Old said:

I took about a 6 year break from pcp airguns but now I'm back to learn more. Great forums yall have here. I came from gatewaytoairguns, the yellow forum, marauderairrifles etc.
Sold my house in the burbs in Texas and I'm looking for property in E Tn so maybe I'll see some of you around : ).

Currently shooting:
- Marauder .25 with a lot of valve work and SSG. 3 mags from 2900 fill @ 865fps ES 40 sd 19. Doped to dial out to 100y
- Waiting on shipment for Uragan 2 from Tony in .25 cal. Will be a hunting set up ~910 fps
- Kid's diana stormrider in .177
---- I regret selling my Taipan Mutant in .22 after losing interest in airguns

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oncall-50 said:

I shoot a FX Impact M3 .25g 600mm barrel using hollow point 33.5g slugs I am a member of very nice rifle range and shoot often. When I pull up at the 100y range, there are usually several members shooting their loud high power rifles. After setting up my table, I ask for a "Cold Range ", set up paper targets at 50y and put out several golf balls at 100y. Once the range is "Hot", the sound barrier is again broken with multiple rifles. I shoot quietly at 50y and hit the 1" dot consistently. The murmurs begin. Then someone says, "What's that you are shooting?" The conversation begins. I offer to let them shoot my air rifle. Someone takes me up on the offer. I set it to 100y and say, "Shoot the golf ball." He shoots and the white ball jumps. I have just made several friends and gained respect! Try it sometime.

ONCALL-50

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JimD said:

I believe a skilled hunter with a high powered 22 who is patient enough to wait for a brain shot is an ethical hunter. I know I tend to hope for the best sometimes, however, so I would want a 30 caliber or at least a 25.

From tests I have done I conclude penetration in hard materials, mdf, used to simulate a skull is about the same for an expanding projectile as for one that doesn't expand. But for body shots both is softer test media (soaked magazines) and a few shots in recently deceased squirrels I see a lot less penetration with projectiles that expand. Like about half as far for an expanding pellet or slug. So for body shots I want a projectile that doesn't need to expand to make a wide enough hole so I also have good penetration.

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Airgun Al said:

Im not a fan of fill probes as I seem to misplace them eventually.
Generally speaking, can a fill probe be eliminated and replaced with a Foster QD style filling?
Is it possible on some guns, but not others?
The AEA Challenger Pro and the FX DRS are 2 rifles that interest me, but a Foster style fitting would certainly be prefered.
Thoughts?

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anonymous_.457 said:

Love that setup! How many times does your shop compressor kick on when filling a tank??

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CBKidd said:

I like my 95 Vortex .22 cal as well, hard to believe Hatsan can sell this for $149 w/scope. The stock on mine might even be a little nicer compared to yours, so no complaints there as well. Re the brass trigger, it might be brass plated pot metal at best, but it does work well after tweaking the trigger adjustments a tad. Unfortunately, the original Vortex ram in mine gave out fairly quickly, but Hatsan "eventually" took good care of me and sent me a new ram which I installed. I did have some "issues" with the install but she is shooting quite well now. Using the JSB 15.89's, she's spitting them out at about 745 fps/19.6 ft lbs. So decent power for backyard pesting, my main use of the rifle. The Quattro trigger has a very decent break now, and accuracy with the JSBs is pretty good as well. Very happy with it. The Optima 3x9 scope is still "alive" so far, but really not that many pellets fired as of yet. I did a little "backyard" parallax adjustment on the Optima, it's very clear now at airgun ranges. We will see how long the scope survives, will put a "better" scope on it when the inevitable happens with the Optima. For now, I'm just gonna keep using it as is.

























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mjjudd said:

Planning on having a couple of tins of pellets. Hard to say how many I’ll drop

On the position lanes, can you range the target seated? Or must everything be done offhand or kneeling?

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Lewis said:

Sorry, but who/what is STO?

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archerhmr said:

It did arrive on Monday from Utah Airguns. The stock, well the whole rifle is beautiful. Very interesting to me that there is no gauge to measure regulator pressure. I had the gauge and angled mount already so was not an issue. They had so much locktite on the spring adjustment that had to take it out of the stock, put it in the vise to break it free. This rifle has only two adjustment, the spring and the regulator. In other words fairly simple. I have the regulator at 160, came at 150, turned the spring in and I’m shooting the 31.4 NSA at 1000-1010 depending on slug diameter. Bottom line the rifle does shoot. can’t wait to shoot it this week.View attachment 471064

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Hillbilly2 said:

Thx, I was wondering if that was good idea.

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