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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 😅

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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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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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Umarex  Zelos bottle mod

Considering a Zelos as my first PCP but I don't like the aesthetics and would like more shots anyway. Couple of questions.

1) I know several people do or have made bottle conversions but what's the current best option in terms of quality and cost ? Should I get the adapter from a reputable source then get an e-bay bottle ? Thinking CF bottle instead of aluminum for weight reasons.

2) I'm thing a smaller bottle, 400cc maybe less. What can I expect in terms of weight gain ? I'm after high shot count and low weight. I'm thinking that a bottle option, even a smaller one, might allow enough air to move up to .25 cal.

3) Should I just buy a bottled gun instead ? I see the Snowpeak M60B is exactly what I'm trying to do but AAF's site notes 55% price increase due to tarrifs. Am I reading that right ? I really like what the FX Dreamlite bottle offers but it's significantly more expensive and getting hard to find for some reason.

Sorry for re-hashing Zelos stuff that is in other threads - I've read most of them - but most seem to deal with very large bottles which is not what I'm after. I know much of this is subjective but I'm open to opinions from you experienced folks.

Thanks.

Stock in letting.

OK could,nt take a round washer that just goes into the stock that you took the barrel out of.Sarpen the washer all the way around and put a shaft and a handle on it and start drawing down the new wood stock until it fits?were talking about 30 to 40th.s NO i don't have a router table with a fence.
I've done the router (not an option)

I've used a table saw to rough out straight channel and chased it with a dowel or piece of pipe with stick on sanding pads for a random orbital sander.... Or strips cut off full sheets. It's a ton of work.

Making your own router table out of mdf isn't hard if you have a router..... You just remove the base plate and screw it under a home made table with a fence I just woodscrew down after some thoughtful measuring and pencil layouts on the deck of the table.

I've stuck them in the vice on my manual mill and used the mill for it rather nicely as well.

If you want to try the washer draw knife and . 0015 material removal per pass you can probably keep it straight sand paper and a dowel was fast enough ive done it twice for whole channels and many times to just free float bbls.

I'm a professional finish carpenter but I've been messing with stocks most of my life armed with a rod of appropriate dia and sand paper.

Beeman  Crow magnum .20 inbound

The cocking shoe was most likely damaged by someone trying to cock the gun out of the stock.
The seal tells me it is an early MK, and the lube was probably Moly. That is the only lube that you should use on seals of those guns.
Later MK's used easily replaced O rings and didn't suffer from the seal burn of the earlier MK's.
If you can get that seal, please let us know where, the last I heard of were made in Australia and one guy bought them all.
Good luck

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