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357cal · May 15, 2025

I don't own any unreliable air guns; I have Airforce .308 Texan and AEA 357 Challenger big bore that I can pick up and use at any time and i have had the 357 4 years.

Jerry w · May 15, 2025

I’m going keep it as pellet gun not happy with piramid it’s a loooooong story 30/22 pellets are now what I’ll use

JaceSpace1369 · May 15, 2025

Strelac said:
Maybe it's the same like with U2 HP version- I could easily get the same power with regular U2, just with regulator/HS tuning.
Well… I hope I'll be able to post some nice groups from my new toy
Stay sharp,
S.

You post your group, so I'll post my dead iguanas! This one likes to do eye shots

JaceSpace1369 · May 15, 2025

Strelac said:
Hey @JaceSpace1369 , it seems we have similar taste for airguns
So... did you get Krait L HP? I'm waiting one in .22 and have big expectations tbh

No sir, just the L but I love it nonetheless and it has not been fed any pellets. So there's no need for the HP imho. Atleast not for the .177, not for the .22 it would be good, although even the katran LB .22 would shoot the snot out of slugs then too lol.

I am hoping to sell my U2 600mm .177 eventually and get a krait L .22 as well!

I am currently getting about 210 shots with this one, reg is at 86b shooting 10.03gr KO V3 at 960fps

Jnewood · May 15, 2025

kwaping said:
It was a camo joke

I JUST figured it out...right b4 writing this.

cavedweller · May 15, 2025

Franklink said:
Update..

I'm 3 or 4 months shy of 3 years with the Ghost.

It's primary role now is 34fpe with the .20/18.9grain NSA slug for prairie dogs and Ultimate Field Target, and general long range precision. I also dial the power down via the wheel and shoot the .20/15.89grain JSB pellets at 29fpe in areas with more down-range fpe concern.

As far as small bore airguns and long range precision go, the Ghost with the .20/18.9grain NSAs is the measuring stick for me. And nothing else that has come through my hands can do what it's capable of.

I haven't counted empties in a bit, but I'd estimate I'm getting close to 20,000 total shots fired out of the Ghost.

As for the negative....
A few months ago I had another valve fail. I'm not sure if that's 4 or 5 total, I've lost count. This one I was able to spin the poppet against the valve seat and make it hold air, but it only lasted for another few weeks and then failed again, irreparably. So, new valve from AOA and the Ghost is back in business. The failure point is that interface between the valve stem and the seat of the valve, as it has been for the previous valve failures.

I'm not sure what's causing the failed valves. I am told that this isn't a common occurrence. First thought is dirty air may be introducing particles....but the same air source is filling 6-7 other PCPs, none of which have had any sort of recurrent leak issues. At 35fpe, I'm also not running a high reg pressure, nor smacking the hell out of the valve. I dunno, but them's the facts.

Despite the frustrating recurrent valve failures, I'm still am impressed with the Ghost, and still plan on using the snot out of it for prairie dogs here in a few months, and for the odd Ultimate Field Target match, when the opportunity arises.

I suspect mfgr debris / milling issue? Maybe a QA issue early on?

Henry Hunter .223 · May 15, 2025

I've been using normal glass optics on my hw100 and a rear add on, but think it's time to upgrade. Just not sure to push the boat to thermal or day/night scope. concerned about weight, the hikmicro 4k lrf seems great but weight and front focus, as I prefer side parallax, just what I'm used to. seen info about the new hikmicro alpex mini which I'm keen to see when it's released next week, but also heard they might be releasing a new thermal that is very lightweight. as ever when I make a purchase like my condor scanner a newer better version comes out. so is thermal worth it, is weight actually such a big deal. is thermal the way to go now, or go digital day night. I'm also awaiting my fac air Rifle variation so would want to use on on sub 12 and fac. be interested to hear people's thoughts as best route to go and thoughts on lightweight thermal? thanks in advance.
#an old dinosaur trying to keep up with the modern world and technological changes

Normkel · May 15, 2025

AlanMcD said:
With any used firemans tank that comes with a standard CGA347 valve, you will need something known as a "fill station" to use it connect to your airgun and compressor. There are many cheap ones on AliExpress or amazon, and some better stuff for more money from other vendors. Just as an example, something like this basic China unit : https://www.amazon.com/TUXING-Paintball-Filling-Charging-Inflation/dp/B0B2RG91LY/

or this more premium unit: https://airtanksplus.com/product/stikman-scba-pcp-fill-system/ (more expensive, but a great product with great reviews)

Or alternately, you could replace the whole valve with an all in one solution, but be sure that it fits the thread size of the tank you bought.

I used a fill station and double male Foster to fill my SCBA tank, as you described. FWIW

Sergey1972 · May 15, 2025

Gerry52 said:
A few weeks back (if I remember correctly) I saw an ad on classifieds for a Caldwell Dead Shot shooting pod. Can't find it using the search bar, spent 40 minutes scrolling through classifieds, thought I'd reach out to the general population. If anyone sees the ad PLEASE let me know. If the person who ran it sees this PLEASE PM me!
Thanks
Gerry

I did not see the ad. I have a couple of different ones that didn't work for my Paintball application. Happy to make you a deal on those. PM me.

Normkel · May 15, 2025

6gun said:
There's generally a couple factories making parts of varying quality and final assembly trim Ime, if not 1 factory making "industrial. Lego components" . The paint schemes tell a lot of the story. I was looking at an "alpha carette" compressor from a vendor here and noticed the paint scheme. Found it was made by tuxing and started to explore their site and ended up with a 4 cylinder monster for the same price Instead. Now I can fill scbas willy nilly in a few minutes.

As for budget orange Shoebox clones, my buddies twisted off the motor shaft, mine arc flashed in the power supply yesterday... A mosfet failed short. Other than that they've been a value for the price overall. Mine still works.

I bought a Tuxing (GX CS1 clone) that had the gear reduction output shaft snapped off, which sounds like a similar failure. I wish that I had had the energy to pull my CS3 down to compare the motors and gearboxes directly.

Mine had the input thermister fail, and have some on order.

cosmic · May 15, 2025

PumaCarl, I printed it and place it it's gun case..(along with the tools I need and o rings..

cavedweller · May 15, 2025

steve123 said:
Congrats Cavedweller.

Just a heads up.
When I got back from shooting yesterday I was setting my elevation turret back to zero and noticed it had some wiggle and lash which concerned me. What had happened is I had snugged it down after sighting in but it needed to be tighter so once I took care of that it was back to the awesome feel these have.

Yeah it's funny, those scope caps are so nice it makes this G3 scope seem all that much better. I bought some expensive after market scope caps for my S&B, which I think I paid $125 for years ago, and I prefer these Athlon caps to them.

I ended up mounting this Gen3 2.5-15x50 on my EFT pistol as 16x is allowed and adjusting the turrets is allowed also. Good choice for my EFT pistol but not for an HFT pistol because it is difficult to range well/easily with this scope.
I really enjoy the reticle so it will be interesting on 6 June to see How I do with it on an actual EFT pistol course.

cosmic · May 15, 2025

How about..
3. 13.5x2
4. 24.6x2.4
13. 12x2
15. 9x1.5
17. 7x1.5
18. 11x1.5
22. 13x1.5
23. 6.5x1.5
59. 6.5x1.5
63. 9.5x1.5

_CTAIRGUNNER_ · May 15, 2025

So , after grooming the Holey Fridge range. I said damn, let's see if this thing is as easy to tune as everyone says it is.

IT IS.

I wanted to do this out on the shooting bench to test this, well unscrewed the bottle quite easily, dry fired the air left in the rifle out, wallah, downward adjustment here we come.

I love it , seriously too easy for a rifle that can't be adjusted under pressure.

I did have a picture of this but AGN says the file is too big

I am waiting on a sabertactical picatinny extender so I can use my Goliath, shooting at the bench off a bag seems so unnatural , although my Armageddon fat bag makes it better than my last outing. Shooting off a bag when pesting feels right, just not here

And yes that is the range master also admiring.

She knows when it's time to lay down, when dad sits at the bench and sights in.

Anyways, sitting down to shoot, I do have to say, this trigger takes a lot of getting used to if it's as is out of the box. I could see a lot of newbie shooters pulling every shot because of it. However my next goal is to play with the trigger and see how good I can get it.

Ok ok, now onto the tune. This is with JTS 29.63 gr .25 , I think she's pretty right.

Also, pictured is a 30 shot groups on said tune at 50 yards. Running on 2 hours of sleep in 40 hours, I'll take it

I do really like this rifle so far even though there are some things I would definitely change , the trigger for instance however that can be remedied (i hope).

It's definitely a power house, this thing with a slug oriented barrel could definitely sling some 60 grain Altaros, I know that for a fact.

aneijko · May 15, 2025

Got a couple of shots off chronying this afternoon -- modified (shortened) 97k in a Beeman 77K stock with a Weihrauch globe front sight and Anschutz diopter with adjustable iris. The stock is much older than the action (prev gen, non-lazer markings) and it's perfect for open sights (as designed).

Normkel · May 15, 2025

6gun said:
I just blew the mosfets out of the power supply on mine yesterday, but it snot a vevor. Doing the no no and topping up a 78 cf scba. That was my backup compressor. It still works on 12v tho.

Do you think it was due to heat? IIRC, MOSFETs have a very low forward bias votage and therefore produce low heat, but heat is still an issue. As you will be aware, those power converters are quite economical online.

It's impressive if the little compressor survives topping up a 78 cf.

I'm interested in hearing others' thoughts on these compressors. I have one under the Nuoge label, like a GX CS1 - external power supply.

Have you, by any chance, compared that electric motor and gear reduction unit to the GX CS2 and CS3?

Gerry52 · May 15, 2025

I must be lucky. I can't say ANY of the guns I've owned have been "unreliable". The more inexpensive guns I started out with had things that I needed to do to get them shooting better than when originally received but weren't unreliable. I knew their limitations (and mine) & they performed up to those. I expected nothing more. I have 3 FX guns now, Bobcat 1, Royale 500 & Boss. They are EXTREMELY reliable. Maybe it's because they're of the simplest platform FX ever made imho. I think their newer, more complex guns are more unreliable than mine.

L.Leon · May 15, 2025

So Peri supervises and does overwatch, while you‘re brush hogging and bush whacking? That Is one smart pup, glad to see the passion returning to your shooting. Takes a lot of effort to maintain such a sweet range…

So who drove the remaining 3 hours? Peri?

kopi · May 15, 2025

Only thing I could find was this. From last year but constantly renewed

Accessories - Portable Shooting Benches

Two shooting benches: used once Caldwell Deadshot $175 or best offer and Custom made "50BMG" $300 or best offer both rotate 360. Local pickup in Corcoran, CA or meet within 100 miles round trip.

www.airgunnation.com

DNF · May 15, 2025

It may have sold and been deleted…
I think it was for a Caldwell DF2

Gerry52 · May 15, 2025

A few weeks back (if I remember correctly) I saw an ad on classifieds for a Caldwell Dead Shot shooting pod. Can't find it using the search bar, spent 40 minutes scrolling through classifieds, thought I'd reach out to the general population. If anyone sees the ad PLEASE let me know. If the person who ran it sees this PLEASE PM me!
Thanks
Gerry

Triglav · May 15, 2025

Bandito said:
I guess we are supposed to assume that all springers or at least all Cometas will burst? Just wondering as I haven't heard of others doing said self-disassembly. I am willing to keep an open mind. Any one else have this problem I would like to see more photos of new and exploded gun? Be Well Brothers, B.

The receivers are stitched together, the rear (longer) part is "stitched" (perhaps JB welded and then pressed in) to the front part, which connects the barrel and the cocking lever to the whole rig. That's the idea.

Now, whether it is a factory defect or not is not up for debate in my opinion; Cometa shouldn't afford this and I'm certainly not buying another gun from them, as I deem them a hazard to the shooter! I've never seen or heard anything like this happen to anyone, and to add things up, the gun had issues from the start.

Trucker3573 · May 15, 2025

I mean the government doesn’t make mistakes

they just roll something out in a confusing ever changing way that no company could ever keep up with. I won’t order anything that isn’t shipping from within the U.S. for now.

rangur1 · May 15, 2025

puddleglum said:
I picked up this Taipan Veteran long in .25 on the classifieds here about a year ago. It has an extended plenum, external dial power adjuster, and a Donny FL Koi. I found an Element Titan 5-25x56 on the classifieds a few months later and mounted it up.

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I finally am getting it ready to put lead on target. Today, I ran a mag of JSB 34 grainers over the chrono to confirm speed so I can get an idea of a zero and trajectory in chair gun.

10 shots 33.95 JSB. Fps:
918
919
920
916
913
919
917
909
921
915

Averaging about 917fps for around 64fpe.
In spite of all this power, it is SO quiet. All I hear is the hammer spring.

Can’t help but be impressed by the Vet.
-pg

Yes indeed

woogie_man · May 15, 2025

Not bad looking!

How do you have your set up for the coating? Any tips or help for those of us that have no idea how to accomplish this?

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Brocock/BRK Ghost .25 HP tune , beginning of it anyways.

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