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Pcpking · Aug 11, 2025

Please choose wisely

6gun · Aug 11, 2025

RoosterCogburn said:
Yeah, thats it. Cock the gun.

If that's all that ends up needing to be done, what the heck is umarex customer service even doing?

jkingrph · Aug 11, 2025

beerthief said:
pop up breach on a HW97 ???????

I must have been having a senior moment last night, I meant the HW 57. Maybe the "7" confused me.

kwaping · Aug 11, 2025

Trunion said:
We share the same hobbies re; airguns and traditional archery

Count me in that group as well

Golden Slumbers · Aug 11, 2025

My dad just got the gen 2 a few days ago as his first PCP. Hammer spring from the factory was set way to high. I haven't had a chance to dig in to adjust the reg from the factory setting (1600psi), but 2.5 turns from flush on the hammer spring was sending AEA 21.9gr @ 860fps thru a ragged hole at 44yds.
Didn't keep track of the total shot count, but the speed didn't fall off till about 1200psi or so. I guess the "improved transfer port" design really helps... unless the gauge is way off.

Trunion · Aug 11, 2025

Steve Milbocker said:
I just target shoot Airguns in my basement. My FWB 300 S covers all the bases very well. View attachment 585334 View attachment 585335

We share the same hobbies re; airguns and traditional archery

6gun · Aug 11, 2025

Arzrover said:
A friend posed the question ... "What airgun can I get to get rid of a couple of rock squirrels ?"
Now rock squirrels are notoriously tough and the dig like gophers on steroids and can destroy a lot of stuff by undermining, chewing it up, or eating it.
So having killed hundreds of these buggers over the years, I know what the challenges are. The problem is that she needs something easy to shoot, like a pcp, but I don't see her as accumulating and learning all the things involved in pcp ownership and shooting. So to me, traps or a CO2 rifle seem best as spring piston, pumpers, and pcp involve too much in peripherals and/or practice/knowledge to be practical plus there's the weight.
To that problem, I know my Sheridan F model could be pretty good with a red dot and there have been others like the Sharp UD2 that are simple to use and powerful but what is there CURRENTLY available? I went to the Crosman and Umarex sites because they HAVE had models in the past that might be practical , but current stuff is garbage ...
Any ideas for a simple to use, powerful enough (12ish ft lb) that doesn't require the learning time and weight of a springer or the support equipment of the pcp? The range is 30 yards and under and the cost isn't a huge concern, just ease of use, simplicity, enough accuracy, and weight...
Bob

A hand pump and a basic pcp with a small air tube would be my recommendation. No real learning curve if you zero it for her and say pump to this number and shoot it down to this number. I'd probably turn somebody to whatever the most similar thing to the benjamin discovery is being made still.

Or poison.

I absorbed your parameters, but from experience with new shooters wanting to pest, I've had the best luck with "here borrow this home built crosman based pcp gun, call me when you need ammo or air" springers pumps and co2 was always too much for them. So I come over with an scba and fill it and check the zero if they've got ammo still.

I head shot them with a 177 pcp to great effect off my friends patio. The guns I loan out get 40+ shots on a fill. All 15-18 fpe 22s. I range find where they want to shoot and then zero the gun just for that purpose.

jkingrph · Aug 11, 2025

EMrider said:
In my experience, under lever spring guns are more accurate. But the delta is very modest, and often not worth the weight penalty that comes with under lever guns. 90% or more of my shooting and hunting is with my break barrels. If I were a competitive shooter, I'd use an under lever like all other competitors.
R

If you were in competition, a side lever would probably trump an underlever. For one thing there is no slot in the stock so it will be stiffer. My sidelevers also have an accessory rail on the bottom of the foreend, you can attach a palm rest, hand stop or a sling swivel easily,

Iowa Airgunner · Aug 11, 2025

I watched that . If you look at how easy
It was to spray them . I don’t need to burn down the house.
It was pretty cool how it just stuck in there. I did not expect that. But on the house ? Gotta love it.

john8 · Aug 11, 2025

Bngen3 said:

Now that is a man of my heart.

JDR · Aug 11, 2025

I have found Baker Airguns very competent but expensive. The Daisy 111 I sent there for repair cost me $160 for new seals and spring. Not sure if this vendor is cheaper but Mike Baker recommended them.

TMac's Airgun Service for Daisy repair 827-851-0245
967 US 70 Hwy West
Newton, NC
28658

Pcpking · Aug 11, 2025

920air said:
i bought a notos and gauntlet just to have them as they are very popular. i know they are entry level pcp guns. but i am impressed so far. my first airgun i ever bought was a fx panthera 700 .25 so to be impressed os saying alot! the only mods i have done is put moderators on them

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I wish they’d make a semi auto version of this regardless it seems like a accurate reliable platform

AirGoon · Aug 11, 2025

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Pcpking · Aug 11, 2025

I just got my order of .22 and .177 explosive tip pellets from edgun west they pack a punch I highly recommend them!!

6gun · Aug 11, 2025

They didn't come that way, it took work and tuning, sometimes custom parts. My impact is very relaxed because of a heavy hammer and very low spring tension and intertial changes on minimum settings (still 50 fpe). A little benjamin disco in 177 I've been tuning on is pretty relaxed too. Probably the lightest of my 45 trigger collection(mrod with the lightest springs. Maybe 1 ounce) , so quiet you only hear the poppet valve thru the gun body and no hammer bounce.

Hammer/valve relation sequence and intertial changes and valve timing are hangups for me which equal low noise. I have a lathe and mill too which makes it worse for tuning hammer weights in grain incriments. I'd be lying if I didn't say it takes dozens of hours to work these out the way I want.

Avator · Aug 11, 2025

"Lead pellets are bad for your health" he said as he took a big drag off of his cigarette.

Climber · Aug 11, 2025

I fought the urge long enough and ordered what I should have ordered originally- FX Dreamline Pup.

Avator · Aug 11, 2025

Did you try cocking the gun before filling it?

6gun · Aug 11, 2025

20PPC said:
Good Morning,

My Notos is leaking air through the barrel. It won't take a charge. Anyone out there with ideas to what the problem is?? I've had it apart several times and tried somethings to no avail. I talked to Umarex and got nowhere. I've decided it will become a tomato stake if I can't fix it myself. By the time I ship it to Umarex and pay for repairs...it's not worth the hassle to me. Thanks in advance.

Valve pin, stuck valve or whole valve assembly.

20PPC · Aug 11, 2025

Good Morning,

My Notos is leaking air through the barrel. It won't take a charge. Anyone out there with ideas to what the problem is?? I've had it apart several times and tried somethings to no avail. I talked to Umarex and got nowhere. I've decided it will become a tomato stake if I can't fix it myself. By the time I ship it to Umarex and pay for repairs...it's not worth the hassle to me. Thanks in advance.

6gun · Aug 11, 2025

GreenReaper said:
Thanks for responding, what's the fix if this is in fact the issue? I'm not sure if this matters or not, but I have the bottle version of this rifle. (Forgot to mention it on the original post)

Any pcp has a fill point check valve. If it's a foster fitting there's a pin and an oring. You can just replace it with an Amazon unit, or clean out the bore and put a new oring on. A discovery I just bought had the seal extrudong past the sealing faces and leaking air super fast. Just clean it out and put a new one on with an oring. The principle is the same for a probe gun, it's just more disassembly. If the valve pin poppet is leaking, you need a new poppet or poppet end.

It's not terrible (to me). Once you understand your gun inside and out it becomes rewarding to problem solve it.

drdirk · Aug 11, 2025

I have the Texan SS in 457. Works great and I get 3 shots with mine. Good enough to kill hogs at up to 70 yards for me. I think we need all the speed we can get so I prefer the smaller caliber. Still huge amount of lead compared to any rifle round.

Avator · Aug 11, 2025

Got the DYI repurpose inspired shooting bench ready for sanding and paint.

Arzrover · Aug 11, 2025

The Red Wolf is pretty difficult to beat and my personal favorite out of a pretty huge inventory over the years. The Veteran definitely deserves honorable mention in the 30 ft lb and under class and @Franklink's USFT is likely right there as well. My USFT is quite a bit more violent than his at the same power.
One that very few will ever experience is the Sharp Target and it's predecessors. Has a very light LET-OFF style of valve and has zero vibration with very little pulse when fired. It's a lot of work to get real power though. Three pumps is easy enough and 6ish ft lb so 10 meter shooting isn't bad at all.
Bob

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