Having a nice day off, spending time on the shop. Weather is still nice, highs in the 80-90's and nights in the low 60's. It turns out that the laser and the lathe are complimentary in my shop. I turn material while the laser is busy. Keeps my cookie snatchin' hands off the parameters while the laser machine is busy laser machinin'.

From the Palm Springs of Washington.

Hunting for squirrels and I see multiple deer. Hunting for deer and I see a ton of squirrels.
I'm not allowed to have multiple weapons while hunting here, so it's archery only until the freezer is full of deer meat.

To the squirrels I say,"I SEE YOU! Your luck won't last forever."

I almost gave up on my Chazsel .222 12 twist barrels for my condor builds..At first 55 grain and 45 grain arenal hitting sideways..I had the power turned up??Anyways bought some 36 .223 NSA slugs...They would stablize and only shoot on the low end ,,everything turned town 2500 psi..So for the heck of it I tried the 47 and 55 grain slugs..With everything turned down they are stablizeing..This valve has the power,,but anything super sonic crazy inaccuate and unstable.. Im learning..Getting a 9 twist .223 barrel soon!!!

I built a 20 ton press with a 12V powerpack about a decade ago and while its very strong, its very slow due to the huge cylinder and it makes production too slow to be useable.

I inherited a second press that's half the size and has a cylinder half the diameter so that will increase the cycle time by X3.

Cool?

The powerpack was bad so I bought a new one and this one has a 2 button pendant that I hate and I'm going to swap that out for a 2 position joystick. Or so I thought.

Problem is, it's a 4 wire switch, a 2 position 4 NO is needed but one does not exist at affordable prices. I had to build my own.

Days at the shot shed.
Yesterday dispensed of some pellets nice and easy, then packed my rifle as sun set and M8 brought night scope mounted Gamo arrow, and soon a big fat rat was history.

Getting cold at night 10 deg C or less, but with oven going nice and warm in the shot shed.
Not super warm, we both agree that come really cold, the diesel heater will have to come into play too.
But last night, no one was freezing while in the shed with 2 lanes ( shudders ) open for business.



You have to really speed up the old fat guys to get any movement.


Today i got on dispensing the last few pellets, and then changed to 13gr slugs.
5 shot groups @ 30 M shooting barracuda match average 907 fps.
Not particular nice groups, i have seen much better with other pellets.



Naturally in the shot shed, everyone is a VIP, and so you get the full VIP treatment.
so today at noon i got a order of fries to go with the peas i shoot.



Not long after, STOP !!!!!!!! said the valve in the Two as it developed a slow leak from the valve.

Ahh all done rebuilding yong heng 8 th time...Couldnt sleep last night changed piston in a half hour..On the road again another 8-10 refils on my scba tanks....

Trying to muster up the courage to rebuild the old yong heng for the 8 th time in 3 years..I keep the tools to rebuild right beside compressor..No need to put away..lol .It usually needs a new piston after the 8-12 fill on scba tanks..IT costs30.00 for new piston gasket..30 min time to rebuild..So i guess its worth it...

Just bumping this up. Not sure if it actually is getting the word out or if it should go under "General."

On Monday we started Diarrhea Awareness Week. Runs until Friday.

Super happy to try some NSA 36 grain .223 slugs in my 12 twist chazsel barrels for my custom condor builds..I just shot one to see if i needed to size..AND super sonic...ill chronograph tomm..ill bet 1300 fps...ill try a subsonic amd super sonic load. fingers crossed i like something to go pa squirrel hunting with

Just sitting here watch geese fly in formation. And did you ever why one side of the V is usually longer than the other side?


There's more geese on the long side!

Okay so i tested my sawed off FX maverick today ( 700 to 600 mm )
And i will have to admit so far not a success, clearly i have a issue as groups are erratic, with a few really bad " fliers "

SO as i am not the surrendering kind, i have restored both barrels to a clean end, and i am now ready to proceed with trying ghetto crowning once again, and this time i will try others solutions VS the one i came up with myself.

Not able to blame my groups on the weather, it was excellent range weather.

Still think it is a crown issue VS saying that a FX barrel with no choke are not at all able to shoot, i am quite sure it should at least be able to shoot better than what i saw today, i just have to do a better job.


PS: i have looked at prices for a 600 mm Heavy barrel, but i would prefer to save those money for other things.

PPS. when not throwing erratics the STD FX liner was able to put dents / holes in a Metal plate 134 yards away and within acceptable distance of aim ( 2 " ), but it for sure was a POI chase.

Feeling frisky, so i think tomorrow i will bring the Maverick to the range and do some more testing in its sawed off state ( 700 mm to 600 mm )
Also need to redo the business end of the Heavy barrel, though crowning it will have to wait until i get home.

Not bringing any of the really heavy stuff, i think i will test with 13 grain i know very well performance of in 700 mm form, but i do also have some 16 grain in the ammo box if i like what i see.

Peashooters pruning service hard at work.

The branch i started working on Saturday have now fallen.




The fallen was swiftly propped up, so additional pruning can be done.




3 pieces cut to size for convenient removal, or compost,,,,, probably the latter.



Peashooters pruning service do not stop before big yellow friend leave..

Thanks to wise counsel, I blocked a person that hides thier destructiveness behind a thin veneer of helpfulness. It's nice to be free from oppression.

RIP Cutie

2003-2024



She went peacefully this afternoon at home with us.

Not sure if this will work, but here goes.

For the last few years a group of us have been holding monthly funshoots.
Not everyone is on all the various forums, FB, or other sites, so I am posting the main link to our little gathering here for this forum.


The current dates are posted at the end of the thread.
Everyone is invited and those who wish to attend may either make contact through that thread or message me here.

FINNALY getting SWMBO's she-shed heat for the winter!

Putting carpet squares in the shop today! $0.75 each for 24"x24" squares.

Loving it!

If you play video games. This is a game every airgun enthusiast should play.

Airguns are a learning curve..lol I have been getting terrible accuracy with my Chazsel .222 12 twist barrel.. Long story short i got another one... And half 45 grain .222 hitting sideways at 10 yards..Anything heavier 55 grain every slug side ways... I guess you need 7-9 twist..

Wow, sometimes you just gotta sit back and tell yourself things will get better.

Thursday night my two work buddies and I went to the local lake to chase catfish and drift around on the pontoon. This was going to be the last trip of the summer (my first trip, for reasons...) It rained buckets on us, it threw lightning at the hills, the wind blew us around despite 2 anchors rigged. We decided to cut our losses and go home about midnight. At the dock, I dropped my phone into the lake.

Ploop! . Nothing to be done but go home and get the 250# magnet and try to get lucky. 2 more hours of rain, wind and cussing made no difference. Phone has gone to the Great Motorola in the sky.

The insured cost to replace it was a $100.00 deductible. The Vendor overnight shipped and arrived today. It's pulling down my contacts and text messages from the cloud. Still not happy about it, but it is getting better.

I don't really like fish all that much - I will stick to squirrel and rabbits. And that is why i have the ATV and Jeepy instead of a boat.

Church got hit by lightning.

Note the build year on it, 1123, and that's not even the oldest church here, in use too i believe.
I do wonder why they have not made the two 1 numbers alike, but trust me its not 1723



Parts of it is "new " 1371 - 1450.