Struckat said:

I saw that. Is that just a no choke barrel?

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No, a Condor with the unchoked barrel

You are on the right track, but you can approach it as more of a cookbook recipe by lowering the regulator a bit and then dial the hammer spring tension to the velocity knee (95-97% of the maximum velocity).

It's chinesium.... Yes.

I have written in other threads about this subject. On my .25 GK1s, I have both a Gen 1 and a Gen 3, both have a magazine bore of exactly .250" measured with precision pins. The pellet retention mechanism is a light chamfer at the mouth of each mag bore. This chamfer is designed to hold the oversize pellet skirt, which is .010" larger than the pellet head at .260". This prevents the pellet from shifting forward in the magazine causing jams. All the JSB pellets work flawlessly in this manor. I recently shot two tins of H&N pellets and the skirt diameter was small and allowed the pellets to shift forward and jam. So beware. always check your chosen pellet's skirt size before buying too many. I have not tested other brands, so that is on you. I shoot the 25.4 gr pellets because they are very accurate and less expensive than the heavier 33.9 gr size.

My grandkids would be pissed if I stole their play-doh. Well maybe not I let them shoot my rifles. They might be interested in the results if they get to be the trigger monkey!!

what I am saying is, should I keep working on my tune to get better group/expect better groups or this is pretty much as good as it gets.

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Just a follow up. The droop mount made a significant difference, I was able to get the elevation adjustment mid point. I also experimented with other pellets, crow magnum 8.8gr got me right around 800fps average. Probably look for other pellets around 9gr to test.

I shot another 30 yard challenge target today. I got better paper at 65 lbs and it worked in my printer. There was a slight cross wind, but I played the dead wind condition on most shots. I had my best groups last week in testing with the AEA 25.3 grain pellets. I shot a horrible target last week with them and wrote them off. I shot another 5 shot group and it was great, so I gave them a "shot" today. I am glad I did. I broke the 190 goal I had!!! New to me BRK Sniper Sahara .25/ Athlon Heras 15-60x56 AEA 25.3gr pellets at 870 fps. I used 60 power on the scope and played the mirage too. I re-ranged the target and I am closer to 32 yards..ohh well.

What should my next goal be???

Dale R.

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Late to comment here, but I think one thing that needs to be brought to market is an HW97 with an adjustable butt pad and comb like the HW98 has. I can't understand why the one and not the other. I've seen a few 98's come and go through ranks of FT shooters, but there are always a few 97's, often with $500 after market stocks because the factory stock doesn't meet shooters' needs.

I saw that. Is that just a no choke barrel?

Yeah I agree….doesn’t appear the barrel likes that slug, current tune with that slug or the speed with that slug. That is the frustration that can be mind numbing with airgun slugs…lol. Why after minimal dabble I stuck with pellets

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erock said:

Are there any American made springers worth 2 cents any more ? I have introduced a friend to this hobby recently, and he asked for referrals of something made in the states in the 400-500$ range. I'm drawing a blank. I have two Sig ASP20 rifles that we spent all afternoon and evening in friendly competition. He fell in love with those, but obviously they are no longer available, and I am NOT selling mine. Suggestions of any USA made springers that still have some quality ???

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Unfortunately not. The best choice for a 400-500$ rifle would be a Weihrauch. Buy once, cry once.

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Remember , this is a one man operation , with a storefront with hours 6 days a week . When he works on a gun , you know it's right .

I'm not willing to say never to anything based upon electronics. I almost had to use a slide rule in college because there were no reasonably priced scientific calculators. But then TI came out with one that sold for about $100 and could be duplicated today for less than $10. But it saved me from slide rule use. Later I had a Texas Instruments computer that hooked up to a TV as the monitor and used a cassette recorder as the storage device. Goofy little contraption by todays standards. This is where we were only about 50 years ago. I don't think it will take another 50 years for electronic scopes to have a significant share of the market. But I don't think God will keep me here another 50 years. Probably not another 20 years. Electronic scopes can easily be configured to range the target and adjust the aim point so no hold over or under. They likely can be programmed to adjust magnification based upon what is in the center of the viewfinder. Or record images so you can see the point of aim when the gun fired. Lots of things optical instruments are not going to do. But we may always have both from now on with market share drifting in the direction of electronics.

Website is still active for me. The best luck I’ve had is texting his number. The last gun I sent in did take quite awhile and I believe him and his family were going through some things. I texted him as recently as July 1 and got a response within a cpl days.

Well, talk about a a coincidence..........no soon than I had posted this, Newman called me. So all is good, he's slammed and he's not sure what's up with the website being down. So all is good. I'd take this post down if I could but hope that this clears it up.