Since I've moved back to South Carolina (mid-state) I've seen a tremendous amount of wild animals. This of course is very different from living in Southern California for the last 40 years. Deer are across the street at night eating, Wild Turkey are in the field next to me, a brown fox (Not sure how fast he/she/they/them et al is jumping over the lazy dog), too many bird types to list, etc. etc.

Well now an Armadillo has decided to come rooting up the area next to my drive way. Appears to have come a few nights because the area is getting bigger.

Options?
1. Do nothing - which would make the wife happier as she says "It's just doing what it does."
2. Redwolf .22 HP with Heliboard and a JSB Redesigned as seen through a ATN 4k PRO
3. BRK Ghost .25 with a JSB 34.95 King Heavy as seen through an Athalon 5x25
4. Springfield Armory .45 ACP as seen through iron sites.

I can move the ATN 4k PRO to either one if need be, at 5:00ish AM it's still kind of dark. Laser range finder from my porch the area is 24 yards. The goal would be one shot, one kill (The Marine in me is a lifelong thing ), shot placement? between the eyes, through the ears? body?

Any suggestions would be helpfull.

Thanks,

Smitty

Hi All, I am eagerly waiting for the arrival of a FX Crown GRS Continuum, 380, 700 barrel. My goal is to use it Standing at 200 yards, with the 700 and slugs. Have a life time of experience in ISSF 10 meter Air rifle , and Smallbore 3 position. I may want to do a modification on fore end, for sling attachment point for prone , kneeling, all in good time. I am eager to learn about this long distance air rifle , and what it will take to make my goals happen. One question would be , Is there any other position shooter doing this with a gun of this type?
There are so many good benefits to using "Air" for this sport. Finding or starting a loosely organized Air group in this discipline would be great, in Central NH. Future 200 yd pic.

Been comparing these two pellets for a bit now. They seem to run neck-and-neck other than the noticeable price difference, but the Atomics have been grouping very slightly better throughout. But it's subtle.

Took advantage of a windy day today to see if one could buck the wind slightly better than the other. Obviously not expecting much difference since the shapes and weights are basically identical. But figured worth a shot.

Wind: R to L. Steady 5-7mph with frequent 10-15mph gusts. I did not wait for ideal conditions, I just shot away.

Pellet Launcher: FX Dreamlite Compact in .22. Stock config. 155bar on the reg. Typical groups with no wind is about 0.8 - 1.0 MOA out to 40 yds with this setup.

30yd shots. Five shots each group. Three groups each. Each string is 17 shots with the last two shots taken off target.

Submitted for your consideration. The analysis is up to you. But there's not a whole lot to analyze since they remain very similar.

The big question. At what range do most of you zero your higher end springers (mine is a Diana 48) and is there a written hold over chart for different distances out to say 50 or even 100 yards with a 7ish grain pellet?
I haven't tested it yet but I would guess it's in the 900 fps range from what I have read.
Advice and help with this subject will be appreciated.

I bought a package rifle from Airguns of Arizona, I was kinda hoping that it would look like the model gun in the Daystate brochure….



No luck, but it had a little character, but the finish was quite rough and a little muddy looking. I taped the butt pad and reworked it using mineral spirits, LinSpeed oil, and a super fine white Scitchbrite pad, equivalent to 0000 steel wool. After finishing with three coats I used Williamsville Wax to seal the wood and give it a real shine. This is a show/ fun gun, I don't carry it and the slick finish is fine with me.













More pics follow.

John Davies
Spokane WA

What would you do and why? I'd like to hear your thoughts and insight on this.

Hey guys, Here is my first week with the Panthera. Thanks for watching! -Nate

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Panthera TUNES Thread Here

Hello All:

I want to begin a new journey in take up Hunter Field Target.

My question is do I need a tank to refill my rifle or should I get a compressor for the Match. I will be using a .177 Marauder. And do some clubs have compressors?

Thanks

30 Minute Carleton SCBA Tanks. Production date 01/2007 with the last hydro test being in May of 2019.

Tanks are in nice shape, but were used by a local fire department so they have minor cosmetic marks.

No valve! Tank has 7/8 14UNF threads. Fill valves are available on Amazon and elsewhere from $50 and up.


Asking $60 shipped for one (Most anywhere in the lower 48) or $110 for two of them shipped.

Paypal or check in the mail (Local pickup would be fine as well, I'm in Milford, Michigan.

I was trying to checking the groove diameter of the.22 superior heavy barrel and found it has a pretty tight choke. I wanted this barrel to shoot my noe 30gr bbt slugs out of it. Are all of the.22 fx barrels choked?

BSA GTR Lighting SE .22 ( GTR SOLD)
RWS Diana P34 Professional .177 for sale.
Diana P34 Professional .177 has a 12ft lb Vortex kit in it. Shooting 10.5 JSB's mid 600's. Very nice shooting gun. Bulit 2014 300.00
Scope mount comes with each gun
25.00 shipping each gun. Shipped insured.
Paypal f&F or ad 3%
tim

Idaho allows air guns for hunting so I thought I’d see how bear hunting would go. I set out a bait and had bears in a couple days. The big guys only came in the middle of the night but there were some pretty ones in the day. One small red with a white chest but he got a pass for next year. The sow and cubs spent a lot of time emptying my bait. Finally got a nice big black to come in right at dark but he was very skittish and didn’t give me a clean shot. The next evening he did a repeat of coming in and getting scared and running off. Didn’t take him too long until he was back and this time he gave me a nice broadside shot. Bad idea for him. Double lung shot at 65 yards from the ground blind. He only went 21 yards!
250 pounds, 6 feet nose to tail
Piledriver 457, Mr Hollowpoint 365

Hi everyone, I have bought an air rifle product from Indonesia.
do you think this model of air rifle is good and interesting?
what do you think about my air rifle?

My compact .22 Arrived yesterday. Very handy, light, easy to tote around. Took it out of the box and it was tuned to 135 bar and the hammer set almost pegged out on the Micro adjuster.
Loaded a hades pellet and shot without and moderation and it was LOUD. Very loud. Then put a Tatsu on, and still too loud, however I could tell that it was wasting a ton of air. After 'tuning' it, she hushed right up.
I decided to give the tune Ted mentioned on his Compact Panthera video a try. Granted, I know this is just a jumping off point. Every rifle is different. Upped my reg to 145, and set the hammer for his recommendations for pellets.
Set up my LabRadar and shot a string. It was bouncing all over the place from 877 to 890. Couple more clicks up on the micro and presto, my velocity jumped to right around 900fps.
Then I tried the 20.2 grain NSA slugs. Again, Ted's tune was a little anemic for my gun so I had to bump up the hammer tension little by little until I hit 900fps.
My groups with slugs at 30 yards were 'okay', but not as great as Ted was getting at 50yds. It would group a few somewhat close then a flyer here, a flyer there. Nothing to brag about.
I'm going to hold off on slugs until I have a 1000 or so rounds through the rifle and try again.
Switched back to pellets by only turning the macro wheel down from 17 to 7. The increases I made to the hammer for slugs upped my speed on Hades to ~920. Shot some groups and they were much better. Gun 'sounds' tuned and happy.
Ran a 30 shot string over the labradar (I'll post data below) with these settings for Hades and it's not bad considering it's a new gun and is no way broken/settled in yet. I suspect my extreme spread and standard deviation will drop over time. I changed the 300cc bottle for a 480cc and with this tune, I'm getting 5-6 mags from a 250 bar fill.
All in all I think this little rifle has potential to be a great run and gun pester or hunter.

I was trying to sell a Kalibrgun, and got a buyer from airgun classified... so I thought. Agreement was I would ship when the check clears. They refereed to the payment coming from their "financial" and I started getting hairs on my neck raised. The buyer wants it shipped to an address in Arizona, but the check is coming from Chicago.
From this address....






Today the check was arriving FEDEX and I get this




I'm done on that classified. Be careful out there. If I decide to sell it in the future, it will only be here.

Hey AGNners,

I have a 700mm .30 M3 I’m selling with a superior heavy liner, front reg delete, but still have front regulator in case you want to reinstall, carbon fiber liner and carbon fiber shroud.

Has a scratch on the cocking block that was there when I purchased from prior owner. See picks for details.

Rear reg is currently set at 130 and it’s shooting 50.15 JSB knockouts at 950. The thing is accurate. Also has new foam case insert.

Price is $1675 shipped CONUS. PayPal F&F. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

James

949 363 3011

Edgun Leshiy 2 in 25 and 30 cal.

several packs of orings,

a 30 cal 250mm barrel and two mags with Moderator and adapter

a 25cal 350mm barrel and stock shroud, Donny fl shroud and moderator adapter Three mags, three mag holders

300cc and stock bottles, Donny fl Moderator

$3000.00 obo PPFF CC add 3%

Scope and rings add 400

Can anyone see anything wrong with this photo?:



When you figure it out I will tell you how I solved it.

-PJ

Tons of very nice guns listed and a few nice buys.

To start off with I will admit it has been a Very long time since I have trolled this market... (the 300.00 to 800.00 range)

Sure I could be called a snob I guess since the cheapest airgun I currently own cost $1999.00 as a "naked" gun..

Reason for looking :
1) I have a Very large family get together coming up June 9-12....so the quest has begun
2) with that said i have started looking into the so called budget, mid-priced guns as I want somewhat of a "friends and family" gun so i don't have stand over them like a father on his daughter's prom night while they are shooting my prized high end guns.

I have to say I'm pretty disappointed with the offerings, seems Most of the guns in this category are getting Way overpriced for what they are, or maybe my criteria is just impossible at this price point.??

So here is what I Absolutely Can Not deal with :
1) the infamous twang, poing, doing that seem to plaque them
2) bad or just down right awful triggers
3) barrel lottery

I thought i was on to something with the Hatsan Factor RC until i saw the ridiculous price of $999.00, you got to be out your mind!

So I am asking the community for assistance in my quest.
You see above what I do Not want.

Here is a loose perimeter of what will work
1) preferably .22
2) Quiet or abililty to add moderator
3)accurate out to 30 yards
4) decent shot count, minimum 60+ plus per fill, would like more if possible
5) Decent trigger
6) regulated
7) High end of budget=$800.00

I prefer to buy something New as opposed to the used market since it has pretty much lost it's mind too..

Thanks guys, I have become bleary eyed looking and hoping i just missed something...

700mm Panthera 22 New 2000 OBO


700mm Panthera 30 New 2000 OBO

Scope and rings extra

Selling a like new ThOR LT 160 Thermal Scope. I purchased this from Optic Planet in August 2022, so it's still under ATN's 2 year warranty. This is the LT version that DOES NOT record video. I did not realize this when I purchased it, but kept it anyway. It was briefly mounted on a PCP and used for pesting, but I like to record pesting videos and this doesn't have that capability. There are 2 very small cosmetic marks (pictured below) that were probably from mounting it or taking it in/out of the safe. Works perfectly. These sell for $899.99 new, asking $650.00 shipped to the Continential U.S. only. Includes Charging cable, Eye Cup and Scope Cover. PM with questions.

Hey guys. I responded to a post the other day and mentioned that Neil Clague had had had heart surgery two weeks ago today. I wanted to mention it here, in it’s own discussion so you would all see it.

He was in the hospital 8-9 days after surgery but is now home and doing much better. Over the last few years, he’s been slowing down a bit, well, it was because his heart wasn’t pumping right. Now though, he feels good and is hoping to be shooting and making moderators in no time.
Stoti

Hi Airgun Nationers!

The BRK Pathfinder is now being shipped on ever increasing numbers so i though it a good time to share the press release and data on this very compact new rifle. For those of you who have missed it, the BRK/Brocock Pathfinder takes the idea of the super compact Atomic and Ranger but adds a 300cc carbon bottle instead of the 50cc air tube on the Ranger. We have done this using the well established Commander, and adding the ranger barrel and tuning up the Hume-Air regulator from the magnum version. The combination is a small compact and fully equipped carbine that is heavier than the Ranger, but more powerful and with a greater shot count. Tony



The BRK Pathfinder XR joins the super-light and compact Ranger XR which quickly became a firm favourite with hunters and pest controllers. Building on its success and reputation, the new Pathfinder XR features a lightweight 300cc carbon Kevlar bottle for increased shot count compared to the Ranger XR. Export and FAC models also benefit from higher power output as well. The Pathfinder XR measures a carbine length 22.5 inches with its folding stock deployed, and just 18.5 inches with it retracted, resulting in a rifle that is incredibly fast onto the target and useful in tight situations. It weighs just 6.4lbs, and yet in low power can deliver over 200 shots. .25 calibre models produce energy up to 30 ft/lbs. Super compact and able to be easily transported in a backpack, or optional purpose-built rifle slip. The Pathfinder XR offers superb accuracy at hunting ranges out to 45 yards and beyond and its slick sidelever action enables fast reloading. The Pathfinder features an advanced Huma-Air regulator and newly introduced hammer design. This new system is our most consistent, yet which results in superb performance and accuracy.

Very beautiful Whiscombe for sale on Gunbroker. It didn't sell ($3500 in original add) so it looks like the add was renewed.