Are there any differences on benchrest that you'd do between air rifle and shooting 308?

Hello, first post on the traditional airguns forum. So I am getting into air rifles and have previous experience with the diana 34 I bought for my dad. I liked it quite a lot but was wondering about getting a 460 as I like the idea of higher power and fixed barrel. What are peoples opinions on it?

I’ve been looking at springers for several months. Been reading on this forum and researching a few dealer’s websites for reviews on springers that I favored. Finally settled on an R9 in .22 cal. I ordered a Hawke Airmax 4-16 Compact with Sports Match adjustable rings. As soon as I got it, I made several passes through the barrel with J-B honing paste then cleaned it well. Mounted the rings then ran a honing bar through them to make sure of a good seat. I struggled the first 100 rounds to get a decent pattern with Hades Diabolo 15.89’s. I’m about 200 into it now and after a few adjustments I think I’m finally onto a good pattern at 15 yds.(I started there because of a squirrel issue I have in my front yard just outside of a dormer window about the same distance) I also have H-N Terminator 16.36 that I have not tried yet. Starting to see the light and a smile every time I squeeze the trigger. Already have sights on an AA TX200 and a PS. As soon as the acorns dry up in the front yard, it will be raining squirrels!!

So I bought my first 177 about two weeks ago. Never thought I would own a 177 or a clone CO2 pistol either. But I am teaching a friend who has never shot the basics of PB handguns and the Umarex PPQ M2 seemed a good starting point. No recoil and no loud report.
Any ways, I have learned to hate 177 projectiles in less than 2 weeks. My old fumbling fingers struggle with the Liliputian sized projectiles every time I go to stick those 21 micro pellets in the magazine.
All the above is somewhat tongue in cheek but I am wondering if there is a secret to handling these minuscule wonders more efficiently.
Also, didn’t think I would enjoy shooting this thing but am having a ball shooting it in the garage with a minimalist back stop.

Today this hapless critter showed up at the wifes garden while I was working out an R7 tune over my chrono. I grabbed my Hw50 and took a shot at it's head. I heard it hit like nut. The squirrel slinked a few feet on the drive and went still.

I was pretty shocked. It was at least a 60 yard shot. The chronograph recorded 785 fps with a 8.64 FTT. That's only 11.82 fpe. Upon inspection I couldn't find a wound. I think I killed it with a concussion.

I normally keep my squirrel shots within 40 yards on this rifle but it was the strongest air rifle at hand.

Most of my guns fall under the they are well past being discussed because they are no longer made or old fashioned compared to the current offerings. I forget when the T12 was even made. I picked this one up used on Craigslist a few years ago. It had a slight leak and the owner had the trigger way out of whack. Perfect for me.

I got this out a few days ago and was having a failure of the sear to engage. Easy fix, first stage screw had just backed out a bit. Figured I would post some pics.

Rifle has is 12 shot, 220 bar fill, is .22 and tuned for 20ftlbs. Gets a ton of shots and is boringly accurate with even Crosman PremierHP.







It don’t get more out of style than this bolt handle on the side.

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted anything. Tuned a Cricket 2 Tac that came out great and thought I’d share. The Old Crickets are still hard hitting and accurate with great regulators! I did some porting on this barrels transfer port, changed out the valve spring and cut a custom hammer spring. Tuned for the 56gr Zan pellets at 880 fps. I also did my mod on the magazines which helps smooth indexing. Here’s the chrony string from a 260 bar fill down to the 150 bar reg setting. This is with the 580cc factory bottle:

Created: 11/17/24 01:53 PM
Description: .30 Cricket 2 Tac
Notes 1: 30220225
Notes 2: Reg set at 150 bar
Distance to Chrono(FT): 1.00
Ballistic Coefficient: 0.070
Bullet Weight(gr): 56.00
Temp: N/A °F
BP: N/A inHg
Altitude: 150.00
# FPS FT-LBS PF
40 883 96.97 49.45
39 879 96.09 49.22
38 879 96.09 49.22
37 878 95.87 49.17
36 878 95.87 49.17
35 881 96.53 49.34
34 881 96.53 49.34
33 881 96.53 49.34
32 879 96.09 49.22
31 884 97.19 49.50
30 881 96.53 49.34
29 882 96.75 49.39
28 881 96.53 49.34
27 882 96.75 49.39
26 880 96.31 49.28
25 881 96.53 49.34
24 885 97.41 49.56
23 882 96.75 49.39
22 882 96.75 49.39
21 886 97.63 49.62
20 882 96.75 49.39
19 884 97.19 49.50
18 885 97.41 49.56
17 884 97.19 49.50
16 884 97.19 49.50
15 884 97.19 49.50
14 883 96.97 49.45
13 884 97.19 49.50
12 883 96.97 49.45
11 885 97.41 49.56
10 886 97.63 49.62
9 885 97.41 49.56
8 887 97.85 49.67
7 884 97.19 49.50
6 886 97.63 49.62
5 887 97.85 49.67
4 885 97.41 49.56
3 884 97.19 49.50
2 885 97.41 49.56
1 881 96.53 49.34
Average: 882.8 FPS
SD: 2.4 FPS
Min: 878 FPS
Max: 887 FPS
Spread: 9 FPS
Shot/sec: 0.0
True MV: 884 FPS

Tricked out the trigger for a 1 ounce first stage to a 3 ounce second which breaks very clean at 4 ounces.



Shot today at 50 yards (first) and 100 yards (second group). Each pictured group is 5-shots. Had some right to left winds!



Y’all be good

I said it before, and I'll say it again. Skout is the fastest most engaged, and courteous experience I've ever had from any manufacturer, or vendor of anything. I ordered my Skout Evo 5 days ago. And today it arrived. Even after I changed the delivery address to my work, so I wouldn't have to take a day off to sign for the package. Truly impressive. 5 days. Two of which were the weekend. Which incidentally didn't stop Darryl from answering an Email after hours. Truly great. So... 3 business days. With a weekend in the middle. You just can't beat it.

Now if my scope, mount, and ammo would get here..!

Scope, rings, and Riser NOT included but anything is negotiable…

Selling my RAW TM1000 .177 <20fpe FT rifle. This is a Martin build with Serial #005. It was sent to Motorhead for his magic. He did a complete reseal, rebuilt the regulator, new spring, hammer, and valve seat, SSG anti bounce, etc.

13.4gr around 800 and 10.34gr around 875.

Rifle is in excellent condition. It is accurate and built to last forever. I thought it might be a rifle I would never sell, but I don’t shoot FT anymore and it needs to be shot and appreciated by more than me in my backyard.

Scope, rings, and Riser NOT included but anything is negotiable…

Asking $1,700 shipped.
I normally use PayPal, but am flexible depending on the buyer. I have a long history buying/selling with well known members here.

Another debit card denial on my purchase of airgun related books. This has happened twice now on books from the UK to me. Had a Krale purchase nixed by my card. Tried to get HP gauge and fittings to deal with my HW90. That was denied a second time after I thought the bank straightened it out. All of these denied purchases were airgun related in some way. Just had to blow off steam. I don't play well with others and know it. So I make a supreme effort to be polite. I also pray a lot. It helps me greatly. YMMV. BE Well Brothers, Bandito.

Any buy it for life air rifles?

Hello My name is Zachary, and I am a new member from Oklahoma. This seems like a nice website and forum just getting into air guns for myself. Bought an old Diana 34 for my dad up in Alaska years ago after moving down here I decided that the cottontail population was too tempting so here I am.

What are some examples of air guns that were made especifically for slugs?

I acquired a Reximex Ixia/Throne sub 12 (I'm in UK) as a project so as I have modded Turkish guns before to very good effect I made it an SSG plugged the plenum volume and turned the reg down to 80bar and added a .177 barrel as it was previously .22, now this setup is very accurate, but the fps is not at all consistent with various weights of pellets.

So re stripped and when through the trigger sears as there was a little too much tension on the hammer from the sear, so that sorted I then had a look at the reg and decided that the transfer port of the reg was very small so bored it out a little more and the sealing face was IMO a bad design and not good for sealing so re machined that and put it back together, but the fps is still not consistent and will vary by over 20 fps from one shot to another, so I am at a bit of a loss, although I may just buy a Lane bottle reg and see if that helps but the STD reg has to stay due to the design so it either run it as a second reg with the first taking the bottle pressure down to about 90-100 bar and have the STD reg handle the jump to 80bar or just open the STD reg up so it's just passing through but I maybe barking up the wrong tree completely, so any input would be appreciated.

Hello all! We had to go to Bordeaux today for a hospital appointment, something that usually fills me with dread! But this time, I had a repaired gun to return to a gun shop down that way.

An excuse to check out the stockroom full of unwanted wrecks!

First I found a Diana 56 that needs repair, I said I’d do that as they are easy to work on. Then I spotted a pumper!

I thought it was a Benjamin a392 as I didn’t have my reading glasses, and it looked like brand new so it can’t be an old one.
Then I got it home………

Please can you take a look at this video and give me a rough idea of age? We never saw many over here, but this does appear to be an 80’s gun in brand new condition Any help most welcome

Pump Up The Jam! With the Sheridan Blue Streak. Is this an 80's sleeper? please help

I have an Airacuda Max in .22 and an Umarex Gauntlet SL .30. I would like a .25 cal bullpup style rifle. I told myself I would save up for an M3 or M4 but I am just not sure I want to spend that much. The Zelos/Snowpeak looks great but I really wish it had a little higher shot count between fills. Is there something great in between the cost of these two rifles?

Hello! Are there affordable (<500$ for example) .22 air guns that were made specifically for slugs?

No other quip raises my hackles quite as much as, "Buy once, cry once".

I just counted 9 instances of a n00b buying an M4 as a first air gun and they are completely lost in the tune and setup.

What good does it do to push n00bs to high end guns?

Discuss....

Hi gang.
I spoke with Shane at AoA, and he said that nothing I said, scared him. He said to pull the stock and have a look for any damage. He asked what I had to work with for lubes, and he told me to lube it if it's dry.

That gave me the green light to contact Mycapt65, (Ron), for some guidance. He asked for pics.
Pic 1 spring at the trigger end!


That looked good.


Then he said to lightly lube the roof over the spring.
Using the tool, Ron suggested I checked the roof and the entire spring cavity wall. It was dry. So I gave it a thin lube with said tool.



Ron also said to grease the slot edges, then I gave it a test, and the friction/resistance is gone.
Let's shoot.
Thanks, Ron, and all who contributed.

I'm trying a variety of pellets and tweaking tunes - is there any ground to be gained in the winter season on the indoor range is 20y long and I'm ultimately going to be shooting at 25 and 50 outdoors?

I'm thinking I can at least eliminate some definite 'no' combinations and later I can test the better performers at full distance.

Pristine condition .177 Diana 48 side-lever spring-piston rifle with match-style Morgan adjustable butt-pad and alloy muzzle weight. Manufactured in 08/95, it is shooting up to manufacturers spec of 20 foot-pounds, the trigger-action is very nice, and she LOVES the new 10.5 grain Benjamin pellets (3/4” to 1” five-shot groups at 50 yards). Rifle only without scope and mount pictured is $425. Insured UPS shipping in CONUS $55.



My testing notes-
8.44 grain JSB, 10 shot string- Low= 1035, Hi= 1056, ES= 21, SD= 6, Avg= 1045 FPS/20.4 FPE
10.5 grain Benjamin, 10 shots- Low= 919, Hi- 919, ES= 8, SD= 2.6, Avg= 919 FPS/19.5 FPE








The ONLY flaws in the wood or metalwork-




Feel free to call, text or email Ron at 254-253-1239, [email protected] for more information or questions.

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Wife put up a bird feeder October 28, the squirrels were swarming it. Told her I was going to Deter them a little. Had to do some quick shopping on line and saw that Tractor Supply had a Umerex pellet gun in the closest store. They actually had several models, one being a gas cartridge nitrogen maybe. Researched a bit and glad I went with the underlever Synergis 22.

Got to say I was impressed. I haven’t shot an air gun in 55 years and that was a Crossman 760. Came with a cheap scope but it was functional.
I can’t really shoot outside but it’s all woods behind the house. So that evening online I was to read about air guns. The big thing was a pcp gun.
The downside was the filling. I ended up buying a Reximex RPA and a cheap hand pump . I swear I bruised a couple ribs pumping that little cylinder. Ok got one of them $200 compressors on Amazon.

Might as well get a rifle now…

I recently purchased an M4 in 177. Ive only shot one mag so far and Im assuming thats it but I had a dev of 100fps. If I cut the two worst shots im at 56fps. Like up and down between 790 and 830ish throughout the whole mag. Is this normal? Thanks!

These came in a package I bought and I have no use for .25 ammo so moving these along. All unopened.

2 tins JTS 29.63
2 tins JTS 33.80
2 tins JSB (300 count) MK2 33.95
1 tin JSB (150 count) MK2 33.95
1 tin JSB (300 count) MK1 33.95
1 tin JSB Knockout slubs MK2 33.49
1 package ZAN 30 grain slugs

135.00 shipped seems fair.

PayPal for pmt please

A classic on airguns by G V and G M Cardew! I have a copy and just wondered about a copy to give as a Christmas gift. Looked at ABE Books and couldn't find one. Neither the first or second one was anywhere in their system. That is a lot of used book stores with nothing on a subject. There wasn't a reference to other books on airguns in their system. Are they that rare? No Encyclopedia of #Spring Air Pistols as well. A dearth of books on the subject! I will find a book on some history of warfare as a second choice.
Are there other airgun books to search for? Used or New? T I A. Be Well Brothers, 'dito.