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L.Leon · Mar 17, 2025

Ranchibi said:
Luis, amazing how the FPS using different TP settings kept both different weight pellets the same! And, the POI for both the same! Great shooting! I am having a blast with the new to me Taipan Vet2 I got from Dillon, I am back in the compact pcp game like you! Nice photos.

Thanks Randall, looking forward to reading more about your impressions of the Taipan Vet 2… you should consider posting up some images of your new rig…

JimD · Mar 18, 2025

My mental model for what is happening when you pull the trigger is a sine wave starts down your barrel because of the excitation of the release of air. The barrel wants to move a tiny, tiny amount in some direction due to the excitation. When you tune the gun you are trying to find a pellet (most important variable by far in my experience) and tune that minimize the difference in this movement shot to shot. Lots of things, including temperature, can influence what is "best". My one 177 gets tuned to shoot faster than most of my other guns partially because it can. I've tried a variety of speeds in it and not seen much difference in accuracy. So I set it up to shoot 880-900 in part because I want to be able to cleanly kill squirrels (which it does very nicely).

In short, speed is a secondary variable in my opinion which does not strongly affect accuracy. Logically a stronger pulse from air could lead to more excitation of the barrel and potentially less accuracy but I have not seen it. 177s do not use a lot of air per shot and the barrel tends to be thicker than other calibers so if this is a factor at all it would be significantly less for 177. As many others have said, you have to test and see what you think.

JimD · Mar 18, 2025

If you think you might want a bullpup be sure to look at the P35s, they re my favorite and Krale is the only way I know of to get one in the U. S.. I have three. Light, powerful enough and accurate.

grackleblast · Mar 18, 2025

Protect the valve , I can't stress that enough ! I have shipped about 14 -15 tanks over the last year or two . Two broken gauges . The tanks are pretty much indestructible , the vulnerable part is what sits on top ! It needs to be packed like it will be dropped out of an airplane. Also any tank that is out of certification must be completely empty . DOT regulations.

Jim B · Mar 18, 2025

Welcome to AGN! I hope you like RABBIT HOLES because this one is deep!

MOE.LB · Mar 31, 2025

nervoustrig said:
Yes, what you observed is fairly common with a new regulator as it breaks in. The valve seat consists of plastic part squeezing up against a metal part. In the early going, little imperfections in their mating surfaces allows the pressure to slowly creep up until they eventually squeeze hard enough to fully halt the transfer of air. After they have cycled open and closed a number of times, the plastic part takes on an imprint and the regulator will become more stable.

For what it’s worth, the setpoint will usually increase slightly during the break in period. You experienced the opposite, and if I were to hazard a guess, it’s probably the result of some setting of the spring. But suffice it to say I don’t think it’s anything to be concerned about.

Hi Nervous, I actually discovered that my gun is consistent at 100 bar on the regulator. seems that the reason i was getting 110 bar was the fact that whenever the shop used their tank to fill my rifle they did it too fast leading to heat buildup in the cylinder. i confirmed this by using my new tank to replicate. If i did it slowly and didn't make the gun heat up it would do 100 bar. if i did it quick it would heat up and do 105 110 bars. but once it cools down it did go back to 100 bar or so. the gun is consistent and making very tight groups so the regulator is consistent it seems also.

Jnewood · Mar 22, 2025

ZekeZX10 said:
Damnit, just saw your post but this week was busy for work but would love to one day

I'll be back around April 2nd...heading to do some iguana plankin on Tuesday.

Peashooter · Mar 18, 2025

I think my average is 1000 shots on a outing, and i try very hard to shoot 2 times a week all year.
So my now 10 month old Epic airguns Two, have fired a few shots.

They call me Mr lead poisoning.

biergiel · Mar 17, 2025

.22 caliber and .20 caliber are not permitted ????

SpiralGroove · Mar 24, 2025

Mycapt65 said:
No one can.

Yeah, when you get a gun tuned like that …. and looks that nice.
You likely would never be able to replace it

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cavedweller · Mar 23, 2025

Bear-of-Grayling said:
Talking here on AGN is a good thing. A couple days ago a member here reminded me of something that I have totally overlooked and forgotten. Funny how this happens. He mentioned the scope grooves on my custom steroid. Asked if it had them. Wow. I totally forgot this. So yesterday I dug around in my extra scope department and came up with this 4x32 Simmons Shotgun scope. The parallax is set to 50 yards for a shotgun scope if memory serves. Which clearly it doesn’t. Anyway, this Simmons can be manually adjusted through the front objective lens with a tool I made. Moves freely back and forth. Also has extra eye relief. The scope fit the 392 perfectly. Easy to cock, pump and load. It’s a very light weight scope also. Shot it in this morning at 40 yards using CPHP‘s. Five pumps and it’s sending them around 625 fps with very good accuracy. Thank you rokonman.View attachment 548220 View attachment 548221

This is a beautiful pumper —- holding it and shooting it only impresses you more!

rcrochte · Mar 17, 2025

BB’s said:
Found this old pumper at a local gun show . I think it’s a Crosman 109 town and country Jr. in 177. I haven’t found much online read one post that the 109 was only made a few years. It’s shooting great about 600fps with 6 pumps wit a 7.4 gr pellet. I just wanted to share this old timer . Enjoy
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Nice looking rifle.

jkingrph · Mar 17, 2025

Just find a screw and nut that will fit.

357cal · Mar 29, 2025

Below is at 100 yards, Airforce Texan .308, 150gr 960 ish fps with a Zulus HD 5-20x lrf, Love the wat this .308 is setup now. With a boat tail slug I will be able to really reach out to tag some critters.

Peashooter · Mar 23, 2025

Yes.177

With the 700 mm barrel, well the heavy barrel at least slugs worked damn fine ( 13 gr ) also in the STD liner, but unsure if i tried the 10 grainers in it, if i did probably regular 10 gr KO slugs and i can not recall result.
I do remember 10 gr Zan not working good for me.
But tore off the long barrels and DIY CF sleeve and went back to the original 600 mm with a new standard barrel CUZ not able to find any Heavy ones at the time.
The original 600 mm barrel, i would not even give that to the person i loathe the most, it did not work above SUB12 speed / power

Got maverick when it was brand new on market, and a little later the 700 mm barrels when they came out, and it have given me great joy shooting several 10.000 of slugs in the following years.
Im at a place where i might as well have a ammo subscription with Zan, just ordered 10 new boxes of 13 grain yesterday, i shoot 2-3-4 boxes in a day during summer, and often i shoot 2 consecutive days, and do that 2 times a week, so quite a lot of lead launched here.

Right now though i always grab my Epic Two, only think of the Maverick when i see it lying in its case on top of a big cardboard box in my living room, have lived here for like 14 years now and at least 1/2 of my stuff are not unpacked, haven’t even put up light here, i have screen light and a single floor lamp in a corner i use when i work on stuff on my living room table.

daddypaddy · May 26, 2025

Airfuture said:
Yes, many parts, there are already manufacturers of high-flow solenoid balanced valves with a response speed of 200 µs and less at reasonable prices, with elec. trigger is the future...

the present is currently the future. electric triggers have been around for a while.

6gun · Mar 17, 2025

mikey fingers said:
In your opinion where does ur airgun do the most damage ,in wound channel, first impact, 1 inch in or at exit wound point ? And what ammo do u prefer ??

Depends on the ammo. Hybrid slugs are early, patriots are an inch in, nsa is a little farther and holds its shape better and might be better for bigger critters. I can't say I have a favorite, the energy levels I've got seem to be more than enough anyways so it's about the precision with my current tune.

Mr. Buddy · Mar 20, 2025

cavedweller said:
It’s a willing buyer and a willing seller thing
good luck… my rule is 50% of retail if you want to sell it quickly

50% was right where I was thinking tbh. It's no about recouping it all really. It's mostly just to get it gone because I can't really use it here in Dallas/FW whereas before the move, I lived in Upstate NY where you could fire it out your front door. Thanks for the advice!

WorriedMan · Mar 18, 2025

Hobbyman2007 said:
Thanks for measurements. That confirms it won’t fit.

Well designed magazine, unfortunately, at least for me, the JTS Airacuda MAX it came with was a dud. WM

Cantona256 · Friday at 10:40 PM

OneAcreFarmer said:
@Cantona256 How did you open up the transfer port on your 250z? From what I could see the only way to access it is thru a threaded hole in the bottom of the block and it’s already as large as possible. Unless i would rethread the hole for a larger bolt.

So I did some asking around and the answer to the question is to drill the block out to just a hair below the size of the threads so you don’t have to rethread. I probably won’t do that yet as I’m already really loving how it shoots and I wanna see how the plenum does. Plus he’s working on some poppet Valves and dual ports for more power increases as well.

borne2fly · Mar 23, 2025

graycrait said:
I worked with a great sports optician for custom glasses first but the glasses that worked were so unique I couldn't use them for anything else and I am really near sighted. I then tried Ghost rings but my issue was with my front sight, I couldn't see it except under certain light conditions. I suspect I tried nearly every novel non-battery pistol sight that came out during 2000-2012. I worked in a PB store and just could. I even trained with both the front and rear sights taken off and that works well enough for close in shooting if you have practiced enough. I finally gave up on non-battery "old man" sights, as did most. I think practice works best at 7-10yrds, even thinking about sights just gets in the way. For hitting an Olympic 10m target bullseye well-practiced point and shoot is not good enough even if you are from Turkey

For indoor target shooting these days if I want to see both sights, with focus on my front sight down in the basement where I have enough LED strip lights to replicate the sun, I use a single vision pair of glasses with a right 1.5+ flip up lens. I removed the left lens of the cheap flip up readers. That way I resemble an old poorly trained Olympic "style" 10M shooter with poor equipment. But I can see the front and rear sights as well as the target well enough to plink to my hearts content.

I looked up pistol "peep" sights to see what the current conventional opinions are and have to concur that unless you are going for minute of beer can at 15' there isn't much point. There is little to no correlation to what you get from a long gun peep sight to a pistol.

I have similar eye issues and found that “pinhole glasses” solved the problem, at least for me.
Optometrists use these things for eye exams but they are available online. And they’re cheap. Basically solid black plastic “glasses” with thousands of tiny holes. I move my head around until I find one of the holes that brings everything into focus. Perhaps it’s the “pinhole effect” that seems to correct my astigmatism, while simultaneously allowing me to see the rear sight in sharp focus (normally I can only see the front sight and target in any reasonable focus). I always wear these when I shoot.
Also, I need reading glasses anymore, but apparently these pinhole glasses do much the same thing. Only downside is the very limited field of view, which makes them tedious for reading but not a problem for shooting.

Coinwa · Mar 19, 2025

BlackICE said:
Where inside the yellow is the heart?

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The heart area on that coyote would be represented by the lowest portion of the yellow toward the front leg.

HOWEVER…. what’s not shown on that target are where the humerus and scapula are. As that coyote stands, the heart would be entirely covered by the scapula and a portion of the humerus (upper leg) bone. With a higher powered rifle, this is not an issue…. but with a pellet rifle, those two bones can create some problems.

Having killed hundreds of coyotes in my life, I’m routinely impressed with their toughness and tenacity. Even with my .30 Uragan I’d be looking for CNS shots, unless I could get a nice quartering away shot where odds of impacting anything but a rib are minimal

Mark.in.AZ · Mar 18, 2025

Hey Jim, check this out!

https://www.airgunnersofarizona.org/_files/ugd/228b00_c650054145c1452f864a27802a922bcc.pdf

We shot our TRAC (Tuesday Retired Airgun Challenge) match today, with a "Jim's Folly" target, and had one of our guys topple it in some horrendous wind conditions. I attached our club match report above.

Sleestak · May 1, 2025

I'm all for higher end guns, but if you're on a AV budget take a look at Airgun Revisions site and snag a Kratos or Marauder.

Even a basic Benjamin rifle will be a keeper as your acquisitions grow

MattR302 · Mar 19, 2025

I also started with a Gamo Magnum last year, and recently bought an Avenge-X.
It feels like a cheat code for accuracy compared to the Gamo

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