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N/A  10 air gun questions from a new airgunner

Air cyl? Almost never have them checked. If they look good I use em. Lots of research to back it up.

Storeage? No hard & fast rule. Enough air to keep seals under compression.

Cleaning? Seldom, but Ballistol for barrel cleaning and general lube. Inside hpa sys, pure silicone works (no aerosol). Breech to muzzle.

Unregd or regd you need to shoot over a chrono and get your string figured out.

Parts & longevity? O rings and properly cared for, your kids could enjoy them.
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FX  Fx impact M4 1 or 2 regulator ?

Impacts are really great Airguns. FX drama aside (if you even pay attention to that, which don’t) I love them. My first FX was the Impact MK2. Will always own one of those. Have an Impact M3 compact. Really like it. Like the two reg system. I have always liked having less pressure on the second regulator since dealing with reg creep on the Mk2 even after upgrading to the HUMA reg. I will end up buying an M4 I am sure. Why? Because I really like impacts lol. But the RTI Mora in 357 will come first. The RTIs are a very close second to Impacts for me for top all around enjoyment Airguns.

Best part about Impacts, easy to tune, easy to reseal and repair, easy to find parts, east to get customer support in USA, easy to find O-Rings, easy to find PDF schematics. You will really enjoy your M4. Congratulations on your purchas!

Testing Expansion .177 slugs

@PumaCarl Holy Cow, the Mk3 Explode lol and I'm actually surprised they grouped so well at 50 yards being such a light slug, thanks for the suggestion.

Don't think I'll use them on squirrels because I don't think they'd penetrate enough, at least on these rock squirrels, they are tough.

So here's what I found out today: @1112 fps (High Power on the Pulsar) the JSB 10.03 Knockout MK3 are all over the place at 50 yards, too fast

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So I slowed them down to 1018 fps (Medium Power on the Pulsar) and the group was less than 1/2" at 50 yards, under a dime size... Those circles are 3/4" circles.

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So I tested expansion of the 10.03g MK3 @ 1018 fps / 23 fpe in 5gal bucket of water and they just blew up. As a comparison I also shot the 16.5g Varmint knockers @894fps / 29fpe.

All the shrapnel is by the 10.04g MK3 knockouts on the photo but I actually think that most of that is from the Varmint Knockers, the Knockers didn't really mushroom much they seemed to fragment leaving the core to penetrate deeper....which you can see helped in the later photos of the squirrel.

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So I had a little more time and since the Pulsar was sighted in for the 16.5g Varmint Knockers I just used them, the 10.03g Knockouts were shooting high and I didn't want to screw around sighting in for different distances, I'm just now getting the ranges down for the 16.5g and as you can see I'm a little off on my Kentucky windage.

Squirrel was at 38 yards and I hit him a bit low (I'm zeroed at 50 yards), and here is where I'm glad for the extra penetration because I don't think the 10.03 would have been as effective. Hit him in the neck instead of his head but the 16.5g broke his neck, travelled down the spine a bit and almost broke through the opposite shoulder, slug was just sitting under the skin.

Another squirrel for the stew!

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Another fine day.

RAW Rapid  Love My R.A.W LRT's!

nice cards / wonderful gun ! I find i shoot a lot more consistently if i take a break between cards (20 or 30 minutes) but i have the time shooting at home range

just reread and found some fat finger typing mistakes
I am also lucky to have a home range - can shoot almost any time I want to, weather permitting. I'm limited to 50-60 yards so travel 100 miles round trip if I want to shoot out to 100 yards. Needless to say, I get much more 50 yard shooting done!

Slug diameter quandary

I was trying to sort out a slug problem .My M4 loves h&n 218 and the new JTS slug that has no diameter size just .22 . I tried some of the new corbin slugs 28 gr & 34 gr both in 218 . My M4 and my amigos M4 did not care for them so much . The only visual diff was the corbin had a deeper dish base with shoulders where the other two were slight dish no shoulder. Just a dimple . I decided to measure 10 slugs of each of the three . o_O The JTS were 8- 218 & 2-218.5 OK . The Corbin were all 217 . Then my favorite H&N 218s were one at 218 & 3- at 216.5 & 6 at 217. Any thoughts on this will be pondered greatly ! Thanks
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FX  FX Impact M3 vs Temperature Change

1. Just wanted to see how consistent I could keep the fps of the first shot.
2. I use the DOPE every time now because it took me so long to get good data.
3. The 30 cal is tuned: Air Valve = 3.0, Macro = 16, Micro = 3.5, 1st reg =150 bar, 2nd reg =115 bar. The only time I have to increase the Micro is when temperature drives plenum pressure up 10 bar or greater.
4. The 177 is a stock M3 tuned for < 12 fpe. Air valve =3.0, Macro =1, Micro =2.1, 1st reg = 120 bar, 2nd reg= 70 bar. When I am shooting multiple days in a row I leave the rifle in the van. The hammer strike on this rifle with normal plenum pressure is so lite the wadcutter striking the target at 20 yards indoors is louder than the shot. If plenum pressure increases 10 bar due to increase in temperature the fps drops from 810 to the low 700s. The next issue is the shot/bar on this rifle is very, very high. I have finished two 10 bull cards before the plenum pressure dropped to 70 bar and one more 10 bull card before the 1st reg dropped to 120 bar. In short, if I charge this rifle to 200 bar at 25 to 30 °F and it warms up to the range temp of 65°F I can complete 60 bulls with sighters before bottle pressure drops to 190 bars.

Giving Crosman Domed Pellets their due

Ed,

The tin I have is the domed not the "hollow points". I got some decent targets with one tin of the 10.5s in my P35-177 but then subsequent tins were terrible. That's one of the reasons I soured on Crosmans. I had the tin of 14.3 Crosman domed in the coffee table my Prod is in. It doesn't shoot them quite as well as the copper plated H&N FTTs but well enough. But it doesn't matter if they are the hollow points or the domed. They shoot to the same POI and they take squirrels exactly the same. The hollow point does nothing at Prod velocity, in other words. I also worry about being able to buy more Crosmans that shoot like the old tin I am using.

I tried 18 grain Baracudas this morning and shot a 188. Wind was a little worse and I wasn't consistently judging it right but I don't think the gun likes them as well. Next will be JSB 18s. Today they were shooting great, mostly. 25.4s were poor, 15.9 were OK, and 13.4s shot really well. But I only have a few of the light ones. They were going over 950 fps. I will probably get a tin. I've never had a gun shoot light pellets fast and well like this. I wish I could shoot at 50 yards at home, it would be interesting to see if the accuracy holds up.

Jim
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Parts, parts and more parts

That elusive 33mm piston seal for the break barrels ? ( Anvil and screw types ... Gamo blue especially) . Or is it still a go to Poland or Australia item only ..lol

So i guess not going to consist of this part ..lol

H&N field target trophy

My guns do not care. I have a tin of the normal FTTs but none of my guns shoot those well. But my Prod really likes the copper plated FTTs and my P35-177 and P35-22 really like the Baracuda Match which come in multiple head sizes and they don't care which I use. The P35-22 shot a 3 shot group at 25 yards with both head sizes into a hole that looks like only one pellet went through it (two different groups, one with each head size).
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Let the wife have go!

I’m shooting from the kitchen table into the garden so I’m always in her way “
That when she said let me have ago !
I should have said No”
Because I haven’t heard the last of it ! Lol
Her favourite is when we have guests is show them my target I shot hunni .
Bless her I say it’s beginners luck 🥴
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Latest gx cs4

I have been successfully using one of these.
Currently at 67 hours without missing a beat
No wiring required
The meter starts running when the compressor starts
Sensitivity can be set so that when running the fan only the meter does not clock the time
It is attached to a magnet using the double stick tape provided and the magnet attached to the CS-4 case

just my too seconds
Edward

I kinda want one of these for my car! Would be interesting to see hours logged for the year, and overall.

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