Utah only has one .30 in a different model available
Penchetta stopped selling moderators a while ago
Precision only has the snipe in .22
And the super heavy and long Magna
It seems like no one in the US is continuing to restock and definitely no one has the astille that I can find

Racer88 said:

I really have a hard time feeling sorry for anyone who falls for such an obvious scam... 80% off?!?? LOL! Anyone who believes they can get an optic for 80% off... well... "a fool and his money...."

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Unfortunately, some people simply lack the ability to sense that they are being duped. For example, I have a friend with cancer and has had several strokes who was told by several highly competent friends that he was being scammed when he got a warning message about his bank account being frozen due to unpaid taxes. He just wouldn't listen to reason and ended up having to go to the bank to change all of his passwords, pin #'s, etc due to giving out private information to a nefarious enterprise of some sort that preys on the weak and infirm. These ads offering ridiculous mark downs must be successful to a certain extent because of people like my friend who have cognitive issues due to health problems. Plus, people who aren't into our hobby, may have relatives and/or friends that want to buy them a present but are clueless about how much quality products really cost. Yes, I agree I tend to lack compassion for those of us with healthy brains who get duped by these asshats. But make no mistake, none of us are immune to being duped at some point in our lives...how many people have said, "I do," thinking that they were entering into a "happily ever after," life only to find out once they said those magic words, their partner's panties suddenly got super glued to her butt.

Yeah. Marmots are cute until they aren’t. Backpacking in the Sierras I learned this the hard way. They will chew through your tent and backpack to get to things. Dirty socks..wtf really? Slim Jim’s? Lucky that I came back early from fishing and ran them out. Before you admonish me for leaving food in my pack..this was before bear canisters were a thing and it was above tree line. Thank goodness for duct tape.

Thanks Trucker, I'll have another look in there, this time with glasses/magnifier - my old eyes may have missed something.

SAZ said:

Duhhh...I should have checked that.
You're correct, the 1 tin of old ones I have left are marked 4.52 as yours are.

If you figure out why the new ones aren't doing as well I'm sure we'd be interested. Thank You.

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Won't be the one to figure that out .... As I'm sitting on about 4 sleeves of 10 tins per sleeve of the same lot # that is going last me the rest of my natural life.

Same here, the Flashpup was my first. No issues ,still had the same o-rings on the fill probe when I sold it to a guy that was just starting "down the rabbit hole". Matter of fact he was just at my place shooting yesterday. I agree that it could have used a bit more of an air cylinder as it ran rather hot & I topped off after two mags always. It was tough cocking . I took 44 Ghogs w/ it in 2018 , all w/ JSB 18.13 pellets . I later tuned it for Knockout slugs that took 'hogs to 60 yards.

My mad scientist mind says maybe don't space them exactly the same ( like 1/8 inch difference) so you don't have equal resonant lengths to synchronize up and frustrate a harmonic tune.

I remember boosters from early hpa paintball days. With a little ingenuity they can be automated too

I'm putting mine through the paces right now.

I dont like off balance weight guns, I put the money into an scba instead of a big bottle. I could get more shots with a 4500 psi larger bottle, but the factory 580 is more than sufficient for my walk around needs at 75 fpe. Sooo for the bench I have a regulated manifold setup and some large cylinders.

Fun little plinker that won't break the bank! Thanks for watching! -Nate

ZekeZX10 said:

I still wouldn't trust it for more than a couple shots with the 30 cal, here I tried it with some 54g slugs, in the video it looked pretty cool. https://www.airgunnation.com/threads/54g-slug-vs-duct-seal.1333159/

I used it in the backyard with my notos, good for quite a few shots, when it gets too chewed up I just push the putty around and smooth it out again then good to go for another dozen or so shots

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I use a Square-D circuit breaker box, which is fairly thick, with 20lbs of duct seal in it. I have been using it for years and now it has probably doubled in weight and it looks like a lead mass, mostly. I would be more impressed than mad, if an airgun of mine shot through it.

[ just weighed it, 34.9lbs, lighter than I thought]

Here the Reximex Meta Premium, in 25cal. This one with the optional carbon fibre bottle. IMO a number of steps up on the ladder vs most anything else out of Turkey at the moment, however NOT sans flaws or issues.



But. For the sake of argument. Someone sat down and questioned hammer bounce and came up with this. It´s just a piece of sheet metal and a few screws incl "escutcheons".
Some thinking went into it, it´s cheap to produce. THAT`S what i´m getting at.
The Meta Premium though needs porting to be able to hand the goods, but that done my two MP´s shoot at the same muzzle levels my SL does.

scooter said:

What are you guys using for silicone oil to assemble hand air pumps and also for lubing slugs and barrel cleaning as well? Thanks!

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I use Super Lube Silicone Oil 100 cSt made by Syco Chemical Corporation, FWIW, for compressor and pump lubrication.

I have used some lubes for pellet lubrication but the results are inconclusive so no use to post them.

Polymags just work well if your gun likes them.

Mandrada01 said:

How do you like your Zulus HD 5-20? I've been thinking about picking up one and giving it a try. They seem pretty sweet for the money.

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i love it, best scope I have bought.

Ezana4CE said:

Now it seems that they’re back to pens and knives. I looked at their site recently and nary an airgun product could be found.

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He had a good run. I bought some stuff off him but probably should have bought more.

Trucker3573 said:

Code needed or automatic ?

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Automatic

I got the reg tool at Cape Fear Airguns, it’s just for the piston, Allen keys for the rest. I bought a huma reg then decided to stay w amp reg and rebuild. Working great w fast recovery. IMO the huma regs are over hyped. I’ll be selling that un-used humA for 1/2 price if you’re interested

Normkel said:

Have you tried removing the side cocking lever/putting the gun back to the previous state?

If accuracy returns, you will have a cause to chase.

If not, something else is involved. The velocity variations are so small that I can't believe that the hammer spring/adjustment is the issue.... unless the velocities are significantly different than before. What were the velocities before the install?

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Yeah that does make sense.

I have both metric and SAE bonded sealing washer sets. Both available on Amazon. AliExpress has the metric cheaper but not the SAE.

Always buy sets. No telling when you will need a different size.

I leave snakes be, I like them. They are good at getting rid of all sorts of vermin. I also love blue birds and have a blue bird trail with five nest boxes. This year four are active and have already produce another generation and two have a second brood going.

To keep snakes, raccoons, kitty kats (less so) and similar critters out of your blue bird boxes use a stove pipe baffle of three or even four feet long. Google stove piple blue bird baffle. They absolutely stop all but the largest snakes. I drill four two inch holes in the top section so the snakes can see daylight. I have 1/4 inch screen mesh over the holes. Very large snakes may try to cantilever around a 3 feet long baffle thus going to a 4 footer if you have the large rat snakes around.

This way you can keep your beneficial snakes and have happy blue birds too. Because you know, blue bird lives matter too.



Now, cowbirds and invasive HOSPs, well, you know what may, possibly, happen to them.

I will add that wind flags do not need to be purchased and expensive to be useful. I'm not sure this is applicable to Spain but mine are made of yard signs put out by politicians trying to get elected. I don't grab then until after the election but they are then of no use for their original purpose and I've grabed over a dozen. They also work for attaching targets at a range without a dedicated target holder. For a wind flag I take one long piece of wire from the yard sign and a couple short pieces. I buy a styrofoam ball for one end of the horizontal piece and cut a piece of the "board" the political candidates name is on for the other end. A small piece of hard wood is the pivot point connecting things and a piece of caution tape goes on the yard sign piece of the horizontal. There are commercial wind flags that look something like this.

A simpler one that is even cheaper is just a ribbon on a coat hanger straightened out and shoved in the ground.

I am not trying to argue my crude creations are as good as commercial wind flags, only that they are a lot better than nothing.

I've shot at >50 yards only a few times but I did not get great groups despite using wind flags. Pellets have a very poor bc by powder burner standards so they move a lot more in the wind than projectiles with higher bcs. I see as much as 1/2 inch movement from fairly light (like 10 mph) wind at only 30 yards. That would, of course, be more than doubled at 70 yards. If you want a good projection of the wind effect you can get it from chairgun and similar trajectory programs.

I see, understand the material removal is delicate is saw the chamber and you cannot hit the seal areas, so the only option is a round or corn shaped burr and steady hands-that is a fine piece of work to do. I have a spare mag i want to do that to but cannot quite really tell where the thin wall area is. I was going to just follow the walls and see how much i can remove or some what guess where the wall thins out probably on the wide side parallel to the magazine then remove more towards the front pellet direction and behind the pellet direction, I'm just guessing here. Or a sketch/diagram cross section might help ?
I see what you did with the barrel to stabilize, man nice job there, I have another Sig looks similar i extended the barrel length and have it inside the moderator to cover the length. Great pictures and guide for the right parts -- thank you! That a really good looking set up, inspiring to see what its potential is i will want to do a similar set up -- impressive!
If you can modify a mag for me I would be interested in that also ... Im in the US just let me know. Thanks

Anyone tried 59 gr Zan slug in .30 FX Panthera/Dynamic or King with 600mm superior heavy liner?