Nkcaudill said:

I love my .177 Akela from Airgun Revisions!

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I got the .177 a while back and I love mine too

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slayer said:

PLEASE send that barrel back to Scout so Scout can send to Sub-Moa for a replacement. Simply put, that barrel should have never been installed in a gun. Rest assured that is not what Sub-Moa produces and many procedures have been put in-place to prevent this type of thing in the future.

Also, keep in mind all Sub-Moa barrels to-date in Scout rifles we provided as blanks. This means the gun builder is responsible for crowning, chambering, internal and external finishing.

It is unfortunate this barrel has made it to the end-user; it is not indicative of Sub-Moa's commitment to producing the best airgun barrels on the planet.

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I do appreciate your response.
if my post has provided you with a little more awareness of your barrel‘s, then I feel this was worth the effort in compiling all the information.
Please be aware that this was not an isolated case. I personally reached out to a handful of people and received similar reports. From them, I heard of a few more.
The barrel I tested is a replacement of a 30cal that also had issues.
It was not my barrel, so I do not have anything to send back.
when you say,”internal finishing”, are you imply that Skout is responsible for lapping the barrels after they leave your factory?
Mike

Previously, I had tuned my .25 Avenge-X tank version using AEAC Steve's method for JSB 33.95 MK2 pellets at 870 fps and it worked very well. Now I am playing around with JSB 25.4 grain pellets mainly to get more shots per fill since I am only shooting paper. I went thru a tune using Steve's method first and I seemed to get about 90 shots before the tank got below the regulator setting. I was trying for 910 fps for those pellets.

Yesterday, I went thru the process of "tuning to the knee". First time I have tried this method. I set the regulator so that the plateau fps was around 940, then adjusted the hammer spring down so I was getting about 900. (I was trying for 910) . With this tune, I get several more shots but it doesn't seem to be as stable as with Steve's method. Accuracy is good but I am only shooting 30 yards in my back yard. I have attached a graph for the whole shot string down to tank pressure of 100bar and a subset of the first 100 shots. Any advice on Steve's way vs the "tune to the knee" way? I plan on re-doing to get close to the 910 fps which is supposed to be optimum for the 25.4 grain JSBs.

My main hobby over four decades is a photography, and I have collected probably over a dozen tripods along the line. Smaller or larger, some are junk cheap, but some were costing decent money.
About shooting from a tripod I would suggest pick one - or make one that is heavy and not moving.
Also you need to play with and make up your mind, I don't like ballheads, the leveling heads work much better, but the best for my mind are gimbal heads.
I have one Leophoto as well, I removed two segments and the remaining I filled with #9 lead shot, using this one for BR quick setup.

Hmivey said:

Some 50 yd groups out of my leishy 2 .30 with a submoa barrel!
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Do you feel the price of these barrels is worth the cost compared to OEM barrel that comes with the EDgun Leshiy? Did you do a comparison barrel against barrel?

Well, tracked it down by preordering from AOA. It wasn't as long as it could have been. In the mean time I have bought a couple of other new guns and several used guns. My HW95 in 20 was my poor response to giving up on the 90 originally, then putting in the preorder. Was not expecting it when I got the call it was in the USA. I NOW HAVE THE NEW 90, a used D54 needing help, and other guns saying shoot me, please! Must get to work on that. It is snowing today and I am like a kid about it. I bought a used snow blower from a friend. Be Well Brothers, Bandito.

Upon further reflection it's not that great of an idea. Even if you had such a screw on cap, if you have two pressurized bottles installed and remove one, you'll lose quite a bit of air from the remaining bottle before you can get the cap screwed on to the adapter which would be spewing air at a high rate. A much better solution would be to redesign the bottle ports to provide a shutoff control. Probably not high on FX's development list.

welly said:

What is the thread specification of the pressure gauge?

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It's a 1/4 NPT thread. Very common in the U.S. for any gauge 2" diameter or larger.

Nofilters said:

Email them, I ordered all my Redwolf parts that way. I assume you can but regulations might be an issue.

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just got a reply... AOA is their distributor in the USA and AOA does not carry the tube version... they have 3 in .177 and 2 in .22 left in stock

Why make it convenient when they rather sell you another gun...

Strangely enough I recently topped off my buddy bottle directly from my compressor starting around 220 bar to around 300 bar after filling a couple of larger tanks and experienced no noticeable heat on the buddy bottle. That was unexpected and I don’t know why I didn’t feel any heat. Perhaps because the compressor didn’t add much compressed air to the bottle. The room temp was 78-80F.

Hi guys

please share your FPE, FPS, which jets sizes/reg pressures (which tune) and pellets/slugs weights you are using in your L2- any barrel and any caliber... i want to see what the L2 is capable of pushing at its limits

Does it fit? Any pictures if you happen to rock this combo?

BBGunn said:

If you are really serious about wanting to squeeze every bit of accuracy out of your 499B, then buy a few barrels to try. The barrels are cheap and some do shoot with higher precision than others. These guys that have their kids shooting in the National events buy numerous barrels and test shoot them until they find the best of the bunch!

I bought a 499B barrel then cut and fit into a co2 revolver. This revolver shoots with such precision now it's nearly unbelievable!

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That's a good idea what a cool effective mod thanks for sharing.

well lets see most replica pistols have a trigger system that is almost impossible to improve and why is that the trigger has way to much to do and the whole system is too complicated
now add the blow back to it and it get worse
most of the spring will be torsion springs vs compression springs and hard to make to lighter one and if so what would the light spring help and hurt
the type of mag that pistol uses has had a history of function problem also
no i am not a troll i am a realist
and i have no doubt you will have a good time with your project but to remanufacture a complicated pistol is not a war i would take on
i will make a note of your name and will never comment on anything you post

MongooseV8 said:

Cool what pcp is this in?

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FX maverick

Waited on a couple of Cricket Tac II in .30 that were in classifieds last year, ended up getting one at full price later on, probably cost me an extra $600-$700 buying new.

mac1029 said:

Kind of funny. i came across this thread in a google search. Same as OP stated, i have a Gauntlet G30 and Javelin Pro both leacking through the fill valve. OP did you come up with a solution? And possibly a link where to purchase? i dont want to go through Umarex. Thanks in advance!

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I tried BSP, NPT, M10, and M8, none were right. I replaced an o ring on the inside and stopped that leak, but the outer oring was brittle, and my replacement quickly failed. I just ordered a new 3100 regulator and fixed one…. I still have to hobble a fix for the the javelin, I’d like to try it for gator season!

I have zero issues with my triggers but again, I'm likely just easy that way. They work just fine, are very accurate, plenty of power. I like how easy they are to load and unload, and be 100% sure they are unloaded. Definitely go through ammo quickly though.

addison said:

Thats what I love straight to the point! Don't try to sucker me in with your story and then really low key talking crap. Just come for the throat and be done with it. And no there is no video need. Talked to the tec while we did the shot string and he was more then satisfied with it being a mistake with the gun.

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Hopefully it’s good to go when you get it back. I’m sure they will give it at least an overnight check before sending it back to you. With all the liars and exaggerators guns coming back, I‘m sure they know what to do to get it back to maybe only a couple dry fires. They know what going on with these guns even if others are in denial. Some guns definitely worse than others which is kinda weird. But I feel it’s dependent on how far from the plateau a gun is tuned.

Yes, it is the buck-rail with the picatinny rail back. I then attached an AK style folding stock that attached to a picatinny rail because the UTG folders are no longer available

Do you have the 6-24x version of the Arken EPL4? Still has ~20 MIL of elevation adjustment, maybe the zero stop was hangin you up or something. If its a MIL turret version and you dont want it anymore pm me.

Cool, if you can find some Krylon Black Webbing spray paint that makes a great addition to help break up the fde. I usually finish with a bunch of coats of Krylon satin clear and knock it down with super fine sand paper to get the sheen out.

Bear-of-Grayling said:

I believe it was around 2003-2004. Crosman has no exact time on anything. They used up discontinued parts as they still were coming in. I’ve seen Walnut stocks with Poplar forearms (cocking handles).

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Thanks!