Tonight was a very good night. Today a new friend from work brought in a Joe Brancado CF bottle filled to 4500 psi and which he no longer uses, giving it to me on loan so it wouldn't just be "sittin' around my shop takin' up space I need for my firearms." A 20-second connection to my M-rod and the gauges (gun and bottle) read right on 3000 psi so I began shooting Baracuda 10.65 pellets just to see how it shot. 80 shots later (the latter 60 using Crosman CPUM from the brown box) and the POI was still consistent with my POA while the gauge read 1600 psi. Beauty! I'm pretty sure I could have wrung one more mag of 10 shots out of it without catastrophic effect on the accuracy but time ran out.
That shooting session was the culmination of months and months of waiting. I was unemployed for almost 8 months and was scrimping and scraping just for pellets the first half of this year. I did manage one really substantial buy from a forum friend - $140! For 8 months the Good Lord went before me and My Treasure, providing money unlooked for and remarkable discounts and deals unexpected. This year has been a season of plenty and peace for my entire family - and now I am working in a great job and have the one PCP I've wanted since I became aware of the breed. He knows what He's talking about when He talks about "my cup overflows!"
Looks like My Treasure has already booked up "our" weekend ahead so no full-on testing, tweaking, and targeting for me. Nonetheless I am smiling as I write this, wondering if my M-rod will hold the 1600 psi overnight and thinking about further adjustments to the hammer pre-load, stroke length, and even backing out the air portal restrictor screw another 1/2 turn, just to see how all that affects 50 yard shots. Loving the Sport and Blessed in the Lord! Doesn't get any better'n that.
That shooting session was the culmination of months and months of waiting. I was unemployed for almost 8 months and was scrimping and scraping just for pellets the first half of this year. I did manage one really substantial buy from a forum friend - $140! For 8 months the Good Lord went before me and My Treasure, providing money unlooked for and remarkable discounts and deals unexpected. This year has been a season of plenty and peace for my entire family - and now I am working in a great job and have the one PCP I've wanted since I became aware of the breed. He knows what He's talking about when He talks about "my cup overflows!"
Looks like My Treasure has already booked up "our" weekend ahead so no full-on testing, tweaking, and targeting for me. Nonetheless I am smiling as I write this, wondering if my M-rod will hold the 1600 psi overnight and thinking about further adjustments to the hammer pre-load, stroke length, and even backing out the air portal restrictor screw another 1/2 turn, just to see how all that affects 50 yard shots. Loving the Sport and Blessed in the Lord! Doesn't get any better'n that.
