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These are (4) brand new tins of JSB in .22 caliber , 18.13 grains , 250 pellets per tin . (17 tins left)

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So as I fall deeper and deeper down the slug rabbit hole (for my M3, specifically), something occurred to me that I already knew but hadn't really pieced together previously. The crew over at Patriot who designed (or at least were involved with the process for designing) the Javelins shoot Impacts almost exclusively. So a fair assumption can be made that the FX barrels and the Javelin slugs were meant for each other.

But I don't hear a ton about them from Impact shooters. Some, but other slug brands seem to get more press, at least recently.

So what say you? How have the Javelins stacked up in your Impacts? I placed an order for several recently from Pyramyd to see for myself, but curious about other's thoughts.

Forgot my wind flags....old age but did fair just feeling the wind on me and guessing, lol. This is a .22.

This is the very gun I used in the Baker Airguns review of the AV Avenger.

Since that time, it has received a one-off trigger job and replacement performed by champion airgun shooter and renowned airgunsmith Billy Rabbit. It is without a doubt THE best trigger you'll ever find on an Avenger. (aside from Billy's)

This gun has won several benchrest competitions... beating out guns like Daystates, FX, Thomas, and the likes. It is freshly sealed, cleaned, and maintained. Works perfectly.

It includes a Tac Vector Sentinel 8-32x50 scope with a custom 4" sidewheel, DonnyFL 1/2x20 adapter, FX DonnyFL moderator, single shot tray, and one magazine.

The ONLY negative about the gun is some errant superglue on the stock. I used superglue to reinforce the bottom rail so it wouldn't wiggle. It worked GREAT... but I got some excess on the forend. See pics.

This is a great rig, but I just don't need it anymore.

Price is $250 which includes shipping in the CONUS. Payment via PayPal FF ONLY. No trades.

Hi all,
I've been researching and it seems that my gun is borderline for becoming a slug shooter.
I want to accomplish moa accuracy at 50 and 100 yds so what do I need to do at minimum? A hume reg and or plenum? A slug liner modification? A 600mm slug liner? (and is the latter even possible?)

Most every bit of media I find on them they look darker in color than this so i thought id defer to somone with more experience. I have these guys wandering around in large numbers just wiping my bird feeders OUT. I think these are also the fellas trying to nest in my attic....ive put up new screen on attic vents twice now.Are these house sparrows?

















































Come shoot the limited edition FX Airguns IraqVeteran8888 Crown with me as I review the gun and test some .30 pellets & hybrid slugs at 50 & 100 yards!

(Disregard the minor butchering of my scope cam video slightly at times - I won't be using that camera again!)

Thanks to High Pressure Pneumatics for loaning this out for me to play with! Head on over to www.myhighpressureair.com to snag your own IV8888 Crown!

pulsar saxon edition purchased new December 2020. shot very very little. still like new condition. reason for selling is it is to heavy for a seventy year old to carry and shoulder. only a bench shooter for me. $1900.00. money order or paypal 0k. don't have to wait forever to order a new one. I will pay the shipping & ship immediately.
thanks for looking
Scott in Wisconsin

For sale AirForce Escape SS .22 cal. Purchased new as a blem direct from the AirForce Shop. I purchased it with the intention of experimenting / tuning it but never got around to it, it sits boxed. It’s never been assembled, filled or fired. It was listed as a blem but I can’t see anything wrong with it cosmetically. Item includes a DonnyFL moderator adapter and a Buck Rail 1/2-20 UNF moderator. $550 firm via PayPal (friends & family) shipped to lower 48. No trades.

After a not so great outing with the .25 Alpha Wolf at 100 yard the other day I felt the need to redeem myself a bit. Weather was sunny and in the 80s up here in CT. Not much wind but a few light to medium breezes that would kick up from time to time. Went to the local public range about 10 min away from me. It's a super convenient location but a few gripes are that it's limited to 50 yards, sometimes has some really dumb PB people there (although this year most seem much more responsible) and only has 6 low BR benches with rest being 3 foot tables to shoot off standing. 3 times there so far since they opened for the season and today was the first time I was able to get a BR bench.

Anywho - brought the 16" .72 Zeus for some fun and the EVOL 15" for some target time. I had cleaned the barrel on the EVOL this morning as last time it was spitting a lot of fliers. This time it felt much more on. Only had time for about 6 magazines. So each of the targets below is 11 rounds of .22 MRD @ 920fps, sorta. Top row is 11 shots each. Middle row is a bit of a mix and the bottom left target was about a mag and a half - so around 16-17 shots. The blue circles are ~0.4" and each black square is 2". Group size is 0.5 - 0.8". I think I could've done better if I tried to read the wind that pulled a few off course. The only called flier is on the upper right shot on the upper right target - I knew I pulled that one when I squeezed the trigger.

Had a fun time, just wish I had a bit more time.

Nowadays where can I get a .22 taipan veteran standard with a CZ barrel?

I have a .25 vet tactical long but I'm considering selling it to get a .22 standard. Want the CZ barrel bc my .25 vet w/ a CZ barrel is super accurate.

Not looking for the Vet 2 btw

Finally got out to stretch its legs at 50 65 and 75 in 6 to 8 winds kicked up later In the afternoon.Sighted in at 27 and was popping shotgun shells at 30 and 50 ..hitting soup cans at 65 and 75 .The Rekord trigger is the cherry on top ..breaks like sugar glass with some minor adjustments .I might just leave the Darkside and stay with my first true blue ! Can't thank Steve from AEAC enough ,for his reviews are what coaxed me into this purchase .

20 shooters, 7 in Unlimited class, 13 in Hunter.



Everybody I spoke with had a great time.

This was the first "regular" field target match held at PRGC in many years. By "regular" ft match it was a 10-55 yard, sub 20fpe, AAFTA style match. But held at night, in the dark, with lights illuminating the face of each target and also placed at the shooters stations. 10 lanes, 2 targets per lane, 2 shots per target, distances not given.

Shooters came from as far as New Mexico (Rex J.) and Utah (Justin J.). We also had some Tucson area shooters (Larry F., Steve Q, Franz D.) and Flagstaff (Steve M. and Martin M.) travel to attend the match.

Targets were the same S&S Targets that we use for the high power field target matches at this location. Of course reducers with much smaller kill zones were employed, and some new and interesting shaped kill zones made their way into the match this month (star and hearts for example).



Mike S. and Ben S. make and sell these targets and the sky's the limit when it comes to faceplate designs. I believe S&S Targets is a nod to their last names, but haven't confirmed that with them.

One competitor told me it was 91 degrees at match start time, but didn't feel that warm. I was told wind was nearly calm/still, which is a good thing, considering the course was rather difficult. Estimating the size of the couple of non-round kill zones, the course Troyer was a 33. And that isn't accounting for the match being held at night. The highest T was the 0.75" target at 30 yards on lane 5, for a T of 40. Lowest T was the 7/8" target at 18 yards on lane 2 for a T of 20.6.

Rex told me he really struggled with the far targets, scope image was clear, and he felt like good trigger releases, but missed. There are often very deceiving winds at PRGC, so perhaps there was downrange wind that couldn't be felt at the shooters stations.

Justin Jacobson of Utah Airguns and Shane Kellar of Element Optics shared a gun. They arrived with no dope, but sighted in and figured it out as they went along, with some help from Strelok. Impressive! Also impressive to note that they were shooting the .22/18.1grain pellets, a very unorthodox pellet for AAFTA type field target. As it was described to me, it was quite something to listen to them figure out dope as they went through the course, effectively working together and helping each other by extrapolating the trajectory as they noted impact points on the targets. Sounds like they make a great team during a match, and that seems to also be the case in their business ventures. Shane donated a bunch of Element Optics lanyards for participants, thanks Shane!

It was great to see Dan and Steeler F come out and play. They were using a 35 yd minimum parallax scope and I heard that their primary gun is all set up for RMAC and they didn't want to mess with any of the hard-earned settings prior to that big competition, so made do last night. Regardless of the equipment setbacks, looks like they had a good time.

We also had another father and son team, John and Andrew W. Glad to see these father/son combos coming to matches and enjoying field target as a family. I know I really have fun when I'm able to attend a match with my sons, and that sentiment seems to be shared.

Anthony T of Penchetta was 19/24 in the beginning, really lighting it up, but also experienced some sort of equipment difficulties at some point and that is reflected in his score. Tony is a past AZ State FT champion and can be quite tough to beat.

I was told that Mike S and Wayne R shot a good portion of the match accidentally using dope from the wrong gun! Mike was using dope from his ft pistol and Wayne was using dope from his springer. Seems like it didn't hurt Mike S's score nearly as bad as it did Wayne R. I've seen Wayne R shoot a perfect/clean match before, he's another one that can be serious competition (when he uses the dope for the correct gun ).

And it sounded like the dark got to Franz a bit, he commented that he fired 3 different times with the bolt open, something that he's never done during a daytime match.

Here's the box score...I included stats for the targets past 50 yards, and that 40 T target on Lane 5, which actually didn't seem to give shooters as much trouble as the 50+ yard targets. Interesting.


Thanks to Ben and the crew for setting up another great field target course for us! And as always, we appreciate Phoenix Rod and Gun for letting us enjoy their facility. Photo credit to Ben, Van, Larry, Rex. Thanks to Wayne M for keeping track of distances and kill zone sizes and shooting that my way for Troyer calculations.

(will use the next couple posts to share some of the great photos I was sent).

The ice pick shooter strikes again! The gun was shooting Griffin 23 grain .177 slugs around 1070fps(a hair under 60 fpe). This setup always gets it done The hog was around 125-150lbs. The shot was at 33 yards. I don't have a great story about the hunt really. The boar came in behind me, and I shot as soon as the right angle presented itself. As an aside, I almost got a shot at a true monster boar later on in the dark, but he showed up as I was packing up, and spotted me. As mentioned in my other .177 hog post a while back, I don't take hunting with this caliber lightly. I make sure of my shot, and don't take the shot unless it is perfect. This gun(at this power level in .177) will out penetrate most people's .30 air guns
Here's a short video I filmed with a PARD NV007S. The pig moved a little right when I pulled the trigger, making the impact about a half inch off, but the little ice pick still did it's job. This is why shot placement is critical with small bores

I have been working at developing a F/G-Class parallel for springers to F/G-Class rimfire. It is for my practice, I do not expect others will take to it. F-Class rimfire is shot long at 100-yards prone with a rest or bipod. G-Class is the same but from a bench.

F-Class springer is intended as a 50-yards for long option. I developed what seem to be workable targets and am just trying things out now.

I put a "power washer" (Vortec) in front of the top hat in an otherwise stock TX200 MKIII. It is said to smooth out shooting with 10.3 grain pellets. It was the first time on the range with this rig. It seemed to but it may be just placebo.

The rig is a TX200 MIII in .177 caliber. I am shooting AA Field Heavies in 10.3 gr sorted to 10.4 gr. It has a Vortex Diamondback 6-24x50mm on it. I have a tweaked Allen front rest with a tweaked Protekor front bag (very soft) with a Protekor #13 rear bag. This rig works well.



I shot one set of 3 bulls to get oriented and dialed in. Target 1 was for dial in purposes.



I then shot 2 for score.

Is there some way to tell which Notos production "batch" you are buying? I am seeing references to the later production models having some improvements with the trigger and accuracy, perhaps other things as well. Is there a serial number range that is definitely a later batch? If so, please post some serial numbers. I have a line on a new one at a great price, but no clue how when it was made and would like one from the newer batch if possible if I will end up with an improved gun.

Rudely awoken just after 1 by the chicken alarm, I checked my backyard NV cam and spotted a large bandit trying to break into the coop. I'd seen him on the trail cam the last couple of nights and had the trusty Leshiy Classic dialed in with a NV scope. By the time I was ready he had moved on to the bird buffet, about 70 yards out and was working out how to get to the feeder. Just after powering up and getting the window open, he looked right at me and I zoned in on the breakdancer switch. The LC is shooting Zan 177 10 grain slugs at 940fps and is brutally accurate. Its also stupidly quiet and makes about the same racket as a beer can opening, so perfect for this job. In the heat of the moment, I forgot to set the scope to record but the action happened right below my trail cam so a few juicy pics tell the story. He went down instantly and commenced the inverted dance. The girls produced a few extra tasty eggs for me this morning. Hopefully, I don't have to spend time defending the use of a 177 after rallyshark's second hog post! Even at 22fpe, those tiny pills have crazy penetration.

I have been having a rough year when it comes to leisure time. I just have not had any. I decided that this weekend one day would be for me and the Airguns.
Today was the day and I invited a good friend who had shown interest in the air guns.
The weather was great, about 80 degrees and very light winds. At first the squirrels were reluctant and shooting was sparse. As they day wore on the shooting got fast and furious.
I set my friend up with my 22 cal M3 shooting NSA 27.5’s. Gave him the walk through on operating the gun and stayed right with him through the first magazine. He kept his shots to 50 yards and closer and as the day wore on he began stretching the legs on the M3. His longest shot was around 145 with several others around 120 yards.
Then I drug out my Panthera. It was the maiden hunting trip for the gun. I have converted the gun to a front bottle gun and all I will say is that it exceeded my expectations.
We shot a lot today and it was nice to share the day and the field with a good friend. Shooting was fast and furious at times steady at others.
I have been shooting ground squirrels for almost 45 years and this day stands out as the best I have ever had. Between the Panthera‘s performance, the high volume shooting, time with a friend and yeah I have made a convert to our wonderful sport. We parted company with him taking my Maverick compact 22, a tin of JSB 18.13’s and my small air tank. Told him to have a great time and get used to the gun before he went off the rails on an M3.

So it’s spring again. It’s THAT time of the year again.
After another long hard winter, when everything is wet damp frozen or chilly. Everything is muddy and it clings to your feet and sneeks in the house. Plants are dormant, animals struggling to survive, stealing themselves against the cold, while every moment waiting and hoping for the warm rays of spring.
But it’s spring now. It’s finally arrived. The warm sunshine beating back the chill, and THEN it’s that glorious explosion of life!
There’s a myriad of plant’s and bird life that all spring into action. Each riding that wave of energy that was held dormant all winter. All gracing this beautiful planet we call home with their colors and songs, while running a race with time to raise their clutch, or bloom and set seed, or protect that fawn from the roving coyote that is also seeking to feed its young. All part of that divinely inspired cycle that keeps going and going until it doesn’t any more.
Yes! It that time of year again. The wood ducks are hatched and the young are now swimming the river behind their mothers trying not to get eaten by the stripers that are also now running. The turkeys are done with their spring mating ritual and most of the young are now hatched. Most of the does have dropped their fawns or are dropping them now. The bucks new antlers are out past their brow tines. Most of the farmers crops are planted and many are cutting their first cutting of hay. The crappie and white bass are hitting and the smallmouth are on their beds. LIFE ABOUNDS!
Friends, if you’re like me your love of airguns stems first from your love of nature. If you’re like me you thrill at this cycle of life each time it happens.
Stop and let it soak in. We only get so many of these Here.

I’ve been eye balling these three rifles. I would appreciate a few opinions. All are .22 cal. Models 48, 350 magnum premium and 460 magnum. I have a 460 magnum premium .177. Wish it were .22.
Are they reliable?
Which one would you recommend or none and why?
I have no problem buying a FWB or a Weihrauch or an Air Arms. I was going to cherry pick a few Diana’s if they’re worthy. Crow

***SOLD***.22 cal. Marauder pistol with two magazines. NO problems VG condition. 1/2" X 20 moderator adapter.

$295.00 SHIPPED

I recently sold my Leshiy 2 .25 / 250mm and Crosman 1720 and bought a .22. Brocock Ranger XR from Airguns of Arizona.

First --- I had a great experience with AoA. Really awesome customer service and patience answering questions for a couple weeks before I pulled the trigger.

I wanted the robustness and extremely small folded size of the L2 and the accuracy of the 1720 in one package, and I was willing to sacrifice semi auto. The LW barrel of the Ranger XR coupled with their well established XR action seemed to be a match, and the accessories the Ranger comes with meant I would be "all in" with the initial purchase. The ability to mount a light on a side rail specifically was important to me for night time pest duty. I also wanted to move to hand pumping --- this is a personal preference thing but the small cylinder and fundamental efficiency of the Ranger was appealing.





First, the bad --- The ranger isn't a perfect gun. The pressure gauge is in the wrong spot. In 2023, I shouldn't need to violate fundamental gun safety rules to check my pressure. Second, the safety is inside of the trigger guard --- the safety itself is great, positive, clicky, etc, but don't make me put my finger inside the guard to go in safe. Third and final --- there's no double loading prevention which is a minor quibble but I have done it twice in the ~2k rounds I've got through the gun.

Now, the good: The fit and finish on the gun is great, it is extremelly robust --- my 1720 always made me feel like I was going to break it. The surface treatment is a mystery, but feels good to the touch and I think will hold up well. The trigger was great for me out of the box. It's likely heavier stock than some people like, but the second stage breaks crisply and consistently and I would never be nervous about it in the field. Fundamentally, the gun is more accurate than I am. Out to 25 yards it is literally hole in hole, and if I really pay attentuon I'm getting slightly un 1/2 inch 11 shot groups center to center at 30 yards. I did extensive testing of a wide variety of pellets at a variety of hammerspring adjustments with the port wide open. The final tune --- JSB 16gr right around 700fps ended up being exactly the settings that AoA sent me thr gun at. There's some hilarity there, and I enjoyed the process, but it truly was a "remove from package and go" gun. Here's the test target AoA sent me, followed by one of my final tuning targets. My groups are 11 round full magazine groups at 30 yards from a Caldwell Turret. Top 2 are final tune, bottom 3 a little hotter. The gun shoots like those two groups down to about 185 m/s.





The hammer spring is easily adjusted from the back of the gun, folded open, with an allen key. While these adjustments arent perfectly repeatable, it isn't bad. One improvement would be more travel on that adjustment screw --- you've only got about one full turn and a bit more would make it less fiddly I think.

Thoughts on the Ranger acessories package: For my usecase, the $400 was well spent. The tiny little 0dB absolutely makes this gun backyard quiet. A thread protector is included as well. The folding mechanism locks up TIGHT --- the only play is in the adjustable buffertube stock itself and very, very minor. I needed side picatinny rails for a night light and likely a laser for sub 10 yard pesting eventually. Bottom rail holds my bipod adapter. The AR stock feels like a high quality one.

Thoughts on testing: I originally was going to post a whole slew of target pictures here. My testing regime was to lead in at 15 yards with two mags when I swapped ammo, verifying that I was solidly on target, and then do 5 11 shot mags from the knee down.

The TLDR is as follows:

As @L.Leon has said, it likes Crosman Premieres. Walmart special CPHP are about 3/4 inch groups at 30 yards right at the knee, but widen at slower speeds. CP Ultra Magnum 14.3 domed are right around 1/2 inch with a flyer every 20 rounds or so widening that group to 3/4. They widen quickly at slower speeds. If you are price sensitive or shoot a LOT, you're in luck becausw this gun loves cheap, widely available ammo.

16 grain JSB were the best in the end, ties with 18 grain JSB right at and under the knee. The differentiator for me was that the 16grs shot considtently from ~214 m/s (700fps) on down to about 170 m/s while barely widening. Crosman ammo and the 18grs widened quickly.

The other three ammos in the running were RwS Super Points and Polymag Shorts which were about as accurate as CPHP, and Norma Golden Trophy Heavy (17gr) which had a narrow sweet spot where they shot similar to JSBs.

Big disappointments were JSB 13s and 14s and H&N Match (Including thr Daystate branded Kaisers.) Thr Kaisers are BEAUTIFUL ammo visually, very consistent, but were shooting ~1.25 inch groups at 30 yards for me. The lighter weight JSB domes were similarly wide.

Anyways, I'm very happy with the gun, and with my LPVO and green Streamlitr, I can get 1 inch 11 shot groups in the middle of the night. The gun is tough, folds up small enough for any bag, and is a pleasure to shoot. I don't think I'm gunna have a starling or night time snake problem this year.

====Editted Price at bottom to OBO lol ====Price lowered from 500 obo to 450.00 obo to 400.00

This is my last project dreamline LoL You get what is in the pics . It is used and looks that a way but, nothing that bad IMHO some light marks, typical bipod stuff and such . It has been tested and does work exactly as it should. The trigger frame was drilled and tapped bye a previous individual and was received in a prior trade. I have to many projects and extra parts lol. Just thinning them down some. Any questions or more pics needed no problem shoot me a pm and we can exchange numbers and chat as well either way is fine LOL.

One week guarantee and your purchase price (not shipping lol) back when returned and received in same condition that I sent it .



Price is 500 obo > 450.00 obo q> 400.00 shipped CONUS as soon as your usps money order has cleared unless I have had the pleasure of dealing you before. Please check my Feedback if you have any concerns.
Have a great day and thank you for reading this.

So Saturday a week ago I was driving home after a hard week when we passed a yard sale. I glanced at it and noticed some guns- one that looked like it had to be a benjamin marauder. Now mind you I was in no shape to be buying another airgun, I was waiting for the notos to arrive at the time. But ive got to stop . It won’t cost anything to look . So I walk up to it and sure enough, a gen 2 .22 marauder synthetic, brand new box and paperwork included. Never been shot.
WELL!
So I look at some other things he’s got, buy a few things, and as I’m “about ready to walk away” I ask him;” hey whataya want for this”. After explaining that it was a PCP airgun and that it was a 600 dollar gun he said he’d take 250 for it.
GULP!
I said I’d do 200, and prepared to walk away.
I did, with the marauder under my arm.
So I bring it home and start shooting it. I’m pleasantly surprised, they’ve improved this over the gen 1. It’s quieter, much tamer shot cycle and more efficient. Great shot count too. GREAT!
So I’ve been seeing here on agn how some have been doing their own diy spray paint hydro-dip. I really like the looks of that stuff. I’m gonna try that on my cheap yard sale marauder.
So after watching a bunch of youtube videos and a visit to the hardware store to get the spay paint I go ahead and try it. The first try didn’t come out as good as i liked it. Neither the second. But after three try’s below is what it looks like. I guess I can live with that.
Now to let it cure awhile, get a scope mounted and sighted in! I wonder if I can tune it up and get it to shoot 23 gr. NSA’s?

Shoots great with no leaks.
Included: Original box and Gun Case. 1 "Daystate" and 4 "Carm" magazines. Scope not included

$1200.00 Shipped to you