Recent content by Berserkeley Mike

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 some such imperfection in the crown area. All were resolved by the brass domed screw head trick, just twirling it between my fingers while rotating the barrel...

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, then began to melt those down and re-cast. So my raw material is recycled old lead-free pellets. I'm probably about 50/50 now, new/recycled, shooting new...

The commercial tin based "green" pellets are readily available online (Pyramyd, Trenier, AoA, Midway). They're not available at my local Big5 Sporting Goods, even in this eco-green-no-hazmat Bay Area. In .22 they run from 10 to 13 grains, and in .25 from 16.5 to 20 grain, roughly only 2/3 the...

This story? https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2012/02/03/bow-hunter-pleads-guilty-to-killing-mountain-lion/ In that case it reads $600 and likely getting the bow back, and a lesson learned about sticking to one story (and one might suggest to draft that story with one's lawyer first).

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 cat raised friendly with dogs that didn't stand a chance. The feral cats around here grow up mean. A neighbor recently left flyers around asking to help...

A sheeperson maybe, singular of sheeple?

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 tin pellets erodes steel barrels, at least not within something comparable to lead, say 100,000 shots. Have you seen or credibly heard of this?

Depending on the gun, my thumb wrapped around the grip can interfere with the recoil, usually rotating the gun a little. To keep that from happening, I may rest my thumb on top of the grip, in line with the recoil. I tend to do that with very lightly-held breakbarrels, and less so with guns...

I cast from tin or pewter metal, using re-melted old "lead free" pellets that I collect in a rag-box pellet trap, but old pewterware would also work. Lead swages easily, but I'm not sure tin will work in pellet swagers designed for lead; classically tin can be hammered into shape but one would...

I just got an email that some NOE pellet molds are back in stock: 250-27-RF-CC3 a classic diabolo in the lighter weight range I cast in tin metal and they give me some more options between the Predator GTO 16.5gr. and Baracuda Green 20gr. They shoot well from my Hatsan Mod95. 300-68-FN-BI3 a...

As a relevant aside, Veritasium has a fascinating story on tetra-ethyl lead: "The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History"

As I recall it, the lead that was added to gasoline was tetra-ethyl lead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraethyllead The hydrocarbon ethyls helped it dissolve and disperse in the hydrocarbon gasoline, better than say something like a lead salt (say, lead chromate or oxide that was found in lead...

What do y'all use to lube AF guns? I've tried lubing the trigger/safety area with Triflow and it makes for a much nicer trigger, but I understand such oily lubes aren't recommended. Graphite did nothing for the trigger, but made the hammer and breech slide easier. A coat of car wax on the...

49 grains at 998 fps is 108 ft#. I don't hear of much more than that out of a Condor .25. As I understand it, the heavy hammer and spring is to open the valve against that 4100 psi. At that pressure, will a higher flow valve do much more? Maybe test more! How heavy are the .257...