I don’t think he thinks it a trophy, just an accomplishment. I shoot mice almost nightly because it’s one of the few animals that I almost can’t feel any guilt about exploding them. No concern about hurting the population or messing with the ecosystem. I shot my little army guys when I was a kid. Now I use $3,000 guns to pop mice. I hate cats. So I’m the cat around my property.

For me, mice start getting tricky around 50 yards. A 60 yarder is a nice shot. When I shoot them at 100 and beyond, I just hold for the bright eyes. Then let the slug land where it may.

Sorry - I made a typo. The correct text should have read: Sadly, Alan Duster had to drop out because his eyesight is too poor to allow him to see targets when the lighting is bad. At least I got the table right!

lbc_PSI said:

If it’s drooping a bit, rubbing some Viagra on it should straighten it out.

+1 on the heat and it taking a “set”. Maybe try using heat to realign it?

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+1, heatgun, and a cleaning rod or a snugly fit dowel pushed deep into the bore to help center as you heat and work the moderator back into alignment would be my approach.

-Matt

Every now and again I get asked what the FOV looks like on the units. I think specs are important but I like visual options as well. Part of my testing I do a FOV just to see. Below I will show the FOV of the 5x zulus, 3x zulus, and the 3x thermal on the ThermNight and the 5x digital on the Thermnight. Test is always from a tripod and is at 35Y if anyone ever wants a specific distance just let me know here or in a PM and I will go out and test for you. I recently asked to get a specific code for the airgun community so feel free to use brawler10 for any future purchases. As always thank you for looking

not really most were in the need of a rebuild and got them cheap

Well, this pard was my first NV scope with LRF and I got it for coon issue here at the house but it's spoiling me! I'm using it all the time on my taipan for sparrows,starlings and just plinking. I truly love the ballistic calculator on this unit and not having to remember or write my holdovers or clicks for hunting. Just range it click again and go to shooting. I want more like it for my other hunting guns! I don't need the NV option but need the lrf and ballistic calculator for sure but I'm sure it's an all in one type deal. Really thinking of getting the some others for my daytime rifles for hunting.

I don't care about filming the hunt

Jon

Lewis said:

Here is a thread from a bit ago.

Storage/displays

What are you guys doing for staorage or displaying your toys. Do you have custom built stuff or just use a safe? I’m using a safe now but would like to display them more Pics if you have any

www.airgunnation.com

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Sweet!

Our normal AAFTA match will be held this coming Saturday, Sept 14th for all of you who are not attending the PAC. We will have just as much fun with great camaraderie, just no really cool prizes to give away.

Weather will be 79 degrees with clear skies at the beginning of the match. Winds will be 4-8 mph outside the range and virtually zero inside the range. The chance of rain is zero.
The insect population has been very low and without having any wet conditions in this weeks' forcast, it's unlikely you will have any issues but still recommend repellent.

Range opens 8am

Practice 8:30am

Shooters Meeting 9:15am

Shooting lanes hot: 9:30am

Match will consist of a total of sixty shots. 15 lanes with two targets per lane, two shots per target. Two forced lanes per match. Ties will be resolved by most forced targets hit. If a tie still exists, a shoot off will be held.

Match Fee $10

I always lightly lube my 'o' rings with silicone ....either grease or oil. I find that it stops them drying out.

MikeVV said:

1 - DON'T...use cheap Allen wrenches...period.
2 - DON'T mix Metric and SAE wrenches.
3 - Be sure that you insert the wrench...properly/fully into the socket before you twist the wrench.

That way, your screw head sockets will normally remain in good condition.

Mike

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One more thing for the list.
DON’T over torque the fastener.

I would bet thats number one or second reason next to bad allen keys for the cause of stripped allen heads.

Not many seem to have them. They attempted to right several wrongs (and did) with them, but blew it in other, bigger areas. And I'm a heavy-duty Diana fan and owner.

Plastic stock springers are useless to me, anyway. A wood stocked EMS would be interesting to take for a spin, though.

I hunted with 22 rimfires for decades, and can assure you with literally 100's of squirrels taken, a high velocity 22 is a very POOR choice for squirrel ammo!

And you hit the nail on the head, velocity is why! Decades ago, when I learned to use standard velocity ammo, I seen a dramatic differance in how the impact of the shot, made a big differance in knocking them off the tree.

I later learned a better choice, and that was hollow pointing my standard velocity ammo! This really made an even bigger differance! Using hp high velocity ammo, did not work as good as solid point standard velocity.

Ya I penetrate them with everything, even the little 8.6 grain 177 pellets, but they still transfer more energy to squirrel, and the faster you blow thru them, the less energy is transfered, and the more is lost out the other side!

I've had pcp's, and for me, they are more baggage than they are worth! I own 5 Wiehrauch springers and 3 Diana's, and would not trade any one of them for a pcp, thinking it would work better to kill rabbits or squirrel. NOW, if I was hunting ground hogs, raccoon, possum or larger game, hell yes a pcp can be an advantage for power and penetrate heavier bone and deliver needed energy that's not needed for the smaller thinner skinned game.

But make no mistake, before I went to the expence and trouble of manufacturing air for a rifle, and fussing with bottles, tanks, compressors, filters, driers, and the maintenance needs of a pcp, I'd just grab a box of my own 22 standard ammon that I personally size and HP myself, or for bigger game, hi velocity solids, and one of these!

All Remingtons, one custom, but all superbly accurate out past 100 yards.

Just another risk in life. All you can do is be as careful as you can or buy new from reputable vendors. Accounts being locked when associated with guns does happen. Was a couple of years ago on Tom Gresham’s (sp) Gun Talk show. I believe it was PayPal. The small business was only selling training and a few accessories. No firearms and PayPal locked their account for 6 months. Not only that PayPal refunded all the buyers unbeknownst to the business.

Got mine and So very impressed and 100% happy . Great company !

jking said:

Those female fittings are kinda of odd for some of us. Be sure to find the mating male connections to fit your purpose. Maybe those needed to connect some 1/8 npt quick connect fittings.

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Jimmy
If you scroll down on the Best Fittings Hose Page you will see the BSP 1/8 male it is intended to couple with

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Just noticed gamo eu now selling clothing and first I ever noticed a add to cart at there eu site ..

https://www.gamo.com/textil/

I doubt USA will ever see this stuff like you never see the full gamo gun s here .. just the one they feel you should have ..lol..

Sounds like fun. Be Well Brother, Bandito.

Awesome

I got myself a K1 and the search and wait is over

beerthief said:

Walmart usually only buys if the supplier can fill truck load or several semi's orders ,and WM deals a price for that quantity . I know this because my wife was the one that originally set their logistics system up., and trained thei personnel .

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So that's where all your toys come from.

Does anyone have an extra probecarrier that not in there rifle. I need for them to mic the width of the assembly from hammer pin to top. I'm putting a gun together but the pin has moved and I need the exact size to set pin in probe carrier. Should be somewhere between 18.30mm and up. I can get it right guessing,but don't want to wait till utha opens tomarrow either. If somebody would do this for me I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks

Yea I got a KARMA test barrel ( A slow twist ) in .30 that shoots incredible with JTS 45 grainers at @ 980 fps !!!
Then another in .25 cal shooting JTS 25'4's at near 1060 fps
The head weight bias balance and lower rpm they are shockingly stable at that speed.
Barrel fouling we won't speak of

I just noticed my Norwich Terrier, Ollie watching me take pictures. He is ok with airguns but a powder burner sends him looking for my wife.

MushroomPsyche said:

By barrel shroud, it means that the end of the barrel extends way past inside the "fat" suppressor looking part. I saw a video of a disassembly of the non Tactical Veteran 2 and the fitting where the suppressor screws on to is attached directly on the barrel threads. I am not sure if the Veteran 2 Tactical is assembled in the same way but if it is, your gun has a suppressor rather than a barrel shroud. And it is indeed a big suppressor which is why your gun is so quiet.

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Half of it is reflex shroud and half of it is a moderator. From Vet 2 tact 700mm:



Everything below the rear cap (top) goes in the front and sits in front of a circlip in the middle of the tube. The rear cap can even vent into the CF tensioner tube but there isn’t much volume there.

Dcubbed said:

My Benjamin Marauder 25 is leaking air between the gauge and the adapter that threads into the pressure tank. The oring between the adapter and the tank is fine. The pressure gauge threads into the adapter with straight threads. There was a black material in the threads, maybe some kind if sealant. I tried teaflon tape to no avail, what do need to put on these straight threads to seal this, and thanks in advance.

Dan

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A -009 o-ring that’s supposed to be there.