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I changed the spring in my challenger Pro 357 with Ace hardware but it's not big enough and slips into the rod hole. I made a washer from some nylon bushing and did a quick buffing to hammer and sear. I noticed that increasing the hammer weight and opening the valve and extra 2/10 of an inch...

I got the aea Challenger Pro last October and the only leak I had was where the gauge was screwed in for the main fill tank and once that was tightened I have no more leaks. I have literally put hundreds of rounds through this thing. It's in the 357 version and I have some Lyman molds and I...

Know your barrel and get a size to fit. Seneca eagle claw likes 28 grn 217 cup base.

Casting is hard work to get perfect drops. Use a micrometer and a good scale to check the size and weight. You can sort them and get as many as possible that are the same. I'm doing hollow point 357's. Some are 119 grain +/- .3 grn and some are closer to 123. Just keep them separate. At 80...

Not really a major issue. If you're using nothing but crosman that may have higher levels of antimony which make harder pellets. I would recommend to get some pure lead and a little bit of pure tin. A ratio of 40 to 1 allows better flow and nice shine. Use the old trap ammo a little at a time or...

Shipping policy is biggest detractor

I did have some problems with Fox air power and I bought my gun from thepelletshop.com . I never could get a hold of Terry Fox but I can get a hold of the vendor at thepelletshop! You don't have to have a moderator but it is definitely nice on the ears to have one even though it's not like a...

358 work but you're better with 356 or 7 so buy yourself a Lee sizing die for 357. When I order from a large vendor I get 356 and when I make my own I size them to 357 because that's the sizer I have on my press. I even shoot hard cast 9mm round nose bullets well. Shooting into a pail full of...

The GT 88 grain hollow points group really well and I can actually hit soda cans at 100 yards repeatedly using the pro model. Anything over 105 grains has to be hand loaded and 120 grain shoots at 865 ft per second with 12 g of added weight to the Hammer. Deer season is gone so I reduced the...

The 24-in Challenger is probably the most powerful but the pro model is regulated and will give you more consistent velocity and accuracy. If you're only going to take that one possibly two shots then the basic bullpup will do the job very nicely. If you want to shoot groups then the pro version...

The pellet shop is the best as far as customer service is concerned. Pretty much everybody sells it the same price but to be able to talk to somebody about a question then the pellet shop is the one that will return your call before you can finish your coffee!

When you send somebody an email and tell them do not move forward until I speak to you on the phone because I want to spend another $200 with you and they don't return your phone call and just send you something and call it done when it's the wrong thing it does not fit and cannot read the...

The pellet shop is much better than some fox out west. I bought a spare magazine and received a defect with the wrong center wheel. So I tried to call him and send email and never get any reply and then I finally get a text message to say he sent me a new part. Well I'm holding an invoice that...

If you're going to get something that's not pure lead and has a copper jacket then go .001 smaller. AEA Challenger likes 356 so fmj 355 bullet works.

If you weigh 185 lb or more and don't mind working up a sweat you will pump and then give it a short rest and then pump some more because you don't want to overheat the pump or yourself. After a year of pumping I got a young hang compressor. Then I got an scba tank. Then I got another gun and...