I let’s see some of those custom moderators that are out there.

i bought a brand new p3 in .177 10 days ago the riffle sounds out of balance like it has too much hammer on it , but the power wheel is on minimum. it doesnt sound at all like the one i tested in the shop and their tune is the same. any help how to make it sound smoother ? i tried a FX maverick that shoots 100fps faster than my RTI and it sounds butter smooth

I have an unloved Condor in .22cal sitting in the safe and was wondering if it was possible to convert one of these over to a slug gun in .22cal or .25cal with any success. Ideally it would be a MOA or sub MOA gun at 100 yards. Has anyone had success putting regulators in these rifles? My intended use would be crows at 100 yards, or a little further.

Some of you have been creating mounts for the GK1, and that is awesome. And we all know the mount M0ist0ne created (see topic, visit his shop), and it seems to be the most time proven and user friendly option so far

While I wait for that mount to arrive (being Euro and all) I was already trying out other options that don’t require any machining etc.

I figured I’d share some concepts/try-outs and create a topic where we can share the options that are out there. As it’s good to have options


Picatinny rail:
First thing I tried was this airsoft rear sight rail. By the looks of it, it could fit in the slot of the rear sight. And it does (sort of):



By removing a bit of material it fits nicely into the rear sight slot.



The second fixing hole can be used to insert the original short screw and a tiny nut with some spacers (exactly fitting the sight slot) to keep the mount aligned.



With a screw a, little longer than the original rear sight screw, it’s easily mounted.

This airsoft rail is polymer, so you can really tighten it down. But there is also a alu version available.

I think with some more attention (cleaner sanding, better spacers etc) this mount could work. But it’s fixed with just the one screw and I have no idea if this will hold, but hey: it’s a start


RMR Plate:
I used the mounting plate from a ‘RMR off-set mount’ like this.



Again using the fixing hole for the rear sight, with a second screw and a random nut (made to fit the slot) to keep it aligned.
Also fixed by just the one screw, but this seems to be rock solid. I’ll be using this option with a holsun red dot and see if it sticks

Another idea based on these:
Maybe someone can CNC a mount like this, that fits right into the rear sight slot, and also utilize the push-through pin of the original sight. So it’s fixed in 2 places.
Just an idea, I’d buy it

I have no clue if the single screw will be enough to hold the mount in place. I have yet to test it with a complete shooting session.
So as always: try at your own risk

Looking forward to see other options!

Rebuilding a friend of mines RWS 93/ Cometa 300. It was also missing the plastic elevation screw and I haven’t been able to locate one, except overseas and shipping is prohibitive. So figured I would just make one for now. A dime was the perfect diameter and already knurled soo……I found an appropriate metric screw, cut the head off, filed the end square, drilled a hole in the dime and filed it square with a needle file, peened the screw end and voila! rear elevation screw! Perhaps a little hack‘ish but it works perfectly, made of metal vs plastic original and I even drilled some dimples underneath for the click stops. Flame away! Haha.

I plan on shooting in the 2024 WFTF match in Phoenix. I have only used up to 24x scopes in FT up to this point, so decided I better get a higher mag scope with better focus range finding. I had the opportunity to look through both the Heras and Ares 15-60x56 at different times and was impressed except for the too thin reticle. They both snap well with a small gap between 50yds and 55yds. The reticles are hard to see in dark areas. The Ares has a lit center dot, so that helps some. Since I plan on clicking the scope, that might be good enough. I ordered the Ares and today was able to compare side by side with my friend’s Heras at the range.

They are both usable at even 60x with good image quality. Supposedly, the Ares has UHD glass, but both my friend and I judged the Heras just ever so slightly better at reading small text at 55yds. Unless one needs the lit center dot, we both judged the two scopes to be functionally identical. Dimensions are identical. Evens the turrets caps are interchangeable.

Athlon is the only brand of scope that I buy these days. And both are excellent scopes. Seems like an unjustified cost premium for just the benefit of a lit reticle for the Ares. The Heras is definitely more for the money. If they both had a thicker reticle, it would be have been an easier decision and I would get the Heras, but I sprung for the Ares with the lit reticle in this instance.

Because i can't be everywhere -
I would like some members thoughts on the 5 best FT and 5 best EFT events hosted throughout the USA
I would also prefer they be within driving distance of Mobile Al..... (ha ha)
Because I still work for living, i need to plan everything way in advance if i actually want to attend.

Thanks for any info / links... etc..

Got a amazing little package here! Never had a problem out of this gun! It is a laser killed many squirrels and black birds. With the moderator on it the only thing you here is a thump. This gun is truly a Awesome gun. Comes with 3 mags the moderator and scope and hardcase and fill probe! Asking $850 obo for a ready gun. Tons of shots! $500 for just gun!

I just received a new .22 Brocock Ranger XR (Sorry, forgot to take pictures). I wanted a good quality lower power AG for backyard paper punching and some pest control, mainly sparrows and starlings. My backyard shooting is from 10-35 yards and the Ranger seemed like a perfect fit.

I received it Thursday night and played with it yesterday for a bit. First impressions were very good! The fit and finish is beautiful. Everything seems tight, smooth, and robust. It is not my intent to start a PB discussion, but it does feel like I’m holding a Sig or a Glock.

I added a Vector Veyron 4-12 which was an easy install that allowed excellent eye relief. I took it to my shed and ran it over the Chrono, five shots each with some lower weighted pellets I had. I shot one group at the high transfer port setting and one at the low (has four settings). These are the chrony numbers, high velocity followed by low.

15.89 JSB: 689, 410
15.89 Hades: 688, 411
CPHP 14.3: 696, 408
CP Dome: 705, 411

The Ranger came with a small 0db, that I quickly switched out with my Sumo. Even with the Sumo, I found that the report was way too loud for backyard shooting at the highest setting. My Taipan shooting at 930 with a Sumo is quieter. I might be able to get away with 2-3 shots at the high setting before I start to aggravate my neighbors. I decided to shoot at the low setting, about 6 fpe…and I absolutely loved it! It was whisper quiet as they say. I could shoot and shoot without any worry that a cop would show up at my front door. I could have shot all day long, it was so quiet.

But I only had a couple hours before having to go out of town for a trip with the family. But during that time I was able to sight in the rifle with less than five shots and groups were excellent at 10, 20 and 35 yards. The 35 yard shooting seemed funny as I could see the pellet’s huge arc before hitting the target. All the target shooting was with the JSB 15.89. Groups were small clovers with all pellets overlapping.

I need to play around with it some more at the different power settings. I also typically cannot leave well enough alone and I’m already thinking about tuning to see if I can reduce some of the noise at the higher setting. I would be interested in any input anyone has related to tuning their Ranger (or Atomic). I will also likely polish and wax the barrel. Looking forward to thoroughly enjoying this gun right off my back porch.

Edit: Forgot to mention that the trigger definitely needs to be lightened. I’m ordering a trigger gauge to help adjust it to my liking.

....in Valley Center, CA. today so I had to get out & shoot, wouldn't you? Decided I better get some exercise too. After zeroing in my .22 Bobcat, .25 Royale 500 & my .30 Boss @ 50 yards I set my 3" steel gongs at 100. Could easily nail them with all 3 guns but the Boss is my favorite for long range. Lots of smack down power. Now I gotta do some stuff with my lovely wife. (Not as much fun)

Managed to luck out on finding what appears to be a relatively old Steve Corcaran carbine stock for a FX Ranchero. Been looking for a stock for a while now, was eventually going to just make one. But this one popped up for $150. Should arrive Monday. This means ALL of my pistols once again have carbine stocks. Sometimes I put them on, sometimes I take them off. In a way making 2 guns out of one. I also have an airtube extension for my Ranchero, and I should have a barrel extension soon as well.

Hi guys, I am getting new neighbors. It's only a matter of time before they ask why there are targets all over my backyard. I have met them once and they seem like nice folks. Thet are not moved in yet. The first thing they asked about was my dirt bike track. I know the target question was coming but we were cut short on our conversation before it came up. I use some of the bigger berms and jumps as backstops.
How would you guys go about telling new neighbors about your favorite hobby? Should I sit out there with a red ryder or some cheap dept store unit to keep them from getting too worried, or should I show them a very nice one like my air arms 410 with a beautiful stock so they know I am serious about this.
There is potential to open a can of worms here and I do not want to do that. I need my backyard range! My shooting shack is near their house but facing the opposite direction. So, all pellets fly away from their place.
Looking forward to hearing your reply's! Thanks guys!
Mike

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Is this a sought after gun? anything to beware of and price range
I remember drooling over it from the catalogues but never seen in person.
Can anyone compare it to shooting a RWS48, heft and recoil

Well, this squirrel is anyways.

She was hanging at the feeder this morning, and my snake needs to eat, so what ya gunna do right?

I grabbed the 25 carbine and popped put of the side door of my garage, and gave her a body shot with a polymag. Hit front left leg, and she did a flip and then ran up the tree. I seen her curl up and look like she would fall, then she continued up and hid in a nook of a branch.

Crap, I didn't wanna work hard this morning! Get my boots and jacket, walk out into the rain and luckily she was up out of the crotch of the tree and I could get a good shot. She was still alive, but I could see the blood running down the tree. Strong girl.

I sent her another early Christmas gift, this time right behind the left eye and heard the pellet smack the tree branch after the pass thru.

Those polymags sure do increase head pressure! Deformed her skull from the expansion of the pellet.

Both shots, 15 yard At 790 fps muzzle.

Mr. will be happy!

Offering my beautiful, fully tuned, .177 Weihrauch blue laminate air rifle. Has been meticulously tuned utilizing a Vortek PG4 steel HO kit with the spring trimmed to maximize accuracy. The Rekord trigger has been hand tuned and breaks like glass. Also included is the Rowan Engineering cocking handle. One small handling mark can be seen if one looks closely on the right side of the stock (see photos).

Can be purchased, including shipping within the continental US in one of two ways. $635 for the rifle itself, or $835 with the 6-24x50 Hawke 30 SF IR scope and RWS lockdown droop compensating one piece mount/ring set.

Payment via PayPal F&F.

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I just received a new Impact M3 and am looking for a good starting point to set up the Gun to shoot the monster redesign pellets for accuracy at 100yrds .Right know I have It tuned for the 18.1 grain at any ware from 916 down to the low 800 hundreds ex spread 4.5 Any help with set up would be appreciated Thanks

Back up for sale is the Panthera 22 cal 700mm rifle. Comes with a carbon fiber sleeve, Pin point trigger blade and two barrel weights. 3 mags. One FX and 2 Orion. Great condition. Shoots the H&N 34g 217 really well.
$1600
You pay the fees
I will split shipping in the lower 48
Thanks for looking

Interested in buying a .30 caliber FX or something that has the same distance capabilities. Please pm

$1400 for the full package.
One of the finest high end pcp air rifles you can buy!!!

FX Maverick VP .25 (removable cloth style camo stickers without the stickiness leftovers)
Bought it on 1/10/22 from Airgun Depot - Still have the receipt and maybe the original box that it came in....
Nothing was adjusted
Everything is in factory settings
No modification of any sort.
Still brand new with less than 300 shots.
I only used the ebay single shot loader. OEM mag hasn't been touched.
Installed adjustable buttstock and I have the OEM buttstock
DonnyFL Sumo - shoot in your backyard all day without bothering your neighbors
Element 4-16x44 scope - sighted in at 50 yards.
Installed a 3d printed part to stop the power wheel from turning on accident
Will come with a hardcase
No scratches
*Free scuba tank you can have.
*Free air compressor too. Bought it in Nov 2022 after hand pumping got my arms ripped but I look like I never had leg days -----> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...MOK7EK4X&psc=1

I only shoot JSB Match Diabolo Exact King 25.39gr. Nothing fancy. This rifle can handle slugs but I never tried. I'm very happy with those Kings ammo. They are cheap and very accurate. I can hit things at 100 yards and possibly more. I tend to shoot 25-50 yards only.

Asking for a very firm $1400 for the entire package. Local pickup is fantastic and willing to drive halfway.
I've posted this on other forums too.

Thanks for looking.

Best to email me at [email protected] and I'll exchange phone numbers so we can talk or text.

Took a new scuba tank to the dive shop and I wasn't expecting such drama about the act
Dude said he needed to visually inspect the tank before filling. I told him I wasn't using it for life support/diving just filling an airgun. Then dude went on about how that didn't matter, it's something that needed to be done according to DOT rules and regs for transporting the bottle in my truck after I left...He went on about other government rules and laws, and regs and I kinda just glossed over and replied, "Well, you would know what's required!"
I was told initially it would be ready end of the day. It was 9am at this point and would require another 30mile trip. I said, "It's the middle of Illinois in December, didn't know there would be such of backlog of tanks being filled?" Then dude says it would be 20 minutes. (What a yo-yo)

When it was done, the charge was $25 and only 2700psi because dude said it would need to sit and cool to top it off to 3000. I don't know anything about that, but I wouldn't think another 300psi would matter. Anyhoo. I believe I'll be getting the VEVOR $170 amazon 4500psi compressor...too much nonsense, time, fuel cost to mess with the SCUBA tank and then I have to hand pump the 500psi to full 3000psi anyway.

Thoughts?

Rifles with bottles, do they require the bottles to be hydro tested every five years?

I am looking to trade my FX Crown MK II .25 (it does come with a 480cc CF bottle) for an FX Wildcat mkIII in .22 or .25 preferably a bottle version.

First off let me begin by saying that I have absolutely no interest in making money on social media I do just fine with my regular job. Although I enjoy watching and making dumb videos, I think of it as a learning platform for myself and others as long as we are being straight up honest. But with that said I did make this dumb video after a friend told me "I have you beat in my setup" Don't like or subscribe to the channel unless you just feel like it that's not what this is about. This is about your opinion on a very controversial subject.
Are air guns really that backyard friendly. Mainly because of the noise and that is the focus of the video how quiet is it really? It goes without saying that a powder gun should dominate an air gun across the board except in one department and that's the noise department.
FX Impact M3 0DB Moderator vs Ruger 10/22 Silencerco Spectre 22

Questions from me to you
1. Should I actually rent a high quality Decibel meter. I don't believe that there was enough difference in the sound both guns made to make a real difference
2. Should we have a rematch after some changes
3. What changes would you make if it was you were going to take on the challenge

Came up with a brain wave today. Not going to win a Noble prize. Been redrilling my plate targets, when taking down I noticed a dime on the ground. I’ve lost a load of dimes you use to compare in photos. I found some barrel shaped Earth magnets in my shop. Drilled an under size hole somewhere by targets, and tapped the magnet in keeping it 1/16th above surface. I put near paper targets. Or you could epoxy the magnet on. Easy to grab. And always there, hopefully. Don’t know how many times the dime was gone.
Just thought of this and did it today. Going to put a few more up. Thought I would share. Crow