So I had a Birthday on Saturday, and was trying to Purchase a Kratos, but they don't accept "Visa Gift Cards" I had it all ordered, and Nope!
So I called and was told they won't take a Gift card for Purchases. Who Knew? LOL Welcome to the Future. "Cashless Society".
I am disappointed to say the least. This will save others from trying as well.

My new RTI Mora 600mm in .25 just got here. Dam that's a nice gun.... BUT.... holy smokes, I can't stop looking at that case! The main foam is very firm which is really like. When RTI said it's a HD case, they weren't kidding. Along with the side handle, it even has a top handle and big wheels on the bottom. Good job RTI!

Here is a 100 yard penetration test on a 55 gallon plastic drum. Did well, the barrels are very tough. Most all penetrated with the help of the poly tip.

AEA Varmint
1000FPS
.25 poly mags
26 Grain

We would like to introduce a new product - Altaros KYL Target (KYL = Know Your Limits) is the ideal airgun target up to .25 (.30) calibers without power airgun limitations to test your shooting skills at the highest level.
Target demonstration shooting video with Altaros M24:

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Thanks to the self-healing material, each individual orange target can take dozens of hits before needing replacement ( on average ).

Due to the target's projectile penetration, there is no risk of projectile reflection and also very low noise levels when hit. Ideal target for backyard shooting ranges, but also for long distances.

October was not a very impressive trip to the squirrel lands. I was a bit off my game that day and the opposing team did not want to play. The weather has been unseasonably hot and dry and the daylight shift to later in the day was not accounted for. I only went through one magazine of my .25 Reximex Tormenta before I headed back to the house. When it is a struggle, I have better things to do


My camera was not level, and the wind was having its way with me. I hope my next edition of "BONKS" videos turns out better. If not, I can always take up crochet.....

I am a new airgun shooter but have been shooting firearms for 45 years. I have an Airacuda Max in .22 and have enjoyed it so much I would like to add a .30 cal. for larger game. I am looking at the Umarex Gauntlet SL 30 and the JTS Brawn. Both get great reviews and I think either would work for me. My only hesitation is the lower air volume. Is there a quality .30 cal. with a bottle that could be upgraded for under $800? Thanks in advance.

whats up up my fellow airheads!?

we're back at it again! you're favorite annoying newbie needs help to decide between 2 airguns! i understand these guns are both not even in the same realm when it comes to their usage. but i need some help on deciding between the macavity ma2 or the airforce talon p. i get that one is single shot and the other is magazine fed. i prefer a magazine. i would also like to add im using a hand pump as an air source. my purpose with this gun will most likely be plinking and small to mid game hunting. Quietness definitely matters to me. i heard the talon p is loud as heck. compactness is a plus. if the talon p was quiet and was magazine fed i would pick it all day. if anyone who has either of these guns want to chime in be my guest. thanks guys!!

I have had this 2nd Hand M3 for a little bit now. BOTH 1st and 2nd Regs read the same psi. I wanted to set the 1st Reg to 150, but when I did, the 2nd Reg also read 150. Wierd? I thought so. Took bottle off to degas system, and it bled ALL the air. Didn't think anything of it and proceeded to lower the 2nd Reg psi. Low and behold, bottle back on and the same damn thing! BOTH REGS AT THE SAME DAMN PSI !! (Lower now of course)....WTF OVER? No matter which reg I adjust, seems to affect BOTH equally. Am I doing something wrong, or is there something deeper involved here? Any help at this point will be greatly GREATLY appreciated...

Also, since messing with the 2nd reg, it seems my trigger assembly is out of wack somehow. When it is cocked and the safety is on, the trigger does not spring forward slightly as it should, and when it is hung back in that position, as soon as the safety is flicked to fire, the rifle goes off without a trigger pull. I will try to post a video tomorrow of what I mean as its kinda hard to describe in writing.

I purchased a used Diana Bandit a few days ago and put a few .22 pellets down the pipe to see what the pistol’s accuracy potential was. Surprisingly it was pretty darn accurate, especially for its price point. The main thing that was holding it back for better accuracy was the trigger because it was stiffer than a fence post and certainly not conducive for pin point accuracy punching holes in paper. 3 Pounds 11.5 ounces is fine for a defense CCW pistol but not what I had in mind for a target pistol.







So I set out to try my hand at making this trigger more user friendly. After I removed the trigger, sear, hammer and springs I knew what components that I had to address. I spent a considerable amount of time stoning the sear, hammer and trigger interfacing surfaces. Then I buffed these faces to a mirror finish. The photos below show the components after final polishing. The pencil points to each of the faces that were stoned and polished.






Next all of the parts were cleaned thoroughly with Prolix which leaves a dry film lubricant behind. I also polished the hammer spring too. Then I cleaned the inside of the gun that the hammer slides into. and it was was filthy and rusty.






Even the inside of the hammer, where the spring rides, was rusty too.




Lastly and most importantly the spring was replaced under the sear bar. I used a much lighter spring from a ball point pen. The spring was larger in diameter and would not fit into the holes in the trigger bar and hammer housing. So I cut two short pieces of aluminum tig wire that fit into the spring holes and extended outside the hole by about 1/16” of an inch. I added a dab of grease to the pins and spring ends to hold these parts in place during reassembly.

Finally I reassembled all of the parts after putting a light coat of grease on all of the trigger group mating surfaces. After it was all back together the trigger pull measured a much improved 3.7 ounces.



I am not advising anyone to modify their trigger but merely documenting the process that I went through to modify my trigger group to make it lighter and increase the pistol’s accuracy potential.

THe vendor I am buying from says they will have a shipment of these 22/500 guns in about 2 weeks. I will order one when they notify me. I do not hunt but just target shoot on my property. I own a FX Dream that will shoot consistently shoot 1" groups at 50 yards and 2 inch or less groups at 75. I want a gun that shoots 1" at 75 and 2" at 100. I just don;'t know if the Crown will do it.

Dynamic. Fx touts it's strengths as accuracy and power. The accuracy in that is shoots in the same catefory as the Panthera, their bench gun, and everythiing I read claims them to be super accurate. The Power: FX claims is higher than most in shooting 70 plus footpounds converting to more accuracy at longer ranges than others like the Crown.

Crown MKll: These are tried and true guns, claimed to be very accurate guns wth a good reputation. But apparently not as powerful as the Dynamic.

I would like to have the Crown, BUT, common sense ask's me. Why, given the choice of the two guns similarly priced would I chose the lesser powered gun? Therefore the deliema. Your opinions would be much appreciated. PS. These two are the only guns I am considering and only in a 500mm.

I've learned a lot as an old Noob in air guns since this auction. If I had known about it I would have outbid some of those folks. Dang it! I would have been all over those Daisy 7 series.

Found a great source of FX parts, it's in Spain but prices and shipping not unreasonable.
I've used them a few times now and they always come through.
Shipping takes a little longer. Very easy to find specific parts on their website:

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Im looking into a beeman r9 for hunting Eurasian collard doves. I love traditional airguns, I found a “Benjamin Franklin” 490 series today in .177, hand pump.

Works great! Missing some screws and is ugly but darn does she still kick lol

Wondering about the beeman r9 as a upgrade for a non pcp airgun.

Pyramid air has one and I can do paypl pay in 4 and get it by wednesday, and this was my choice so I wouldnt splurge so much at once.

Wondering what ya’lls experience with em is.

It has
Pros:
-potential to mod
-scope mount holes
-.177 and .22 options
-about 17-20fpe (more if modded?)
-might be compatible with some daisy/other german manufacturers parts and kits?
Cons
-bit expensive

Why spend $750 plus taxes on an inferior plain ole HW90 when you can buy my last custom stocked RX2 that is up for sale?!
This is best of them all imho. Action and stock are used but babied near mint for not being a safe Queen but crazy accurate shooter.
It is a Beeman RX2 in ideal .20 with one of a kind feathered custom stock. Action has one lil spot of pitting. The stock has no scapes, dings or such. Includes Beeman rear sight plate and ideal 1-pc SportsMatch elevation 11mm mount with 1 inch rings. Not pellet picky for what little variety of .20 ammo this still is. I will include I few sealed .20 tins to get you started as well. The stock and action will be separated for shipping as too many stocks get cracked in transport. *Note* Beeman RX and RX2’s have Theoben HE gas rams that can be rebuilt where as HW90’s do not and cannot be rebuilt but only replaced. $1000.00 plus shipping and insurance.(*I use Pirateship so costs will be minimalized*) Will be double boxed and full packed for minimal to no shifting. I have decades of 100% feedback here, AGW, old YF and GB so buy with confidenc. PayPal FnF or buyer adds 3.5% service fee ergo I net $1K.
Consider trades for R5M, Huben 22 or 25 and 42+ NF BR NP-R2 IR or Siii Hector IR OR a Element/Arken/Athlon 24+ IR scope plus cash, RAW .20-.357 CF barrel, probe and mags plus cash.
msg me for more detailed pics in info.
**scope in pics is sold and not part of this deal but the mount and bubble level is**
Thank you,
Keahi

Tyler Patner....2024 AAFTA US WFTF field target champion. Nice work, sir.

Paul Cray...backing him up.

Sightron Siii 10-50x FT scope in excellent condition. Includes all items pictured. Rings. Sightron scope caps, focus wheel and rings.
No box or paperwork. It was my fathers FT scope but he only used it once.
$750 pay pal friends and family only.
No international shipping.

So each gun ive shot 13gr in all
Spiral at 50yds. 785fps up to 850fps.
From a marauder, wolverine, raw, avenge-x, airarms etc…
12 groove Lw poly barrels too.
Ideas? Have cleaned the crap
Out of them and tried all brands of 13gr without any success.

Also see it in 10.3gr at 880-910fps.

Have always heard reduce speed but i havent gotten very slow yet to try. Requires deeper tuning.

***NLA***FX Wildcat .22 caliber Mark III Excellent condition, synthetic stock. Was tuned when bought new to shoot JSB 25.33 gr. Jumbo Monster Redesigned. Shoots these extremely well, Has not been adjusted since. (Selling for a friend that has encountered some high medical issue bills, sale money is to be put toward the bills.) Rifle includes, two magazines one factory the other a Carm, Rifle is in as new condition except for small pin head size mark on side of stock. (picture #2)
Includes FX hard case & Fill probe.
$1000.00 SHIPPED

I'm making this thread to address some of the misconceptions that inexperienced shooters have when they come to their first N50 or USARB type precision BR match ...or when they first get acquainted with an experienced and accomplished precision air BR shooter. Clubs can exist where all of the shooters at the club are inexperienced and they are usually very happy shooting with each other until an experienced shooter shows up and upsets the established balance. The experienced shooter will usually have much more specialized equipment and it will be the first thing to come under the lens of the inexperienced.



What am I referring to when I say specialized equipment?



I'm talking about things that make life easier for the precision shooter. One of the main items in this category is the rest setup. New shooters often use items like sand bags or bipods to support the rifle because they are things they already have or can at least obtain with a low investment cost. The low cost items are fully able to support a rifle properly to make an accurate shot, but lack the ability to easily move to the next bull without a lot of wiggling, squeezing, and general fiddling to get the crosshair aligned and gun settled for the next shot. Here is where the mechanical front rest comes in to play. With a mechanical front rest....you can simple turn a knob or move a joystick to position yourself at the next bull. The accuracy of the gun is not improved in any way over the more modest means of support , but the convenience factor is improved dramatically. Will this improved convenience factor result in better scores? Maybe, if you are an inexperienced shooter. The reason for this is because you will be less likely to take a shot before you are optimally positioned or before the rifle is properly settled. An experienced shooter can shoot the same scores with the low budget items....but since precision BR is something they do a lot of....they don't want to.



Next up is the one piece rest vs the two piece setup. The consensus among people that have no experience with the one piece in air rifle BR is that it will surely produce higher scores. They mostly think that because some disciplines have rules that exclude the one piece setup and they apply the standard logic of thinking that if something is not allowed it is because it's unfair to anyone that doesn't have it. Most all of the rules in Precision Air Rifle BR were borrowed from established centerfire or rimfire disciplines that existed long before air. The air rifles used in precision air BR are rather anemic compared to even a 22lr rimfire rifle. The leading air rifles in n50 are about 1/2 the power of 22lr. The rifles used in usarb are yet another small fraction of that. There is no performance improvement in a one piece rest vs a two piece in precision air rifle BR. Anyone that claims there is has surely not tested that claim in a proper manner. If you shoot higher scores with a one piece it's probably because you haven't figured out how to properly set up a two piece or are simply careless when doing so. Maybe you have a bind somewhere creating a torque or you are not careful about your bag spacing or something else. Once you set up a one piece you really don't have to think about it again. I prefer a one piece because I can make the trip to and from the bench in one less trip. Rifle in one hand and rest in the other. If I use a two piece I have to make an extra trip. I also like the more rearward position of the elevation and windage controls. I made a thread a while back on my slug gun comparing the scores of a series of cards shot from both my one and two piece setup. Although I actually shot more xs off the 2 piece, they scores were identical. If I had shot 100 cards off each, there would be no significant difference unless I got sloppy on my setup. The 2 piece that runs on sand bags is actually easier to find a good setup using my slug gun than the one piece that uses hard rest points. Some one piece rests have no provision for adjusting the spacing between the front and rear rest points and are completely unsuitable with my slug gun that needs a specific spacing to shoot well. In N50...we made no rules about rest. This was because the guys that made the rules are experienced precision air rifle BR shooters and know there is no actual accuracy advantage to any of the setups in air rifle. Disallowing something would only serve to inconvenience the dedicated guys that keep the game going. The inexperienced guys come and go. Most people will never stay in the game long enough to be competitive.



Tethering is another subject that comes under false judgement. Some new shooters believe that there is somehow a score advantage to tethering your rifle to a big tank. The advantage is that you don't have to refill your rifle and can shoot all day without worrying about that. I've heard many say that they wish they could tether but can't afford the expense of an external regulator. Well, guess what? You don't need an external regulator to tether a gun with an internal regulator. All you need is an external tank that has a higher pressure than your internal regulator....but not higher than the safe fill limit of your rifle. If you can fill your rifle to 250 bar....then you can tether a 250 bar external tank and shoot until the pressure in the big tank goes below the internal regulator pressure. Everything you need to do this is already owned by pretty much every pcp owner. Don't expect your scores to go up when you start tethering unless you were prone to shooting below your internal regulator pressure, before. Your enjoyment factor will increase, though.



How about remote triggers? Man, those things are so unfair. Let's look at the reality of this for a bit. First off, we should examine the top scores and see what kind of trigger system they used. In the pellet class, all of the top club scores and national champions used a mechanical trigger. Wait, how can this possibly be? Well, it's clearly because it doesn't actually provide an accuracy advantage over operating a mechanical trigger on the rifle. The guns that have the remote trigger (Thomas) are the same guns that have the mechanical triggers that have shot higher scores.... by the very same people. In reality the remote trigger guns are equally as accurate...but certainly not more accurate. The remote triggers are a convenient way of firing the gun from a comfortable position. That's the big advantage....however, that big advantage doesn't show up on the target.



Lastly, we have the very common "he's not even touching the gun" comment. This one is hard to figure out because anyone can decide to not touch their gun if they want to. Often the first comment is followed up with something about how if the shooters cheek, hands, and shoulder isn't on the gun than they aren't really shooting it. In BR....There are no extra points for someone that hangs on to their rifle. There are no points deducted from someone that doesn't. The game of precision BR was invented to showcase the most accurate rifles. The job of the shooter is to manage his equipment and read the wind to make the best holdoff.... which will make the most of the rifle...every shot. Air rifle BR is not about who can hold the rifle still and interact with it the most. The guys that have the most accurate rifles and the best wind reading skills win...always.



N50 could change the rules to disallow mechanical rests, remote triggers, tethering...and require the shooter to make cheek, shoulder, and hand contact with the gun. This could possibly attract a bunch of new shooters. The problem is that the exact same guys with the exact same rifles will still be at the top of the leaderboard...and eventually the new shooters will figure that out and leave anyway. Most people don't stay very long in precision BR because it's very difficult to be competitive with those that have put in the effort. That's the bottom line.



If you don't compete in precision BR because you don't have the fancy support equipment and believe that you cannot be competitive without it....you are not seeing the real picture. If you stay in the game long enough to become competitive...you will come to the realization that everything I've written above is spot on.



Mike

alsafe tank carbon fiber m18x1.5 threads 500cc

Since this is me complainimg about a brand I am not going to put it in feedback. I just need y'all to be my counselor, teacher, priest, dad, whatever. Just listen to me beech about this and I will feel much better.
Here we go

American Defense Accu-tac? Accu-tec? Whatever. Please ..... screw them .....shoes in better! Lol

$500, or there abouts, on the newer F-class bipod and I need new tires on it a month later. Less than 100 shots and I lost a rubber footy in the woods.

Now there is a man who has done a better job than I ever could ripping a company for something similar. And he spent $900.

Not sure if this is just my opinion, but after a week of watching countless videos on thermal monoculars, and scopes from different companies like AGM, Pulsar, Mileseey, and ATN. I believe ALL thermal scopes should come with LRF. It doesn't make sense to not have it, I understand a monocular having it as an option as you could be use a monocular for whatever you want, not every that wants to see things clearly at night wants to hunt. But everyone looking for a thermal scope is 100% looking to hunt or perform pest control.

Has anyone disassembled one of these? If so, is there a way to make it so you don't have to push in on it to open and Close? I have noticed that when I want to shut it off in a Hurry that if it's not just right, it locks up until you get it in the right groove to turn? lol Or would it rquire replacing it with a different Valve?

Barely shot includes everything to get started and more. Let me know if you have a trade, Ideally M3/M4 I can add cash for the right deal.

This Benjamin Armada Semi Automatic in .22 cal, equipped with a Hawke Airmax 30 SF 6-24 scope, fitted with suppressor and includes a brand new never used hand pump, 3 magazines, all manuals and spares.

Super reliable, the semi auto is amazingly fast for followup shots, this shoots super accurately and with the sidewinder stop it is fast to focus at different distances.

The rifle is less than a year old, I prefer shooting my FX airgun so this has just been kept in my gun safe.

$1000

New in the Box. This is my extra one I bought. Asking $125 shipped PayPal F&F. Any questions just ask.