AEA Challenger .357 / 9mm

You will have to single load the bigger stuff ,, a shot tray would be nice ... 

My gun was supposed to be here today I waited for it because it said signature required , but they didn't show up FEDEX looks like its going to be tomorrow its at a local FEDEX hub close to me so tomorrow I should have it ... 

Before I have another gun shipped I will tell them NO FEDEX SHIPPING ! 2nd day of having to stay at my house for pick up because they required the adult signature , and of course they don't deliver when they say they are ,JUST GREAT ! , so I just got off the phone with FEDEX and again they are not shipping my gun today I guess ? tomorrow will be day three they are holding it at their hub 1 hour away from me , so I guess tomorrow they will ship it to a location near me so I can pick it up in person ... after this anyone wants to sell me a gun NO FEDEX or NO SALE ! 



I might as well update on this post , so after FEDEX telling me my package was not put on the truck for delivery today , I get back from La fitness from working out , and look whats on my door ! YEP ! - a FEDEX delivery sticker notice on my front door telling me they made and attempt to deliver to my house ! { oh yeah ! } ,and that I have to be here ,and sign for it !

at this point I think Murphy's Law , and FEDEX have a lot in common LOL ! So I guess the shipping adventure goes on , with any luck I will pick it up tomorrow ...

I picked up the gun yesterday , tested it out today shooting 20 shots - 2 air charges JSB 81 g - 980's first shot down to 880fps on the 10th shot , very accurate at 50 yards I like it... it's a cannon for sure ,....



one of the thing's I did not like was the hammer spring it is about the hardest spring to pull back that I have ever used , It is getting a bit better as far as stiction goes I used a little bit of synthetic grease on it in the probe bolt area and its helped to break it in it seems to be getting better ,and better ,..... I am hoping to get another poppet made out of peek and see if we can lower this hammer spring pressure down a bit would be nice , and I do recommend you use gloves cocking this gun easier on your skin ,,,

I think I have figured out a way to cock this gun a lot easier , use your thumb behind the receiver where the round part goes into the stock , at the same time pull the bolt back over the top with 2 fingers if possible.... this technic makes the probe shaft float more so there is no stiction or binding ,and allows the extra pushing force from your thumb to help as your fingers are pulling back ... better leverage with this technic makes it feel almost half as hard as doing it the other way ... hope this helps some of you guy's out , and it makes it more enjoyable to shoot your challenger .357 .....



If you are shooting JSB 81 g ,and shooting at around 1000 fps with 3600 psi .... run around 3000-3200 psi to start to slow the speed down below 930 fps this will give you more accurate results with pellets , slugs you just have to shoot , and see if you have a sweet spot in FPS that makes them accurate ,and a lot of the time the slugs like to get up 1000 fps ..... Dan H 

Cool , let us know what you come up with ...

Tried out a new NOE .357 pellet mold , and it worked very well in the Challenger today first 2 shots were a hole threw hole at 50 yards , as pressure dropped 1 mil dot down was dead on also ... this pellet is performing maybe better than the JSB , this mold really worked out great ....

Gunfighter,

‘that’s awesome. what do those pellets weigh?

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84g on my scale using rotometals ..... ,and these casted with the shortest pin's are 94 g , 960 fps 3500 psi ...working down 8 shots low 800's 7 shots above 860fps ... these get inspected, goods ones put in my pellet storage bin's , the rest are melted back down , i roll everyone of them side ways to check the tails...

The new NOE hp/flat nose bullet mold .arrived... as soon as I get some casted up I will post pic's with results ...