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Septicdeath · Jun 5, 2024

1900colt said:
First time firing the Bosler. A new valve and new seals were made.

The gun shoots great and was filled to 600psi.

We were shooting .465 round balls.

Video needs editing later... but wanted the first shot of the gun on filmed

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Awesome air rifle

seangabrell · Jun 13, 2024

JimD said:
The groups look great for shots in the wind. Were you adjusting your point of aim for the wind or just shooting?

I tried a 30 yard challenge target this morning early when the wind was calmer than it is now. I thought the H&N 18s going about the same speed as you were shooting might be OK. They were not. Some shots were fine but when I shot when the wind was blowing I went from an X to a 8 or 9. 1/4 inch movement or less but that makes a difference on this target. I was shooting my Caiman X. I had a couple wind flags out but was not paying attention to them. I should have.

I held center on all. The wind was pretty consistent which is odd. A steady left to right push for the most part. Usually it’s hard left then drop. Head on pushing down an inch then a right gust out of nowhere. My range is tricky. I basically have a clear football field which is elevated by about 10-20 feet with heavy tree line all around. The wind whips from all directions at times. I never had luck with the barracuda 15’s or 18’s. The JSB 18’s are the crowns favorite with the short barrel.

BlackICE · Aug 27, 2024

What would the size of the land and grooves be on a Mora .35? Is it really a 0.357? Can bullets cast for 38 Special or .357 magnums be shot through a Mora 35 accurately?

Mycapt65 · Jun 5, 2024

No. Polishing is done to smooth manufactured rough peices. Once polished no need to be done again.

cavedweller · Jun 10, 2024

Vana2 said:
Being average size (5 '11", 180 pounds) I'm lucky that most "standard" rifle stocks fit me pretty well and rarely require modifications.

But I have large hands and while the stock on Crown was comfortable to shoot the grip was about 3/8" short for carrying one handed.

I needed to add a piece of walnut to extend the grip and decided on a whim to insert a white accent to dress up the rather plain looking stock. It looked so good that I added a white shim to the butt pad as well.

What a difference a bit of bling makes

Too hot and windy to shoot so I thought I'd share a picture.

Cheers!

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Very nice

johnwoitalla · Jun 6, 2024

johnwoitalla said:
Tulare County

johnwoitalla said:
Tulare County

SqrlHntr · Jun 6, 2024

fishing43 said:
Elaborate on sending targets for the match. I’m sure a few people would have interest.

Well now you got me thinking about that one. Lemme give it some thought on how that might work and I’ll circle back, but it may work out well!

Chas DiCapua · Jun 6, 2024

Hey Keith, looking forward to coming down and shooting your course. Sounds like you've got everything planned out well.

Thanks for the opportunity to shoot the Pistol course standing and kneeling. Also, for having an eye toward folks needing to leave ASAP on Sunday.

See you soon,
Chas

Ta-Ta Toothie · Jul 2, 2024

Boy, that's one heck of a holiday.

bigHUN · Jun 5, 2024

Create a particles cloud around the barrel crown, like dense smoke or mist and shoot through that medium.
I am interested to see the details what is happening with the pellet skirt and around it ...

Gear_Junkie · Aug 19, 2024

Geneeus said:
What stock is that?

Its an MDT SCS buttstock. It's heavy, but all of the adjustments are rock solid and everything stays where it's set. The one that came with the RAW felt too rickety to me.

Scotty1 · Jun 7, 2024

bigHUN said:
In past years I collected some custom barrels (3 actually), all these were shooting well. But once (many months later) I pushed a new scope camera inside just out of curiosity I discovered the scratch marks from a crowning tool. That made me so nervous I could not stand that longer, toke the barrels to a gunsmith and recut about 1/2" (more less) all from the muzzle. Re-crowned them diy with a brass screw and happy again. But honestly the change was more mental value, the accuracy is about the same according to target rings pictures before and after.

I had 2 early RTI barrels, a 20” .22 and .25. Both had a ring perpendicular to the lands, about 3/8” in from the muzzle, from the crown tools pilot. They both shot much better than they looked, but man did it bother my conscience. The .25 also had no bevel cut at the breech end, and would just jamb trying to load from a mag, a brass ball nut and some compound and drill fixed that quickly.

Spartan · Jun 6, 2024

FX warranties are great. People will just find a reason to complain about anything.

RM.510bigbore · Jun 5, 2024

Okay so this is my first time making a airgun barrel with bushings. I have my Chaszel blank in .222 diameter machined to same dimensions as factory barrel everything fits okay. I sleeved the blank to 12 mm using carbon fiber sleeve. I brought new Amazon Chinese barrel bushings in 12 mm....Problem is there too tight......I have my factory Airforce barrel with factory bushings that fit perfectly.... I'm scared to remove the factory barrel bushings from old barrel and be able to get space ing right....I'm sure there is a jig or a simple way of doing it I'm completely missing... I'm asking before I act... I can machine or polish the Chinese bushings on lathe to fit..My question is getting holes on frame to line up???Thank you

SqrlHntr · Jun 5, 2024

Thanks so much for posting Robert!
I have been super busy and it’s a blessing to have the assistance!

We have a FT Championship! See attachment about the Schutzenfest!!

The Schutzen series is now a permanent airgun discipline and will rotate between 25, 50 and 100yd shoots on the 2nd Saturday of each month.

Please see the attached for a HUGE announcement and much more info on what this discipline is and means to us as a club.

Also see this post:

Events - Introducing a new/old discipline : Luftgewehr Schützenverein

WTH? Luftwergher Schützenverein: An airgun only competition carrying on the German traditional shooting discipline shot at the oldest continually operating shooting club in America. A marksman competition consisting of 100yd Benchrest, 100yd off hand and hunting simulation, Luftgewehr...

www.airgunnation.com

HUGE THANKS TO DIANA AIRGUNS!!!

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BrazosbyNemo · Jun 6, 2024

Hold_Over said:
Have you tried the 9.3gr domed .177 from this company?

I have some of Vogel 9.3 domed pellets. I did a quick test when I got them but need to do a serious test. They look good. I don’t remember the results from when I shot them. Seemed like they shot decent.

Jinx3Mt · Jan 1, 2025

Here's a better picture

beerthief · Jun 9, 2024

Headshots said:
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love the cat ears in the foreground .

boscoebrea · Jun 6, 2024

It is thick sticky goo,ok tar it is used to tame the harmonics of the spring, nothing else, too much is bad, it has to be sticky,if it ain't sticky it ain't tar, you do not want stuff fling off in your cylinder. Taming the harmonics is just quieting the spring.if it ain't thud is dud

JimD · Jun 5, 2024

Looks like the 3-12 is the best deal. I prefer the 6-24 SFP which was not shown on that link. I got the one I have from Krale. But if you are in the market for a 3-12 this could be a good deal.

GregA · Jun 23, 2024

JimD said:
I don't own any of the under 500W compressors but I agree with the sentiment that they are meant for filling guns. The CS4 may be an exception but due it's size my understanding is that a bottle fill takes hours.

I use my Yong Heng compressor, approaching 3 years old at the moment and going strong, to fill my 45 minute SCBA tank. Works fine. I added a small radiator and fans and can refill my bottle to 4000-300 bar while staying below 60 degrees C. I use NuVair oil in it which I think is important for it's longevity. I only fill my bottle about once a month, however. My Yong Heng pulls 3-5 times as much electricity as your compressor so a bottle fill takes 15-25 minutes. But it is noisy and takes up more space. I am using an inexpensive retired Scott firemans tank and a somewhat expensive fill set from Joe Brancato. Total cost about $600.

To me the big advantage of filling from a bottle is it's very fast and nearly totally silent.

Great reply, I have a 032 Tuxing that's a beast...Temp gauge is there for a reason, keep an eye on it!! Pressure gauge on the compressor gets up to your tank pressure, shut it off, open tank start compressor, I fill my carbon fiber tank from 2000 psi all the time. No brainer. Will it last forever? No, tell me what does...

HogKiller · Jun 9, 2024

BassMan said:
I finally got a chance to tune my 0.30 cal FX Maverick Sniper. The regs are set at about 170 and 140. I turned the IHS out until it would not cock with the power wheel set at 7 and then turned it back in 3/4 of a turn. I'm shooting 50.15 gr JSB pellets. I'm now getting the following velocities:
Wheel at 0 638 fps
Wheel at 1 694 fps
Wheel at 2 767 fps
Wheel at 3 783 fps
Wheel at 4 856 fps
Wheel at 5 888 fps
Wheel at 6 922 fps
Wheel at 7 932 fps

Thanks to everyone for walking me through this. In one of the videos I watched the person had a digital reg gauge which I thought would be a great idea. How hard is it to replace the reg gauge? Does it just screw out?

I was going to ask, is the liner on the pellet side or the slug side? Next now that you have your 932, you Turn the HSA in 1/2 turn happens to be 1/2mm does the speed go up or down if up start doing in 1/4 turns in, when it drops start going out in VERY SMALL increments until max is reached then back it off a tiny bit and are there, your SD should be 3 or less if things are working well and good pellets. If it goes down with the first 1/2 turn then start coming back out slowly to find the max then in a bit.

kayakman · Jun 6, 2024

Update I used an aquarium cleaner from Amazon that cleaned out all the algae then flushed with CLR as per Ted the tech from Air Venturi who returned my call yesterday and was very helpful spent some time with me answering all my questions water and radiator now crystal clear will be refilling big bottle this weekend and am confident I'll be back at normal running temps...Thanx to everyone for your comments

Coinwa · Jun 25, 2024

I LOVED my Mac1 Disco… and put a lot of pests in the dirt with it.

I still have it, sitting in the closet waiting on a rebuild.

Circa 2013(ish), 15 grain JSB @ 845fps….

Max115 · Jun 6, 2024

I guess they were waiting for the custom size window. They could have cover the opening with plastic but didn’t.

It was a memorable pest shooting day for me, lol.

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