Talked to Shane at AoA regarding the long ramp up before the velocity stabilizes in advanced mode. He suggested putting 5-10 drops of silicone oil into the gun from the vent hole that is on the bottom of the metal part of the receiver behind the grip almost all the way plastic part that houses the computer and display. The hole is an atmospheric vent that connects to a chamber that leads to the valve and some moving part with an o-ring. Apparently this o-ring can get dry and cause the type of issue I am seeing. Did the silicone oil treatment and let the rifle sit muzzle down so the oil would get up to the mechanism. Definitely seeing a marked improvement with it taking 4-5 shot to stabilize. Will see if some shooting gets the lube where it needs to be. If not will try another round of silicone oil. If that doesn’t do it Shane is going to have me send the rifle back and they will pull the valve and lube the o-ring directly.

Working on making my own magazines as the factory price is crazy. Got some CARM magazines and the work great but with the change coming up regarding de minimus tariff ending making the delivered price unknown thought I would make some. First ones were filament printed but the rotation was not as smooth as I wanted. Current pictured version is SLA printed. Runs super smooth but the lid where the hinge pins are is a little delicate. Will do more testing and may try a hybrid with a filament printed lid and the rest SLA. Hardest part was figuring out the mandrel size to wind the spring on. Only bought pieces are the flat head screw that holds the rotating part to the body, the hinge pins, and the magnets.

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95 desrees /62% humidity , not to bad . did some shooting with the BSA break barrel .177 Tenex 4.51 8.2 gr , i should take this hunting squirrels . Very light weight gun and accurate 20 or 30 yards Irons sighted in @ 25 yards. If i sighted it in probably could do 40 yds . easily .View attachment 586632View attachment 586633 if i sighted in @ 40 . ( see the lake way down below this is my back yard range )

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Knock me out. So cool. One day. Crow

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Since Bob & Doug Air is shut down and I’m not picking Kim up at airport today I decided to peruse estate sales. First one had a pic of what looked like two Blue Streaks, a Daisy underlever carbine, and an unmistakable HW breech block. Couldn’t tell which model from pics. First time I’ve ever seen respectable air rifles at estate sale here. 33 miles away, was rolling in less than 5. The Benjis and Daisy had sold on first day of sale Thursday, but this little HW30 was still there. And it was half price day too! Some wear, some surface rust, trigger guard so loose I’m surprised it didn’t fall on the floor, this girl was used. But, rifling looked good and Rekord trigger on it. Pre-safety. Paid and ran. Got home, tightened trigger guard, grabbed some AA 8.4 that were already on table. Not only did it shoot, it shot great! Beautiful shot cycle, NO buzz, NO twang. Trigger was crisp. Will chrono when it’s not 98 degrees and 110 heat index outside but my guess is it’s close to spec. Date code puts this one at 1967 according to The List so assuming it’s a leather seal? Looks like the metal cap on the end where safety would be on a new one just pops off to fit on a spring compressor but someone correct me if I’m wrong. Neat little rifle, glad I found it. Just hope Bob & Doug don’t expect a thank you, because they’re definitely not on our Christmas list this year.

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I wouldn’t fly Air Canada. I would rather fly pterodactyl dinosaur with the Flintstones. Or even walk.
What a score on the 30. Very nice, enjoy. Crow

Great video and nice group at 50 yards. I am also seriously looking at this TM1000 pistol. My idea is to add a precision style adjustable butt stock and make it into a compact air rifle silhouette gun. I really like the RAW Mini as well but they don't make it in .177. I'm thinking of a stock like these or something similar.

I don't have an AR and don't know a lot about their stocks but I believe this would work. Please let me know if I'm wrong. Thanks,
Kenny

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cjtamu said:

Since Bob & Doug Air is shut down and I’m not picking Kim up at airport today I decided to peruse estate sales. First one had a pic of what looked like two Blue Streaks, a Daisy underlever carbine, and an unmistakable HW breech block. Couldn’t tell which model from pics. First time I’ve ever seen respectable air rifles at estate sale here. 33 miles away, was rolling in less than 5. The Benjis and Daisy had sold on first day of sale Thursday, but this little HW30 was still there. And it was half price day too! Some wear, some surface rust, trigger guard so loose I’m surprised it didn’t fall on the floor, this girl was used. But, rifling looked good and Rekord trigger on it. Pre-safety. Paid and ran. Got home, tightened trigger guard, grabbed some AA 8.4 that were already on table. Not only did it shoot, it shot great! Beautiful shot cycle, NO buzz, NO twang. Trigger was crisp. Will chrono when it’s not 98 degrees and 110 heat index outside but my guess is it’s close to spec. Date code puts this one at 1967 according to The List so assuming it’s a leather seal? Looks like the metal cap on the end where safety would be on a new one just pops off to fit on a spring compressor but someone correct me if I’m wrong. Neat little rifle, glad I found it. Just hope Bob & Doug don’t expect a thank you, because they’re definitely not on our Christmas list this year.

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love the rounded pistol grip on these old ones , wonderful find worth twice the distance .
(isn't 33 miles considered close in TX. miles ?)

This looks like it might be worth a try.
Less than twenty bucks and scores 4.7 out of 5.

Forgot, one interesting thing is that this gun has a chisel rather than ball detent. Locks up tight. When I first picked it up I had to hunt to see the seam.

Much fun one at a time with a .177

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95 desrees /62% humidity , not to bad . did some shooting with the BSA break barrel .177 Tenex 4.51 8.2 gr , i should take this hunting squirrels . Very light weight gun and accurate 20 or 30 yards Irons sighted in @ 25 yards. If i sighted it in probably could do 40 yds . easily . if i sighted in @ 40 . ( see the lake way down below this is my back yard range )

The post office lost my .25 barrel I got a deal on so I went ahead and ordered a new .22 barrel to replace it. The power level of the Notos just made more sense to stay .22. If you are looking for .25 magazines though, C88-AIR sends one with his .25 kit. Guy is pretty awesome so if you shoot him a message I am sure he will sell them by themselves.

Don’t know about the tune but he did say over pumped or something. Unregulated I would think that ain’t the sweet spot.

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Ya I know. But I got things to do. It is a nest the size of a banana. Should not take much to knock it down. Then I’ll be back next Friday and cut the grass. I’ll be later then and get them again.

For those considering getting mags from QD Fox those are straight ripoff from Orion.
@Sleestak

i never chrono it
i would think it would be around 500 as a guess
CO2 like a longer barrel but at what point is the guess
the 2240 barrel is too short but the 10.2 always seemed about right
i did all my barrel cutting with pillow block it is a poor man's lathe
you can put the hack saw right against the pillow block and turn the barrel and hold the saw in place nice 90 degree cut and then you can dress the barrel end
if the barrel or anything is over 3/8 use a socket a 1/4 drive adapter for a drill
this is a small setup that i used to file a larger barrel groove to adapt a Crosman SSP-250 barrel for a Gamo compact
the pillow blocks are hot glued to and sturdy board

6gun said:

If you don't see valve pin problems too often in the forums, you should be ok. This little guy got all the bad valve pins I think.

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Nice looking Pistol? Are the valve pins difficult to replace?

A 1967 HW30S that I accidentally bought about 3 hours ago. That story has its own thread with a couple quick pics.

cvarcher said:

I dont believe thats a custom stock. Some factory Sheridan shad gorgeous walnut figure in them. I have a beautiful tiger striped figure on my silver streak. Ive also seen an unusual snake pattern walnut that led me in a bidding war up to $1500 before I said no more!! My first sheridan I bought was in 1966. Anythig and I mean anything I aimed at was hit. Heres a quick story. When I first bought my gun I didnt have pellets for it. My friend told me he knew a store in Floral Park that had them. So we boked over and sure enough I bought the red can with white top of 500 pellets. When we got home he wanted to try it out. I never shot the gun so i had no idea how the sights were set up. He looked way out and spotted some large black bird in the distance. Pumped up 8 times, aimed and shot . HE said I got him!! So I went out there looking for this bird under his guidance of direction. When found it ,it turned out to be a grackle. I paced back 100 yards out! Talk about magic !! But this was true. And those Sheridan bantam pellets were not only accurate but super penetrating. 30gallon steel galvanized garbage pails were completely penetrated and still went into soft wood the depth of the pellet. Just want to mention to AirnGas man to take that rear site off as the spring pressure will eventually crack the solder of the barrel to lower tube. Earlier sights had set screws and presented no problem. Just tap out the thin plastic blocks under the clip and it comes right off. Instead have it drilled and tapped for the williams 5D Peep sight. Youll shoot it even better!! Heres my 3

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Tell me about your scope mount set up, pretty please!

6gun said:

I thought the same thing on my hpss, it wasn't really a thing. I do have experience shooting moving target games with bolt actions so I may be more suited to operating a bolt or side lever in the moment, to be fair. I do operate my side levers in a similar on-target time frame as the semi but that is highly subjective to the user too.

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How do you like your hpss?