My dad confiscated my BSA Ultra SE .177 and at first it didn’t bother me. For the last two years I have been chasing speed, power and slugs. It is getting old so when I decided I needed a break and just wanted to plink without feeling like I am shooting a rimfire firearm. I decided I needed another .177. I also wanted something different. Nothing against Edguns or Taipans but it’s the same old same old with those guns. I decided on the Orion BP Mini Regulated. Cost me $700 and a decent wait. Then a paranoid unboxing because it came directly from Spain. Rubber gloves and some Clorox wipes and I was good to go. The Lane reg was all over the place at first. I did find out the gun will shoot over 1,000fps with 10.5’s when the reg was trying to find it’s happy spot. I also noticed the gun had some serious hammer bounce. I built a SSG and the gun settled in at 850fps with 10.5gr Crosmans. I tore the gun apart and found the transfer port was too small. The TP in this gun has a little brass insert on the end that goes to the barrel. I pulled the insert and put the tiny little thing in my lath and drilled it to 3.4mm. I also had to drill my barrel. Now I am right around 900fps with 10.5’s. Tonight I tested Crosman 10.5’s, JSB 10.3’s, H&N 10.65’s and 15.5gr slugs at 35yrds. All were good. The Crosmans and H&N were really good. The gun was a little loud when I got it so I had a piece of CF tube left over from my Priest project. Wouldn’t you know, it was the exact diameter I needed. I went to work on my lathe and made the same silencing components I used in my Priest, then installed them in the shroud. It’s pretty quiet now and I didn’t make a short gun long by hanging a can on the end of it. The trigger brakes clean on the second stage but getting to the second stage is a little gritty so I have to figure that out. I also still have to do a complete shot string. It’s only a 200b fill and it appears the reg is set at 110b. The gauge in the rear displays reg pressure and it has a fill pressure gauge on the end of the tube. Here are some pics. 
