I was target shooting in my back yard when feathers started raining down around me, I knew a raptor had taken another bird but the feathers falling looked liked a raptors....this peregrine falcon had taken a coopers hawk! The hawk must have been busy feeding on something to not be aware of the peregrine! First peregrine I have ever laid eyes on, she was larger and much thicker and beefier than the coopers. Coopers hawks feathers....could hear the peregrine crunching away on it. Was almost directly above where I was. I used my Zeiss binos to watch it eat and to identify the other raptor.

This tangential discussion is funny. Using some of your ”rationale” I guess the bulk of the UK airgun community is functioning off of flawed physics and ethics. Ratting is pretty big in their community with sub-12 fpe restrictions.

@slugdug The member advising you to follow the regulator manufacturer’s recommended operating range provided sound advice. Operating within the recommended range making adjustments to the reg, and hammer spring, while chronographing shots, and testing penetration on the same or similar materials that will be behind your intended targets is probably a sufficient exercise to know whether you will risk damaging anything on pass throughs or misses. Keep in mind that you’re not monitoring the regulator adjustment in terms of fps of a given projectile (velocity can change by switching projectiles or projectile weights without altering any settings. Even temperature changes), but by psi/bar setting of the regulator. The velocity can change with a hammer spring adjustment leaving the regulator set pressure the same. I’ve killed rodents with a Crosman Punpmaster and bbs. I wojldnt be concerned about power. If you can penetrate cardboard, the rodent should be dead within a reasonable distance.

BSJ said:

Yep. Personal use only.
Thanks! I can work with .stl or .stp...

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shambozzie said:

They are 257420 70 gr from arsenal mold. Shoot lights out but a tad behine the Griffin 68 hpbt.

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Yeah the ldc griffs dont look like a convenient home cast i could duplicate. Sizing properly has to go a long ways though for this type of slug shooter. Thing sure is loud though. The akc conversion did eliminate the banjo ping.

As a general rule I use +\- 1% of bullet weight for small caliber, and +/- 0.5% on larger. I also find if you control lead temperature and mold temperature you get more consistent results. Letting those two variables swing a lot causes a lot of weight swings.

When casting watch for sharp square edges on bases and driving bands. Soft radius edges points to temperature being to low, and swings in bullet weight because the cavity is not being filled completely.

marflow 777 said:

the 78 and 79 are well made pistols they feel good in the hand the triggers and sight are fine, easy for the most part to work on and you know most of the time the finish on these has held up well
and yours is very nice
now look for a 79G and you will have a set

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Thanks marflow. I've never been the collector type, so no interest in a 79.
Not a fan of .177 cal either. Just too small to handle. Shot them for a couple decades, and still own a couple, but .22 cal have been my go to Caliber for a very long time.
The trigger on this one is stiffer than I like. I can see that it's the spring causing a lot of that. I'll try changing it out for a lighter one, once this CO2 bottle is done.

@Blue Dog - I have the Burris Verasity PH 6-24 on my RTI P3 .25 600mm barrels shooting 30g AEA slugs. The Verasity PH has the same HUD but no internal LRF as the Eliminator so I have to range it myself. The scope HUD starts at 30 yards, so it is not for short-range use at all (The Eliminator does the same). I had to build a custom profile as the app has nothing for pellet guns at all. Once up and going and sighted in, I will say that it has been very accurate with my targets - mostly small game - out to 150 yards. I haven't had anything live to hit further to test the additional range yet. It has also been spot on at the range with paper and swing metal targets at various distances out to 200 yards. The glass is very good and compares to scopes in the same if not a bit higher price range.

Here are some of the "erks" that I have with the scope.
- The ranging between 30 and 50 yards is stectchy. It jumps multiples and is very difficult to get the exact "yard" that you want. Once past 48 yards, it will dial in by a yard at a time.
- It takes 2 honking large 2450 batteries! It has an auto-shutoff but I managed to run them out by forgetting to turn the scope off already - PITA
- The app is not as good as most of the digital scopes folks use here on the forum - DNT, PARD, AGM and the such have better smart phone apps.
- The scope is targeted at PB guns. It has a large array of bullets built in. If you want to swap it to a 6.5 Creedmore, you will like the scope.
- The Verasity PH will only take a single profile in it at a time, unlike a lot of the other digital scopes on the market now.

I will say that I really like it for hunting so far. I am an old school "holdover" shooter and not a turret twister, but this scope has changed me. Dailing in the yardage is really nice. I would probably be looking into the Eliminator 6 at some point but one can almost get 2 of these for the price! I hope this helps.

I recently purchased a SR2 missing the removable. 177 or .22 barrels. It is the Stainless version with the plastic stock . Called Beeman in California and the only have the painted black barrels. Anyone else have a Stainless looking barrel or know where i could aquire one. Preferably in .177

Thanks Don

Thanks everyone, i have a walnut FORM stock ordered. Carro, cheek riser, front and back studs.

Interesting idea. On clearance which means they didn’t sell.

With the lighter huma hammer and stock spring, I’m pushing 49.5 grain slugs at approximately 940fps, reg at 125, hammer at 4. 700mm .30.

Matt

jwrabbit123 said:

I know , but when I made list I dumped orings on table and measured , when I take my gun apart when it needs work I will update my list
by saying reg piston xx mm x xx mm. and label them , I got a kit just to measure orings to keep them in stock

I found this site and there is all oring kits and parts and even free manual , I didnt get anything yet but this is same gun as out rattlers

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I do remember the howl, just not which night
VERY distinct differrence in the wolf vs coyote noise making, that was most certainly a wolf. What would life be like without memories like these!
Thx
Dan

I have a Disy 599. Weighs in a pinch over 7lb.

Why YES, it is!

fritzoskinnick said:

I have a separate specific question for you. I have come up with a shroud protector design for the hammer. Mounts on both ends. I can't afford a patent and don't have the time for prototypes. I carry my hammer literally every day and have for five years. I live in the mountains. I was certified in AutoCAD in 2003, and although they use a different program for CNC machines now, I'm familiar enough with the old software to know the measurements needed. I know this gun pretty well, and I have the exact measurements and thicknesses sketched out nicely. I was wondering how to go about approaching someone at Umarex with this design without getting got for my work?

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Also, I wanted to add, that so far everything that I've read tells me that nobody can figure out how to mount an shroud protector for the hammer. Considering the recent issue that I had with mine, this protector would save time, repairs, and possibly injuries to people using it. I figured out how to mount the shroud protector, not one, but two different ways. It's no different than an AR-15 shroud, except that it would protect the outer carbon fiber barrel. Could even engrave it with words, art, whatever. I was a tattoo artist by trade for 15 years, and knowing AutoCAD and what a CNC machine can do, I know for a fact there's some cool art that can be put on one. Regardless, this is a serious upgrade/mod/add-on that I believe Umarex would be all over. I just don't know who to contact, or how to go about it without losing my idea to them for free. I'm not really versed in this type of thing. But I know for a fact this is a valid and needed part. Especially considering there aren't many mods for the hammer. Honestly it doesn't need many, but this one I think it does.

17.5gr nsa going 789-790 fps. the phone is directly under the moderator

MichaelHunt said:

I don't consider either my Sidewinder or my Mordax loud, but I shoot at regular shooting ranges a lot so everyone is louder than me. I've also got an amount of hearing damage from years of hunting without hearing protection so I might be less sensitive. My Mordax is significantly quieter than my Sidewinder, though. The Sidewinder has the stock moderator while my Mordax is fitted with a OdB silencer which makes it nice and quiet in my opinion.

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A guy at the next bench was complaining about the noise of my GX CS3 compressor, much to everyone's amusement as he was shooting a .308 Winchester. There's no accounting for taste.

Yep...no use in taxing ALL of the o-rings for no reason !
Store uncocked .

I also try to store with the cylinder pressure just above the regulator setting (lower than full pressure) vs. full pressure. Again, no use in taxing the o-rings.

Mike

The Atomic is a great little gun. It's my go to pester.

EdCaffreyMS said:

Well, I tried that, and it seems to have worked. Dead headed it to 4500psi TWICE, using the same procedure. However, overall, this compressor pumps way slower than my Hong Yeng. I have them side by side and figured that if either went down, the other would be there... just in case.

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Compressor to end of fill whip sounds good, as long as able to reach and hold 4500psi with deadhead plug. Hookup to, and/or, Marauder itself would be my next point of investigation. Filling another gun with CS4, or Marauder with Yong Heng, should help to narrow problem. The low gearing, slow fill of the GX-CS compressors is key to minimizing compressor-killing heat and one of the reasons for selling success. WM

Keep me updated. -blbr

Will definitely hold a good thought for your friend.

Great job on the double turkey dinner. That’s on my bucket list.

JohnTaylor said:

Check out the New England Airgunners website…depending on where in CT you live, they’re all within an hour or so..John

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ok great thank you John!