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Sorry to revive this thread but I'd love to get more info out there as there only has been attention paid to this on the net for the last year or so and this is a huge reason why I am going back to open sights for not just my air-weapons but my powder burners as well. In my experience all...

Hello; I am aware that there are bulk compressed air tanks available to screw into CO2 guns like the Hammerli 850 or Archer QB's that downregulate 3000+psi of compressed air to the ~1100psi required for safe use of the CO2. Fair enough, but I have a few guns that are unable to accept these...

If you're new to the whole topic the first place to go is a local range or preferrably gun shop with an attached range and get some lessons in shooting. The second thing you will want to do is take the hunter safety class for your state for which most states by now have posted where they are...

The difference in airguns vs powder burners is about 100x muzzle energy at this power level and 10x the distance equivalent. In other words the holdover required at 50 yards on a gun like the Hammerli 850 would be equivalent to the holdover required on a high power rifle. This way it's a lot...

...which was disconcerting since I read people returning their rifle. Since I have oils like Slip 2000 or Crosman break barrel/PCP lubricant (but *not* Pellgunoil as it will dissolve the gasket!) I tried drenching all the joints at various states of cocking for a day or two. Once the gas ram...


I own a factory original Hammerli 850 which was my first, then I got an Archer QB79 that was factory tuned to the ragged edge, then I bought another Hammerli 850 for the express purpose of Roald of the 850 store tuning it. I am very happy with all three. If you want a really powerful CO2 rifle...

...regulator, springs and valves were designed to handle so the mechanism, rather than acting more powerful, actually closes prematurely letting in *LESS* gas. The other issue with the Hammerli 850 in .22 is that the barrel is too long for the 12 ftlb power level. I am not saying that the rifle...

I loved my Hammerli 850 so much that I did not get into PCP because of it. I just bought a second one just to get it tuned by the 850 Store. This way my son shoots the stock 850 with open sights because that's how he likes it, and then I shoot the scoped and tuned one which has a much stiffer...

Hello; Love my Hammerli 850 tuned as well as stock, also my Archer QB79. They are different guns but now I am running into propellant issues, including running low on 90g CO2 tanks and the cold affecting pressures. I have some Valken Air CO2 tanks for my QB79 but they will not fit under the...

Ruger Airhawk is OK, it is the copy of an RWS rifle and shoots pretty will with the OEM sight, I had one but I gave it to my friend. For 43 dollars it's a decent enough shooter, for the brand new price of 100ish dollars Crosman sells the Benjamin Titan GP for about the same money or slightly...

Anyone have a Hammerli 850 Airmagnum that was "tuned" such as the service through the "850 store" but still retained the CO2 powerplant and not converted to compressed air? I'm pretty happy with it as is for its combination of low cost, quiet report, power and convenience of CO2 vs requiring...

I know the Germans are so much better as I have shot a RWS Diana and it feels much closer to a real gun than the cheap Crosmans but IMHO the Crosman's are really nice for the money. They have decent power for pest control and despite having now fired many hundreds, in one case several thousand...

If you want to do a lot of plinking, the Hammerli 850 is a lot of fun but you need to spend more serious money on getting plenty of mags, more OEM factory O rings, plenty of lubricant to lubricate the magazine rubber gaskets, a lot of CO2 because it's cheaper per charge in bulk as well as the...

I like my NP. It shoots fairly well and gives good power to boot. I would recommend this gun, I've put over 1,000 pellets through it no problem. It used to shoot lousy but my recommendation is this. Just shoot for fun at close range the first few hundred pellets. Don't even invest a whole lot of...

Hello all. I finally worked out the bugs of my wonderful Hammerli with proper pellet selection, OEM O-ring replacements and chronic lubrication thereof, as well as some factory original accessories that are useless but with simple mods work amazingly well. So now that we are so happily enjoying...

Thanks for the replies. In light of cleaning it every once in a while, what do you suggest I use to clean airguns due to the greater sensitivity of the barrels. Break barrels, other than the softer metal, seem easy but: -what kits for what guns (break barrel, PCP) and -what lubricants for the...

Do you need to clean airguns? BB guns or multi hand pump models is a definite no and many won't even let you because of the design. On the other end are the break barrel and PCP's. Do the latter two require periodic cleaning or can I just keep shooting them?

Try the Benjamin Nitro Piston break barrel series, from ~130-300 bucks and splurge on a nice scope. You can get them in 177, 22 and 25 calibers depending on your needs, the 177 might be the flattest shooting and most accurate, the 25 most powerful. They are super, super quiet, slightly louder...

I have a Titan GP in .22 and though I am a rank novice at airgunning, I have done it a little. I don't know about long term reliability or longevity of this gun but it shoots nicely and I can repeatedly blow off keys from a keyboard at 25 yards if I am shooting from a bench rest once the scope...

Thanks for the suggestion and I started reading on network 54 but every "mod" or "fix" pretty much loses me 5-10 words into the first line. I am a fairly intelligent person but not terribly mechanically inclined unless I really have to. But this is so unfamiliar to me that working on it myself...