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  • Peashooter
    So.

    It have taken 8 months, but finally a rat showed up at my friends place, unfortunately for it, i was there too with all the bells and whistled needed for taking out things in complete darkness.

    So it got a JSB heavy to the back of the brain and that assured a fairly short " dance of death "


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    Naturally i also enjoyed 2 days of plain old lead slinging.
    So i am down 800 13 gr slugs - 350 16 gr slugs - 300 or so MRD pellets, and a couple of JSB heavy as aside for the rat i also shot a few pest slugs, slugs with the Danish name ( translated ) Killer snails.

    New heat source for the shot shed en route, this coming winter should be pea shooting in even higher comfort, even if yesterday my friend examined the shot shed from a distance with his new thermal spotter, and fount it leaking heat all over ( we had the old oven on last night as it was only 10 deg C outside but a nice comfortable 25 deg C inside the shed )

    Also a visiting FX shooter, well guess who had the things ( O-rings ) to get him going.
    AND ! i am not even a FX shooter, at least my Maverick with the night scope see little action these days.
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    Peashooter
    Rats also a big problem here, unfortunately it is illegal for me to pitch in.
    Or let me rephrase, it would be far too complicated for me to be able to pitch in, and also expensive CUZ even rats you need to shoot with a .22, so aside for the poison centric pesting course i would also have to acquire a hunting licence that would allow for me to buy a .22, which even for hunting as it is is overly complicated and not at all up to modern days scratch.

    You will still need to memorise the legal hunting times for everything here, which is just stupid CUZ very few hunters here hunt everything.
    And even Danes are smart enough to look up things on the interweb should they need information they do not have.
    Treefrog
    Wow. That's even worse than california. It sounds as if you guys need to do a government reboot.
    Peashooter
    Attitude reboot, over 1/4 of all working people here are public employed, very doubtful these will " bite " the hand that feed them.
    I got my first education at what was then the National Danish railroads, after that experience i swore a oath to myself to never again work for anything public.
    And really back then i did have a questionable character myself.
    Peashooter
    In case you have plenty of time ( 5 min or so )
    And dont have super high expectations for your entertainment.

    I might have a video for you.

    Featuring:
    The peashooting Dane
    The new moving target " system " briefly.
    Really not good pea shooting at 129 M distance with 13 grainers, before the video camera came out things worked much better, so dunno what happened here.
    Also briefly featuring new DING target at 100 M, this do have to be reinvented as it have a design error.

    Then some more splitting cards at 118M distance, with a twist ( revealed at the end ) compared to last attempt.

    Peashooter
    The 50 M pellet trap have now been fitted with pellet,,,,, and slug stopping powers.
    I then put up a BR50M ( M as in Meters CUZ i use these yard papers on Meter distances ) paper and hit it "hard" with 13 grain slugs, and then after that i changed to 10 grain slugs and carried on hitting it, shooting at least 20 shots at the same " hole " to verify stopping powers, and the semi tire seem to hold up fine so far.
    But i metal absolutely stop will probably be added soon, we will soon go metal shopping.

    The BR50M paper hung sideways up CUZ this just a prelim test, the target holding contraption have not yet been installed.

    90 deg BR50Mpaper.jpg

    Really i am no good at these BR fiddy papers, i will try them again later in the week shooting my pellet pushing Maverick instead.
    Peashooter
    If you are a female American 50 M / 3 position shooter, and want to take on the best from over there in EU ville.
    Well you will have to go though Rikke then, CUZ she just took the European championship again in that discipline.
    She can probably give quite a few boys a run for their money too.

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    Peashooter
    A couple of play & work days.

    Play = slinging lead, even did some micro pesting.
    While shooting some 2" splatter targets at 100 M, a fly did not see the no trespassing signs on my backing material, so after 30 - 40 warning shots, some uncomfortable close i am sure even if the damn thing did not flinch.
    At one time i put a hole in the cardboard 5 mm in front of it and 5 mm behind it, and the damn thing just sat there taunting me.
    I even finished my targets and moved on to other things, but then later i got back to it, and it was still there sitting astride a old hole to taunt me.
    And so i finally managed to convert it into a hole.

    Flyswat.jpg


    Also managed to whip up the " Lead" part of a lead trap up,
    Next outing it will be equipped with lead stopping / catching material.
    Put up at 50 M CUZ i do have a stack of BR50 papers, and there are room for 2 of them i think.

    It will of course also be fitted with near miss reinforcements so it do not get all shot up, even if only accomplished shooters visit our range.

    its a trap.jpg
    Peashooter
    By the way i am now officially Manu loading my two, i got a batch of 4 18 shot Manu loaders made for the Two, and it have not taken long to get used to manually indexing the Magazine to have nice ammo insertion into the breech.

    2Manuloader.jpg

    Work fine it seem, this is 10 shots at a already there hit on a steel plate at 100 Yards ( shooting 13 grain )

    100 M steel.jpg

    EDIT WEEKS AFTER POSTING:::::::::::
    Just noticed i wrote 100 M, that is a mistake on my part it was just 100 Yards / 93 M.
    Our range have two 100 yards target sets to satisfy the imperial inclined, really we should only do Metric but we are too kind.

    I will end this post on a LOUD note.

    I needed that taking my bottle all the way down to 150 BAR having a pretty good Ol time shooting 20 grainers out to 127 M ( using 130 BAR on the regulator )

    No idea if the slugs still arrive out there sideways, but they do generally arrive pretty damn accurate all things considered, both H&N and Zan,,,,,,, AND of course NSA 20.5 grainers that do fly a tad slower at same regular setting ( tight fit )

    Mind you i still favour the 13 Grain Zan slugs, but always nice to know the option for serious smacking power is there if needed.
    +1200 slugs,,,, and pellets dispatched in 2 days at the range.

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    Peashooter
    I should probably add so there are no misunderstanding.

    My group above are not a dead aim group, meaning i was constantly aiming at the POA, but me trying to make my shots land there, as things started to wander right and down my aim moved left and up a little and the left most part of the group is when my shots landed where i was aiming at the time.
    Had i not corrected i am sure the shots would have wandered off the steel plate entirely.
    I was constantly compensating CUZ only the first 3 shots seemed to be so bang on i could not really see the mark on the steel grow.
    Sadly that changed and so i had to release my inner sniper.

    Also as you can see by the background this was very late in the evening, past 10 in the evening, today the sun set at 22:09 in my part of the little country.
    So shooting ( yet again CUZ i am addicted ) in the dying light.

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    Peashooter
    Seem like trying to split playing cards at 75 M with a Maverick shooting Heavy pellets is too hard.
    Tried hard for a while, only able to guesstimate from wind flags as impacts was not visible on the Oneleaf digital scope at full zoom.

    I did put a "dent " in a single card but really with the number of shots fired to do that i could have split 5-6 cards at 118 M shooting slugs in my Two.

    Peashooter
    Taking the shooting into the night.
    Can be done though with a scope only having 40 mm lens, well targets do have to be some size.
    Also Hold as dictated by previous shot, well hard to do CUZ often you cant really see where previous shot went.

    Still i managed to get the reset scope zeroed for 55 - 75 and 118 M ( new firmware update ) and get some shots off, though i started at sunset ( past 10 in the evening )
    But a little later and i had to go full IR to throw it down.

    Targets shooting gallery chalks about 30 X 10 mm visible, and then the 1.5" paddles on the little 4 paddle target.
    Distance 118 Meters.

    Peashooter
    So got around to test my DIY playing card holder today, and since the wind was sort of ok, well i decided to stretch it out.
    So started out at 50 M, then moved to 75 M and finished off at 118 M which i think is a tall order as it took too many shots to cut the cards.

    It was done alright, TBH i had little faith, but seeing as i cut the first 2 cards fairly fast i figured i would do the last ones too, and those really messed with me, seeing my slugs sail right past on either side, so even if minding wind ( CUZ if you dod not you would be like a inch if not a little more off )
    It was a struggle and i think more luck than anything else.

    Good fun though, i will for sure do this again, maybe for 118 M transition to a larger target like say Tic Tac mints or something like that.

    The video LONG, even if i speed most of it up to 6X, so if you sit though it THX, if you do a little skipping well bless you.

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    Peashooter
    Funny thing.
    When i just take a bit of card out, and not least the back part of a card, i do not get how that is possible CUZ i make very sure the cards are facing the shooter.
    In this video with the cardboard behind the cards, well i was barely able to see the cards at 50 M.
    But at 75 with the TV as backing and even way out at 118 M the shade under the trees and grass made it much easier to see the cards even if a lot further away.
    I had my M8 verify the card alignment CUZ it is important to get right or old crusty not at all fit peashooter will have to walk again.

    I am actually amazed how many clean cuts i got VS what i have seen other do, not sure if using slugs have a say VS say domed pellets, the flat part of a 13 grain Zan slug for damn sure small.
    Also amazed i was able to get clean cuts all the way at the back of the field, i would have bet against that, CUZ this after all is not the most powerful thing around.
    Peashooter
    Finally got around to shoot a little fire, however this time not the right fule ( gasoline + gasoline lamp oil mix )
    There need to be alcohol in the mix ( not drinking it ) instead of gasoline.

    Also it might have been a error shooting 13 gr slugs, i think it would be better shooting a larger head domed or maybe even wadcutter instead,,,,, new experimenting coming up.

    Anyway we had fun, only 4K / 120 FPS video captured this time.


    Peashooter
    The environmental factor is HUGE.

    This is shot ( 55 M / 13 gr Zan slugs) in the daytime, with not horrible bad wind force, but not at all minding them / trying to read them.
    Also at any given time +4 different wind directions indicated by flags, some times apparently a strong gust coming strait up out of the earth CUZ some times a flag would point strait up.

    bad winds.jpg

    The remaining 4 dots on the same target shot 5 hours or so later when wind died down some, not completely gone though but A LOT less aggressive, and more of the wind indicators in the field pointing the same way.
    Again here not minding wind or trying to read it, just shot from the zero,and then putting enough shots on each target to rule out the luck factor.

    moderate winds.jpg

    As usual shooting my Epic airguns Two.
    same weather today, and you can generally hold your shots on the black dots, but you damn well better pay attention to the wind.
    If not, well your shot would easy be pushed 50 - 70 mm off course.
    Peashooter
    I have visitors.

    Forrest doves or as they are also called here ring doves, prancing around on my car roof with their dinosaur feet.
    The distance is just 20 M or so, so very high chance of a bang on shot if i would take it.

    But alas, it is just a stupid little car, though here as any car, a very expensive car.
    But not something i am going to spill blood over.


    On the other hand any hoomans with ill intentions in regard to my car, and i would spring into action like a jack in box as the law here could not be bothered with such small stuff.
    But i can,,,,, be both judge / jury and executioner
    Peashooter
    While shooting, as usual one of the girls came prancing past the shed, today solo which is strange this time of the year a guy is usually close by.
    They absolutely do not at all mind us shooting, even my friend with a not that quiet Snowpeak rifle.
    Some times,,,, okay often you have to mind your shooting as they will gladly pick stuff out of the field behind where your papers are hung, so big chance of a unfortunate pass through which would of course be bad.

    I had to suspend my 30 M stick pruning shortly after i filmed this. CUZ she was right there behind the stick.

    Peashooter
    I remember getting my Maverick.
    It came set to 90 BAR and would shoot 13.43 gr MRD pellets at 570 FPS at MAX hammer wheel setting.
    The rifle is still the same aside for a dual transfer port, and micrometer hammer spring adjuster, even Hammer spring and hammer weight is the same.

    But now o_O
    The regulated pressure are 40-50 BAR and i shoot 10.43 gr heavy pellets at 870 FPS

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    You can call me Mr. Low pressure
    Peashooter
    Attached to another object by an incline plane wrapped helically around an axis.

    The feeling you get dealing with Danish customs.

    So my 54 USD worth of O-ringes have been in customs, and that cost me 5 DKKr in customs ( shy of 1 dollar ) + the insane 160 Dkkr handling fee ( 24.3 USD )
    The problem is, everything under 150 Euro get a free pass in customs, but apparently not my O-rings.

    So now i have to deal with these filthy swine tomorrow in a phone call, meaning i will have to muster far more restraint that i am normally able to do when it come to those kind of people.

    I hope i make it CUZ we have a law here saying i MUST respect everyone that’s public employed,,,,,,, and that is not the case with me, far from it.
    That is a jail time offence.
    Peashooter
    My compressor do not like to give me air.
    But when i jiggle its levers and toggle its knobs i hear no complaint ;)

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    Might have to make it a target… like my 57 Olds Rocket 88… left me stranded one too many times. A few boxes of 45-70 thru my old Sharps made me feel a lot better, before AAA took it to the junkyard.. John
    Peashooter
    Zan quality.

    Now i have shot Zan slugs for a long time now, and they are still my favorite slugs.
    But lately i feel like the quality is dropping, i have often found waste / scrap lead in my boxes often ( little nuggets in almost every box i have used )
    But on my outing SAT & SUN i even found a .22 slug in the box of 13 grain .177 slugs.

    This is a new thing to me, i think i can safely say that in the first 2 years of me shooting Zan this have never happened.

    .22.jpg

    Man i wish i could shoot stuff like that, but sadly my choice are in the hands of evil people that like to force them self upon others.
    Peashooter
    Okay got a RPLY from Tuxing in regard to my broken compressor, they lige a video, why i dunno CUZ you can not see what is broke, i also just assume it is the HP #4 stage / cylinder or at least its valving.
    It cant be the cylinder seal CUZ the it would vent thru crank case, but pressure is just 240 BAR and do not get higher.
    and it do not vent to the air, that would be fizzing and immediately pressure drop when the compressor is turned off, and i do not see that happen.
    So ATM i am gravitating towards valve issues, but then again i have not been able to find any schematics on the compressor, but looking at ( video of ) the coltri its a copy off there are valves for each stage.

    But they will send me parts to fix it, just need to figure out what ones to send...... which i assume are hard to do without taking the damn thing apart.

    SO !
    I have ordered a new compressor.
    CUZ no telling when the Tuxing one will be ready, and any day now it is prime season and i will be needing a lot of air and a lot of lead.

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    Peashooter
    Oooo kay :cautious:

    So this little compact compressor deal did not pan out.

    BUT ! i have scored a nice MCH 6 with a 6 HP Honda motor on it, brand spanking new, and locally so unless it is sold ( web page will not take my card for some reason ) i am going tomorrow to pick up this good deal, list price 27.000 Dkkr, my price 16.000 Dkkr
    Which mind you are still very very nice PCP rifle money.

    Man i hope it is not sold yet, there just is 1 of course.

    Also mailed a DL link to Tuxing, a video as requested of my dead compressor, ran it shortly yesterday just pressurizing the filters and hose, and it would not even do 200 BAR now, and seeing this lower pressure now, i am worried maybe it is not just the high pressure #4 stage / cylinder that is busted.
    Also that compressor now sell for 1/2 of what i paid for it 2 years ago.
    so doubt i can sell it ( repaired ) for very much, ill probably end up doing a little PCP philanthropy with it instead.
    Peashooter
    Tuesday & Wednesday, big ass High pressure on top of little old Denmark.
    lots of sun and minimal amounts of wind. 😇
    Barrel cleaned and extra boxes of slugs packed CUZ the range on my friends property will be getting a severe dose of lead.

    Also i have gotten tired of pulling my barrel every time i clean it, so have whipped up a DIY pull thru kit that work with the same patches i use on the cleaning rod.
    So always swift cleaning at hand CUZ this kit follow my rifle, and i will soon make one for my other rifles to follow them.

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