Recent content by 218bee

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    Not trustworthy

    Paypal G &S sounds good, but they lost me when they went along with the 1099k BS. Also all the horror stories of freezing accounts of law abiding gun owners for mentioning a word they don't like..Pulled all my money out, and don't miss PP a bit.
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    Anyone rode the Co2 .20 train yet?

    Had a Sheridan .20 CO2 pistol, E9, I think...probably from the 1980's. well built and accurate as heck, but LOUD! Sounded like a 22 lr going off.
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    Increasing fps on single stroke smooth bore bb rifles.

    Single-stroke daisy 853's from the CMP, see link below; https://thecmp.org/sales-and-service/sporter-air-rifles/ $125 plus shipping and they come to you freshly resealed and shooting well north of 500 fps, also they come with a Lothar-Walther match barrel. Also, they're grooved for...
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    Getting out of Air Rifles

    I agree with bkyrdsnpr , Get an older Cricket & don't look back. Bought a new 25 Cricket from Charlie @ Georgia Airguns years ago. After unpacking it, adding a scope and sighting in, I swear I never so much as turned a screw on that AG or even replaced a single oring in thousands of shots...
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    If you could only keep one gun, which would it be?

    Definitely my Ernest-tuned Colibri. Best hunting AG I ever had. Powerful, accurate and nimble. If I reflect on the last 5 or 6 years, pound for pound had more fun with this AG than any of the others combined. (Day or night) , and never a hiccup.
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    Beeman p17

    I got a lemon, too. Just couldn't get it to group. Turns out the bore was drilled off-center at the factory. Took a 2240 barrel and duplicated it on my lathe. Now its a tackdriver, and with the piston-top/metal duct tape trick, it shoots .22 Hobby's around 350fps.
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    Is .20 Dead?

    Pretty popular with me. My R10 in .20 shoots like a PCP @40yds without trying too hard (sandbag) My 177's and 22 springers cant do this.
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    Tuning Weihrauch/Beeman open sight removal and cosmetic fix options

    Guys unfortunately I broke the die/tooling I use to make these, so they are on hold temporarily till I get new tooling. Will reach out to all who PMed me, but I forget hopefully you'll see this.
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    Tuning Weihrauch/Beeman open sight removal and cosmetic fix options

    Sorry Zut; I see youre in Samoa. Respectfully, I only ship to USA/Purerto Rico. Should you have a USA contact Id be glad to deal with them.
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    Paypal????????

    +1 on the money orders. Used them for decades without incident, until Ebay strong armed everyone towards electronic payments. Pulled all my PayPal money out last month due to countless horror stories about honest people's accounts getting frozen for nothing more than the mere mention of...
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    Tuning Caliber swap, the old-fashioned way🤔

    Wonder if he got the barrel-beating brick from Brownells or Midway?
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    New rifle from the Midwest Show

    Informal plinking with my CMP rebuild out about 20 yards or so. Slapped an old Weaver K4 on her and using R10 pellets, she didn't disappoint. I beleive these have Lothar Walther barrels, as it has the stampings on the side of the barrel. Mine shoots R10's at around 518 fps., which seems to be...
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    Easing the pain shipping airguns...

    15 years ago I bought an M1 Garand, Collector Grade from the CMP. FedEx guy actually handed me the box with the front 6" of the rifle sticking through the heavy duty Cardboard/eggcrate boxes they used. Luckily the rifle was flawless, but what the heck? They're now using better plastic hard...
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    Tuning Weihrauch/Beeman open sight removal and cosmetic fix options

    I make these correct fitting screws. Steel or brass. I beleive they fit HW80, R1, R9, R10, etc. Thats my R10 in .20 in the pics. I check each set I make in that rifle before they ship out. Lower 48 states only. PM me if any interest.
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    ID this springer, in old Black Sabbath pic

    Always a fan of Sabbath, and stumbled across this old pic, probably from the early 1970's. Hard to tell from this pic, but wondered what rifle Iommi has? Thought Id throw it out to eagle-eyed posters here.