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A little trick I use to make sure I drill the holes for the stock screws in the right place is putting some play doh or plasticine in the bottom of the stock's inletting and then putting the action in so it makes an imprint of the screw hole in exactly the right place. I then drill the holes on...

It doesn't just happen with springers. If I go even 3 or 4 days without shooting, I suddenly seem to forget everything I ever learnt. It like that movie "50 first dates". I missed a shot at 10 yards with my Cricket 25 the other days because I forgot how to pull the trigger smoothly after a...

My experiences were similar too in the beginning, except that to get the extra performance I bought a more expensive air gun instead of upgrading my old ones. My personal belief is that, for most people, it makes more financial sense to buy a Cricket, Mutant or Wildcat etc instead of putting...


The thing about a silver finish is that it would be incredibly easy to touch up if you ever scratched it or chipped it etc. just a coat of silver spray paint would do. I prefer it over anodized aluminum surfaces on my air guns. The black anodized finish on my guns scratches very easily and I...

Have you tried using less torque on the stock screws? My cheaper air guns usually have more flex in their stocks and an overall less rigid design so, on some of them, over-tightening the screws causes problems of the nature you are describing (as well as others). On my AT44, tightening...


Thanks Michael. Good idea. The important thing now will be for us to make sure people know it exists and where to find it. If people know to update it then it will become a very useful resource for airgunners.

I've heard that Steyr triggers are the best (or among the best) found on an air gun (if you have one of their ball-bearing triggers). It would have been a tough act to follow for any air gun. Apparently replacing the trigger with a lighter after-market one is not beyond the wit of man for a...

Good write-up. I have to say that a 1.5 lb trigger on a $500 bullpup is not bad at all imo. I wouldn't have put that in the "ugly" section. The triggers on some of the other guns I have owned in that price range have been a good bit heavier. It's not a "match trigger" but it isn't trying to be...

How strange. it did sound too good to be true I guess. I must have jinxed it by starting a thread on how great I thought it was... Perhaps they plan on releasing a new air gun model instead and didn't want to detract from a launch with an upgraded version of the old model. Or maybe it didn't...

Michael is there a way for us to have a list that can be updated by anyone that won't ruin the search function? For example, could it be a link to somewhere on the site that sits outside the regular search feature (except for the title perhaps)?

What people would really benefit from in terms of reviewing a gun like the Streamline is a head to head comparison with the 4 or 5 other guns in the same price range. We are fortunate that, if you go to market with a budget of around $1100 these days, you have a choice of a number of really...

I'm not really sure if anyone would do this but the tool that would be used to make something perfectly round would be a lathe. I have heard of serious long range target shooters using a lathe to hand-make bullets for improved accuracy on the powder burner side. It seems like overkill for an...

I followed a similar path (Walmart springer - AT44 - Cricket). The Cricket was the problem. I liked shooting occasionally beforehand but I could easily live without my AT44 and I don't even want my Walmart springers in the house. My Cricket was something else though. I could happily trade my...

The video was their new repeating springer, the Proxima.


X2 If taking humane shots is the priority then a 25 is the way to go for squirrels. My 25 cal guns stop them instantly almost every time where as they take a while to die almost every time with my 22 cal guns. My 22's get the job done but there is an obvious and meaningful benefit to a 25...