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Can slugs DAMAGE (wear down) barrels?
- By blackdog899
- Projectiles
- 29 Replies
How old does a 22lr barrel last ? 10s of thousands, hundreds ? Standard velocity target rounds 1050 fps, 42gr.Can slugs DAMAGE barrels?
"Damage" as in "wear down"?
Please, if the specialists (gun smiths, guys with studies in physics, and the like) would answer this for me, I'd appreciate it.
I've heard a lot of opinions.
Now, I'm ready for the truth.
Thank you for schooling me — I admit I am utterly unqualified to answer this question (my resume includes failed physics classes in school).
Matthias
Non target shooters using high velocity at around 1400 fps not many people actually wearing out rim fires.
I would think Airguns even less
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Slugs and choked barrels
- By Franklink
- Projectiles
- 9 Replies
Ha, with one match in the books.
Yeah kind of a catch22 thing and it seems the FM match evens it out a little more compared to LR. It'll be interesting to see how the rest of the season turns out with guns, projectiles, and calibers. I think 20 cal will hold it's own, maybe pick up a few more hits closer in but might miss some of the longer ones compared to higher BC.
Hey as long as we're having fun!
I was thinking two..... The first one, where you and I were squadded together, and then the second that I couldn't make it to but you and Bobby were in the full Monty slug class. 2/2 Steve, you're the man to beat right now.
Heck yes, those matches are a blast!
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Could anybody please tell me the correct query to find this hose?
- By tegridy
- Tanks, Pumps, Compressors
- 11 Replies
You didn’t do anything wrong
thank you for your help. When the hose arrives I’ll report back here if it worked or not so that future folks can know.
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Filling with Micro Bore Hose
- By Ranchibi
- Tanks, Pumps, Compressors
- 2 Replies
Micro bore hoses, AirTanksforSale hoses are the best for filling as they don't hold much air being "micro bore" when you bleed it after a fill. A fill hose that is not a micrbore will retain more air before pressure rises and then when bleeding after. Same with using from a tank to fill, hence why Edgun made the Easyfill that you don't bleed. When you bleed a hose after filling from a tank you waste that air 
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HW/Weihrauch HW77K Such a great gun
- By JamieUK
- Traditional Airguns
- 23 Replies
Hi there.
Yes made all the bits at home. It was a 77k with the lever catch so kept it close to the original (just shrouded with a phosphor bronze release button, and English walnut stock). It was then polished/ blacked by a chap called Paul Chell over here n the UK.....
Also modified a Remmi foresight so I could use opens.....not that my eyes really allow for that anymore
Edit- No baffles in the shroud just an end cap (which doubles as the fixing point for the under lever block). Generally don't find you need much volume/ baffles on sub 12 springers
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AEA S45 shot string and a few questions
- By LayeredOgre
- PCP Airguns
- 8 Replies
After a fair bit of looking around I think I found the hammer spring dimensions:
The hammer spring is part #69. 1.7x14.8x146x34. Can anyone make sense of those dimensions?
The hammer spring is part #69. 1.7x14.8x146x34. Can anyone make sense of those dimensions?
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Umarex Notos Accuracy Troubleshooting
- PCP Airguns
- 17 Replies
Alrighty, so it's been a long troublesome journey but I think my Notos is finally performing how it should. In the end I think it was a bad barrel, how lucky I am that there are folks out there like @Firewalker and c88 machining to offer up options to change barrels out!
I am getting much improved accuracy compared to the original barrel, an example can be seen here:
Those are 5 shot groups with JTS 18.1gr domes at 20yd from bags. It may not look like that much of an improvement but from my perspective it feels huge. The consistency is finally there and I feel like I can finally start building my own skill as a shooter.
@nervoustrig commented on it before and it aligns with my experience that the POI shifts between pellets was due to some funkiness in the stock barrel, because what used to be shifts of 6+ inches between pellets has been reduced to fractions of an inch.
I did do one other final mod to try and lock down any potential shift points, I hacked off the forward picatinny plastic. Without the stock moderator holding things in place everything was a little wiggly and having a large lever that could shift my front scope ring seemed bad. Of course this left me with a bare barrel which wouldn't do (especially if I intended to fold everything up and shove it into a backpack), so I kludged together a new foregrip and barrel cover seen here:
and then further kludged it to fit onto my print bed, since I was too cheap to buy a full sized 3D printer:
Here it all is finally together:
Now you may notice my moderator looks a bit silly, that's because while I was waiting for the barrel to arrive (it was late, likely due to fire and ice) I got antsy and bought a plenum from c88 off eBay. Well once the plenum was installed it extended the air tube past the barrel! So I had to modify the moderator to taper so that it would all fit. I was one final modification away from where I ended up.
I've been using a 3d printed moderator found on forums, developed by Subscriber (GTA forums iirc) and it's been working great, however there was no external stop with that design. This meant that with my new barrel I could keep on turning the moderator and it would walk itself right on past the threads (somewhat destroying itself without ever getting 'tight'). So back into my preferred CAD program to add this internal stop:
And so there you have it, a long journey (and several long posts) all pointing to the conclusion that buying cheap means rolling the quality control dice. Thank you to everyone who contributed ideas and helped me along in figuring this all out. Especially @Firewalker , you do excellent work man.
That said I'm gonna be totally lost if you find absolutely nothing wrong with my stock barrel, hah!
I am getting much improved accuracy compared to the original barrel, an example can be seen here:
Those are 5 shot groups with JTS 18.1gr domes at 20yd from bags. It may not look like that much of an improvement but from my perspective it feels huge. The consistency is finally there and I feel like I can finally start building my own skill as a shooter.
@nervoustrig commented on it before and it aligns with my experience that the POI shifts between pellets was due to some funkiness in the stock barrel, because what used to be shifts of 6+ inches between pellets has been reduced to fractions of an inch.
I did do one other final mod to try and lock down any potential shift points, I hacked off the forward picatinny plastic. Without the stock moderator holding things in place everything was a little wiggly and having a large lever that could shift my front scope ring seemed bad. Of course this left me with a bare barrel which wouldn't do (especially if I intended to fold everything up and shove it into a backpack), so I kludged together a new foregrip and barrel cover seen here:
and then further kludged it to fit onto my print bed, since I was too cheap to buy a full sized 3D printer:
Here it all is finally together:
Now you may notice my moderator looks a bit silly, that's because while I was waiting for the barrel to arrive (it was late, likely due to fire and ice) I got antsy and bought a plenum from c88 off eBay. Well once the plenum was installed it extended the air tube past the barrel! So I had to modify the moderator to taper so that it would all fit. I was one final modification away from where I ended up.
I've been using a 3d printed moderator found on forums, developed by Subscriber (GTA forums iirc) and it's been working great, however there was no external stop with that design. This meant that with my new barrel I could keep on turning the moderator and it would walk itself right on past the threads (somewhat destroying itself without ever getting 'tight'). So back into my preferred CAD program to add this internal stop:
And so there you have it, a long journey (and several long posts) all pointing to the conclusion that buying cheap means rolling the quality control dice. Thank you to everyone who contributed ideas and helped me along in figuring this all out. Especially @Firewalker , you do excellent work man.
That said I'm gonna be totally lost if you find absolutely nothing wrong with my stock barrel, hah!
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RWS Did i find a gem ? Rws 38
- By DualMagMike
- Traditional Airguns
- 15 Replies
I have the "long stock" version of the 38. From when I first saw it, I thought it was one the best-looking break barrels around. Mine is .22 and makes about 15.5fpe. Very nice shot cycle and pretty darn accurate from what I remember. I think it dates to 1998, but I'd have to check to make sure.
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