Reach out to AOA and see if they would cut you a deal on a volume purchase of seals. IMHO you will burn through $700 pretty quick in tooling/process development and probably end up with a sub-par quality part compared to the OEM seal that does last for years.

ba49 said:

I had a pet crow as a kid and he was very smart. I actually was able to teach him to say a few words although not as clear as the Red Wing Blackbird I had later. I wa told they both are related to Myna birds who are very smart. My Crow used to bring me little shiny presents like gum wrappers or bottle caps.

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Crows and ravens are very smart, some have passed the mirror test, they use tools to manipulate their environment and have generational memory as do primates. Starlings are rather stupid compared to crows but still plenty smart to figure out something is not quite right when their buddy explodes in a cloud of feathers and red mist. I have been able to get several at a time from passerby flocks as they come back to study their fallen buddy. After that, they never come back.

I have a bluebird trail. I clear out the HOSPs and they too will become very skitish requiring me to up my game on them. Last spring there was a male HOSP pestering one of my bluebird pairs. The HOSP went from atop the box to a small tree and the male bluebird followed and sat on a limb about 8 inches to one side and the female came and sat about the same distance to the other side as they looked him over. No worries bluebirds, the .25 M-Rod has your back. Range about 40 yards, I disintegrated the HOSP with a JSB 34 at over 900 fps. The remains fell to the ground. Both bluebirds looked over at me and then the male flew down and pecked at the dead remains. The female started fluttering around and then zoomed back into her nest box and the male proudly alighted atop.

Avator said:

LOL... I can get a NOTOS, a YH compressor w/extended warranty and a boatload of pellets for $700.

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Pinty or Niksan too.

RFORESTR said:

o I may be confused but the Airmaks Katran NC looks like the pro version, however, the price is off or I am off. Please advise. I am in Rhode Island so Brookfield is driveable, what are your shop hours if someone needed gun repair.

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I have an impact m3 and skout epoch. I am very interested in the Airmaks Katran pro if you have it.

Arkansas_Airgunner said:

I have the Emporer+Extension for my full size CF .457 Texan, and while it seems to lessen the bark some to me, its still loud. Not to mention it makes this already long rifle ungodly longer

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At least you don't need a scope anymore. You can even poke the target first. Easy.

Have a guess of how many shots per fill you’re getting on low end power vs high end?

igolfat8 said:

Would that be dry powder, liquid or grease?

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Dry, but a good way of doing it is mix the WS2 powder 50/50 with alcohol in an eye drop bottle. Applied to threads, the suspension flows out very nicely into the threads and then the alcohol quickly evaporates. No mess, no waste.

Shake well before each use.

SakoSierra said:

What would you have went with? I’m pretty happy with it so far, outside of the little scratches that were on the barrel.

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I like the must the .25 Cal.

Whenever I go hunting something bigger than jackrabbits, I take a .30 Cal.

Already took two javalinas with a Ghost .30 Cal a year ago. That Ghost is now my cousin's. He bought also a .22 Cal for birds.

Along many years I have collected many PCPs, from .357 (only have two) to .177 (only have four).... .357 and .177 are the calibers I use the less.

This season I took four javalinas, two with .30 Cal and two with .25 Cal.

Three years ago I took a white tailed deer with .30 Cal. Other three white tailed deer I have taken with PCP were taken with .357 Cal.

For almost everything .25 is better than .22.... But for small birds .22 Cal is enough.

More weight on projectile helps to deal with wind. Also a slug is better for long distance accuracy.

With PCPs shot placement is the name of the game. PCPs kill with size of wound. Bigger calibers make wider wounds.

My best all arounder used to be a Athlon Helos DMR G2 2-12X42 because it's so versatile.

Next I got a Athlon Ares BTR G3 2.5-15x50 which is a higher quality scope and is better if one needs 15x.

Then recently I had been experimenting a lot with my March DFP 1-10×28. DFP stands for Dual Focal Plain so it's got both FFP and SFP. It's awesome to have.

I was so enamored with that 1-10 I bought a March DFP 1.5-15x42. Due to the daylight bright center dot and the DFP I have zero doubt it's the most versatile riflescope in existence. It's truly a marvel to use!

So my stance has changed over the last year. If I had to pick only one scope this March 1.5-15 is the one.

But even it has compromises being as extreme as it is but I put up with these to enjoy the many positives.

Congratulations! Wonderful mods and additions also, enjoy shooting that bad boy!

Same poppet fits them all
I would think the exhaust port is smaller in some sub 12

Wonderful data! Thank you for all your hard work and for sharing!

Spring is coming up fast, time to get outside and stretch out those long range shots! Similarly to the AD Long Rangers challenge, you purchase a small target and in one take film yourself shooting the target/object as far away as you can.. Whoever makes a hit at the furthest confirmed distance by the deadline date wins the cash prize (to be determined)..

@EPG That is an impressive fill time on the tank. Nice compressor.

Just for reference, I calculated how much water vapor was in the air you compressed. Based on the info you provided, you compressed roughly 1/3 of a cubic meter of air into that tank, and that air would have carried roughly 1.3 grams of water vapor with it into your compressor (assuming an ambient air temp of 68 F). It's hard to estimate how much water that venting represented - maybe half a cc? Whatever it was, the balance was adsorbed in your desiccant drier's media. After the tank cools down to ambient, it would have only about 0.01 grams of water vapor in it . . .

ZekeZX10 said:

If you wind up getting a decibel meter would be interested in seeing the drop in decibels

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I actually have one on the way. So results will be posted as soon as I get it.

Hello, good afternoon, sir, I hope I'm not bothering you. Greetings. My question is the following: Do you know of any place or farm where I can shoot with my FX M4 sniper .22? Normally, I want to do something fun and with respect above all else. I was thinking about helping with pest control with the permission of a farm owner for starlings, house sparrows, or wild pigeons. I hope for your help. Once again, please excuse the inconvenience, sir. I live here in Michigan.

I ordered a barrel for my P35-25 from Krale. They had to wait for a shipment of guns from SPA so it took most of a year to get it. While I was waiting I put a larger plenum on the gun and now the original barrel shoots much better. The newer barrel prefers a different pellet and shoots no better than the original. I recently looked at both with a borescope and I see nothing wrong with either. The barrel port is rough as is the crown but I can clean that up. I don't think they are great barrels but I no longer want to replace the barrel.

There is supposed to be some antimony in the JSB pellets also according to this video of the JSB factor tour. They never give the percentage but they do talk about it at 2 minutes in .

Cost after Initial Investment vs PB's any day. Thats what I like the most IMHO...for all thats worth anyways

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I hand pump both of mine. Very easy with approx twenty strokes to refill after 10 shots. If you shoot it lower in pressure, it’ll take more strokes.

blackdog899 said:

Took my intermittently leaking rpa apart the other night to see what makes it tick.
Nothing noticeable but have to do again , this time replacing o rings.View attachment 547681View attachment 547682

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can you spot where exactly does that leak air from ?

because the air-tube connection to regulator has a very very intricate design, and that is the place most prone to damage o-rings.

there must be a vertical hole on the tip of the regulator, where it goes into the air tube.
if that hole has some sharp edges, it might have damaged the internal o-ring, just enough to leak intermittently.

(when we are talking about o-rings in these kind of intricate designs, in such small geometries, carrying those kind of pressures; even tiny micro-scratches might matter.)

Yes! the stock Motörhead uses it money. I get mine from XLR industries. Very well made. Tons of adjustment and two different length of pull options upon ordering. Awesome set up. Also Ergo grip 90 degree. Nice and fat for big hands. Good wrist placement.

Interesting thread, lots of good information. I appreciate the experience here!

.20calguy said:

I've got a pretty good supply of those. They're good shooters.

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They're stupid expensive. I have a tin I bought to try on pests in lieu of wadcutters. Never used but a few of them for accuracy testing. Very accurate pellet in my rifles