Newbie to the Airgun world. Been an avid hunter/shooter all my life but never owned a quality air rifle. Time to remedy that. Just joined this forum and have to say the information on here is staggering. I see hours of research in my future!

So far I think I’m headed for a PCP bullpup. Budget will be $1K-ish. Mostly target shooting and some backyard pest control. Would like something that will shoot well out of the box but could eventually be improved with some light tinkering….because I just can’t help myself.

I’ve started reading other discussions and posts but if there is any advice to shorten the search I would appreciate it.

Thnx

first off, HAPPY FATHER’s DAY FOR ALL THE NON-DEADBEAT DADS OUT HERE!

now for the good part…. i’m stressed the f out. wife is asking me to frame a 4’x4’ mirror on the garage wall and i have to clean up the garage to get to the wall.. but she’s offering to buy me a gun. any gun of my choice..
i need help.
i just hung out with @Smssibz and he was gracious enough to let me shoot his .22 brk ghost hp . awesome gun! i also watched him take down a bird at 125 and then another at 200+ yards! this validated my suspicion of .22 being my favorite caliber.
now, wife is putting me to work on father’s day.. hate it, but she’s willing to pay.
that ghost is REALLY nice! are there any other .22 guns you all would recommend that’s slug capable and quiet enough at 200 yards?
i’m looking at the slash but there really isn’t anything on the internet about it. utah air is releasing them on the 18th.. hopefully someone puts out an honest review of it soon.

they should send one to me for a very unbiased review! i’ll do it! i’ll even send it back after the review! @Utah-Airguns

I like shootin skeet too! Welcome back.

Let’s not sugarcoat it — June’s Gear Drop is stacked. If you like top quality glass, the iconic EDgun Leshiy, thermal and night vision combos, or just watching your target vanish in a puff of smoke... this drop is for you.

Here is a YouTube link that will give you a good step by step to follow when doing a reseal to your Avenge-X. The video is not in English but you can just turn off the volume and pay attention to the process:
The only O-ring kit for the Avenge-X that I know of is from PyramidAir ( https://www.pyramydair.com/search-results-ext?keyword=avenge-x seal kit ) and here is their schematic page for the X : https://www.pyramydair.com/model-schematic/m/air-venturi-avenge-x-classic-synthetic-stock/5773

I just did a reseal to my X following the video above. It went without any issues except the O-rings I was replacing had failed by becoming hard and frozen in place. I suggest you go as far as you are comfortable to replace the original seals and then maybe shop for aftermarket O-rings from Internet vendors because the factory O-rings are not all that.

Just bought a used PARD Nightstalker 4k, everything seems to be in order and in excellent shape, HOWEVER, when I go to use the scopes on board gyroscope/compass function (inclinometer & digital level functions also) my readings are all over the place.

I've tried every method of calibration that I can come up with, indoors, outdoors, high light, low light, figure-8, rolling, spinning, tumbling; nothing has worked so far.

Scope reads as if I am spinning, and changing yaw/pitch constantly. Attached is a video of the scope screen and the heading/values on left and right respectively. Has anyone experienced this and found a fix?

I'm aware I could just shut it off, but I'd love to use the onboard leveling function and compass.

During the first match, second card, my Skout failed me. It just wouldn’t fire. I had already shot the first card no issues. Second card 8 shots in and it just stopped. Luckily I bring a back up rifle, my Ghost, shot the rest of the match. 15 shots in about 4 minutes.
I will be reaching to Skout, hopefully it’s a user fixable issue. Yes the battery was fully charged and fully aired up.
It was a beautiful day, lots of goodies, another new shooter Josh looked like he had a great time.

I just took delivery of a New Hatsan Factor BP in 30 cal.
I have other Hatsans , so I knew I would need to Give it the once over.
First the crown. It is not up to my specs. as a prior QC in the Aerospace industry, and as a gun owner.
Sooo, i honed it using some valve grinding compound followed by some JB bore paste.
Now it is as perfect as can be under the bore scope!
Next was the hammer tension which I put at halfway.
The trigger was terrible, and the Owner's manual sent is not representative of the Normal quattro trigger.
The adjusters are located about 6 inches rear of the trigger and accessed through holes in the stock. They are not on the trigger!
I left the #1 first stage adjustment as is. I adjusted the #2 screw , which removed the unnecessary creep before break.
#3 screw was adjusted to a nice 2# pull via my trigger pull guage.
I have owned other Hatsans, so I knew they were not out of the box ready to hunt with.
I mounted a WestHunter 4-16 SFP scope with fine graduations and 1/10 mil, adjustment, on top of a -10 base.
First shot at 33 yards, 12" high and 6" left, second shot 1" high 1 " left, 3rd thru 7th shots 1 ragged hole with JSB 44.75. Pellets
Now I'm ready to shoot some sage rats, we're leaving tomorrow for a week! Yeah! Offline and out of touch till then!
And a Blessed and Happy Father's Day to you, my brothers!

MJS said:

During a hunting session no problem. Leaving it cocked overnight or longer I'd be nervous about dry firing by mistake.

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If it's cocked it's loaded. I always discharge it in a safe direction before putting it away.

This week I received this rifle and Diana scope and the scope was one of the best that comes with rifles. Mounted the scope and for the first in many air guns the scope needed no adjustment as it was dead on at 12 yards and very accurate and so easy to cock and shoot. The very best rifle/scope combo I have. Charles

CCGC Monthly FT Match

Date/Time:
06-21-2025 9:00

Location:
Central Carolina Gun Club FT Range
3668 Fleming Graham Rd., Burlington, NC

Entry fee:
$10 for CCGC members
$15 for non-members
Juniors (<21) shoot free

You can pay online or pay cash on match day at the range.

The gate opens 7:00, sight-in range will open at 8:00 and the match begins at 9:00. We will be in the shade and shoot on the White course this month. Expect about 60 shots, 2 targets per lane, 2 shots per target, Troyer TBD and we will use timers.

Registration link can found here.

See you there.

I guess but for the life of me I can not understand how google can to continue to let this happen.
You take some person wanting to get into our hobby would not know. These scammer are doing
this with every product from lawn mowers to electric bikes. What ever, JMOHOP

Last time I wanted to change rings I searched through the ones I already had. I did not find exactly what I wanted but it helped me figure out about what height to buy. I you have some that came with a scope or something you can try you might want to start there. If they were too high you could try putting a shim on the comb to see how much shorter to get but since they are too low it would be a guess. But if you can see through the scope at all you probably need 0.25 inches or less added height. But you might only need 1/8th.

Thanks for sharing a great memory. Love it

Thank you for your response. But I don,t think that’s it with mine. Every since I got this compressor it
seemed to struggle starting. Once it got going no problem. I had it hooked up in a spare bed room.
I always wondered why it had a hard time starting. I came to the collision maybe the long exstension
cord could be the problem. Yes it helped immense. I forgot about that & have it on my back deck. I was
using the long extension cord again. Well I changed it. Still nothing.Question could a bad capacitor keep the
motor from turning over? Guys I,m a gear head not a sparky. I know enough to get myself in trouble.
“That what forms as this is for!”

beerthief said:

WOW i ordered a UGT pistol scope yesterday @ 1:30 PM
It was delivered to my porch at 12:10 today Fathers Day and a Sunday to boot ! That is less than 24 hours on a weekend .
USPS gets a positive to help offset the many negative deliveries .

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"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"

Now if that darn fed-up-x would just get it right ..

Gates at 8:00 and sight in at 8:00, match start at 9:30.
15 lanes by request. If rain is in the forecast for the morning, will move to Sunday.

Norma .22 dont do too bad. Thunder storm blowing n and just beat the lighting and rain to get these 5 shot .

Bad enugh the killer humidity..lol

My usual that one ..lol


Oh well .

cosmic said:

Looks like m14x1.. That is what I found from the net.. Will check with Airforce tomorrow...

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Let us know when you know for sure.

rwsmike said:

Fathers day happy Fathers day!!!
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AHHHH the obligatory foot , perfect !

Thanks, just ordered one...

Wow! Thanks guys. I had no idea. But now that you have me thinking about it, I recently helped a buddy sight in a lower end powder burner with a lower end scope / mount, and we ran out of adjustment on the scope. We were able to get it on target, but it wouldn't stay on target because of all the adjustment we had to use. I but we were dealing with barrel droop. Thanks for the info. Super helpful. I hope I never have to bend a barrel, that makes me cringe just thinking of it.

Not bad at all. Especially when i can still walk in walmart and grab as i need at a everyday low prices.

Low hit was first shot of day cold .

R9 , stock irons , 50yards , gamo premier hollow points / Daisy/ GPHP..lol , .177 ( was going for 10 bit phone rang " spam alert " at that

Been a VERY long time since I had any mechanical engineering but 6061 aluminum, probably, has very little flex. To the point it is unlikely your poi would shift due to flex. Thermal expansion and contraction might have greater effect than flex.

Airgunmann said:

It looks different than the one that came out of my drs

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Which one was in your drs?