No thanks, I'll stick to bs here in CA...

Actually the breech plug stamp is the only real way to date Crosmans of the era, but the format is: first one or two digits are month, final digit is year;
Examples I've seen>>
107 late style gun, thus October '67
69 early style gun, thus June '59

Don R.

My brother is a fabricator, he has already ordered 2 or 3 different slug molds. I think you are talking about hollow skirt slugs? If not I’ll ask my brother what bootlets are. Scope is exactly what you said. I have read the little book that came with it. I suppose you meant you hoped it would stayed zeroed once I set it. It has a warranty, so I will test it throughly. I have a Burris Fast Fire 4 I will replace it with if it turns out to be junk.

If you meant will it set at a certain distance zero, it does that as well. Locks and unlocks on that setting , easy to adjust for holdover and return to original zero. I just have always bought parallax free scopes , don’t figure I’ll ever need 24x magnification for anything unless I use it to sky watch or something.
The rifle is supposed to be accurate , more so than most big bore air rifles typically are, there are several YouTube videos of people demonstrating it. Even at 50 cal people are getting 930 to 940 fps and that translates to over 400 ft lbs at the muzzle. 50 cent piece sized groups at 75 yards, all holes from slugs touching. It has a threaded barrel to accept a moderator without any adapters. I elected to put a muzzle brake on mine as moderators are outrageous in price and I just think the brake looks cool on it. The Megalodon is AEA’s latest release that’s not a handgun type of airgun. I researched a good while before I bought anything. It seems AEA used lessons learned from previous rifles when designing the Megalodon. My only dislike at this time is the magazines(it comes with 2) are just cheap plastic or polymer, I doubt they hold up in my world. I guess many of the semi auto air rifles will start jamming for several different reasons. I guess they have the pump action working pretty good. All and all, it seems like a well put together rifle, time will tell how well it holds up. It has tanks that will stand up to 4500 psi and shoots unregulated full power. 2 mags or 16 consistent shots if using both tanks, rear tank can be removed and replaced with a folding stock. With the single front tank it gets about 8 consistent shots. The folding stock makes it really compact , especially the 15 inch barrel version. I have the 22 inch barrel. I have slugs on the way the guy at the air rifle shop sent me because I wasn’t suppose to get a 50 cal, I ordered 457 , someone got confused and sent the 50, so when I decided not to return it and get the 457 , the guy sent me 50 dollars worth of slugs from Mr Hollowpoint. I really originally had 357 in mind, but those have not been produced yet, I think they are still I month away or longer.

Thanks to the members that posted the other available products. I was using Chemlube and I usually change the oil when it starts getting dark which normally occurs after about every 2-3 hours run time. The Chemlube was getting hard to find and it was $29 shipped per quart if Amazon had it. I stumbled onto the Recip-XL for $102 per gallon shipped which should last me a while and was $4 less per quart. The Nuvair price is still a few dollars more at $109 per gallon shipped to my house.

Betohunter said:

Ey buddy !!
Looks like that isn’t working hehehe

great job man

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Hahaha it works like a dream!

You need a 8mm hammer. I am able to get the 13g Zans around 950fps at 160 bar

Hello everyone,

The winner of the Snowpeak PP800R .177 cal PCP Pistol is @ChickenDumpling / Norm

I am very comfortable in stating that every person that sent in an entry was surely deserving to receive the free pistol and accessories. What a wonderful feeling to know that so many Forum Members were ready to pay it forward.

ThomasT

some were sold with this scope, but my poor eyes need help so I put my HW 44 in a carbine stock and use a rifle scope
I have the HW scope on my shelf, not in use
Weihrauch Air Pistol Scope 2x20

The two questions...

1) Given the weight of the Zan BR100 pellet (56 gr), has anyone tested or seen a difference between the stock free-floating FX barrel setup with a CF sleeve, and shooting them with the barrel tensioning kit installed?

2) In either of the above configurations, is there enough data in yet that the BR100 has a particular velocity that is surfacing as a known good starting point for accuracy tuning for 100 yard BR?

I've searched but haven't seen a lot of chatter on BR100 testing data.

Thanks,

Chuck

$p00kygH0ST said:

This probably sounds idiotic. But, last night I fell asleep very early from staying up to watch the election...I wake up at 1am... Got 6 hours to kill before leaving for work.. so, Im screwing around with the notos. And I'm sick of the only the last ½ rotation of the hammer screw being able to make ANY change at all. I already heavied the hammer, first with lead, second by getting a friend to turn up a copy out of tungsten. And it helped, I'm getting the 17gr slugs out of the barrel between 818 and 841 (obviously a hammer spring issue). Lowering the pressure did stabilize the spread, but lower velocity at 800-810. So I pop the stock off and I get the stupid simple idea of putting the thickest delrin gasket I have inside of the hammer spring cavity in the hammer.. close the gun up, chronod ... Cock pop. 852, 847, 852, 848, 846, 850... This is fully backed out to stock position at 2200± psi with a 17gr slug. I went from 25fpe to over 30 playing with pressures and spring. At 2200 with the delrin gasket inside flush stock setting to only 1.25 turns I hit limit and lost speed. So up to 2400... 871FPS. 850 with 18.3s 893 with 16s. Feels good man. Actually taking advantage of the full port.

Edit' I don't know why, but I get higher velocities from JSB/FX/HN 15.89s than AEA Or JTS. 909 was the highest from baracuda 15s.

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Because there's less friction and contact when the pellet rides the groves.

Olle Grieze said:

Mine is an conventional grooved 67cm 1/38 Alfa. It shoots the 16 gr very good. I cannot get the power out of my Crown to shoot the 20 gr fast enough. The 16 goes 950 fps the 20 around 890.
My Epic 2 shoots very well with the .22 redesign with the 700 CZub barrel. Have an 550 LW poly in .22 for slugs. Have to shoot that one, no time and oppertunity.

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My crown shoots the 20 grain at 870fps and shoots 1.5moa at 200yards

I think as long as you install the power block at the same time as the plenum you can get full power out of it. I hope you have the license to own a full power air rifle but that's your choice and risk.

Common problem. A  drop of silicone in fill foster & fill with a tank might be all you need.

Also got a young male at the feeder.

sonnysan said:

Now I remember. The .25 Ram Jet worked well in my tuned Kodiak. Sold that gun 15 years ago:

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My 2260 pcp with a Prod barrel is shooting these 22 heavies good at 6 fpe all the way up to 18 fpe. Tried them last night in my basement 10 yard range, but they were one holers. I will continue to feed that the rws super H points though. It's a 9 fpe tuned pester for backyard work.

I need to try these in my revere when it shows up.

Airgunmann said:

I wonder about making a peak poppet to slide on I don't know why it opens pretty easy now

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Less resistance due to the o-rings beat up maybe.

Wonderful mods there!

Hard to beat these scopes for the money. Looking forward to trying the 7-35 they just released.

Another Crown mk2 owner here. No upgrades. I only painted mine. No mods needed just a lot of pellets. It can go head to head with my Delta Wolf. Same hole at 50m so I wouldn't change it.

beerthief said:

there are two HW44 on classifieds a .22 and a .177

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Thanks
I see that there are quite a few but very few are recent.

Appreciate this community and all it’s done for me. Wanted to share a recent Sekhmet expierience as well as long-term, as I’ve read some not positive experiences here.

Recently I purchased three Sekhmet Gauges. A 25mm Gen2 standard and two 28mm Gen2 DPG Pro. Following my order Nicole from Sekhmet reached out saying there is a firmware issue with the 28mm, we’re sending you a USB firmware updating cable FREE of charge. She also included instructions and a tracking number and refunded my order 10%.

Indeed the 28mm gauge had the issue. updated the firmware and haven’t had an issue with it since. The 25mm standard gauge worked fine from the start.

Prior to this I had purchased two 28mm brass gen1 gauges, I’ve never had a problem with them and they’ve been on my FX Impact MKII since February 2021. So over three years. Also I’ve probably charged those two gauges maybe 10 times in those three years and I shoot quite a bit. I have one gauge left over and don’t really have a gun to put it on, so I guess I’ll be getting some new Airgun soon enough!

The new gauges on my MKII that I’ll be using to compete this year at the PA Cup. I have a new 28mm on the bottle in Pro mode and a 28mm on the regulator in Regulator mode. They’ve been great really. I haven’t had any problems with them and really like the black that matches the rest of the gun.

The community is great, the orange bipod on my Dreamline was purchased from a community member, the Athlon Cronus on the Impact also from a community member.

All the best!

It was a fun day. The targets kept coming! I had planned on a quick trip, but the recent rains and cooler temps got the animals moving. I did not make it to every last corner of the farm due to the sheer number of volunteers I encountered.

I am still working the Tactcam FTS getting the right digital zoom and resolution combination. The Tungsten light balance setting seem to work well with the backgrounds.

Shoot'em good, amigos

Deleted member 33063 said:

so guys i purchased the ghost now its waiting time for the registration. it is the latest version with the cheek riser and i would like to ask what height mounts should i get for it. thanks

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Its personal preference but go higher with bullpups

Palmyra is always a great experience! I can’t wait.

bat54action said:

Just received my CS4 yesterday. I will take my time and read the manual. Now that I know I have the 88 Cu.Ft. tank I am wondering how many fills I can get from it if my maximum fill pressure is 3600 PSI and I have my bottle topped off at 4500PSI ?
I'm sure there is a formula that you shooters use to determine this.
Thanks!

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