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kwaping · Jul 17, 2025

Vetmx said:
No such thing.

True, but when you're new to this, you don't know that. It's a fair question for a new person. I was that person not too long ago.

ndwind · Jul 17, 2025

I built a new house aout 8 years ago and got to do most of what I wanted. One prioity item was a walk in safe. not in the cards for many I know! safes are like tents get one two or three times the size you think you need!!! I lined the walls with commercial slat board. Its much stronger. you can buy lots of different styles of hooks shelves etc to configure to your needs. I put vynle tubing over the hooks to protect finishes. I was lucky and bought used slatboard at an auction for cheap. I need to reconfigure again. I have guns in cases on the floor now instead of on the walls. With this safe and the security system in the house I can leave with confidence my stuff will be there when I get home!

IMADMAN · Jul 17, 2025

2-USED rangefinders for sale, both work as they should. Both have cases. (Batteries are NOT included) $150 shipped for the pair anywhere in the USA. Would consider a trade for a 1-6, 1-8, 1-10 scope.

JaceSpace1369 · Jul 17, 2025

ZekeZX10 said:
54 yard headshot on lizard...slomo
Daystate Pulsar .177
13.43g JSB Knockout @ 978fps / 28fpe

I gotta say I love shooting this Pulsar, grouping under 1/4" at 50 yards...headshots on lizards consistently at 50+ yards and these are small lizards too...not the giants that @JaceSpace1369 is out culling lol.

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Nice! Although I've been vaporizing hatchings lol

jkingrph · Jul 17, 2025

cjtamu said:
Great story @jkingrph . I bought my 124 from someone on another forum. Had been his dad’s gun and he was very happy it was going to be used again. Besides it being a wonderful rifle, that makes me smile every time I shoot it. Diana 45 today. Quirky little gun and not sure they get the love they deserve. One of the best things about this gun is that it came with a Diana 75! That’s actually the gun I drove up to get. Sorry so and so saw me coming and put several other rifles in his truck, including the Diana 45 ha ha ha.

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Yes, I like those 124's The seals in my first one crumbled after about ten years, so off to Beemans for repair, those lasted about 35 years so sent it to David Slade and he resealed and put in a new spring. The second one I found on ebay last year, I really looked at details and pictures carefully. It came sans sights, and some kind of cover over the muzzle to hide the dovetail. I removed that and put on an Anschutz diopter front and a Williams receiver sight, like my first. It had documentation where it had been resealed about three years prior to my purchase so both should be good for years to come now. Lately I have gotten more into the older FWB target guns, picked up a couple of the 150 models, from 1967 and 1968. One of those had documentation of recent resealing the other needed it so sent it out. I like the stocks on them better than my later model 300, they just fit me better . They are not as powerful as the 124, but quite a bit more accurate, at least off a bench, plus they have better sights.

The bad thing, is that here in E Texas unless I can get out very early it is too hot to do much shooting. Even early morning the humidity makes it rather oppressive.

Don.Chipmunk-slayer · Jul 17, 2025

... but everything is waiting for the 392 to come home.

Tim mentioned that 23 fpe, up from 13 fpe was possible with the steroid, which means a CPHP (14.3 gr), in a stock gun (+/- 660 fps) will be pushed to nearly 900 fps (25.55 fpe) in the steroid! That's beyond impressive!

I've already picked up some graph paper really cheap from Walmart so I'll be able to make a graph of the new fps ratings of the pellets. I plan on using the CPHP's, as that's what was used in the chart I found on line - this way I'll have a straight comparison between stock & steroid. The CPHP pellets are also only 0.1 gr heavier than the RWS SUPER H POINTS, so the graph for the Crosman's should almost exactly match the performance of the RWS SHP's. And the Crow Magnum Pellets are only 0.32 gr lighter than the Baracuda Hunter Extreme pellets I also have, so they should be pretty close to the same.

Just for fun, I also have a few dozen 21.14 gr Baracuda Match pellets that I will test as well.

This brings me back to the silicone-filled hollow points. They showed similar expansion in bare and rubber-glove covered Play Doh and I'm wondering what bumping up the FPE by 10 fpe will make them do??

I have to take my son to an appointment at 1:30, but when I'm done, out to Medina I go to pick up my friend's chronograph, so I'm ready when the rifle arrives. A quick zeroing session (so I don't shoot the chronograph), then it's off to the marathon of pumping to test the 3 pellets.

I'm already "pumped up" for the rifle's arrival and the wait is torturous

. But I'm hoping for next week, so maybe I'll be able to handle it

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BradAir · Jul 17, 2025

jkingrph said:
One of my old FWB 124d rifles got scratched years ago so I did similar. It was already finished with I guess a tinted lacquer over some stain. I sanded and sanded. and had to go with one of the ultra fine sandpapers to get it smooth enough to take stain and oil and not look muddy in spot. That was probably over 40 years ago, It stll looks good. Beech can be made to look good, but it does take a lot of work. I have one Swiss K31 with a beech stock, that is blond like your Benjamin, looks good also. I also have another couple of blond stocks, A Swedish Mauser and a Yugoslav Mauser, but those are both elm stocks.

My New in wrapper & cosmo Enfield No4MK2 Irish contract blonde beech!

daddypaddy · Jul 17, 2025

OMG.. “BCG’s” haven’t heard that in a long time lol

crowski · Jul 17, 2025

A idea I got from Beertheif. This rack is on wheels. I’m confident you could do 10 mph and not lose a gun.
Originally a hockey stick rack converted to a rack to hold plywood in my shop. It got damaged and I pulled it out of the scrap pile.
It holds 24 rifles, 12 on each side and 18 pistols. Totally impressed with this rack. Could be easily made entirely from wood.

This pistol rack is on both sides.

This rack by far is my favorite being portable. Crow_

nonsheep · Jul 17, 2025

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jkingrph · Jul 17, 2025

OldVet said:
Thank you for your service , and post
USAF veteran OldVet.

Likewise.!

Devink · Jul 17, 2025

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jkingrph · Jul 17, 2025

BradAir said:
Thanks! It was so tight grained it looked and felt like 800g finish. I had to 180g in an attempt to open it up so the tung could get some hold. I doubt it would take stain or evenly. It didn't take the finish Benjamin used as it was blotcy and swirly and came off easy. I like the lower sheen finish on guns. Most of mine are milsurp finishes with a bit of egg shell, so this is as shiny as I want.

One of my old FWB 124d rifles got scratched years ago so I did similar. It was already finished with I guess a tinted lacquer over some stain. I sanded and sanded. and had to go with one of the ultra fine sandpapers to get it smooth enough to take stain and oil and not look muddy in spot. That was probably over 40 years ago, It stll looks good. Beech can be made to look good, but it does take a lot of work. I have one Swiss K31 with a beech stock, that is blond like your Benjamin, looks good also. I also have another couple of blond stocks, A Swedish Mauser and a Yugoslav Mauser, but those are both elm stocks.

ZekeZX10 · Jul 17, 2025

54 yard headshot on lizard...slomo
Daystate Pulsar .177
13.43g JSB Knockout @ 978fps / 28fpe

I gotta say I love shooting this Pulsar, grouping under 1/4" at 50 yards...headshots on lizards consistently at 50+ yards and these are small lizards too...not the giants that @JaceSpace1369 is out culling lol.

specie · Jul 17, 2025

Besides the Diana 50, the Falke 80/90, various Airsporters and the Anschutz LG54 are there any other underlever tap loaders you folks know of?
The Falke seems a copy of the prewar design Airsporter; is the Diana 50 a copy of the Anschutz LG54, something else, or vice versa?

steve-l · Jul 17, 2025

I have written several responses on the PP700SA. I have had mine for 5 or 6 years. I had lots of leaks, but once I sorted them out, it is and has been flawless. Very accurate and fast to load if you use a pellet straw. Very good reads in the archive.

kwaping · Jul 17, 2025

Also include your budget. Don't forget to think about your ammo and air supply. This hobby can get very expensive, very quickly!

beerthief · Jul 17, 2025

daddypaddy said:
man you’re expensive! lol happy ending?
55-60 pumps is less than 2 minutes. i agree from zero is a task hehe
i don’t want to show the starting point. it’s a task from zero but 2 minutes every time after that is cake. i got the NUOGE pump for this very reason. wasted my money.

55 to 60 pumps in 2 minutes ? do you get a lot of moisture ? I have a 3 stage hand pump . about 3 seconds extending the pump (letting it fill with air ) then pushing down till my arms are locked and extended then bending my legs and putting my weight on the pump till the third stage empties into the cylinder . apx. 4 seconds on the down stroke other wise the 3rd stage does not empty into the gun it will bounce the handle back up wasting the compressed air i just worked for . So probably average 10 seconds per pump .

cavedweller · Jul 17, 2025

glr59 said:
Bought an NX8 yrs ago used at a good price. I figured a NF scope would be the cats meow. I like it, it has clear glass and relatively light weight. It's depth of field past 45 yrs is just ok and I have to be very methodical to get somewhat repeatable ranges. I pulled it off my regular FT rig and put it on another gun set up for extreme FT where the ranges are given to me. I have and S-Tac on my current FT rig which quite frankly does everything the NF does plus a little better. In hind sight I would not have spent the money on a NF scope for FT application.

I agree regarding the NX8 v. the S-tac... but reticle delineation (depending on your selection) is much better for my eyes and thus holdovers.
I found myself guessing too much with the S-tac, like the S3, even with the S-Tac Mrad MH-4 reticle. The S-tac as the picture below shows has an impressive 135 degrees of rotation or spread from 10-55 yards on a 6" round wheel.

ZekeZX10 · Jul 17, 2025

bigHUN said:
The projectile - slug in this case - is long enough that the "body length" will self center in the rifling. The pellets may behave different but those will self stabilize with a distance.
There must be something else, either fouling in the barrel or the crown, or a speed ES/SD is not consistent.
Or you have lost your anchor to the eye box and the parallax is throwing you around.

I think that's exactly what it was, I lost my anchor point. I've been so into shooting my new (used) Daystate Pulsar in 177 I forgot how to shoot the Vulcan. The length of pull is very different, it's a different scope so that eye relief is a little bit different, and so my cheek weld and hold is different.

From now on I won't ignore my Vulcan LOL. I think I'm back on track ... Tomorrow I'll get back to the range and adjust for windage if I keep my groups together. Even with the one high shot still under an inch. The circles are 0.75"
The far right pic is a nickel covering 4 of the 5 shots.

GerryR · Jul 17, 2025

@AlanMcD Thank you for the detailed response. In the powder-burner pistol world, we call that a captive guide rod, not used for the same reason, obviously but the same principle involced in making them. Your explanations clear a lot of things up!

joe9090 · Jul 17, 2025

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