Frank in Fairfield said:

Hmmm.
Off of the bench you should do better than that.
I had the Ultra-Dot as an option for my Ruger MKIII but I have a 2X scope for that pistol and prairie dogs..
The mechanic (a Russian guy) said the piston was set too far forward increasing the speed but also allowing the piston to strike up against the valve body which put pressure on the link and broke it.
He put in a new link, replaced all the seals and adjusted the piston.
He also threw in two sets of breech seals.
I will be 80 on Sunday, next, and now the IZZY will last forever.
Note: You may want to try a heavier and tighter pellet…..4.52mm and 8.2gr…

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Happy Birthday Frank
( i still have one month and 6 days till 80 .)

nematode said:

I have a 210 junior and it is absolutely my favorite match rifle. I bought it new, from Champion's Choice. I think it was one of the last ones available.

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What stock configuration did your 210 Jr. Come with, the Ambi stock or is it handed?

That is a cool feature. I know the BSA R10 air plant can also be pressurized off the gun making leak testing fairly easy.

scubajeeper said:

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Yeah, basically to keep the squirrels hanging around for October and feed the birds a little. Why 50 yards? Well mostly because I can slip out the back door without scaring them off and at 50 you can’t miss from a rest.

I’m next door in Louisiana, crows are smart all over. The first one was on the ground by the feeder, when I shot him the rest flew up in the trees. I had taken my Krait out of the safe from 74 degrees in the house to a humid 84 and, of course, my scope started sweating and fogging up. I was standing behind my wood rack and they couldn’t figure out where I was. I managed to find one amongst all the leaves on the trees and nailed him. At this point I figured it was all over but they just kept calling out so I just waited and wiped the lenses on my scope. I figured out where another one was and shot him, three on the ground. They all flew off but one landed in the top of a dead tree at about 70 yards and I was able to put one in him. It surprised me too that I was able to get four, I’m guessing since my Krait is pretty quiet and they couldn’t figure out where it was coming from, their curiosity got the better of them. Anyway it was a fun 5 minutes.

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We do the exact opposite here. We have bird feeders, and shoot the squirrels that come to eat from them.

I have the Venom 5-25x56 and it's a great scope for the money. I would assume the Venom 3-15x44 is similar quality. Clarity on the Venom is a little better than my Arken EP5 and the turrets feel much smoother/less skippy.

I don't mind it updating, after the growing pains I've had no problems with updates.....obviously, I never knew when it updated.

Great job, man, it looks so nice! So you just cut out a hole for the gauge, and then what?

Long, long gone. RIP.

My 2nd and 3rd .22 Hatsan Flash mags are finally out for delivery this morning. Apparently USPS decided to send them the last 40 miles to my door after sitting in Montgomery for the weekend.
I have several of Troy's mags for various guns.. not one single issue yet. It's good to support a fellow American air gunner.

Get a big leather rest or a rifle bag and a smooth cotton cloth (handkerchief) so the rifle can do what it wants to do. Bipod sounds like a horrible idea.

I would have bought the wood stock if I had the choice but had to settle for the chassis.

I've got a curly maple stock blank that I was going to use for my FWB 300S, I'm thinking about carving it for the HM1000x. Will have to see, I have an idea for a wood skeleton stock that I want to try.

FWIW, as a data point,I just took apart one of those Air Venturi 1100 psi (76 bar) "regulated" bottles, the kind for using HPA on otherwise CO2 systems, and there was no liquid water inside. I took it apart because it was leaking air, and I had recently pumped it up several times from zero to 3000 psi using a Hill Mk5 pump. Dew point where I live is around 55F (13C) and I pump like AlanMcD wrote, or like that blind guy on the rails in that movie "Brother Where Art Thou?", very slow and steady like I could go on forever. I vent the pump every 100-200 strokes (every thousand psi, depending on the bottle), and a little spritz of moisture comes out the pressure release valve at the foot of the pump. The pump gets warm but noticeably less hot than if I pump faster, like one per second or two.

That said, I think the reason my tank was leaking was from a little corrosion at the fill port check valve. It looks like stainless steel, but I understand there are different grades of stainless, and the corrosion world may just be different at 3000 psi; how fares stainless nuts and bolts dropped to the bottom of the oceanic abyssal plains? Anyway, no liquid water doesn't necessarily mean no water at all or any corrosion.

PCPs and their paraphernalia seem to like maintenance and/or more paraphernalia.

Ooohhh Slash… that sweet name…
She’ll be mine, no matter…

Great RTI rifles, but too heavy for a compact. Just my experience over the years with fire and air from field to bench and observing a variety of users from young to old. I would get an RTI if I was a bench rest only fellow. Darn accurate rigs ! Enjoy 'em!

rangur1 said:

Joe, how are you stabilizing the gun at the front? That bottle guard is too flexible as I used it. Did you change it?

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If you look through AGN for more Mora content you'll see a post that talks about that issue. There is a new cage constructed of aluminum which will be much more stable and rigid, coming from RTI soon. I found the stock cage unusable and simply replaced it with a slightly modified (very simple mod) 14" long Arca Swiss rail I purchased on Amazon which works beautifully.

It shoots tight groups with 8.72, similar to the JSB 10.3 but flatter trajectory.

You do have to push a little and it pops right in the barrel, the FTT 8.64(4.52) you have to push hard the whole way.

I shoot the 33 gr Zans out of my Panthera 600mm 25. I haven’t found anything that will shoot with them.

L.Leon said:

Good shootMax, I particularly like that last shot…

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Thank you for watching L.Leon. You are doing your parts as well in eliminating these nasty rodents.

Michael said:

I traded my Micro in 2024 because I wanted more power and greater shot count. At the time the Mini came with a 200cc aluminum bottle. It was hella accurate at close range.

I still have a .22 Mini HM1000x and a .22 HM1000x long. The long was produced about 2 years ago, the Mini produced within the last year. Both are very reliable, built like tanks, and very accurate. I shoot slugs out of my long out to +/- 150 yards, and pellets out of my mini out to 75 yards, both with extreme precision.

Here‘s a pic of my Mini with the LRT stock

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Though I prefer the chassis and options
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*The Stud Mag Loader magazines are the only way to go with this platform!

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Looks good.
I would choose Mini but it does not come in .177

Motorhead said:

I do what has a history of working out, then share it if only in part so others may guess less while guessing they may learn something.

In the history of music, a band called the GUESS WHO actually were quite successful leaving Everyone guessing who they were ?

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Scott.. I've followed you on here and other forums. I trust and appreciate your experience.

maxtrouble said:

Looks good! How did you get the cuts so neat?

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I mean this is what my office looks like so yeah lol that’s how so neat lol.

Ratzy said:

And recommended by Troy Hammer. It doesn't get better than that.

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I hand made the prototype for the Komplete Air cylinder because I wanted a rifle I could use a Nitro bottle or two on a camping trip without the need for a pump, tank, or compressor. When at home or range I could just treat it like a PCP. Inexpensive, regulated and accurate. I've worked with Umarex for years. I built them the Gauntlet .30 and the first Gauntlet .30 SL.

Keep trying, maybe...never know

mlayton60564 said:

Agreed. I’m probably not experiencing the same flex issues based on how close my bipod is to the trigger. Again my setup as pictured is rock solid!

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I compared the photo of your rail to mine. You have no problem because yours is a newer edition and the manufacturer has improved its thickness and amplification. I would like to be like yours

Back_Roads said:

A link to their molds, I have bought their pre cast slugs in .22, and the .357 pellets, they do shoot well.

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Kit includes the following no parts are 3d printed O-rings Kit for Air tube, Regulator, 1x EN19T Bottle Adapter for using any aftermarket Carbon fibre bottle with M18x1.5mm thread with Orings 1x Regulator creep prevention plate machined from Aluminium 1x D-pinger made from machined...

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Thanks yea I seen that. I shot them a message yesterday to see if they could do a multicavity mold, but haven’t hears back. id hate to do the single but with all the searching I’ve done I’ve come to the conclusion there isn’t any multicavity molds anywhere.