Motorhead said:

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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 .

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DesertSilver said:

This is what I've been using. It's not cheap but really works good.

https://merrittsupply.com/product/miracle-gloss-8-maximum-mold-release-wax/

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Can you explain this:
World’s first non-flammable paste wax designed for FRP and other Composites molding.
and this?

It says: Danger: Flammable solid.

I can't quite follow the logic of

• Danger: Flammable solid in photo
• World’s first non-flammable paste wax designed for FRP and other Composites molding.

???

I believe you that it's probably good stuff, but their marketing department needs to go back to school.

If memory serves the broken piece is part of the “bear trap” or “drop” safety system. It’s the piece located on the right side of the the picture. Doesn’t effect the trigger function. Borrowed picture.

I have the same compressor. Some gauges have oil to dampen the needle movement caused by compressor vibration. Instead of the needle showing a steady rise, it would show a blur like movement until the compressor stopped. My gauge is also not full.

Oh - and yes I will remind myself to clean it before running it - as it does have oil on some surfaces that I am sure will get hot once is starts to run. Excited

I did find an 8 year old video and the bottom of the gauge appears to be fluid filled - which I am sure that similar to vehicle gauges it helps with the vibrations.

This was the video

Here is a pic

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

joeayv said:

R-10.

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That's 17.5 fpe for jsb and 18.6 fpe for the FTT. If I'm correct in thinking that gun has the same bore and stroke as a Hw95 that is a lot of power for that caliber and gun. That's R1 territory.

Hw95s in 20 caliber usually make ~16fpe with vortek kit and seal. I have three and done a few others. Either I'm wrong in thinking a R10 is the same B/S as a Hw95, your chronograph is off or your gun is dieseling.

That's too much power for a 20 cal Hw95 to make without dieseling.

Oh man that’s a nice group Caleb, at 109 yards and it looks a bit windy as well.
I had to watch it again.

Hunter

reiffra945 said:

Central O-H-I-O

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OH!

Racer88 said:

I'm not sure I have a use for a tripod. I like a bipod in that I still have control over the rifle. I use a bipod in the front and a squeeze bag in the rear.

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Racer88 said:

I'm not sure I have a use for a tripod. I like a bipod in that I still have control over the rifle. I use a bipod in the front and a squeeze bag in the rear.

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When needed I use a rear bag

FYI, I GO TO THE DESERT IN BARSTOW/ YERMO CA AND LET ME TELL IS HOT BY 6/7 AM IS ALREADY 70/75 AND WINDY FROM 5/25 MPH
WICH FOR US PUSHING PELLETS IS A LOT . FROM NOON TO 5/6PM IS ON THE HUNDREDS. JUST

Central O-H-I-O

I went back to see my notes for some classes i took as I struggled with similar issues.

As you've stated a lightweight platform would be a big part of the challenge.



If it's ok to post, here are some other thoughts that others experiencing the same challenge might consider:

My instructors in both shotgun as well as long distance rifle shooting often stressed the importance of "marrying" the rifle to the shoulder by which they meant establishing firm reproducible contact with the body aligned to the axis of the firearm. The rifle becomes part of you, you must own the rifle as though it were an appendage but not force it into behaving.

Maintaining constant but not exaggerated pressure to the rear with the body relaxed....basically acting like a dead sack behind the rifle with the recoil pad settled into your chest...let the rifle recoil straight and accommodated back into you but not bouncing off of you.

aintain tension in the shoulder not the rearward pressure of the arm i.e. not pulling back on the rifle.

shoulders should be relaxed...so each and every setting is the same and there is no correctional inputs or force deviations

Really important to bring the rifle to the shoulder first, setting that up as move into position, the bipod holds it in place so you can relax the shoulders at the same time.

a bit of preload into the bipod.

anyway, these considerations helped me a lot so i kept the notes for reference. thought maybe it might help others facing the same challenge.

maybe air rifles like very heavy recoiling platforms need different considerations...I only shot 12 gauge shotguns and up to 7mm long range rifle.

Hopefully op will share more about the story, make, and age of the cylinder. I've been in hpa for 25 years and I've yet to see a failure as mentioned. It nice to hear it was a slow failure, liner pitting I bet.