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cavedweller · Feb 23, 2025

Sawney Bean said:
In that case, I'd not only kill them, I'd enjoy doing it. I'm not in your shoes though and for me hunting crows means going out of my way to kill something that's not bothering me and that I don't really want to eat.

Intelligent creatures. Crows and ravens.
everything in nature has its purpose!

igolfat8 · Mar 22, 2025

Been there, done that but shhhhh, don't tell anyone

That is why I was trying to warn you and others of the pitfalls that lie ahead.

jking · Feb 15, 2025

Thanks for sharing..

Aslap · Feb 14, 2025

The air tube is way easy to get off. Once degassed, the main tube unscrews by hand easily. Once the tube is off, the front end needs a wrench for about 4 turns then it unscrews by hand. However, nothing has to be removed to get at the Foster fitting. It basically unscrews by had after degassing.

I was real big on putting a couple of drops of silicone oil into the fitting so as to keep the internal O-rings nicely lubed. When I pulled the foster fitting, it was filled with oil. I cleaned out the body of the fitting with a squirt of non-chlorinated brake cleaner, re-lubed the O-rings in the fitting and the tube and put it all back together. At a full 300 bar there is no more bubbling out of the Foster fitting.

As some here suggested, maybe putting oil into the fitting is not such a good idea. Mark me down as agreeing with them.

Tony

igolfat8 · Feb 14, 2025

+1 Dana. Good shooting on you and your Thomas.

Vana2 · Feb 16, 2025

Roboslug said:
As with a scope, a dot sight sight won't make any weapon more or less accurate. When using iron sights one is trying to see/focus on the front sight, rear sight and target. The dot sight eliminates the rear sight becomes a bead on a shotgun - sorta. While you can focus on the front sight with both eyes, the dot is only seen by the master eye (on a pistol). I have not used one on a rifle. My first instinct was to focus on the dot and let the target blur. After much experimentation and listening to others I now focus on the target and let the dot be blurry. Just as your eyes will find the center of the rear sight (using irons), your eye will find the dot.

Also consider the size of the dot compared to the size of a "normal" front sight. It is much smaller, therefore precise. Using dot sights take commitment.

For a change try putting painters tape over the front of the sight. This will force one to use both eyes and use the weak eye to focus on the target.

Here is an interesting article (to me anyway).

An NRA Shooting Sports Journal | Aiming the Red Dot Sight

I have found that many shooters think entirely too much. This is not rocket science, because if it were, I would not be a shooter. Hence, I am not smart enough to shoot badly. When Erich Bujung was the Olympic Pistol Team coach, he always said, “No stinking thinking. The mind is a terrible thing...

www.ssusa.org

Thanks for the link, it's a good read!

Coming from a slingshot/bare bow background where instinctive shooting is normal, and without someone to teach me otherwise, I learned to shoot by focusing on the target. I shoot a rifle (plinking) the same way as I do a shotgun, by mounting the weapon consistently and knowing by feel where it's going to shoot.

Think this red dot is going to work out fine.

Cheers!

Corvid_hunter · Feb 16, 2025

I prefer quality over quantity. Better one or two really nice things instead of several mediocre ones.

Bernie7 · Feb 14, 2025

Has anyone tried this? Or is someone familiar with the precise mechanism that allows for the select fire. It appears it’s the same switch just one more position…? Is it missing some internals?

bigHUN · Feb 15, 2025

I would start with asking the FX dealers

Dewy · Mar 30, 2025

manabeknives said:
Hey Dewy
On the LPR, check the o-rings to see if the might be damaged ...OU 7017 and OU 9008
and check to see if the small plastic piece is whole and properly set VRG 106
Or just wait to talk to Keith or Darryl on Monday

This did the trick. I replaced the OU7017 and VRG 106. I believe VRG 106 was the problem. HPR 1500 and LPR will now go over 200. Thank you much for the help.

Centercut · Mar 20, 2025

steve123 said:
I'm aware of that but IMHO with pellets that's about as close as they are going to get, unless it's very very calm out and the stars align, well maybe if somehow a higher BC pellet comes about. The new heavy 30 cal pellets have a higher BC than the old MRD's so this helps out.

I once shot a 244 in practice(35 cal plug) with 22 cal MRD's, using my Thomas HPX, and it would have been higher except for one huge flyer. However the next card was IIRC 230-ish, and this is the typical thing that I see that happens with pellets. The next day I couldn't break into 220's because of a medium wind.

That 244 was a great card. And that was 4 years ago.
The current “world record” in a major competition is Thayne Simmons at RMAC finals last year with a 240.

Superpete · May 7, 2025

When someone deletes 1st regulator, what do you dow tih the 1st reg gause, remove and plug it in with set screw?

BattleCreekPete · Feb 14, 2025

Guys NJ laws are riding rhe short bus. Anyways is there anyone who can make a custom mag for an fx dynamic express that will only hold 3rds? Yes i know this is stupid but NJ doesnt allow hunting wirh anything that can hold 3rds/shells or more. If not ill have to tey an modifiy an original.

bigHUN · Mar 7, 2025

Back in time when I received the bore cam somehow happened and I misplaced the little "business card" with QR code. Only found that card after a year plus - just recently - in one other drawer, I was looking for something else

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What a life ,,, so many hobbies and not enough time

The "Smart Endoscope" app is much much better.

JimD · Feb 14, 2025

Pellet and speed? Congratulations on the great results. I've been pleasantly surprised by my P35-177. It shoots H&N Baracuda Match 10.65s at 880fps. On body shots they may take a step or two or more on a side to side shot that doesn't hit bone. But any reasonable shot kills quickly. Not as fast as a 22 or 25 (on body shots) but the difference is small.

DualMagMike · Feb 14, 2025

My 55 T DST & LGV T

markT · Feb 16, 2025

rigbymauser said:
I would like to see the BW shoot slugs accurately enough with 17 & 23” barrels. This we do not know yet. We will know when we’ve bought one and figure it our ourselfs

It's like a certain US bill.. You have to pass it to see what's in it.. Same with "BW?"

Lgwoodworker · Feb 21, 2025

Awww…I drove all the way from NM to shoot this match.

Kgphotos · Feb 14, 2025

I suppose that if you had a desire for reduced regulator pressure, maybe for a low power tune, and you find that your lowest hammer spring setting is still too much, then maybe a lighter weight hammer would be a benefit.
Kenny

kwaping · May 27, 2025

beerthief said:
wonder how hard t would be to sand the wolf face off ?

Very easy to sand it off, but probably hard to make it look good.

Sleestak · Feb 14, 2025

Vana2 said:
Some airguns are very fussy about the pellets that they shoot well and others are less so.

It's typical to try a couple of brands and weights of pellets to find a good match.

The pellets that don't fit/perform well can be used for casual shooting/plinking or just put aside to try in next airgun. Owning multiple is a common problem here

Most (95%) of my shooting is done with unsorted pellets but I do use sorted pellets for tuning, sighting in and serious target work.

Cheers!

If the # of pellet hoarders trying to unload over in the classifieds is any indication, this hobby is mostly a lot of trial and error.

No wonder people are always running across forgotten stashes

detrio · Apr 21, 2025

kwaping said:
Update on the BRK moderator... I was shooting in my pretty small backyard, about 15 feet away from some open windows in my house. My wife and kids inside both said they couldn't hear anything.

Success!

Bro, take decibel readings with a free smartphone app like Decibel X or Decibel Meter. My wife and kids don't listen to me.

beerthief · May 9, 2025

for kids i think the Crossman 1377 with the stock is a wonderful learning gun , as an 7 year old can pump 3 times and hit 10 meters an hour or more in one sitting , more years more pumps . My neighbor Girl ( now 11 years old) and prefers to only pump 6 times unless it is a farther shot . I let her use a PCP and she came back and said it was no fun !

P.S. she prefers to stalk and hunt Squirrels

Gerry52 · Feb 15, 2025

JohnL57 said:
Gerry,
Thanks for the help- I'll probably just get a Huma reg. Did you get yours directly from Huma?

Yes, ordered direct. Think it took 3 days to get to me! They were very fast & helpful. If you do get one I'm curious to hear your results & thoughts.

PumaCarl · Apr 26, 2025

I am giving it the completely unofficial name of "The BeACh"

It makes it easier to talk about, see you at The BeACh!

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