OldVet said:

What do you use on the spring for lube?

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The RedNTacky stuff that Vortek supplies with their kits, but I use moly on the piston.

You are going to need to shoot a lot, I mean a lot and dry fire. You will need a good pistol and you will probably need: https://www.scatt.com/collections/shooter-training-systems-kits

I would think there must be a decent 10M shooter in the KC area. Maybe Ft Leavenworth?

I have 6 old school 10M SSP air pistols and they are fun for me to shoot.

All top level 10M air pistols are made in Europe. The tariff war may affect what you can get. Also you need someone who can support your equipment. If you are in the US these folks might be able to give you some advice: https://www.champchoice.com/mc-airgun/air-pistols/?count=60

You might contact these folks to get started: https://pistolwww.usashooting.org/athletes/olympic-team/

pd#1,

I see your profile says you are in the UK so this is probably a 12 fpe limited rifle you are trying to tune. You got to essentially 11 fpe with the hammer spring using 10.5 grain pellets. If you used a heavier pellet your fpe would go up. 10.5 are on the heavy side of 177 pellets but not the heaviest available. My guess is your gun is tuned to 11 fpe so that if you use a heavier pellet you will not exceed 12 fpe.

I have not examined the valve in a 12 fpe gun but the apparent fact that you can buy a "high power" valve is consistent with the port from your valve being deliberately made smaller than I am familiar with. If so, raising the regulator will have much less effect. The smaller outlet hole of the valve is there to choke off air and it will do that regardless of the regulator pressure. I don't know if your regulator is also different from what I am familiar with to also prevent you from increasing it and thereby becoming "illegal", exceeding the 12 fpe limit.

If you have a permit for a >12 fpe gun I can tell you fairly simple ways to raise the fpe of your gun to 18-19 fpe. But if you do not have a permit, I think you should be happy with your 11 fpe gun. It is pretty hard to reliably tune a gun closer than 11 fpe to a 12 fpe limit and never go over. Higher ambient temperature will raise your fpe, for instance. So it is a good idea to not try and get too close.

Jim

If the plan to install an aftermarket regulator falls through, measure the Belleville washers with calipers and see about installing thinner ones.

Or if the current arrangement consists of nested pairs (( )), you can switch to singles ()() to halve the pressure range.

I saw this tripod. I know nothing about it.

I have a Ranchero I want to do this with so badly.

oldmojo said:

So I recently made my first purchase with Lee spring, luckily I use a prepaid card and plan for purchasing because my original order was $46, I was charged $24 and part of the order shipped the other day now this morning they tried charging another $56, wtf 46-24=22 right. So I call and got the run around from 2 people then transferred to the big guy I guess and what a load I got, OK 2 shipments from 2 warehouses makes sense but about the additional charges he goes on to say how that's how there system works but in the end of the day it'll correct itself. Yeah right. The reality is someone thought I'd be a big company with lots of charges because of the variety of my order and they could get away with some extra because there's no way I'd be looking. We'll lucky I do look and plan for purchasing so there's not much extra there and they got declined.

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Reverse the charges. That really screws them with cc processors.

I needed a compressor so I got one on the way. Will be here Friday.

manabeknives said:

If it is UPS, i watch for it to come into my town and get loaded on the truck.
I worked for them for 37 years, so as soon as I see it has been loaded on the package vehicle, I'll either call my driver, or head to the building to grab it before the drivers leave....a benifit from working there soo long.
If it is Fed-ex ...then i just wait ...ugh

@Don.Chipmunk-slayer ..That is correct, they will only scan the trailers once the packed has been loaded...unless the trailer is completely emptied, then it will get another scan. probably 3-4 more days until another scan

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It's due in Cali on Friday around noon.

MileHighAirGunner said:

I’m not vouching for the seller. I have no idea who they are.
Good luck to you.

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Thank you! I don't know how I missed that post, I really appreciate you posting it here. I sent him a note. Thanks again so much!

You’re going to find that this question can’t be answered for you. Do you know the relationship between your Regulator, Macro, Micro and Valve? If you do you are all set. Each Airgun will have a slightly different tune it will like to be harmonic Depending on where you set it up. Elevation, temperature, humidity, attitude density, projectile speed, barrel twist rate - barrel length, etc. Hybrids can be particular to speed, a few FPS can mean quite the accuracy difference. Play with it for a bit and find your sweet spot. There are a couple videos on YouTube that have three different tuning approaches for FX impacts that you can explore. One by Utah Airguns, one by Airgun Channel and one by Viking Airgunner.

JackHughs said:

I agree. The small volume cf tanks are not inherently less safe or less reliable than the larger volume tanks. However, they can be less useful depending on your intended use. I have a 3 liter Tuxing which is great for pistol or low power rifle target shooting but is all but useless for the higher power rifles.

JackHughs

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But they are very good as a tether rig.
I have 2 3L with adjustable fill valves. One set at 2200psi for unregulated and the other set for 200bar for regulated guns.

I have 3 9L and 2 6.8L for my overnight work. I don't run the compressor after 8pm or before 9am so I dont annoy the neighbors.

Hello,

Has anyone here removed/reattached the barrel of an Umarex Zelos? I watched a video but was looking for guidance or any tips that I could garner. Thanks in advance.

R/

jde

I have made a thread here on how to solve that first slow shot. It involves some work that I wont recommend for people that arent working on their airrifles.

Spellcheck needs for me to edit. Coonhound not confound etc., I need my proof reading skills. Or lack thereof.

Hunter25 said:

I shot slugs for almost a year before I realized 100yard br had to be shot with pellets. I'd have to say the fx panthera is about as best slug gun as you can get. Even slugs can be over powered to the point they lose accuracy. At 100 yards,I've found 30 caliber pellets as accurate as any slug I ever shot. Even the altaros has a flier or two out of 25to 30 shots. I have alot of slugs left I didn't shoot. Over 50 pounds. Now I shoot pellets. If it's not at a hundred yards,then it doesn't seem like a challenge either. At 75 yards,hitting the centers is easily done,the last 25 yards from 75to 100 is where all the conditions really have there affect on pellets.

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Wish I had a more convenient 100 yard range!

Thank you

ChickenDumpling said:

May want to contact Utah Airguns and visit with them or whomever is an authorized distributor/repair service provider in region. Maybe there is a trick to the repair.

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Appreciate the comments

Hello just checking to see if any Macavity owners have heard any time frame on new parts to correct issue. Thank you

Chuckd_Retired said:

I had 2 spinal fusions in 2012 and 2013 and gave up my beloved BMW F650GS because I could no longer trust my right leg to hold up the bike. I didn't ride for 4 years and just couldn't stand it any more so I bought the Spyder. It's not nearly as much fun as the BMW but it keeps wind on my helmet.

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I have somewhat of the same issues . Both shoulders & hips replaced along w/ several knee surgeries. Just had a spinal injection last week to help with the left leg weakness/ pain issue. So definitely NO two wheelers of any kind for me for many years. BTW, I just got confirmation the Katran HP is to be headed my way . Should be a week or so till it gets to PA.

manabeknives said:

I'd say i do about 30,000 a year ...no where close to a million

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I'm about the same around 600/week. Lucky to have a 50 yard home range!

Gotcha.
Thanks for the clarity.
Shoot straight!

mike

Going this short is a big sacrifice in shot count /power in trade for extremely compact size.Testing Slugs 30-50 grain. And exploding pellets. 10% Ballistics Gel. + Velocity/shotstring with 44 grain slugs.

7-9 shots on high power from 60fpe-30fpe. Can be tuned down for full 17 shot magazine around 30FPE.

I haven't shot my WC for a few days, maybe 4 days, and I picked it up today to try it out and fired 3 shots to see if there is any creep in the system, 893, 891, 897 fps guess it's looking pretty good, no creep at all.
I've tuned it somewhat to shoot 25fr MRDs at right at 896 fps, so I'm looking good.

@Byahkin - Might be a good time to upgrade your scope and rings.

This a decent scope that is springer rated


One piece Leapers mount