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    .30 Evol Magnon

    That's a fine looking little shooter you have there Derrick! ;<) Knife 
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    over 1000 fps

    Evinex is m low cost gun. Custom cf wrapped .251 barrel. Dyotat built 257 at up to 200 fpe. Modded Uragan, .251 shooting at 100fpe. All are slug guns. A couple of low cost pellet shooting rifles and one pcp slug shootingj .216 pistol. Every thing else is either long range P.B's or...
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    Scope light gathering

    Actually, Germany has an optical testing an standards board that does test all facets of optics performance. It is hard to find, but they test optics from all over the world with very sophisticated equipment and test annually. . It does not depend on opinion or perception. I wish we had such a...
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    Scope light gathering

    Sadly, this has nothing to do with light transmission or image quality. Even a coke bottle lens in a paper towel tube would give the same number. It is mostly meaningless, but to the average shooter, looks impressive. It is strictly a mechanical equation, and has nothing to do with the quality...
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    Scope light gathering

    Zeiss, Schmitt & Bender, Swarovski, and manly other high quality scope manufacturers do indeed list the sight transmission numbers. What you want to see is the light transmission % with all internal lens covered. Not just the objective lens. I use all of these scopes, and the low light and...
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    Put the old Gen1 Impact-X on a diet and got an Immersive scope for it.

    Man, that is 6 Oz' less than my Zeiss! o,o Knife
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    What in Tarnation…,

    How in "L" ya do'n Big? ;<) Having an issue with My Uragan. It shoots any slug sized for it well, any pellet. Man, this thing is boring! I put an FX barrel in the Raptor, Maybe (If anyone could just get one of the CZ barrels) and put it in an Impact, Now that would be Some Gun!!! Knife
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    What in Tarnation…,

    You and me both Brother! dad-gum-it! Hold on a minute! I see a critter. Y I'm a gonna kill those varmints! Knife
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    What in Tarnation…,

    OK, ya caught me. I grew up in the first line of mountains that start the appellations in N. Alabama. :<) Trans planted to Texas 45 years ago. Still miss the hills and all those squirrels. Only killed 34 this year so far here in Texas. The scorpion hinting at night with my pcp piston and a...
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    What in Tarnation…,

    I figure if ya had to look it up, ya ain't a Texas! LOL!!! ;<) KnifeMakeru 
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    Donnyfl clipping problem

    Or bore it to .252 dia. ;<) Knife
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    New American Airgunner Review Dropped This Weekend!

    My apologies to Fellow Members. Attack Me once, shame on me. Twice, Shame on You. A Southern Man doesn't take it twice without standing up. Knife 
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    New American Airgunner Review Dropped This Weekend!

    You again! I well remember when you blatantly called me a ***** for some company. Hell, I don't even know why you thought I had an affiliation with FX. I don't own an FX an probably never will. Hell I had to try and remember just who the company was of which I had NO Affiliation what so ever...
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    New gun

    Every time I think my Wife and I have it really bad, a story such as yours snaps me back into reality. With all you endured, you stand strong! KnifeMaker
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    New gun

    Lela or AGT offerings. Particularly the light weight Uragan short. Knife