Recent content by Eelco

One thing I like about edgun's is their solid no frill construction. They look like a tool you can take out into the woods and use as a club if need be; and afaik there are no bench rest variants being made. As much as I dont care for either the bench rest aesthetic or functionality; if thats...

I wouldnt worry too much about it; if you do not notice any symptoms, any exposure you may have had will only fade further over time. The real risks of lead are neurological and developmental, not cancer. So if you were not pregnant at the time its likely not an issue... If you want to be sure...

This is a big reason the SPA M30 appeals to me. I hate the look of a floating barrel from an engineering POV as well. But I appreciate that strapping it to a variable-pressure cylinder isnt ideal either. But putting the barrel inside said cylinder just makes plain sense. The M30 barrel is...

Thanks for the input on the P10; again not much in the way of reviews out there, but what ive seen is unanimously positive. Glad to hear the trigger works out; hadnt seen anything about it and i believe its not adjustable? On a sidenote; isnt a fixed 16x scope a bit much for shooting at 30yrds...

Well I wasnt expecting perfection from either gun; if i end up liking it probably drop in a huma, but those barrel issues do sound serious. The typical owner sounds pretty happy though so I guess id be willing to play to snowpeak-QC-roulette... But sadly nobody who can compare directly to the...

Looking at getting an entry level bullpup, and the snow-peak/SPA/artemis/whatever P10/P15 appeal to me. The P15 is the newer and branded as the better model, but the P10 appeals to me more on paper. Having handled neither, I was hoping some people that did can comment, as I havnt been able to...

yoopper; I was thinking along similar lines as you describe; I face the same problem as the OP; the only place i can shoot i cant shoot lead; and the only lead-free pellet I can find goes only up to .25cal. As others say, the properties of lead are hard to beat; especially its workability and...

Still a lot of offerings on the hand pump front. Seems like the options break down like this ATM: (all prices in euros, including shipping to europe; only listings with best reviews in their category. In terms of connectors and features all these pumps otherwise appear equal to me) 35e, 3...

The idea behind the water is to act as a thermal buffer; without any cooling the small parts on the high pressure end of the pump might heat to a point where the rubber fails or suffers excessive wear. Just having it surrounded by a cup of water making a massive difference; of course it does not...

@JamesD: Thanks for the heads up on the pumps. They are not the most sexy items so not much in depth reviews on them I find. Also, interesting to see more votes for the pumpers. In theory its much the same thing as PCP, but with the hose cut out of the loop id say? The main difference being that...

@Ag5643; keeping it fed strikes me like one of the beautifully easy things about an airgun. Lead is everywhere if you know where to look, and you only need to stoke your coals a little to get it molten. Labor intensive for sure, but in the given scenario there wont be any online forums to waste...

@intenseaty22: haha, yeah I am mostly just trying to push my hypothetical to its extreme. Not expecting any zombies, and modern society *most likely* wont collapse soon either. But I like rugged pieces of engineering, and I like being able to invest in my self-reliance. Already own some bows but...

@Arzrover, @DonC: the 707 is hard to get by these days in my neck of the woods. I can get pretty good deals on the Infinity 9mm though... looks to be the same rugged simplicity as the 707. I hear of a lot of people tinkering on it but seemingly not because of fatal flaws but because the gun is...

@Bullfrog: you got lucky then. More often than not a CF tank dropped from 1 meter on a hard surface will show damage obvious enough that nobody sane will want to be pressure testing it for you. And just because yours does not show any surface damage does not mean it isnt at greater risk of...

So more votes for the pumpers... if it is just about catching rabbits I think I see the reasoning; although it do not see from a mechanical point of view how it is simpler than a gas piston... it basically has the same number and type of components... but perhaps the critical wear sensitive...