Recent content by caliusoptimus

Kinda sorta close yet far... I'm in knoxville.

I love it when a plan comes together! Great day at the range. All of the ammo I tried was stabilizing with the new barrel. Zero keyholing. These targets are at 100yds. The first pic was me trying a bunch of different ammo. I labeled the ones that I remember. Reg set at 200bar. 1. AEA lathe...

Any suggestions on a different oil? Currently filled with royal purple.

Thank you for the info! This will save me some messing around, I appreciate it.

I've had an idea for a while to add a dessicant trap between stages on my tuxing compressor. First I'm wondering if anyone has measured the pressure between these stages. The bowl I have is labeled up to 250psi. Figured I'd ask before I start disassembling those fittings as they seem to be...

After all that lapping how much did the size change?

Vaporizing lead with a laser sounds like a really, really unhealthy idea. Edit: Ugh, I'm reaponding to ancient history.

There are so many possible oring sizes that no assortment is going to be comprehensive. I gave up and just order specific sizes from mcmaster. Even after ordering hundreds of different sizes over the years I still never seem to have the one I need.

I watched that video recently as well and though it was an interesting perspective. My confidence level is a 3" group at 50yds with any of my airguns. Some of them I'm confident around 2" at 50. I know I can do better, but AGs are finicky and I haven't learned how to get perfect tune.

Yeah... I think I get your point. I expect that most reviewers will give an honest review even if they have some bias. More concerning is how the manufacturers and retailers may be cherrypicking the best of the best to send out for review. All that aside, I'm glad folks are generally having a...

Thanks! I'm super happy with the looks... I've loved everything about it other than the barrel problem. An adjustable hammer spring is really rhe only thing missing. In any case, I know where I stand with AEA now: caveat emptor. On another note, the new barrel works. First group. One on the...

There's a long story that goes along with this rifle... here's the short version. I picked up the challenger elite 51 back in January. Since then I've had nothing but severe accuracy problems. Many ammo types were keyholing and wouldn't consistently hit a 12"x18" target from 50yds. Some ammo...

A couple weeks ago I picked up a bigger CNC lathe. Good deal through FB marketplace, old toolroom lathe converted to linuxCNC. Will be helpful for work, and also super handy for my hobbies 😁. I used it to finish up a green mountain blank. 27" .357 1 in 20" twist. I went with the leade design...

What's a "throater"? A reamer of some kind? I'm not familiar with PB related stuff. I've been using a boring bars for the ID work. I bit the bullet and finally bought a bigger CNC lathe. Not specifically for airgun stuff... but being able to turn down barrels was a bonus. I just finished a 27"...

It seems like 1 in 12" is really fast. Have you had problems with your existing barrel that pushed you towards a faster twist? I have barrel projects in the works too. Two GM barrels, 30"L .51cal 48 twist for my challenger elite, and a 27"L .357 20 twist for my hp ss max. I'm experimenting with...