Recent content by plinker52

Sometimes I buy nice things, sometimes I repurpose scraps since I'm such a pack rat. This is made from scrap wood. The vertical piece swivels. I actually like it better than a bag. The wood base slides easy on the table, I can move it fore/aft under the gun easily. Perfect for 30 yard sparrow...

I know you don't like the Zelos, but mine is sparrow accurate at 30 yards first shot after sitting for a week or more. It's possible to get that in an inexpensive air gun. I hope your BSA works out as well for you.

I've built a small wood fence to hide my outdoor shooting bench, and I also try to not strut with my guns outside anymore than necessary. My neighbors are 100 yards away but you never know how people will react. I figure if they know I sometimes shoot outside, the first time a cat gets shot or...

I'm going to put in a good word for Umarex Zelos. I recently got one, the only other PCP I have is a Umarex Origin. I got the Zelos because of the rave reviews, a lot saying it wasn't pellet picky. I've shot about 100 pellets through it so far and it's been great. My main activity is shooting...

I went to Cabela's to pickup the Crossman 1077 I bought online and had shipped to store. On the way back out to the car I noticed the box looked like it had been opened, so I opened it up in the back seat of the truck. The box showed it should come with 4 magazines but there were none in the...

I got the Buck Rail modular suppressor; my Zelos is .22 and got the larger diameter moderator in .25. It seems to make a significant difference. I used a DB app on my phone, tho not very scientific is shows 6-10 db difference. I tried a NFA .22 suppressor I have and it was no quieter, so I'll...

I'm fairly new on this forum; this reminds me of doing tech support at a university. People would call in and say my computer is doing so and so, and I would have to play 20 questions with them to find out what it's really doing. They didn't even know the proper terminology to describe the...

I bought an Origin about 4 years ago with the pump, it was my first pcp. I held pressure great until about 3.5 years (out of warranty) and I found out there aren't any seal kits or parts available that I could find. I emailed Umarex and they wanted me to send it in for replacement until they...

I got a Zelos from Amazon, came in today. I've been waiting to see one on sale and Amazon had it for $423.50; I see today it's back up to $589.55. I ordered a Vortex Diamondback Tactical 6-24x50 from Optics Planet on sale for $301. This will probably be the closest to a high end airgun I'll...

It works! The first 2 pics are the valve surfaces after cleaning up with fine sand paper glued to a dowel and using a drill to turn it slowly. I did the over night pressure check after getting the valves installed (per video from Notherwestairgun) and it held! (I was so happy) Then assembled...

Thanks, that's my plan for today, go to Home Depot and get some dowels.

Got the borescope, this is the one I got: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081T1DN1P?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title It doesn't have its own screen so I used it with my Windows laptop. I'm pretty happy with it. Looks like I've got some cleaning to do. I think I read somebody used steel wool...

Will do, thanks.

Thanks for the tip. I've got some gun cleaning supplies for my powder burners, I used a shotgun cleaning plug with patches and auto brake cleaner and gun scrubber spray to clean out the air chamber, and I used patches and other items to clean the valve chamber. I ordered a bore scope (been...

Got it disassembled, no major problems getting it apart. Maybe tomorrow I'll start putting it back together.