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cavedweller · Jan 16, 2025

WintersHowl said:
Hello,

I'm a new member here. I've been into air guns for a while now. I have a few nice pieces, e.g. Beeman P1 and R9. I'm looking into getting into a PCP as these new guns seem super cool and accurate. I'm looking forward to researching the knowledge base in these forums and chatting with you all.

Have a great day!

welcome... what part of the world are you living in?

bigHUN · Jan 26, 2025

This lapping thingy exercise is a ... Pandora box.
Just priceless how far can the nerves get South.

Longbrownbox · Jan 17, 2025

I might be a professional contract shooter. No contract but several permissions. Shot a crow yesterday at 130 yards. The land owner where I shoot prairie dogs sure appreciates having a few thousand less dogs eating his alfalfa! Would it be more fun if I was paid? NAW only a bit cheaper.

Firewalker · Feb 1, 2025

SO many good parts coming out for the Notos!!

WorriedMan · Jan 14, 2025

Joekrooz said:
Three excellent .30 pellet shooters in my stable, RAW, Kalibr TacII and EDgun R5. The only slug gun I have is a .30 Uragan 2, it does very well with Zan 49gr. Meet me at the range one day, you’re welcome to try them all.

ZAN's .30 slug assortment helped narrow preference of V3 and U2 (700mm) sluggers. 54 and 59 grain were tops, mainly 59. Various manufacturer offerings in 59-61.5 grain have done well, U2, with balanced valve technology, is less ammo (pellet/slug) fussy. WM

Mycapt65 · Jan 14, 2025

For the next day and half DVOR has an excellent sale on Hawke Airmax 2-7x32, 3-9x40 and 4-12x40 scopes. I already have an extra 2-7 so I ordered an extra 3-9x40 to have on hand. Prices like these are worth jumping on.

This has been a public service announcement.

Fwiw I already use a 2-7x32, five 3-9x40 and a 4-12x40 Airmax. They are probably best value in Springer scopes at regular price.

Scotay42 · Jan 14, 2025

It will send pellets at the speed you needfor accuracy. It will not be a powerhouse as a compact reguardless. My last Katran C .22 pushed 18.1g at 850 for 3 or 4 magazines accurately very quiet with a mod over the factory equipment.

Bramezy · May 8, 2025

M Volle said:
I had some early leaks and then an odd failure - at about 3500-3800 lbs while filling, the burst disk on the gun blew out - this seemed to create a cascade of failures - couldn’t even begin to build pressure with my little compressor and it clearly wasn’t a single point - that prompted the first complete tear down - the reg was leaking, the axle and the bottle seat - probably more but those were the big ones - then chased little leaks until I found them all - including a scratched seat where the poppet valve sat that was very slow but was leaking - the larger ring in the regulator has gone several times but I’m shooting at 175-180 bar most of the time - Vitron rings in the reg have been holding better and haven’t failed yet- stock small compressor with the little in line filter was probably allowing at least some water in - solved that as well and the gun has been stable since - will be doing a post on a simple solution for little compressors - initially I found a lot of brittle and deformed o- rings so ended up replacing all of them - and a few mistakes along the way -

Yes, most the orings are junk. Hard and flat. Our 3 went out after about a year. Too good of a gun to not keep though and now I feel like an expert lol. Had them apart so many times. I now have tons of orings for the entire gun. The other place that leaks is the fill nipple and the air cylinder into the block. The fill nipple is the 2nd hardest one to change. I need to make a tool for that. The 1st is the poppit guide oring in the valve.

rangur1 · Jan 14, 2025

Airguns are designed to plink targets, shoot for accuracy and pest some critters. Airguns are no match vs firearms, nor should they be substituted for them except for the previously mentioned tasks.

erock · Jan 14, 2025

UPDATE: Just finished the install, as part of my winter servicing/lube. The trigger fits great, and no interference or side play issue. Once I got things adjusted per their instructions, it fit as hoped. Actually, I am quite pleased with the results. It certainly achieved my intended results and works GREAT ! I appreciate your inputs. I'm calling this one good.

KWK · Jan 18, 2025

Star7 said:
Looks like Weihrauch designed the stock.

Wacktionary, the free dictionary.
Weihrauch translated to English means Weirdrock, or Weirdstock

addison · Jan 14, 2025

Very true. I try to get a sighter in before every hunt. I shoot .177 so I typically have a ton of shoots to practice with.

JEFFPPC · Jan 13, 2025

Springers only, no PCPs.

markhooper · Jan 14, 2025

way to go Rob.. great seeing you around.. yes I need to write you again..if I can find the disappearing PM messages

that wood will make you some nice handles..
we have madrone trees and I keep thinking if they could be dried without cracking it's some pretty wood.. lots of grain in burls..
Mark

silverstreak · Jan 18, 2025

blackdog899 said:
Amazon hand pump? not for long, like 5 pistol tank fills $60

NYDWXYZ all you need if just filling a small gun tank. Noisy , slow , hot $200

Gx cs4i. Very nice , fairly quiet, slow , cool, fills 9 liter tank in one shot ( 5 hours ) $480

Tuxing TXED042 or similarly based . So far: heavy, very fast, relatively quiet, because fast will top off my 9 liter before it can get hot. $360

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hi BD- are those the tall filters on your Gx4 set up ? Do they take long to fill before pressure builds ? or do you have some type of valve to keep them under pressure when disconnecting or restarting the unit Mounting set up looks good. S.

BABz58 · Jan 17, 2025

Benjamin Kratos.22 Paid 229.00 on Black Friday.
Definitely hits well above its price point.

Jim B · Jan 16, 2025

Welcome to AGN!

A.G.R · Jan 15, 2025

DesertSilver said:
Hatsan uses a threaded TP along with a weaker spring to adjust the power. The TP can be changed in the H135 I have.

The carnivore 130 I have has a tiny port for its power. It’s been enlarged.

elwoodblues · Jan 13, 2025

It's amazing how well everything holds up when there is no Oxidizers
A fellow N2, user I've been in the welding and compressed gas biz for over 50 years

KoenT · Jan 16, 2025

LDP said:
I 3D print stuff and the only possible issue I see with mounts would be the stability. I cant say for sure but I feel like dimensions will change with temp and moisture. I know temp will do it and filament absorbs moisture. Air guns dont have enough recoil to be an issue but the possible stability could cause poi changes day to day. Have you checked for poi changes from temp and humidity swings?

No, I haven't checked that yet. I wouldn't use them to shoot a match either. I designed them out of curiosity whether it can work as a cheaper alternative or for the not too serious shooting work. I have an Air Venturi Avenger Bullpup that already gives a lot of poi shift problems from the factory using metal scope mounts. After placing two barrel bands, the poi shifts are largely fixed, but I still suffer from it every now and then. I am already used to the poi shifts and have learned to live with it. The first thing I usually do with a new shooting session is to immediately readjust my scope. There are so many other factors that can also influence this.

Urban2212 · Mar 18, 2025

OneAcreFarmer said:
If you remove the rear pic rail there is a silver adjustment screw underneath that houses a spring loaded ball bearing. Turning it clockwise will increase the tension on the detent hole in the closed position. I recommend using some blue locktite once you have it set where you want. Mine tends to loosen over time and I will need to locktite the next time I adjust it.

You nailed that one. Thanks.

dens228 · Jan 15, 2025

JTS in 22 or 25 cal pellets
JSB in 25 cal pellets
RMR for any slugs

Ach3r0n · Jun 30, 2025

stovepipe · Jan 20, 2025

Troy Bakel said:
As such, when you are measuring the force exerted by the stack as it is slowly compressed, the output is no where near linear, but is a sawtooth with varying peak heights and valley depths.

This is why the stack may close off flow at a slightly lower than setpoint pressure (valley) or higher (peak).

I imagine if someone recorded the sound of a regulator cycle -- like with a direct to metal high-sensitivity and high dynamic range microphone recorded at 192K samples per second and 32-bits per sample (typical digital audio workstation setup on a home computer) and worked some audio magic on it, they'd be able to isolate the sound of the piston "eeeking" past the o-rings and also isolate the sound of the belleville washers making whatever sounds they make as they get compressed. I imagine that, near the end of the cycle, the bellevilles might exhibit "ticking" sounds.

That might be a fun project for a really, really, really bored audio engineer / musician that happens to have a PCP rifle.

stovepipe

Mycapt65 · Jan 28, 2025

Toxylon said:
On some shot strings I start to get a cloverleaf but it never lasts for all five shots.

That's exactly what happened with the 177 R7 I just did. Little glimmers of hope here and there but then hope was dashed on the rocks of reality when it threw number 4 and or 5 and >1" away at 25 yards scoped. Also changing pellet types often moved the POI 4-6" from the last type. Not sure if yours does the same.

I'm sorry yours performed as you suspected. I was hoping to hear differently.

Best of luck to you

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