this barrel - Does not matter in the Delta Wolf as I use the custom setup

I live in cape coral the center of last years hurricane. Most people have ptsd from Ian still and here we go again.

Let's hope she doesn't build too much but the waters in the gulf have been steaming hot this summer.

I'm a project manager in construction and we are still punching some renovation jobs from last September.

Keep fingers crossed

I received some Vogel pellets today to test in my FT rifles: https://vogelusa.com/vogel-domed-sport-177-4-5-cal-9-3grain-605gram-airgun-pellet/

Vogel makes 10M pellets in Colorado Springs. They fly under the radar for most people so I figured I would post something here. They have this new domed pellet out and figured I would buy a couple tins to test. He sent my order and threw in a third for free. These were the best packaged pellets I have ever received. Layer upon layer of shrink wrap and bubble wrap in a padded box. The pellets looks great in tins that are padded on bottom, sides, and top with a screw on lid. Once it cools off here in TX and the wind slows down I will try them out.

I have ordered Vogel pellets one previous time a few years ago. I was going to be in CO Springs at the Winter Airgun Championship with my daughter. I emailed the guy and asked if I could order and pay for from TX (save on tax) and pick up in person (Save on shipping). He did one better and dropped them off at the Olympic Training Center for me to pick up. He also left an extra sleeve of his premium pellets with a note for me to try out. I am not saying you get free pellets when you order from the guy but I have ordered twice and received 11 tins of free pellets.

I met the owner of Vogel last October. My daughter was invited for an official visit to the Air Force Academy to shoot on their rifle team and they flew us up there. Of course part of the official visit was a tour of their rifle range and the campus. This guy and a lady tagged along on the tour. It was obvious the guy knew the USAFA rifle coaches. I talked to him quite a bit walking around on the tour. He was a great guy. I had no idea he owned Vogel until he had left. I mentioned the coach that I enjoyed talking to the guy and the coach mentioned the guy owned Vogel pellets. Small world. I wish I would have figured it out when I was walking around with him as I would have thanked him for the free sleeve of pellets.

Recieved a replacement unit for my Bushnell Nitro 2.5-10x44 FFP Deploy that had warranty covered power adjustment issues. “There was not a mark anywhere on the scope it was a safe queen, no over tightened ring marks etc”

They responded saying, good news it’s covered a replacement unit it being shipped.


Replacement shows today
SFP $239 Engage

My nitro ffp was North of $800 when i purchased


I sent This email to their customer service department


I’m confused as to why it was replaced with a scope not near the same level of quality, Your policy states equal or greater value.

My nitro scope was discontinued, but when purchased it was north of $800 dollars and is still being sold over $700 see pics below.

The Engage they sent is second focal plane and is nowhere near the quality of the higher end ffp nitro I had before. This entry level scope is of no use to me.

I have athalon and Vortex scopes and Know the warranty is Rock solid. Bushnell getting a big on this one. Will see if they make right

Dear fellow airgunners,
I am writing to you tonight as nothing more than a very concerned airgun shooter.

It has come to attention that a VERY well funded, connected and influential group is actively and openly lobbying against airguns.

As the subject matter is indeed political in nature, I will not post the content or names here out of professional courtesy and respect for AGN and its members.

I urge all airgun shooters to please read my letter and response posted here:
https://texasfieldtarget.com/index.php/2023/08/29/urgent-letter-to-all-air-gun-shooters-in-america/

If you wish to discuss the letter or its contents, please contact me at:

[email protected]

MOD EDIT - This thread has been approved by the Administrator. Let us not discuss the undeniable consequences of millions of people viewing Youtube videos depicting airguns destroying a ballistic dummy, or the power of Big Bore airguns specifically designed to legally hunt game animals, or criminals using airguns illegally, but let us focus our efforts on supporting organizations like The Air Gun Shooters Association of America.

Hi There,
I'm selling my Leshiy Classic with a .22 (250mm) and a .25 (350mm) barrel for $1100 shipped. Baffles and extension are included. It will come with the original wood grip and the synthetic grip shown in the picture. The UTG bug buster 3-12x32 scope (and rings) can be had for an additional $120. Bipod not included. The gun is in good condition, some light scratches, and a blemish on the left side of the gun (as shown in pictures). The gun originally came with the digital gauge, but its started leaking so I replaced it with a (much better) analog WIKA gauge. I really disliked the digital one. I installed the trigger return spring with the trigger stop and ball detent. The trigger feels really nice with these modifications. Can easily be undone if desired, but highly recommend keeping it. I can explain in detail for those unaware or the original Leshiy trigger. The gun shoots great and is surprisingly accurate for its size. Also one of the most consistent shoot gun I've ever owned. No leaks, hold air forever. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks for looking!

Is there any adjustment? The thing wiggles so bad and didn't come with any manual on how to adjust it (if it is adjustable). There's almost 1/8" of play when the stock is locked open in shooting position. I could put some rubber to lock it against the stop but then the stock isn't straight with the gun.

I have a Crown MkII,177, with a 600mm superlight barrel
I jammed multiple pellets (3 or 4) in the barrel and cannot extract them

Is it possible to replace the barrel only, without replacing the other parts as shown in the attached picture?
Specific knowledge from anyone who knows how, or has done it, would be appreciated
Thanks
Edward

View attachment F10265-tube-kit-superlight-cpl-ENG.pdf

Selling my Collection RTI Prophet 2/ .177/ Compact like new. Comes with 1 mag, sumo moderator and case. $1200.00 shipped conus. PayPal. The scope and mounts not included.

Shoot safely,
Alex

This is a HW95 .22 new in box , never been shot .

I pay $354 for it as part of a lot , with other airguns .

It has a little crack at the grip , see photos .

My Luther (guitar maker) fix the crack with wood glue , a pass tru screw and a little guitar inlay to cover it . I cocked it several times , without shooting , and work flawlessly .

Price = $354

Method = PayPal

I will pay half shipping .

Thanks for your interest !

Jesfranco

Hello AGN friends.

I’m looking for a pcp, I have $800-850 to buy my next hunter airgun.

I’m open to offers ( only will consider in my budget) I’m looking for the best option with my money.

Let me know if you have something.

Thanks for watching.