Thanks mine is just a 34. For an older springer it's strong

Rockville Fish & Game Club Field Target Match Report – 2025 June 1
Location: Fish & Game Rd, Vernon, CT
Match Site: Woods, shaded
Temperature: 56-61 degrees Fahrenheit, Overcast
Wind: 5-12 mph (Windy)
Number of Targets: 30 (60 points maximum)
Average Distance: 41.5 yards (19 targets over 40 yards)
Average Kill Zone: 1 3/8” (Mix of 1”, 35 mm, 1 ½” & 40 mm kill zones)
Course Difficulty: 33.6T without environmental factors
Match Times: 10:00 AM–12:30 PM

Results/Attendees: (15 shooters total)

PCP WFTF
27/60 Scott V

Piston WFTF
45//60 Leo G – Walther LGU - JSB 8.4 grains – Sightron 10-50x60
33/60 John E – Air Arms TX200 – Sightron SVIII 8-40x56 – AADF 8.4 grains

PCP Hunter
53/60 Lan N – Steyr Challenge
50/60 David F – Daystate Wolverine – Sightron 10-50x60 – AADFH 10.3 grains
46/60 Khoa T Jr – FX DRS – Falcon F50 – JSB 10.3 grains
40/60 Dick H – Daystate Wolverine – Sightron 10-50x60 – H&N barracuda 10.65 grains
37/60 Geoff S - Daystate
36/60 Ed G – Daystate Huntsman – Athlon BTR – JSB 10.34 grains
35/60 John D – Daystate Huntsman
34/60 Alan E - Daystate Wolverine – Falcon 10-50x60 - JSB 10.3 grains
30/60 Bob J – Daystate Wolverine – Sightron 10-50x60 – H&N 10.65 grains
29/60 Khoa T Sr – FX DRS

Hunter Piston
18/60 Jim W – Air Arms TX200HC – Sightron S-TAC 4-20x50 – JSB 8.4 grains

Unlimited
42/60 Bill D – Thomas Carbine – Sightron S6 10-60x56 – JSB Monsters 13.4 grains

Remarks:
This was our second field target match for 2025. Despite the cold and windy weather windy, we had 15 shooters for the match. It felt colder than normal being under the canopy of the trees.
Course target painting and setup was done on Friday since Saturday we had heavy rains. Ground was still wet on Sunday morning.
After a brief safety meeting, we had people assigned squads and lanes. We had an odd number of people. So, we had one squad with three people and the rest had two person squads. We had two people shooting one at each lane and one scoring.
The wind blew mostly to the east on varying intensity. Holding outside the kill zone was needed on many shots at least for under 12 FPE rifles.
Scott tried shooting WFTF PCP with his convertible pistol-rifle.
I had my LGU shooting flatter trajectory than normal and my Sightron was ranging short by several yards at a known distance paper target. Despite the change of trajectory and range finding, the rifle shot spot on whatever the distance was determined on the side wheel. For example, the scope would range the 55-yard paper target at 51 yards and the rifle shot point on at 51-yard turret mark. Sometimes, the scope shift matches the rifle shift. This usually happens in colder and humid weather for my rifle. It may not work with another rifle and scope combo.
Continental breakfast was served before the match. Meatball and salad were served for lunch after the match.
Thank you for the people who helped clean up afterwards.

Leo Gonzales – FT course planner
Rockville Fish & Game

Results and Photos are available in the link below
http://rockvillefishandgameclub.com/air-gun-activities/
Airgun Field Target - New England Field Target League (nefieldtargetleague.org)
Photos & Results Link

johnwoitalla said:

Is the barrel you mentioned an after market part? If yes, who sells them and at what price? How many brands and weights of slugs have you experimented with? That’s the first time I have ever heard of using Goo Gone on any ammo-ever. Since Goo Gone is a petroleum based concoction, do you experience diesling? I have heard of guys putting petroleum jelly in pellets to increase velocity, but I would never do it-especially in a springer.

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No, not an after market barrrel. It’s an FX Panthera with the 600mm barrel and the Superior Heavy liner. I did polish the liner. I have polished the liners on all of my FX rifles. I actually use Goo Gone to clean my air rifle barrels. It works great. I haven’t had any trouble with it. Although I use it very sparingly. When I lube my slugs with it I add a few drops to the foam in an empty pellet tin and then roll the slugs around on the foam. Then the slugs are rolled around on a dry paper shop towel to remove any excess. I’m still comparing Goo Gone to Balistol as a slug lube and haven’t decided which one is best. Neither one has given me any trouble at all.
Kenny

Good afternoon AGN

Would someone be so kind as to drop a link to the tinted pressure gauge covers I see many of the GK1s with.

Thank you

PCP have their place, at longer ranges they are going to be a better pick for an airgun. I have spinning reels and bait casters,one is not better than the other ,each has its' place. Casting takes more practice ,just as does a springer.
Just because you cannot shoot a springer accurately does not make it inaccurate...

i don’t have any recording equipment to show for it but i was shooting crawfish out to 70 yards with my notos just yesterday. for giggles, i was shooting at and getting within 12” of a beer bottle 214 yards away with the same notos. lol
4-16x element helix
18gr jsb at a very consistent 797-800fps
the nsa i just received were too erratic

Yes, having a HPA compressor is liberating!

Not having to think about my HPA source is a relief! Well worth the investment if you shoot a lot.

2ChainzPain said:

keep researching and reading and I keep coming back to the Benjamin Marauder as a decent option in my price range. I have learned there is a standard barrel, a Lothar Walther barrel and a SAM model.

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I've got a Marauder Regulated Lothar on the way. My first "real" / "grown-up" air rifle. I have never heard of the "SAM" model. Got a link?

ETA: I just figured out "SAM." Semi-auto.


I should hopefully have "first shots" next weekend and will report back!

wimpanzee said:

Well, thank something for lazy Sundays!
After getting a little inspiration from SOME of the comments (thank you, constructive people), I applied sufficient interludes of cursing, sweating, filing, and grinding with the dremel, to create some ugly monstrosity that allows my existing trigger to fit. Started by filing back the entire section, before a few fitting tests showed I just needed a little shelf cut out for the trigger piece to move it.
This may be disappointing to those looking to shuffle through the loot pile, but it looks like I will have a functioning gun after all.

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I have my DRS 22 700 soon not to be a classic in a Form Laminated stock. I just purchased a DRS match grade from Huma Air.
It looks like I have some work to do to get the trigger to fit.

I'm glad to see you got your DRS shooting !

i have a amend my last post
i had an idea of how the seals could fit without the stem being removed
that was take and remove the lip on the seal cup and then reduce the barb on the stem
so, in the drill the stem went, chucked up on the spring side and used an exacto knife to scrap the lip away, took a few minutes
i cut a new seal with and 1/8 center and 5/16 OD and it pushed on with a little help
now my material might be 0.3-0.4mm to thick and when the stem is out you set the barb on top on the seal and in doing so the stem to face dimension stays the same but in this case the stem length will be that amount short
so just an idea down the road

Racer88 said:

A year ago, a dude at the range had an FX Impact M3 that attracted my attention. He let me shoot it. At 25 yards, I put 5 pellets in one hole. Not a "cloverleaf." ONE hole! Oh, baby... I gotta have one of those! Well... that rifle (alone) is $2100. Sooooooooooooo.... I'm starting with the Maruader!

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While I was infatuated and briefly considered spending the dough on an FX Impact M3 / M4 as my first air rifle..... I'm SO glad I didn't. I've learned a LOT perusing the AN forum about the FX Impact rifles. I made the right choice for me (Marauder F&T), especially as an air gun novice (long-time firearms enthusiast). Acknowledging that the FX Impact has a strong following... holy cow those things are finicky. I would NOT be happy after spending that much and then being disappointed with performance unless I'm perpetually futzing with the rifle's tuning / settings. The Marauder is working quite well for my purposes. I just fill the air reservoir and go shoot!

Now that I've learned a bit... and NOT to start a brand war.... IF I decide to go "high end" on an air rifle, it would appear that a Daystate rifle is the way to go. I've lost that lovin' feeling for FX.

But for now and probably a long time coming... I'll continue to be happy with the Marauder. I won't ever be competing.... or hunting. I just enjoy going to the range and shooting paper targets at my own pace.

5-shot groups this Friday. 25 and 50 yards. Wasn't as good as I'd like at 50 yards.

Hey guys statt up a small youtube channel "new sentry arms " got some shorts up they are not that gd im just learning the camera side .what would u guys like to see ?? Maybe outta big bore .or maybe small bore calibers. Accuracy at distance, range type target setup,spinners, gongs ,dueling tree etc.or do you like things that go boom .any input from u folks would be informative and if you saw any of my shorts I posted,,fire away guys lol,thanx

Ultralight said:

My guess is that you can get custom shorties to almost any reasonable lengths you may desire. I'm just waiting for someone to get a micro unit that can only produce half a dozen shots at maybe 25 ft-lbs.

Or someone to keep the stock tube length but cut the barrel and shroud down so that the moderator terminates to the same edge as the airtube.

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This is EXACTLY what I've been thinking of for a while. Not that I have the budget for this but this is intriguing to me.

29 gr at 1025 on my bench with bi-pod and a cheesy little tri-pod that I slide my bag ridder on . What impresses me is the M4 and the amazing uniformaty and consistancy of the Corbin slugs . I am retired and shoot every day !

just to update everyone this is what i ended up buying for 20$ on amazon and works with a 50$ tripod i already had, it would probably be smart to mount it to a more solid tripod but it does work and sometimes i just rest it on the tripod sometimes i mount it and leave it there for a while but i dont like leaving it unattended like that on this tripod

I had a pressure failure once when I overcharged my S410. Air Arms did do a pretty good job of engineering a safe failure point into the design. The way the reservoir is designed, it's weakest point is after the threads at the muzzle end so if it fails the thin area mushrooms out and the o-ring is extruded. There was a loud whoosh when it happened, but no bang. A burst disc would have been better though.

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Ezana4CE said:

@kwaping Are there any other moderators that you'd compare it to?

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I only have one other, a pretty expensive STO Accipiter Sarissa. The accuracy and sound reduction are effectively the same in my tests, but the STO is lighter even though it's substantially longer.

coastal drifter said:

looks good, I can tell by the angle of your scope you are shooting long range. What's your typical distances you shoot? Enjoy my brother air gunner

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My shots range from 30 yards out to about 150.

I'm considering an Immersive 5 x 30 for my Uragan Compact. Has anyone tried this combination? If so how does it work, does it look like it suits the gun? I've currently got an Optisan 3-12 compact on it.

Just filled my 6.8 l tank from2600pse to 4400psi in just over 1 hour with my new GX CS4I

Thanks Hobbyman2007. I measured the spring dimensions but have not called anyone yet. I ordered and received a seal kit for the 2236 rifle. It came with air tube, leather and neoprene seals. I could not use any of them. I could not get them passed the beginning of the gun. In my opinion they are too large. All air gun purists should stop reading this now. I removed the rivet that holds the gun together. This made life wonderful. I then cut many new leather seals until I found the sweet spot. The leather seal I got in the kit was also cut off center. A lot off center. I used 13/16s as a start for the seals. Long story and much cursing later I have a fully functional air gun. Lightly wire wheeled the metal and wood stock. Tung oil on the stock and just light oil on the metal. It now has a wonderful patina look to it. I stretched the spring a bit to straighten it out but who knows how it would look if I took it out again. It shoots much faster than before but is a bugger to cock. Not horrible but much harder than my Crosman western sky carbine 1999 rifle. Hopefully it will get easier the more I shoot. The western sky carbine can hit anything accurately so we usually shoot at targets from 50 to 60 feet away. Much more fun. I am happy. That is all that matters. Now I hope that this gun will last another 80 years or so. Next we took my new M1 apart to make the trigger pull easier. Sweet Lord what a time that was. All back together, trigger works no batter but oh my God what fun it is. That's all for now gang. I would like to make one of those targets that slowly spins after the first shot. Look really fun but don't what to pay the price. Thanks for all the help and happy shooting. Brian.

kaylaindy said:

My hammer spring is at 0 clicks from 0. It's at 0, reg at 2150 psi

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Thank you very much Nate keep up the good work man. You make some of the best videos and I love your sense of humor. Plus we’re almost neighbors. I’m over here in Puyallup.

Nice, the longer barrels can really shine.
I did a polishing/lapping the ceramic ball pocket in my REPR somewhere early days when that Reg surfaced, and never since I had any problems with it.
My .22x500 L2 is currently detuned for low attention seeking mod, 70b, 2x0.8 jets, 15gn Hades @ 750 fps, about 13+ mags on fills, a consistent MOA @ 50 M.
The L2 is a very capable machine is you learn the trigger control.

airgunutty said:

Well that %#&*€¥ socks. May I ask what you were shooting them from. Mine is an at44 177 long and it loves the old ones. I only have 2½ tins left. Well I do thank you for taking the time to respond.
Agnutty

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@airgunutty
If you are really in love with the original JSB 177 13.43 there is a member selling multiple cases of them
I bought a few sleeves of jsb 16.20 from him without any problems

just my 2 stents

Edward