Magpul bipod - squeaky and unstable
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monopod in the umbrella holder.I have had a cheap one in the past; it's like night and day cheap VS Harris. I have a better idea
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monopod in the umbrella holder.I have had a cheap one in the past; it's like night and day cheap VS Harris. I have a better idea
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CF bottles off of Amazon are $95-$130 depending on size of bottle.Zelis/M60 bottle conversion is $50 for the adapter plus bottle. If you go with the carbon fiber bottle there should not be a great difference in weight vs the aluminum tubes.
But tariffs are boosting the prices of the carbon fiber bottles just like the guns. Most small CF bottles come from China.
An aluminum bottle will add weight.
Economics it might just be better to stick with the tube and see how the tariff situation works out.
BTW: Zelos is a great choice starting out.
AEA is weird like that. It is like they only have a finite bandwidth for products. Once they start working on a new product some current product just dies without any notice.I’ve heard that too and all the shops I’ve tried were out of most if not all calibers. I managed to get one of or maybe the last one Fox Air Power had this last March. Mine is a standard stock 24” in .357. I agree that it is really a “good bang for the buck” gun. Mine shoots a couple of NOE mold cast slugs pretty well, but it really shoots the FX Hybrids. They group really well at 100 yards and leave the muzzle at 1120 fps! My maximum fpe is in the low 230’s with the heavier slugs. So far I’ve had 0 issues with mine and I think they’re missing the boat if they have discontinued the line. They’re still not light (mine was 8.4# out of the box), but it’s still only 9.5# scoped. I wish they really were the 6.9# as advertised, but I kind of knew that before I bought it.
With out stock.
Absolutely nothing wrong starting out at the low end. Get your feet wet, discover what you like and what you do not like. If it ends up you want more, you haven't sunk an inordinate amount of money. And the accessories like compressor, scopes and moderators are reusable.I like your method for deciding on the gun. Wish I was so pragmatic but even after months of YouTube and Airgun Nation data, I still can't decide. I'm prone to make a cheap first choice only to find out fast that I wanted something nicer - I've done this with guns, bows, boats and fishing gear - it's just my m.o.
I get the saltwater fishing deal. When we go to Florida and sometimes book an inshore trip catching all those different - and very edible fish, coming home to Ky. and catching crappie loses some appeal.
Good luck with that Marauder, I've read loots of good stuff about them.
Are those H&N pellets you're shooting, the 18.52 gr. hollowpoint?Swarm and the best accuracy I got was from the H&N barracuda hunter extremes. That’s a 3” target
Hammering it would be better with material that soft, for the work hardening aspect. He said only .04” or so, I’d think a grade 5 washer would suffice in that situation.I won't discourage op from trying this, but grade 5 washers don't hold edges as a scraper for too long in poplar or basswood (experience). The phrasing you used for a burr will probably be the most productive cutting method over a beveled edge. Hammering a burr to fold over the corner of a washer would make a relatively effective scraper.
Theres always creative use of a drill motor too.
Is the goal to hog out a from scratch stock or free float an existing one? There's cheater workarounds if its free float.
I won't discourage op from trying this, but grade 5 washers don't hold edges as a scraper for too long in poplar or basswood (experience). The phrasing you used for a burr will probably be the most productive cutting method over a beveled edge. Hammering a burr to fold over the corner of a washer would make a relatively effective scraper.Stick with the washer and use a file to create a burr, sharpen it like you would a card scraper. You may need to play with the angle a little, I’d start at 85* or so. A section of dowel with sand paper glued to it could work too.