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Airforce  Did I make a wrong decision

In looking for a long range, heavy hitting sniper rifle I've been watching the AirForce products for almost a decade and they haven't changed much over the years. Guess they partnered with Rapid Air Weapons to get some fresh blood and modern technology into the company.

A sniper rifle was low priority the "airguns to get" list so I was in no hurry to make a purchase and have been bidding my time. I finally found what I was looking for in the FX Panthera and I'm very pleased with it.

I'd say that if you have that itch to try one of the AirForce products look around for someone within driving distance who has one; get a second hand one or buy new. You can always sell it through satisfying that curiosity will cost you some money.

I still look at the unique design of the AirForce products but know that I'll never own one. There's lots of more modern choices available.

Cheers!

JTS  Wise purchase or Not ?

Million-dollar question, we really don't know what label says till purchasing member opens box and reports back to forum. Best-homepro (eBay) was good until inventory ran out, Smarketbuy (Amazon) was also legit. One scammer figured us out and posted advertising pictures of YongyIheng Pneumatic ID plates, what arrived listed different manufacturer on plate. Wish I had more help to offer. WM
Understood

Apolo slugs, .25 33grn

Found a decent price on these slugs here


Cheap shipping. Anyone try shooting these out of an impact m3?
They shoot well out of my buddy's impact. One thing to note is that the faster you shoot these slugs, the better they perform. So anywhere from nine twenty to a thousand is what I have found.

Huben  GK1 - Carbine or Stock Mods

I can relate, I just turned 72. I can't take the italics off sorry, senior error. 😁 Obviously I'm a Huben and www.krazcool.com fanboy so take what I say with a grain of salt. I don't know your shooting environment or your physical strength. I really like my K1, I live in a California suburb where the lots average about 7000 sq' and I still shoot it in my yard, no suppressor, but tuned well down. When I go to the indoor range or the wide open spaces I can easily kick it up a notch. It's a very versatile gun. That said, it has significantly more bulk than the pistol. Therefore at our age a pistol with a folder is very compelling product, simply from a size and weight factor. I would chose pistol and go through www.krazcool.com to buy it, add a folder and get the attachment parts from https://huben3dparts.com/products/ . Light, powerful and you can easily resell it if you don't like it. 😁 Be sure and go to youtube to review krazcool's support videos, this is important. There are 2 common user errors with the pistol and the carbine for that matter. Allowing the magazine release lever to slam back on its own, it won't be long before it breaks, trust me. #2 be sure you seed the pellets properly and rotate the magazine before shooting. Make sure it rotates smoothly scanning for potential jams before you fire. If you get a jam, stop, don't fire it again, go to youtube, search GK1 jams. Kelly has a video on loading the GK1 properly, please watch it. I learned to tear down my Hubens because I made these mistakes and a few other bone head mistakes. Gregor is the father of GK1s, subscribe to his channel/library https://www.youtube.com/@gregorkamensek3923 he knows his stuff. Lastly, the pistol is really loud, you will more than likely need a suppressor. Everyone has a suppressor opinion and that's fine, here's mine. The OEM looks great but, many love it, but I'm not impressed by it's performance. I have a number of suppressors, IMO and I've put a meter to all my suppressed guns, this suppressor out performs them all. Its simple to add or subtract baffles modulating the noise level less or more as required. And this feature is big, it's easy to clean. https://www.impulseairgun.com/product-page/ia-1350 Ya it's pricier and I added a 5th baffle to further reduce the noise. Noise suppression is #1 on my have to have add on list. I don't want my neighbors complaining and asking me to quit backyard shooting. I absolutely love sitting in my yard, watching sports on my outdoor TV, on-line gambling, drinkin a beer and killin paper, it's freakin nirvana. My apologies to the morality police.😉🤣 I don't want to lose that privilege, so suppressor cost is a non-issue to me. Get the GK1 and the guitar then strum between shooting sessions. I think you would agree that at our age mental exercise is job 1, there is no such thing as too much. Good luck.
Have you perchance also compared the Impulse against the Huggett Magna? Thanks

Tuning  90CC+ plenums

AGT Vulcan 3 in big plenum mode, have,,,, OMG a lot.
My 700 mm Epic airguns Two ( tube version ) have 121 CC plenum,the 550 mm barrel version have 101 CC plenum and the compact with 300 mm barrel have 70 CC.
The bottle versions no matter the barrel length / caliber just 70 CC plenum

You also need a valve system that allow for that plenum to be dumped into the barrel.

I could probably easy extend my plenum or for that matter tank section with 70 CC more, i got about 100 MM from the end of the air pipe to the end of the barrel.
Not something i will pursue though as i shoot tethered all the time.
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PCP Rifle  WTS Air Venturi Avenger 177 with Nightvision scope

177 cal Air Venturi Avenger Bullpup. Comes with 2 aftermarket barrel supports and Donny FL silencer adapter. Additionally it has a buck rail silencer which is an excellent air stripper as well. It also comes with 1 factory mag and 1 AE Swede 20 rd mag. It also comes in a nice gray padded case. It also was a compact cv life bipod.
I’m including a one leaf 3x12 scope which pairs with the nv100 day/night recorder so you can record your hunts day or night. The gun is in great working shape..the only issue is a little scuff mark on the end of the barrel shroud. This gun puts out 31 fpe which means this gun is a cannon in 177 cal. Shoots zan and JSB slugs well. Definitely not a toy but this gun pairs well with shooters of all skill sets.
Value: gun 400..accessories including silencer..150…scope…500…nv100 recorder..300.= $1035.
That’s what I have in it. I want $850.

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Velocity versus Accuracy

Ed, anything to distinguish the guns which shoot the NOE 27 grain hunter well? Velocity? Do you know if their twist rate is slower or faster?

I've calculated the "efficiency" of my three P35s. The 25 and 177 caliber were good in efficiency but the more accurate 22 caliber was less so. I recently had to reset the hammer spring in the 22 because a grub screw fell out of the cocking mechanism into the hammers path so I had to remove the adjuster to extract it and put it back where it goes (with a drop of blue locktite). When I reset the hammer spring I deliberately set the hammer spring a little lighter than would give me maximum velocity for the regulator setting. But that gave me a first shot that was 10-20 fps lower than the rest of the string. So I turned the hammer spring up a little and I think I have that fixed. My P35-25 did the same thing about a year ago. I don't know if this is unique to the regulator in the P35s or "normal". I will need to do a longer string to recalculate efficiency but my guess is I am back where I started. The regulator in the 177 and 22 are set where they came to me. The 25 is turned down a bit because the 20 grain FTTs it likes were going 900 fps or more and I didn't think I wanted that. Accuracy didn't change when I turned the regulator down. But I had to decrease the hammer spring to match the new regulator setting. Long way of saying I set my hammer spring pretty close to maximum velocity in my P35s because if I do not, the first shot velocity is low. I still get good efficiency in two of the 3 and it isn't bad in the third. I had to shorten the hammer spring of the 177 to be able to set the hammer spring low enough to match the regulator. It's probably the same spring used in the 22 and 25.
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