There used to be an all plastic shot shell manufactured called "Activ". They were fairly popular at first, long ago, like in the 70's.
You might be able to still find someone that has them as they were reloadable. You'd need to grind off the rimmed portion, and likely cut them down, then crimp.
They may work for you.

mike

357cal said:

"Most of my year-round work gets handled with small bores, but when it’s time to drop the hammer—especially on the bigger pests that demand reach, precision, and reliable energy dump—I reach for my .308 Texan. It’s tuned for 150 grain semi-flat nose boat tails running at 990 fps, paired with a DNT Zulus HD 5-20x for fast ranging and tracking. I’ve dialed it in for consistent shot placement, and if I do my part, it just doesn’t miss. Confidence piece for the jobs that leave no margin for error."

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That sounds absolutely sublime.

The short answer is yes, this is primarily due to the expansion and contraction of different materials in the rifle and scope as they heat up or cool down. Temperature also affects air density. At colder temperatures, the air is denser, causing the bullet to fall harder, while at warmer temperatures, the air is less dense, causing the bullet to rise harder.Just look at European competitions where shooters insulate the barrels or cover the sights with heat-resistant material.

I would consider what @Trucker3573 is suggesting, but it still a lot of power for small fragile birds… The scenario the OP presents is an example where “more power is less versatile” in many airgun pesting situations. Like @student suggest why not simply another .22 PCP? By the time you do all the theoretical swapping from .30 to .22, you probably has quite a few dollars in the conversion. A sweet .177 or .22 in the scenario you present would be murder on the starlings at a much less expensive “cost per shot”… Good luck!

Pellets&Pistons-(Razor62) said:

Stunning!!! If only it were a lefty.....

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Then I wouldn't own it! Early versions are ambi...

Im always thinking the PE hade more swept volume then a hw80 R1.
Only PE piston is heavyer so thats they a little power full than hw80

Got to love some violent femmes

specie said:

Don't you just stick the spring/ball bearing back in and peen the casting to retain the ball? Someone said it's good to be gentle when closing the cocking lever?
Only front sight hood I've ever seen! Was that originally supplied on the early HW77?

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Specie, I have an early SN HW77 and it doesn’t have the hood. Maybe it was something on the Beemans?

Great fix Ron, thanks for posting. Going to order a couple for future reference. Shot mine today for the first time in forever and the lever fell out after firing. Turns out the whole front sight assembly is loose and will slide forward. Gotta see what that’s all about before I shoot it again.

6gun said:

I found on the smaller cousin Ryu that there was a specific baffle order that worked best, on a 22fpe disco but the yoko as delivered minus 1 section ended up winning for my high power impact and it's my 2nd quietest gun next to a moderated 1322. 75 fpe vs 10 on the crosman. It makes my buddies giggle every time it's so quiet for its power.

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Great to know. To get extra sections, I ended up purchasing two Yokos, so now I have too many, but at least I can mix and match in the future if I go high-powered PCP. The only thing I wish with the Yoko is for a bit lighter weight but otherwise, it is built like a tank.

I did a more normal fill tonight. Bottle was at 3100 and I filled it to 300 bar in about 25 minutes. That's about as good as my YH has ever done. The only issue is the temperature. The room it is in was at 27.1 C when I started and the YH was at about 65 C when I finished. I had 4 soda bottles of ice in the water for the whole time the pump was on. They still had ice in them when I shut it off. So I think I will put the ice in the water 15 minutes or so before I start next time. I'd like the temperature to stay below 60 C but I don't know if that is reasonably possible, at least until it gets better broken in. I will also try and have a couple more frozen bottles for the next run.

kwaping said:

What kind of game is appropriate for this gun?

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Pretty much any American game animal as long as you are within 100 yards Or so. Depends on your slug and accuracy.

Is the code "Eagle" a single use? Or once per day? I placed an order then tried to do another order and said the code no longer works. Was about 5 minutes apart. Was for a large order of pellets.

Looks like the price went UP



So I guess they are correct this is a new price !

The one I sent you has a slice in it, about 3/32" long

While plinking out the window with my new Bullshark show a chipmunk under porch of the building. Didn't think of how much lower barrel is at 2 ft verses scope. Pellet hitting storm window frame that close was quite loud. Fortunately no real damage done

gbmarcht said:

My 700 is shooting 25.4 g pellets very accurately at 50 yards with heavy 1:18 barrel. Also, I use a suppressor for sound reduction. I haven’t yet tried 18.3’s.

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What suppressor, and is it much louder than a M3 or Crown with similar tunes?

Wow thats a long supressor. I got the Ronin on mine probably overkill as well.
Fighting a regulator problem now.

I had an unexpected purchase. I dropped a low ball bid on a RAW HM1000x .25 on gunbroker. Got an email telling me I won. I had completely forgotten about that bid.

Makes the 3rd or 4th time over the years that I have received that unexpected email. Drop a low ball bid, sometimes you win the auction.

Our benches are 5’ on centers. I think it picked up 60-some shots between the two of us during one card.

If I am remembering this properly, I was getting 29 fpe with a 25.4 gn pellet at 720 fps muzzle velocity. I would like to push the velocity up a little for perhaps a little more range and effective kill energy. Looking forward to some pictures!!

Oh and at Lee spring if you put too much in your cart the only way to modify is put the quantity to 0 and click continue shopping, and if you forget what something in your cart is copy and paste into search bar, but maybe it's because I'm using mobile?

Thanks for the pics

Check this cool upgrade. Let's you adjust spring tension!

I was told by a guy that owns both that the glass has not changed?