Recent content by tnutater

Underleavers(XS46U) and sidelevers(48/52) are HEAVY. IMO they are not fun to carry and are hard for me to shoot off hand. If you are built like SUPERMAN , no problem. For hunting, my suggestion would be a Diana 34 in .22. They are accurate and being break barrels easier to load with gloves...

I have not tried the dark side yet. I have heard that FX rifles were first class.

Not in Nashville, but if you ever get a little east (South Pittsburg) and are interested in indoor 10 meter springer shooting, I have two tuned break barrels that you can try. My game is shooting really small 5 shot groups and 1/4 inch dot targets at 10 meters from a bag rest.

I thought the Rugers were Chinese CLONES of the Diana D34. I think RWS makes some decent powder burner ammo but are just marketers for Diana air rifles. Time will tell if the current importer, UMAREX, will keep the RWS markings for rifles in the USA.

The older Fury that I had was a good rifle to learn on. I learned that the pivot bushings are not metal. I could never find a bronze thrust washer that I could adapt. The barrel detent spring is not available from Crossman, mine got weak very fast. Breach seals are not O-rings and blow out...

My HW50s tuned by Joe in Pa with a Macarri Indoor Plinkers kit at 10 meters likes the JSB Express 7.87 best. The average for 28 groups of 5 shots is .085 CTC. This is a slow poke also at about 720 fps. I believe that a barrel must "season" in to a particular pellet. I always shoot about 25...