They taste pretty good so at least cook them

Motorhead said:

Bottom left on page 33 on post #26 ..... Noted for there Walnut offerings THIS IS NOT A PRODUCTION AIR GUN

Kinda what I had said earlier

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Exactly. They probably sold one walnut gun for every 1000 deluxe versions. i remember buying mine in 1980 ish. It was about 180-200 dollars. I could barely afford that let alone a walnut stock one..

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Thanks everyone. Joe B it will be, even if I need to have a valve part fabbed locally. Unless AoA has a sale that is irresistible. I expect to buy around Labor Day and have it shipped to Tucson.

Cheers to all.

Mike

MongooseV8 said:

A "pop" followed by backflips is about as ethical as is possible lol.

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I wish the Tactacam picked up the pop, 80 yards away and still hear the pop loud as hell!

To dig in even deeper: Throughout Beeman's reign, he offered at least four custom styles of walnut stocks for the FWB 124/27 guns. Plus, the FWB factory deluxe walnut.

NotSure2020 said:

Hi all, I’ve recently been bit by the bug and have been going down the rabbit hole a bit. First I got a 1322, started adding stuff… last week my Notos showed up and man it was awesome. Well it had an air leak in it which seems to be contagious. I’m still very much sold on the notos and have some high cap mags on the way from maple, but the luster of buying new is a bit lost. A return has been started and I still have to pack it up and drop it off to Pyramid who have been really great customer service-wise, but in that time I’ve also seen a couple sweet modded setups for sale. My thought process originally was that since it’s my first, I don’t want any issues that I didn’t cause by modding myself and wanted something dependable out of the box to tune to my liking as noise is my primary concern. I also have a hard time stomaching how much people spend on said mods and don’t know that I can bring myself there, but have seen some sweet setups with work already done and a decent discount built in that are tempting me. What’s everyone’s experience and thoughts on buying used vs new especially starting out? I know for some other hobbies I took this same approach and have had mixed feelings later on. Some I look back and think man I should have just cut the line and bought used, others I think i’m really glad I started off slow and learned. I still have time to change my mind but I’m seriously considering turning my exchange into a return and waiting 10 days until I can reach out here and going that route. Set me straight, thanks everyone.

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Did you pay for the 10 for $10 & 24hr PCP leak test they offer?

hi this thread is saying other manufactures not using pure lead for slugs , my question is why would they add tin , lead is $3 a pound and tin is $28 a pound so would it be less profit for slug manufactures to run tin in air gun slugs? , we know with powder burners you need to run tin to harden slugs as if they moving say 2000fps they would deform in flight , so we discussing airgun slugs sub sonic , and not pellets as sift skirts bend easily , so thats my question making slugs harder would cost alot more to make , I understand if you cast you can quench but we only discussing swaging let me know please

...and for the sake of argument, now i´ve got to handle the regulator too.
Regulator creep galore... *sighs*

Do NOT get yourself this gun if you´re just the average pcp guy. I repeat do NOT.
If you´re to make this thing come out ontop the other end you have to have access to both knowledge and heavy machinery.

This one is for the leader board. I think it is a 200 16X shot with my Stoeger Bullshark in 22 caliber using my Vector Sentinel 8-32 set at 32 X. I was shooting AEA 18.3 grain pellets about 820 fps. This is the third target I shot with exactly the same setup today, the first is above and the second one was a 197. In between I shot two with FX 18.1 grain, a 195 11X and a 193 11X. So the AEAs definitely shoot a little better. At least these tins of AEA and FX. I am quite pleased to finally get a 200 this year. The weather report says there was a 3 mph wind but it had shifted to coming almost straight east to west this evening. That is better for me because I am then shooting right into the wind. One of my wind flags was still moving around a bit but after a few shots going right were I was aiming I figured out I could ignore the small movements sideways. I never moved off the 10 ring so the shots were still OK.

This gun was a gift from another member. I think he got frustrated with it because he could not adjust the regulator from the gauge end of the gun. The locking nut would turn the adjustment screw because the threads were messed up. I spun the stem in the nut while I watched TV one night until the threads smoothed up. But I've been adjusting it from the other end because I can then measure the overall length which gives me an idea what the setting is. The regulator is set a bit low but it gives me easily two targets on a fill with extra shots for sighting in. At least 60 shots. Plus it is accurate and plenty powerful enough for squirrels. Nice gift. I shoot it in the cherry stock I used to use on the P35-22.

delooper said:

Thanks. The Edgun Leshiy 2 magazine is 0.433071" in depth, so these won't fit.

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I just checked. The boattail will fit in the hole in the magazine cover so the slugs will fit. You will need the slug magazine, they fall right thru the pellet magazine. Here is pics with one in a magazine.

For clarification, there were two types of walnut stocks in the Beeman/FWB world. One is the normal factory Deluxe stock except made of walnut, which I mentioned in post #23 above. The other is the Beeman Custom Stock as shown in post #33 - this was a US design with (usually) quite striking grain, checkered handgrip +forend, wood grip cap, and cast trigger guard. In the 1984 Newsletter, the 124D Walnut was $329 while the Custom guns were $555 to $645 depending on caliber and grade of wood.

Don R.

Nice Ethan!

like i suppose should been said earlier (i did'nt read the whole thread)
as long as you buy from a reputable member here, you should be getting the plain truth
about the item your buying.
if not, i bet they will make it right. i know if something came up with something i sold on here i would absolutely
make it right.

What about what the land and grove measurements? I wouldn’t be surprised if they went straight up 22lr barrel.
As a matter of fact I don’t understand why airgun barrels don’t adopt the .22 lr pattern all together. Sure they can play with twist rates but there’s zero reason why airgun barrels are anywhere from .216 through .224. Frustrating to say the least.
I have used Brownell’s .22lr red man liners in a few rifles with great success with EunJin pellets, RWS slugs ( Krale used to carry them) as well as cast bullets .
The new rage in slugs are the 41 grain boat tails now available from a few manufacturers. Well guess what, they look almost identical to what precision timbre shooters have been using for years. Years ago Bob Sterne designed some cast bullets with driving bands and a rebated boat tail. Again this has all been done before.

Sorry about the rant.here’s what LW has for a 1:16 barrel listed in .22

pests and a few deer & hogs with air, but i do hunt with a smokeless muzzleloader from time to time.......

ray1377 said:

If your big bore is tuned for heavy slugs and you shoot lighter slugs you will get way fewer shots with the lighter slugs. Your mind wants to think the opposite. Lighter slugs use less power / air to get them up to a higher FPS. But with big bores, those heavy slugs take longer to get up to speed and longer to leave the barrel vs. the lighter ones which will be already out the end of the barrel by the time the valve shuts. And all that extra air is wasted. These is as others have stated the problem with exhaust valves being damaged from the "slamming" of the valve when shooting lighter slugs. They don't allow the gun to "self-regulate" like the heavy slugs do. The heavier slugs kinda slow the shot cycle down so to speak. I don't own an AF big bore but I've read where they are more prone to this problem because of the inline valve setup.

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That's what I was thinking I remembered....at least something along those lines. Thanks for the info. I'm getting ready to take a new-to-me Extreme Big Bore .357 out to sight in and will be using some slugs in the 150 - 177 gr range. I also may pick up some different Century springs (hammer side) and was thinking maybe trying some lighter slugs at that time. This is a later EBB from after the move to Texas, so I'm not sure exactly what spring is in it right now. I know they came with two different springs when Brent had the company, but I'm not sure with the second generation guns and I only have the one in the gun.

Air for pests, powder for meat.

There is always risk with used or previously experienced guns. But the reward is getting into a much better gun than you are willing to pay for new.

Three years ago I bought an AA s500 for less than half of new.. Now I understand why they are so expensive. Stunningly beautiful and mechanically outstanding.

NotSure2020 said:

Hi all, I’ve recently been bit by the bug and have been going down the rabbit hole a bit. First I got a 1322, started adding stuff… last week my Notos showed up and man it was awesome. Well it had an air leak in it which seems to be contagious. I’m still very much sold on the notos and have some high cap mags on the way from maple, but the luster of buying new is a bit lost. A return has been started and I still have to pack it up and drop it off to Pyramid who have been really great customer service-wise, but in that time I’ve also seen a couple sweet modded setups for sale. My thought process originally was that since it’s my first, I don’t want any issues that I didn’t cause by modding myself and wanted something dependable out of the box to tune to my liking as noise is my primary concern. I also have a hard time stomaching how much people spend on said mods and don’t know that I can bring myself there, but have seen some sweet setups with work already done and a decent discount built in that are tempting me. What’s everyone’s experience and thoughts on buying used vs new especially starting out? I know for some other hobbies I took this same approach and have had mixed feelings later on. Some I look back and think man I should have just cut the line and bought used, others I think i’m really glad I started off slow and learned. I still have time to change my mind but I’m seriously considering turning my exchange into a return and waiting 10 days until I can reach out here and going that route. Set me straight, thanks everyone.

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I will add this, I've only been buying used benjamin discovery rifles. My fx guns and aea gun were bought new (the aea was a real stinker of an experience within the first 250 shots) my hunting partner bought a a used fx for 1000 bucks and it was like new. That fx was so good I had to have the very same one. The lesson I learned is buy once cry once. Fx isn't without shortcomings, but the premium guns tend to have less overlooked simple flaws ime. My aea was far too expensive for what it was when I got it.

My trusted airgun pal @Perle speaks very highly of the zelos, which might be worth exploring for you.

When I buy a gun I buy 2 oring kits for it before it has a leak. This has come in clutch. Owning 2 fx guns I need a wheelbarrow for the stash of orings I have for 2 rebuilds each

Don't be afraid to dive in and take a look at stuff, I didn't know anything about airguns beyond crosman and benjamin pump and a benjamin marauder (gen 1) until 4 years ago. I bought an fx with my old booze budget when I quit drinking and jumped in headfirst telling myself that this is my motivation to expand my mechanical prowess. You wouldn't believe what that experience has bled in to from pneumatic machine automation to classic cars and machining my own little parts for things.

Best advice I can give is fear not and respect pressurized vessels and plenums after regulators on allegedly degassed guns. Even if you fail you can fail upwards. Wear safety glasses, if it can go together it can come apart, and if something is hard to do you're probably doing something wrong.

Best of luck, I hope I can light a fire under some folks to be curious and fix their gear.

Normkel said:

Thanks for the confirmation.

I joke with my granddaughters that shooting is a good skill and that a restraining order is only a piece of paper.

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Now That’s a Kool Granddaughter You’re a good Granddad

CCook said:

What percentage of guys shooting airguns use them as their main form of hunting weapon?
I hunt ducks and geese with shotgun, pretty much everything else is some form of airgun.

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I do now, not out of necessity. I've got a powder burner for every feasible hunt I could go on and I use none of them anymore. I've always had a passion for varmint hunting and predator hunting, and upland game. There's some upland game it is not a legal method of take for in my state so not those, but i use an air rifle for everything else because firearms cannot be suppressed in my state and my firearms aren't nearly as consistent or precise as my air rifles(which also evade the lead hunting ban, you know which state now) . The air rifle isn't just a tool, it's part of the joy of the hunt. I can only say that about a couple shotguns and rimfires.