Twenty years past now, I bought an Air Arms S400 EFT to shoot field target. Twenty foot pounds, .177, flat shooting, lots of air storage, great looks. What was there not to like? However, time happened and with it ERB, long range, bench rest, magazine fed guns, speed shooting, NRL-22, Extreme Field Target! Many Airgun Nation readers know this drill.
My S400 became a back bencher, and then developed a leak. It sat unused until interest in field target returned to Pocatello, but I did not have a suitable, and working, air rifle.
A new filler valve assembly fixed the leak as well as having a lug to lock the filler cap to the gun. My gun came before the lock on cap and I have shot the filler hose off the gun several times. That was not cool during the field target nationals at Ashland, Oregon. Now days, I have a compressor and I used it to air the 400 up to 100 BAR. It held the pressure for ½ hour and I increased the pressure to 200 BAR.
The next morning the gauge still read 200. I was ½ way there, but what about a scope? I took a 2.5 – 10X Swift with its mounts off a Career 707, and, wonder of wonder, it printed at 12:00 five inches high at 30 yards.
There is a Field Target match in Pocatello next month. We will see how well I and the S400 can do. Likely that post will be in the FT section. Wish us luck.
Ron
