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  1. dormitionskete

    Wax and gun bores

    Back in the early 80's, we used Johnson's most of the time in the USAF. But when we ran out, out came the Kiwi. After all, if the floors (and the boots) don't shine, the world stops turning.
  2. dormitionskete

    Wax and gun bores

    So is it the general consensus that Johnson Paste Wax would be good for this? Has anyone actually tried it? I don't want to mess up any of our guns.
  3. dormitionskete

    Wax and gun bores

    How about Johnson Paste Wax or good ol' Kiwi Shoe Polish? I'm trying to find something to use that we already have laying around, rather than buying something specifically for this, only to have it laying around for decades, too. Neither of these lists the ingredients. Thanks, guys.
  4. dormitionskete

    Wax and gun bores

    Has anyone tried beeswax? I was thinking to melt some onto a patch and trying it. Has anyone already tried this?
  5. dormitionskete

    Air Arms Has anyone ever tried this with a ProSport?

    Thank you. I'll try to pay more attention to that when I get it back together again and am able to start shooting it again. Much appreciated.
  6. dormitionskete

    Air Arms Has anyone ever tried this with a ProSport?

    So how do you diagnose what a particular gun needs?
  7. dormitionskete

    Air Arms Has anyone ever tried this with a ProSport?

    When did all this happen, roughly? And does this mean that there are versions of the ProSport & TX200 from before the change and after the change, like there are Weihrauch HW97K's with 25mm and 26mm compression tubes (I think they are)?
  8. dormitionskete

    Tuning Cutting Springs

    Nice video. And you have some more on your channel I want to watch. Thank you!
  9. dormitionskete

    Air Arms Has anyone ever tried this with a ProSport?

    Yeah, I see what you mean. Just get on with it. It'll be nice when spring starts approaching, and I can get outside and actually shoot this more, and get to know it better. I don't think we had it three weeks before it turned cold and snowy, and all the critters went underground. And I don't...
  10. dormitionskete

    Air Arms Has anyone ever tried this with a ProSport?

    Yeah, you have a nice looking one. I'm refinishing our stock right now. I think we have a similar mindset. You practice shooting off sticks since that's how you plan to shoot it. I shoot ours with our "Mother of All Shooting Sticks", since that's mostly how I shoot ours. It looks like it'd...
  11. dormitionskete

    Air Arms Has anyone ever tried this with a ProSport?

    You mean somebody else out there shoots theirs full power? 🤭 I haven't found ours to be particularly hold sensitive, but it does want to be held firmly. No artillery hold with it. I like to say it's a girl. She likes to be held. LOL
  12. dormitionskete

    Air Arms Has anyone ever tried this with a ProSport?

    Yes, it is. I hope you don't mind me using your photo. In fact, I didn't even know that part was there on ours. Ours didn't come out, and I wasn't as thorough as you were. 👍
  13. dormitionskete

    Air Arms Has anyone ever tried this with a ProSport?

    Many thanks! I'm tending to lean towards just getting a lighter spring -- either a Macarri or Air Arms spring -- rather than a full kit, if I do anything. I haven't shot this gun enough to determine whether I really need or want to do anything with it. I don't think I've put even 200 pellets...
  14. dormitionskete

    Air Arms Has anyone ever tried this with a ProSport?

    How do you gentlemen in the UK feel about your sub 12 ft/lb ProSports? I've been regretting that I didn't buy ours directly from a UK dealer in a sub 12 ft/lb so I'd get a gun like what those of you in the UK get. But then I started wondering if your sub 12 ft/lb UK versions aren't all that they...
  15. dormitionskete

    Tuning Cutting Springs

    Awh... You made me laugh on my B-Day! Danke.
  16. dormitionskete

    Tuning Cutting Springs

    Thank you both very much! I could probably do that. And I may do that, if I decide to tune our ProSport down -- which I'm not sure I want to do. I haven't completely decided yet. But I have a broken Weihrauch spring to practice on, so the risk is minimal, I think. I might try it on the broken...
  17. dormitionskete

    Tuning Cutting Springs

    I could probably do that! I think we have everything necessary to do it this way. Do you put the spring in a vice to heat and flatten it? Or are you able to just hold onto the spring with your other hand, since you're only heating the last coil?
  18. dormitionskete

    Tuning Cutting Springs

    I've often heard some of you advising people to cut 1 - 1 1/2 coils off a spring to bring the power level down. If a person was to do this, how would he close or flatten the end? Just grind it to be a ground open end? Or do you you just leave it open? (That sounds barbaric to me.) I...
  19. dormitionskete

    Air Arms Has anyone ever tried this with a ProSport?

    I was a little quick and didn't hit reply to your post to make sure you'd see it. That place does. Even firearms. https://www.cheshiregunroom.com/exports/