Berserkeley Mike's latest activity

H Hw97, HW50, Sig ASP20. All easier to shoot than the condor ss. I took the condor apart and sold it for parts. Couldn't knowingly...

@Savagefox, if you can find one. Old school mac1 Ld. Will do 1/2 @ 50 yds all day @ 11.5 fpe. Many tree rats starlings and sparrows had...

I have done what Mike has done . Mine was an old .22 rimfire that I cut several inches of barrel off. I used a flea market "Dremel" type...

The only time I've done such a thing was when there was a problem. Probably every other cheapo airgun that I've had suffered a burr or...

I just use copper never seize on the spring and piston ( aka beeeman lazerlube) Then a little smear of white lithium grease on the...

Casting was definitely another rabbit hole after getting a big bore. Improvised ventilation fan in shed window, building PID controller...

Makes me think of NWH's "F--- the Security Guards", there are a few postings on Youtube.

Oh, right, I typically shoot into a box filled with rags and shake out the pellets once in a while. I started with commercial pellets...

There are a few of us here doing this. Are you talking about smaller calibers or larger calibers? Pouring lead, or swaging lead? I...

The commercial tin based "green" pellets are readily available online (Pyramyd, Trenier, AoA, Midway). They're not available at my...

This story? https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2012/02/03/bow-hunter-pleads-guilty-to-killing-mountain-lion/ In that case it reads...

Yep, we got 'yotes in the Bay Area too. They eat the cat food (both meanings), left outside. I lost a cat last winter to them, a house...

A sheeperson maybe, singular of sheeple?

We are very fortunate in my city It is permissible to use barbed and/or razor wire atop chain link fencing to keep the 2-legged yotes out.

That is a good question. Most commercial non-lead pellets are made of tin, Sb. I haven't heard of any credible evidence that shooting...