Way back when I stripped mine down and ebonized it. The beech isn’t the best wood for doing it, walnut comes out incredibly black.

There are videos but basically soak steel wool in vinegar. Get the oil off the wool first.

Make make some strong tea with a bunch of bags.

Wipe the tea on the raw wood. You can sand in between coats of tea to smooth out the raised grain.

With the stock dry wipe the vinegar on the stock. It should turn the wood dark black but you will still see all the grain. Wear gloves or your hands will also turn black.

Jay308 said:

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IO!

Iowa Airgunner said:

I bought a new old fashion no motor push mower. Thinking I would get a better work out. It was going great till I discovered the meaning of s#*+ hitting the fan.

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so you have dogs ? I had a motorized one probably 50 years old , worked great actually cutting the grass like scissors instead of whacking the ends off leaving ragged tears instead of smooth cuts . That was on the city lot , here my front lawn is 70 x 300 feet i have a zero turn 52 inch cut 28 HP motor ! it will do 8 MPH but not very comfortable going that fast .

crowski said:

Thanks. Nice shooting. This would be your cool season. Hope the healing is continuous.
The plywood is there just to walk and make adjustment. Will remove.
Yesterday I bought Western cedar. to cover the face, all 5/8x10. 3-8 footers an d 2-12 footers. $350. for 5 boards. What are you guys doing with that wood out west. Ouch. Crow

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I go in for another nasoendoscopy in a couple of weeks, hopefully all clear. I don’t understand your last sentence, have you seen something on the news that I haven’t.

BWAGS said:

PSA-Long Range FT - Palmyra, PA-LRFT Match

Saturday, 8/2/2025

Palmyra Sportsman Association
410 Sportsman Rd, Annville, PA 17003, USA

Description for LRFT events:

Long Range Field Target will follow a shotgun start format. Registration and sight in is 8:45am - 9:45am, followed by a shooter's meeting at 9:50am, and first shots down range at 10:00am. Cost is $15.

Targets will be placed between 15 and 115 yards, and this will be at least a 40 shot match. Guns cannot exceed 80fpe at the muzzle, and we recommend using at least
28fpe gun to knock down longer range targets. Distances to the targets will be provided.

This match is held on our covered Competition Range, and will be shot rain or shine. The range has a concrete pad, so this is friendly to shooters with low mobility.


https://www.palmyrasportsmens.com/LongRange-Field-


Northeast FT Events

BWAGS

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Course is set, weather looks fantastic with high of 81 and NE winds at 5mph. If ya want to try your .22 - .35 under 80 FPE come on out to Palmyra for a challenge!

Bwags

Dstrac said:

I have several feyachi (v90? ) red dots. They are $60 on amazon. One is on a 50 cal and it works great. I also have a Holosun, but I wouldn't get another because I don't think its worth $300 more than a budget red dot.

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I was thinking about trying one , thanks think i will wait a day or two get more info .

Shot a bit this morning and now pressing some slugs.

daddypaddy said:

View attachment 582764year round lol

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Nice!!

Outstanding shooting Joe!!!

beerthief said:

Is there any difference in Frustration with a red dot , sighting it in or holding POI , that is less money ($36 on Amazon ) or a $200 one ? I have a tube type red dot and it works on target except trying to find the dot in that window and the squirrel has long gone . OR is this a muscle memory thing ?

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I have several feyachi (v90? ) red dots. They are $60 on amazon. One is on a 50 cal and it works great. I also have a Holosun, but I wouldn't get another because I don't think its worth $300 more than a budget red dot.

Why can't we use the Blue course for pistol and rifle.....................................................???????????

I believe the broken part is the piece that trips without a ghost pin holding it in place. Possibly damaged from an attempt to reinstall without one or from an actual barrel release. Just a guess. No real stress on this piece otherwise.

year round lol

After all of the above testing (and more in that last link I shared), I decided to put my "magic" 1:36 slow twist poly back in my USFT. That means it's going back to .177, from .20. End on a high note with the last match of the .20 I suppose. And that means that, as a 24" barreled .177, it's a long son of a ....gun again. I'm working on a solution to be the best combination of quiet and length, but when you've got a 24" barrel, it can only be so short. I went through some mental gymnastics with this one, as I REALLY like shorter versus longer OALs. My internal justification was that, at least for field target, dealing with the length is worth it for the improved accuracy and resistance to wind deflection.

So, I figured that would mean some adjusting of the hammer tension, and possibly the transfer port restricting grub screw. And that it did, because the first few shots over the chrono after the barrel swap back to .177 were in the 950s with 10.34s. That makes it squarely illegal for field target. I found it interesting that the same hammer tension and port restriction for 800-805 with .20/13.73s was 950 with .177/10.34s. I suspect most of that relates to 6 more inches of barrel with the .177.

Anyway, this graphic shows the 70 shots that I took with the chrono, after minor adjustments to hammer tension and TP grub screw...
I purposely overfilled slightly, and shot longer than the likely refill pressure.

All 70 shots were from 1500psi to 1100psi.
For practice I'll probably run it from 1450 to 1150, for 60ish shots.
And for matches I'll probably fill to 1400 and refill at 1150psi. That's for an ES of about 25, which is the same sort of ES that I've always ran from this gun. That's an ES that will put them all inside of a field target kill zone. I am 100% NOT a single digit ES kind of guy, kinda like pellet sorting, there's just no point in chasing either endeavor for field target. Success can be had without them, as correct wind reads and reducing mental mistakes are a much higher valued proposition.

This barrel has always been exceptional with an average fps of 915-925 for the 10.34s, and so that's where I am.

In this particular string, I've got 2-3 semi-illegal shots, as the 20fpe cut-off for 10.34s would be 933fps. And my three highest are: 933.7, 934.6, and 935.9. There is also a 2% allowance that would get me up to 952. I don't like to rely on that 2%, but in this particular case, only 5% of my entire string is over the limit, and only over the limit by 2-3fps, not 18fps. So I'm a bit closer to the legal line than I like to be, but still well under the 2% rule for all shots, and inarguably under the actual limit for 95% of my shot string. If the match chrony reads higher than mine, easy adjustment on the hammer tension, but I don't foresee that being likely, as my chrono has never varied enough from that used at matches to make me fail a prematch chrono variation.



Pretty decent, for a non-regulated gun working on 25 year old technology.

Some consider it outdated, but in my opinion performance doesn't go out of style.



Here is the shot string data that was plotted above. Pressure in left column, fps in right.

Matt247365 said:

Next thing you know it'll be cold in the winter ...

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Average temp here in December is 66 degrees which is awesome!!! Much better than when I lived in Wisconsin and it would get below 0 degree fahrenheit. I would rather deal with a couple hot months here than 5 months of winter back in Wisconsin

Thats a .905 27 coil set up. Easy - ire cocking for the power you get.. it’s a good kit. I saw 770 with a 14.66


solid thunk. You can get more from a R1 but why. .. it’s inn the zone.

Has no effect onnthe sears and was NOT used onnthe earlier units

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Motorhead said:

http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u532/scott_schneider1/DSCF9738_zpsbqf6mnyi.jpg

I had done a nice STIPPLING job around grip and fore stock on a B50 years ago. looked sweet and felt quite nice.

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Hey Scott , is there anything airgun related you can’t do? Frog sakes man. I guess the old saying rings true once again. You just can’t buy experience.

Absolutely love this Hawke red dot. Reasonably priced, often on sale, and work pretty damn good, imo.
I have a couple really cheap Amazon red dots, they work so so, wherein the performance of this one, I've replaced scopes on a couple guns with them..

Scotay42 said:

Definitely related.

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That's probably the most exciting photo out of all of these

Good info to know. Thank y'all for posting.

Around here Squirrels eat nuts . seeds ? and tender new shoots, berry's . they do eat all kinds of bird seed , about $20 of it every 6 weeks .
Very tasty protecting the bird feeder .