Airgunning for big birds
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Dagwodzz. Very cool. I have to say your pictures are always amazing. It feels like you have a professional photographer following you around. Thanks for sharing.
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Holy cripe......that is some high level stuff all the way around!!!
I especially like the close up picture of the turkey feathers.
I especially like the close up picture of the turkey feathers.
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Nice bird. Pix are outstanding, feel like I'm there .Awesome set up n hydro
. What cal, pellet grain, fpe n fps? Thanks for sharing.
Jon86
. What cal, pellet grain, fpe n fps? Thanks for sharing.Jon86
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My Falcon Tomanator was built to be compact and light weight. It a .22 producing 20FPE. Shooting JSB 15.89. It’s a close quarters gun. Made to run and gun.
Only has a 8 in air tube with a 12 in barrel
sports a Lane Reg. It’s built on a 22 year old Falcon
Only has a 8 in air tube with a 12 in barrel
sports a Lane Reg. It’s built on a 22 year old Falcon
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Really dig the Falcon Light Hunter skeleton stock! Haven't seen one of those in a while!
You sure don't mess around with knowing how to put together good stuff!
Looks like a Falcon FN12 with Early Production Gen 1 Raptor multi shot system with the Gen1 single shot cocking bolt and Gen 1 pellet pushing probe in the Light Hunter stock.
What I really like is that you can decock them (Gen1 ride the cocking bolt home) without
having to cycle the next round or remove their numbered magazine which has a positive stop to alert you when you are out of lead after shot number 8.
It looks like you have the 12 inch airtube instead of the 8 which is good news because the 8 inch air tube would give too little shots with the reg and plenum space taken up on a 200 BAR Max Fill.
Those tend to have a good starting bell curve with the Bowkett system with a start fill pressure of 190 BAR or a little lower.
I have the FN8 WG Gen1 simple single shot Pistol version and your air tube is longer than mine by around 4 inches. I once had the latest Raptor 8 editon with the all in one cock cycle load and shoot at once action just with the cocking bolt and didn't like how it worked due to pellet feed index timing problems but yours is what I would preceive to be the PERFECT FALCON multishot.
VERY NICE!
CA
You sure don't mess around with knowing how to put together good stuff!
Looks like a Falcon FN12 with Early Production Gen 1 Raptor multi shot system with the Gen1 single shot cocking bolt and Gen 1 pellet pushing probe in the Light Hunter stock.
What I really like is that you can decock them (Gen1 ride the cocking bolt home) without
having to cycle the next round or remove their numbered magazine which has a positive stop to alert you when you are out of lead after shot number 8.
It looks like you have the 12 inch airtube instead of the 8 which is good news because the 8 inch air tube would give too little shots with the reg and plenum space taken up on a 200 BAR Max Fill.
Those tend to have a good starting bell curve with the Bowkett system with a start fill pressure of 190 BAR or a little lower.
I have the FN8 WG Gen1 simple single shot Pistol version and your air tube is longer than mine by around 4 inches. I once had the latest Raptor 8 editon with the all in one cock cycle load and shoot at once action just with the cocking bolt and didn't like how it worked due to pellet feed index timing problems but yours is what I would preceive to be the PERFECT FALCON multishot.
VERY NICE!
CA
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Cold air. Some interesting history for you , you may be interested in. I am the designer of the “ light hunter. “. The original was built on combining different parts from Falcon. I was the importer for years back then. Working with Jihn Cooper the owner. I wanted to design a light weight compact Airguns for hunting turkey. Using the 8 inch air tube from the pistol then to assist in power I had John use a 12 inch barrel. The skeleton stock you see was the very first Airgun to sport such a design. The Brits have always been more traditional. After it’s release. All other manufacturers came out with one to compete.
Because the UK does not have turkey the named it the “ light hunter “
but it was the Tomanator that started it all.
I still have the very first one where they just hacked off the forearm. I now have 2. One of each design. My second one
used a 12 inch tube with the 12 in air tube
My latest has been tuned by Allen Zasadny to include a full bull barrel suppressor
Because the UK does not have turkey the named it the “ light hunter “
but it was the Tomanator that started it all.
I still have the very first one where they just hacked off the forearm. I now have 2. One of each design. My second one
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A nice gobbler makes an awesome wall mount. I've done a couple myself (including this one) by copying one I had done by a taxidermist decades ago.
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If its the Former, I got into Falcons because of your magazine articles!
Specifically the TOMINATOR!
You should be really PROUD other stock makers are using your Tominator design today!
CA
Specifically the TOMINATOR!
You should be really PROUD other stock makers are using your Tominator design today!
CA
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Sorry to hear about Wade out of airguns after divorce send him my blessings
he had the coolest toys of them all!
CA
he had the coolest toys of them all!
CA
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No worries about Wade. He’s recovered remarried and has more guns than AOA and Pyramid Air and Utah Airgun combined.
True.
True.
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KNOWING WADE I BELIEVE IT!!!