ChickenDumpling said:

Compacts! Yet to try a BRK product. Taipan Veteran, Airmaks ... CZ barrel . I believe there are some others AGT etc that use CZ barrels which I have not tried either. I have a past few issues with Airmaks right from the horses mouth on their end ( gave another chance cause the Katran was a wonderful intro for my wife into PCPs from springers ), but they pack some darn good features around that CZ barrel for the price/quality point. Humm, yeah, seems like my venture into this has also found some sort of pattern. SMH, thanks for the post and sharing.

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Definitely priced below what they actually are.

smythsg said:

Chard, I have the Airforce Escape UL with both the .22cal and the .25 cal barrels. My favorite ammo for both are interestingly the same. The .22 cal does very well with the H&N Baracuda 21 gn pellets and the Apolo 21 gn slugs. The .25 barrel does very well with the H&N Baracuda 30.89 pellets and the Apolo 33 gn slugs. The Escape UL, IMHO, is the perfect field hunting rifle... very light weight, can be power wheel adjusted in the field easily. I normally keep mine set up to shoot 10 shots per fill at ~60 ft lbs with the .25 cal barrel, from about 2300 psi down to about 1800 psi, so hand pump friendly. A few more shots are available in .22 at about 45 ft lbs, again hand pump friendly. I do have a compressor, but only use it to fill my buddy bottle that I take to the field to refill the Escape UL if necessary.

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smythsg said:

Chard, I have the Airforce Escape UL with both the .22cal and the .25 cal barrels. My favorite ammo for both are interestingly the same. The .22 cal does very well with the H&N Baracuda 21 gn pellets and the Apolo 21 gn slugs. The .25 barrel does very well with the H&N Baracuda 30.89 pellets and the Apolo 33 gn slugs. The Escape UL, IMHO, is the perfect field hunting rifle... very light weight, can be power wheel adjusted in the field easily. I normally keep mine set up to shoot 10 shots per fill at ~60 ft lbs with the .25 cal barrel, from about 2300 psi down to about 1800 psi, so hand pump friendly. A few more shots are available in .22 at about 45 ft lbs, again hand pump friendly. I do have a compressor, but only use it to fill my buddy bottle that I take to the field to refill the Escape UL if necessary.

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What do you have your power setting at when you’re shooting from 2300 to 1800 psi?

jpiperson2002 said:

I'll post more power curve results from my slash when I have them. The data tables I posted all ready summarize the general performance range from my Slash for a dozen pellets and slugs over a minimum to maximum regulator pressure.

I expect that direct comparisons of the Slash performance to that of other air guns will generate their own separate threads once we have some more performance results from the longer barrel models the 30 caliber models.

JP

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That's great. I owned the K1 and it's great, but as you say ..There are a bunch of threads about it and turning this thread into one of them isn't necessary IMO.

MACTEN said:

I started this post as a Taipan Slash thread.

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I'll post more power curve results from my Slash when I have them. The data tables I posted already summarize the general performance range from my Slash for a dozen pellets and slugs over a minimum to maximum regulator pressure.

I expect that direct comparisons of the Slash performance to that of other semi auto air guns will generate their own separate discussion threads once we have some more performance results from the longer barrel 22 and 25 cal models and the new 30 caliber Slash models expected this fall.

JP

The first time, I might empty the rifle of air first, and THEN unscrew the tank. This way you can confirm there is indeed a valve in the tank.

TM1000

Bramezy said:

Thank you Scott, appreciate your time.

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I am glad to hear.

Wow, that’s last collection. I always thought watching all your videos that you would have something like 60 guns. When are you gonna do more hanging and shooting? I love those videos too.

Well, welcome or goodbye. It is an addiction for sure. Soon you will be selling your powder guns to buy airguns. It happens. Good luck.

Total non event. I’ll post up photos and videos later.

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jpiperson2002 said:

There are lots of good Huben threads out there already.

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I started this post as a Taipan Slash thread.

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1handwill.gc said:

That was an awesome video. How much are you gonna sell it now that is used

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This particular one I did not get to keep. But I liked it so much I bought it. So it's going in the glass case. I won't sell it until I accidentally drop it on the pavement or it falls out of my car while I'm driving or something like that. In my life that is a real thing. The virtus 22 I reviewed, I accidentally ran over it with my truck on the way to mail it. I told the guy who was buying it and he said quit messing with me. It was mostly okay so he took it anyway and I gave him a few bucks off.



Those are some of the guns that made the cut.

I've been messing with regulators for awhile with some success. But I had to think about what was going on more with a couple SPA regulators that were not working and I think I finally understand basically what is going on with the regulators I have in my SPA guns which work the same as the Huma in my Caiman.

The basic functionality is just a piston formed by the shaft the spring washers are on that has a plastic disc on the top that interacts with the end of the adjustment screw. The "piston" closes the valve formed between the plastic disc and the end of the stem when the air pressure in the regulated chamber raises high enough. The spring washers are pushing to open the valve. So if you increase the force from the washers by turning the adjustment screw clockwise it takes less pressure in the regulated chamber to close the valve. That's why you turn clockwise to lower the regulator. I think it's a good idea to make sure you can easily move the stem with the washers up and down after you finish servicing a regulator. The air has to be able to move it. There will be a little resistance but if there is too much it won't seal and the gun will be unregulated. That is what happened to my SPA regulators. I didn't put enough silicone grease on this area.

kaylaindy said:

Got $2500 burning a hole in your pocket? Here you go:

This aint' no Western Sidewinder...way nicer. Worth the $, if you got it to spend, in my opinion. Best slug shooter out there for sure. Thanks for watching! -Nate

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That was an awesome video. How much are you gonna sell it now that is used

We use a 12" or 14" aluminum plate or steel disk/gong at 160 meters, usually under windy conditions. Those can be 100% hits with pellets, off the bench with front & rear bags. The aluminum plate has a much nicer and louder ring to it.

40, 60, 77 @ 100 meters, we use .22 rimfire metallic silhouettes hung from two chains. Good fun.

The 100 meter ram needs to be of lighter material in order for it to move well. IIRC, 1/8" steel.

We also shoot disks at 125, 135, 145 metres, hung from chains onto steel rods, up the rock slide at the end of the range.

The steel disk is an old cut/off wheel with 126 hits at 160 meters, despite the wind. We repaint after every day's shooting.
IDK if that is of any value for your shooting.

Daisy model 25, then a Crosman 760, and then a Crosman 2100. Crosman 2100 was actually a great gun and I put many thousands of pellets down the barrel.
R