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Pro-Shot 1" round patches work and are a little tighter than the patchworm 7/8" patches. Pro-shot is one of the name-brand cleaning patch manufacturers in the USA, and you can buy them at various retailers.

50 bar delta is just a happy medium. Around 25 bar or less delta and I had weird behavior from the first reg. You also start noticing slower plenum refresh. That first reg has small bellevilles and is not a great reg (it is not supposed to be). 70 bar or greater delta and you start changing...

@Vetmx thanks for the details. I can never get enough data points. @bigHUN @Scotaty Thanks for the polishing info. That's exactly what I had in mind, so good to hear it will improve things. @Stubbers . Dimensional tolerance variation is a good theory. Considering that the design seems...

Yeah, I'm definitely going to tear it down. Trying to go into it armed with as much information as possible. Reg 125, Micro around 3.5. It's tuned around 94%. The beginning of the current tune, it was ~Micro 3.25 to get the right speed. Then one day I had to bump it to 3.5. Last time I...

This isn't a typical cold start issue. Both of my M3s are tuned at the knee. On my 92fpe .30, it is 3 shots max, but even those first shots are pretty usable. On this .22 at 44fpe it started out more like 5-10 shots, but considering my current problem, I wonder if something has been slightly...

On my .22 M3 I have what seems like intermittent friction in the hammer or valve system. What happens is that I can dial in a speed, then when I use it days later, speed may be 70-100fps lower. If I shoot it long enough (LOOONG like 50+ shots) the speed might return to where it was. Maybe on...

I think that about sums it up. Additional factors: 1) Ted made a video getting his best accuracy at 1100fps, 2) The South African crew (often, but not always) showcases very hot slug tunes. One of them recently discovered the joys of light 21gr slugs so it has been nice to see that make it...

Did you accidentally put the liner in backwards? The ring on the slug and tight fit sounds like that.

It's not exactly easier to push .22 slugs than it is to push .30 slugs. Yes .22 slugs may be lighter than .30 but there is less surface area for the air to push on. To get that 1100 fps in his .22, Ted has 1) 800mm barrel 2) crazy high reg pressure, 3) additional weight added to hammer system...

One more thing to add is that you really need to evaluate what you want to charge or power and make sure it is realistic. A gas generator can run at any output level up to rated max level, as long as it is fueled. A power station can run until the battery capacity in Wh (Watt*Hours) has been...

I went through the mental exercises myself. If there's an extended power outage and your gas generator is running 24/7, people will be 1) knocking on your door, or 2) attempting to steal your generator while you sleep (plenty of hurricane aftermath stories). If there's a short power outage...

If you haven't adjusted the factory probe position, you might try that first to have another data point. I got at least another millimeter or so out of mine. I haven't bothered with a pin probe for all the reasons Vetmx stated. Stock probe is going to seat the deepest since it pushes on the...

Its mostly about what form-factor/packaging works for you. The square inches surface area per Watt is going to be equivalent. A 200W panel is like two 100W panels hooked together internally (sometimes in series, sometimes in parallel). So more panels and more connections with 100W panels, but...

Assuming we are talking about the 2000 Pro model which seems to be the only one they are offering now. I have one and it is legit. The GX CS4 specs say 350W. The Jackery 2000 Pro will barely know it's connected and you would get 6hrs of continuous runtime. The inverter in this unit will...

Indeed strange. Glad you got it fixed. I want to throw this out here even though it sounds like your problem was different. FX was still sending out M3s with only one alignment pin in the probe holder as of end of 2021. This affects side-to-side alignment. Mine had the probe slightly...