Recent content by delooper

Not me. After I had shot around 1000 pellets, all my shooting was either "in anger" pesting, zeroing optics or taking my son to the range. So my shooting has significantly slowed-down. I got my start with firearms shooting 22LR. My uncles would regularly give me crates of 10,000 rounds...

I think in much of the States, convicted criminals are prohibited from owning powderburning firearms. Given the sheer volume of humanity that gets convicted of something in the States, that's a significant market of people looking for "gun like things" that can't own powderburners. So...

I have everything I need right now. So I'm not really holding off -- if I had an extra $10k sitting around I'd spend it on fixing my car.

I have two CF tanks, still within their 5 year time of purchase. That said, I won't bother getting a tank tested unless I'm suspicious of it. My impression is that when such a tank fails it's not a dangerous failure. More often than not it will be a slow leak. The only real precaution you...

For me it's the Edgun Leshiy 2 in .22", firing Crosman pellets. Usually with a 3x 640x480 thermal scope on it, but I'm experimenting with a hybrid thermal red dot. Most of my pesting is at night. My shots are usually 20 yards or less. The longest shot possible in my yard is about 30 yards...

I took the thermal to the range yesterday and gave it a good rundown. The red-dot portion is pretty much like any Holosun variable-reticle red-dot. I like how you can "roughly" zero the thermal reticle by setting it to match the red dot. I find you can't get them quite perfectly matched...

There's basically four types of 3d printers in the mainstream nowadays. Filament printers, these are the most common and generally are the lowest-resolution. That said, they print in a lot of materials. Prusa, Ender, Bambu Lab, are the main companies that come to mind. Resin printers...

If it's a ghost gun, yes. If not, no.

I've never seen a failure like that. The hose bursts I've seen involved the hose staying connected at both ends. The hose expands in a bulb shape, usually near one of the connectors, cracks develop and the air is let out in a bang. So there was no whipping motion. I imagine one of the...

Cubic feet of air at 4500 psi is a really odd unit of measurement. It should state, cubic feet of air this would produce if full at 4500psi, then emptied into a 14.7psi room.

I'd maybe only wear hearing protection until you're sure you've got the hang of things. Most compressors are noisy. And if you burst a fill line it'll be louder than a typical gunshot.

I think if you have problems with this kind of compressor it will either be 1) a really simple one in the first few days or weeks. It should be an easy self-repair or 2) A failure in around the 3 year mark of the "major rebuild" variety. Given that the warrantee covers you for ?4 years? if...

I pretty much do all my pesting at under 30 yards and mostly use Crosman 22 pellets. They've worked wonderfully.

I've never drained water out of a PCP. As people here have discussed, water in the PCP is something you want to avoid -- at about the cost of your PCP rifle. I similarly dry my air before putting it in an SCBA tank, and I fill my PCPs from the SCBA tank. You can find multiple threads on...

I put my toes into the "buy thermal" pool, first getting a rather affordable (under $1000) spotting scope. I then was fully suckered into it and bought a 640x480 thermal that was more expensive than my car. I also bought a thermal red-dot (the Holosun) just last year. They're not just great...