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  1. J

    Coyote suggestions

    I don't hunt coyotes currently but I like to test my hunting airguns for penetration in wet magazines before hunting with them. I want to be sure I am getting enough penetration. I test at a representative distance for my hunting. Tests with several slug candidates would give you expansion...
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    Recommendations for Battery Powered Air Compressor

    I have not tried it but I am confident it will work. I have a 100 amp hour lithium phosphate battery on my smaller boat for the trolling motor. Fully charged it puts out 14 volts. But car alternators put out 14V too. So the compressor can take it but I don't know if a steady diet of 14V will...
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    Snowpeak Artemis P15 5.5mm - location of hammer spring adjustment screw

    You said you put in the human with expanded plenum. If it is a huma There should be a paper tape on the regulator to tell you where 140 bar is. The SPA reg has no markings so you need to know the current setting then guess how much to turn the screw.
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    Tuning A tuning test for the experts

    If the red wolf regulator was not working at all so it was unregulated it wouldn't be too bad. I expect my under $500 SPA guns to be under 20 ES and under 5 std dev.
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    Air Venturi Air Venturi AvengeX FPS Gets Slower

    I hope it is the easy to fix tuning issue. My Caiman velocity decreased like this because the regulator was not venting between shots.. If tuning doesn't fix it that is another possible cause.
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    Airgun Technologies Vixen 1 vs vixen 2

    There is a detailed review on AAR on Air.
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    Getting out of valve lock ?

    It doesn't solve valve lol but if you can open up the air flow path you can gain fps without increasing the regulator. I get maybe 10 fps just from making the barrel port longer than it is wide. Oval. If the valve opening and passage from the valve to the barrel are 75% of bore diameter...
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    WHAT CAN I EXPECT??

    Looks like the HW97 is under 15 fpe in 177. I used a Prod initially for the first 4 squirrels I shot with an airgun and lost 2. It was about the same fpe in 22. I increased the fpe to about 18 and have had considerably better experience since. The only one I've lost of the next 14 flipped...
  9. J

    12 gauge shotshells loading question

    I don't know if it would fit but have you thought about using a whole spent shotgun shell? The shell can be crimped over the wad to hold it in place. You will probably need to drill out the primer area to give the air a good chance to enter and use a filler of some sort to fill the area the...
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    Will dry air dry out occassional moisture intrusion

    I agree with the other answers but will word it my way. How quickly the moisture will be removed is a function of how dry the air is you add. If the dessicant you use just barely gets it dry enough to not condense any water when the air cools, it will take a really long time to remove water in...
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    Yong Heng after piston replacement

    Well the after lunch test was a success so I am considering it fixed. I'll have to do some shooting and get the bottle down to the low 3000s like I normally do before refilling but I pumped the bottle from 3800 to 4400 psi with temperatures never over about 63 C but I had to put in four frozen...
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    How I determined scope height. Bad idea ??

    To get a decent estimate I use my digital calipers to measure the barrel OD, Objective lens OD and the distance between the Objective lens and the barrel using blocks of various thicknesses. That gets me close. But then I shoot at different distances, like the OP, and that is my final "data"...
  13. J

    One shot, one kill

    All my PCPs work well for this but I do not normally use my Avenger for pesting only because it is so long. But it has a couple squirrels to it's credit. Velocity changes some with temperature, however, so I usually check the POI within a month or so of using them for pesting/hunting. For...
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    Yong Heng after piston replacement

    Thanks for all the electrical engineering but I am an engineer. I understand electricity. But additional 20 amp outlets do not install themselves. I will probably put one in but not today. I think it is pulling more amps now because the piston rings are new and a little harder to move. The...
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    AirMaks Arms Caiman X .22 cal how to quiet This thing

    The Caiman built in moderator is modular but I've never seen extra sections for it. They screw together so if you could get Utah Air or somebody to order you one that should work without lengthening the gun much. I have a Caiman X in 22 and it's favorite pellet is the H&N Baracuda 18 grain. I...
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    lapses of judgment

    Target Forge used to sell a swinging target for golf balls. I still have one on my "know your limits" target stand but rarely shoot it for the reasons already highlighted. I think I had fewer issues shooting it with my 177 than I did with bigger guns. There are also lots of 177 pellets buried...
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    Yong Heng after piston replacement

    I will definitely check the breather plug and also the other things mentioned particularly leak check. I had the check valves out and they look fine and the reed valve is clean. I put new O-rings in the top end. I was surprised that it repeatedly tripped breakers but it may be more surprising...
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    Yong Heng after piston replacement

    My Yong Heng started taking 45 minutes to refill my 45 minute Scott air pack from 3000 psi to around 300 bar. It really struggled as it got up around 4000 so I did not always take it to 300 bar. It used to do this in 20 minutes. So I ordered a piston/rod assembly from Amazon and installed it...
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    Recommendations for Battery Powered Air Compressor

    I made my own battery supply for my GX CS2. I wrote a thread about it earlier this year. I have a lot of Milwaukee 18V batteries so that is what I used. All you need is a 18V-12V step down converter and a battery dock. I got both in a set from Amazon for about $20. I don't think Milwaukee...
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    New blood here

    Plan to shoot a shot string from the full maximum fill pressure to as low as you find the velocity useful. I like to shoot targets while I do this so I am gaining some accuracy information at the same time. You will learn from the shot curve the maximum velocity you can get and the pressure...