Recent content by Troy Bakel

I currently have on order a Diana 54 from Hector. It will be a custom Madina <12 ft-lbs rifle when the build is complete. I will see him at an FT event Sunday 9-14 and I am going to bag him to trade his Diana 54 for mine + cash. I would be honored to own a Medina custom D 54 that he himself...

Top tier 10 Meter Air Rifles are the best built, have the best support, and are completely customizable in order to fit you. Will not shoot slugs, not powerful, no other air rifles are any where near as accurate. Thomas. Nothing more needs to be said. FX IMPACT, great...

Cyclic stress is not good, but I have no idea of all the components in an airgun that are subjected to Cyclic Stress and how it affects each of them.

Unfortunately no. I was just walking by when Rod said something like "look at this" so I slowed looked and thought something like " that regulator is getting rabbit f@#&ed". The line had just been called hot so I continued to my firing position. You know me and my vanity driven ego ..... If...

I saw one of the rifles mentioned hooked up to the air compressor mentioned. The air line was pulsing pretty good and you could feel the rifle vibrating.

Google "Cyclic Stress on Spring Disc Pressure Regulators". When a shot is taken the regulator is opened by the spring discs as pressure drops in the plenum. The pressure pulse occurs once. During rapid fire the plenum pressure may remain low enough to allow the spring discs to hold the...

Did you not read this thread when you responded to it? https://www.airgunnation.com/threads/4-years-with-the-same-fx-impact-m3.1337653/#post-2019044 It is just a fact, the airgun industry has not produced a rifle anywhere near as durable as my former service rifle. I am a realist.

The HUMA M3 replacement trigger will release the sear and fire a shot with the safety on if bumped from underneath. The stock M4 will release the sear and fire a shot after a time delay with no hand on the rifle. So it appears both HUMA and FX want the M3 & M4 platforms to emulate the Barret...

Give up these airgun toys and become proficient with a real rifle.

Well I just proved to myself what others here probably already know ... I am full of poope. According to my .177 Impact M3 pellet testing spreadsheet where I have recorded 23 different brand/size/weight pellets tested for sub MOA 5 round groups indoors at 20 yards over the full range of Macro...

The Smooth Twist barrels are very sensitive to pellet weight and size. Primarily due to: A. The amount of air passing the pellet in the smooth section if the pellet skirt diameter or thickness will not allow the pellet to expand enough to seal the bore. B. The slow twist rates used. The...

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If your barrel is a Smooth Twist and NOT a SmoothTwist - X, it is only rifled at the muzzle. and proved to be very accurate for specific diabolo pellets at low ft-lbs. I own one (.177) but have never shot it. The gentleman I purchased it from is a fine marksman and told me that from 7 to 12...

@JimD @Motorhead. Thought so! Thanks.

I have never shot a slug. Is there a .177 slug that flys good enough at < 12 ft-lbs that is considered to be competitive against pellets at 25 meters?