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Umarex  Zelos bottle mod

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.
CF bottles off of Amazon are $95-$130 depending on size of bottle.

Umarex  Zelos bottle mod

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.

Accessories  SOLD New Huma Regulators for AEA cheap

So I ordered a challlenger and a challlenger bullpup regulator, I received two HP SS regulators and two bullpup plenums. Part numbers are similar so I guess its a honest mistake, they told me they'd send two more and I can do what I want with the HP SS regulators, but i also got a invoice for another $69 and they never sent anything for a standard challlenger just two bullpup regulators and I put one in my standard challlenger and it seemed fine, not leaking, fired, but it was late and I put it away. Next day im ready to shoot and psi was at 2k so wtf, start degassing and must have got below set pressure and I heard it shoot to the front of the tube and there's nothing holding that end oring in place then it drops back down and I decided im never dealing with that again and don't need a regulator for hunting so im selling everything in pairs, cheap. $70 for the 2 HP SS and $50 for the pair of Challlenger standard bullpup, the used bullpup regulator is obviously missing the bottom oring that got shredded.
Update, HP SS have been sold

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AEA  No more challenger standard????

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.
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.
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new guy to airguns

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.
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.

Stock in letting.

If he needs a mere 40 thou, I wonder why not just shim the action in the stock and just raise the assembly. If needed Pillar bed or bondo bed the action after results are achieved.... Depending on the value of the rifle and the situation at hand.

Just for clarification, I'm not going to suggest anything I haven't successfully pulled off at some point of my life 😅

Cross eye dominant

this is on sale from a well known company and is rated specifically for airgun use. i've never used it but it might be worth a try as the shop that's selling it is very reputable. just a thought
or this type if you can't mount the first type

Resources  Field target is an arms race price test

That’s impressive Iowa.
That is 4 data points for different level springers and one data point for upper tier PCP. I hope to get my low to mid Challenger on paper soon. I don’t have a springer.

It will be very interesting when more people with more expensive and less expensive rifles contribute.


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Stock in letting.

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.
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.
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Stock in letting.

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.
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.
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