Budget and benchrest do not go well together.

Optison EVX 4-16x44 first focal plane has delivered great accuracy and clarity for the last 4 years on my FX rifles!

Will begin with what caliber and barrel length. My basic approach is to work from low setting upwards instead of the other way around. Also the macro wheel really won’t be at the heart of your tune. It will only adjust how much of a range you can turn your optimal tune down. If you have the tune at 915 fps like you want and the macro at max you will be able to tune the speed down quite a bit. If you tune it to that speed with macro set in the middle you can turn it down half as much. I usually set the macro on max and tune to the heaviest projectile I will shoot. Anyway getting way ahead..lol. Start with barrel length and caliber. Also you can pm me your number if you don’t mind discussing it at like 9 pm EST. Drive all night so have lots of time then.

AmericanPitCorsojay said:

Just got back from Alaska last night,thinking about calling some in tonight

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Hell yeah bro! Let us know how it goes…. I’m jealous though. I won’t make it up to Alaska until the fall.

I know you’ve decided on a hat @cavedweller, I can see why- it seems like the eyecups have a tenancy of going out of adjustment getting cockeyed in the case, having the RTV that you glued it on with come loose during a match. In my case, sitting position and off hand position need the cup to be twisted a bit… but if I do that it moves the ocular focus.
been thinking about this every since you posted and last night, I think I came up with a solution. Many of us have 3D printers or access to a friend with one—- I printed a tube that just fits over my scope and has a stop in it so it goes to the same place every time it is friction fit and can easily twist without affecting the ocular. It slips off so that it doesn’t get tweaked in my gun case. Much easier to slip the eye cup onto the tube rather than onto the scope for me. I’ll probably fancy mine up a little bit and move the DOPE sheet from the scope to the eyecup adapter.







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It was fun for sure! We missed you Scott!

I was definitely on top of my excuses game Sunday, I brought just about every excuse possible!

bird78 said:

Did you use the oe synthetic marauder stock? I like the minimalistic "AR grip and adj stock" look if I could find one.

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No, just the standard 2nd generation stock. I did bed the front end, so the gun wouldn't move around in it.

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I have two of the 25mm ones on my alpha wolfs nice and simple pressure and battery life, would have been nice if they were back lighted.

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How did you install the gauge, I read the warnings on not using a dowty seal on them. I have a Ghost and want to use the 25mm. Thanks

SEND IT BACK!!!! LOL

Curious to see what she does at 100 yards, could be a nice BR gun right there.

Was a hot and muggy day, but as usual - a fun course. I think some of the targets on the kneeling lane went over without a kill shot, at least for those of us > 12 fpe.

Thanks for putting on another awesome event!

bubbahotep said:

3/8" lasso? is metal, the picatinny ones are 3d print.

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Printed as it is not metal. Charles

MrP said:

Same experience here. That yong heng worked fine but it was a whole experience - bucket, hoses, ear protection, some kind of vibration absorbing surface to put it on, and it had to be in the basement or the garage because of the noise. I keep my CS4 in the corner of my living room, such a better experience. I'm not filling tanks so the slower fill rate is not really an issue. The YH was quite a bit faster

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All true, won't try to argue, just the same, if my Yong Heng ever gets to the point of no return, I'll replace with another. WM

CoyoteGod said:

Yeh we have been there. Probably should have a thread as a support group. Airgun anonymous.

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I have like my next 3-4 guns/gun builds planned out already and this is still my first pcp … as much as I like shooting it turns out the tuning part scratches a nerd itch for me haha. Currently trying to convince my friends to buy air guns. “Bro just get a budget gun and let me tune it for you… it’ll be sick.” I might have a problem haha.

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Did a comparison of the features on my pumpers. I ranked them on several factors and weighted each factor. Of course, this exercise is very subjective, and results would vary if I did the test again or others. Plus 2 of them had scopes but did not want the work to remove them for this test. The results were surprising. Note that you need Excel to view it, as I couldn't find a way to fit it on a PDF. Note: If you do not have Excel, you can download LibreOffice for free, and it has all the components of Microsoft Office. Excel format is in 97-2003.

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FYI you can use office online to open this for free, or even google sheets.

More seriously I have a lot of wood scraps and a wooden box probably makes more sense. I can size it to fit.

After me starting a discussion on this at GTA, Hector Medina informed us that there will still be some 460's (and 48's) made, even though they are not in the current catalogue.

mercado said:

Gerald in south Africa.. has alot of moderators, he sometimes use the weight if the moderator to tune the harmonics, you will see some of his high power slug buids using a Ronin, not particularly pretty or quiet but the Ronin is a heavy ass moderator to tame that barrel jump when the heavy slug goes out. That could be a solution in your case maybe a YOKOZUNA since like the Impulse could be change in size .. the YOKOZUNA weight 5 time more than the Impulse.

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I never tried the larger DFL.
I found the STO Sarrisa was the best on my Gauntlet G30. I had a Sumo originally but there were some issues with accuracy. The Terminador big barrel band was the final piece. 40 yards and 1/2" groups ( on my good days). And full Gauntlet power.

Huma Mod 50 was as good as the Sarrissa. But that is on my AEA Terminator.

Vetmx said:

I am trying to live with a 3-12 Zulus on my .30. But in the daylight even at 6X zoom, it’s worse than the cheapest scope. I was swapping back and forth with my Athlon but for the time being because the range finder feature is dialed in, I’m trying to stick with it. If this gun wasn’t a night gun, there is no way I could live with it over a conventional scope.

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Great shot… I have 5-20zulus it’s definitely is more crisp than this. Doesn’t really get pixelated until x15 for me.

That one is really decked out

35 yds usually. Depends on what the gran kids are shooting and prefer. Blessed to shoot out to 100 yds from deck.

Shoot in the evening either outdoors in the evening and deduct 5 points for each mosquito bite you get
No protection allowed

Airforce guns are a hidden gem. In modified form they are a tuners dream with potential to be very quiet, very very accurate, very powerful and most importantly very reliable. The beauty is simplicity.

It has what total of what 2 o-rings that actually seal and a valve seat. Less is more, in this case.

All of my highly modified condors and texans that I own are more accurate, powerful, reliable and build cost less than majority of Daystate, FX, Brocock , etc

I've owned Vulcans, Uragans, M2, M3, Brocock, Air Arms, Pantheras, Dynamic, Deltawolf, etc in various calibers and configurations. After all the guns I've owned none can match the power/performance/accuracy of my highly modified texan or condor builds and do it at lower fill pressures for less money spent.

I value each for what is was designed to do. I love Fx guns as much as I love Airforce guns. I Evaluate each for its strengths and weaknesses utilizing them for a specific intended purpose.

Each gun on the market has a purpose, if long range accuracy and power with Slugs or cast bullets is what your after. There isn't a better platform than Airforce

All I can say is those who know, know. If you don't know and haven't mastered the gun then you won't know. This means you didn't put forth the effort required to get it to the level of performance desired before giving up.

Is the CP and Mamba essentially the same scope?

Same experience. Trouble free. Accurate, efficient, solidly built. Great freaking guns. .177L

JEFFPPC said:

Well it's not practical in real life which to me would be either a match or a hunting situation to shoot a 50 shot warm up. But given you have a 50 shot warm up target to me you obviously need a click or so down. Windage looks pretty good although shot with no flags is suspect. What would be interesting would be to shoot the same format several days in a row with no scope changes and see if the results are parallel. Even better if you did it with at least one flag do you don't shoot in any reverses but in similar conditions. Shooting your individual dots shows more pertinent information than shooting groups. Good thread. The information you have with your target needs to be gathered with maybe 10 shots or less at a timed competition.

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Most of my shooting is off-hand plinking and that is how I warm up / loosen up for a bench session or tuning and testing. Pesting and hunting are cold-bore by necessity.

I shoot the report cards to establish baselines and for the fun of it. I do compare report cards. Shooting a week long series is a good idea though it would result in major complaints from the other residents of the gun cabinet

I usually pause between shots to reflect, jot down chronograph numbers and force a reconnect/refocus so that each shot is a separate event. Your suggestion of rapid-fire timed targets could be a fun exercise as well.

Cheers!