Decided since they discontinued the Marlin 60 rifle, I would spruce mine up a bit.

Got a Boyd's thumbhole stock for it and put my BSA sweet 22 6-18x40 scope on top mounted with a cantilever BKL mount.

Danish sharp shooter Rikke Mæng Ibsen was triumphant in India in the 50 M / 3 positions discipline world cup final.
Runner up a Norwegian girl and the 3 spot was taken by a Chinese shooter.
The winning score was 466,2, i assume out of a 500 MAX ???

Rikke pretty happy having only manage a 14 spot at the Olympics.



Rikke is shooting a Walther LG500.



There are also Danish participation in the 2 Skeet finals on Thursday.

Oneleaf NV500, shooting 13 grain Zan 75 M with a Epic Two with mountain range shaped shoestring, and still NO problem.

Yes i am holding here, at this time i was dialed in for 55 M. 30 M - 80 M and 93 M distances was also satisfying.

I got a new bench with a WALL!

A lot more space so I can keep 2 each of parts on the table now and I can keep the big tanks on the table as well.

Sweet!

Agonizing day trying invane to install a singe GD O-ring.

Things got better though.

THEFT....My Custom 22 Condor was stold from under my carport.. Im on crutchs today and wanted to go squirell hunting..I couldnt do the steps with the airgun so i left under the carport..I live off the road rural location..I leave quad weed wacker various tools i use there frequentely.. My neighbor s on meth staying at his dads house.. So i guess he had the balls to walk up and steal it...Anyways he is brazen.....This condor has a custom doug noble valve and a 12 twist .222 barrell..I live in Perryopolis PA If this comes up for sale let me know.. It the one in mu profile post with squirrel

I was at the recycling yard today with about 20 -30 years worth of accumulated paper.

Almost threw out some of my history.

The Bar on MT Torm Kristina, behind it the pool, in the bar more seats then needed for the 17 man crew. ( that is counting every single soul on the ship )



Part of the Bridge.



Looking back from the front of the ship.
On the very left is a " torpedo " it is a pressure release valve from the cargo tanks, i assume you have seen when tanker trucks get under a vacuum or for that matter too much pressyre,,,,,, you do NOT want to super size that.



Looking forward from up high on Monkey island ( that's above the wheelhouse )



The manifold where our cargo went in / out, i think never used at its full capacity, or for that matter even half of it.
Connected with a single 8" hose normally and running 1 pump it took a couple of days to empty the ship, pumping 24/7.
Took the same time filling the ship.



Engineer at work,,,,, guess who have to clean up their mess.



Down in " the hole" where i normally roamed.
Me tearing into a Centrifuge / or if you like filter in laymen terms.



The two fresh water generators on the ship, boiling sea water in a vacuum using the main engine heat, output = fresh water and a NASTY brine.



The engine top looking back at a few of the Cylinders ( tops ) on the Right.
In the background a spare Cylinder liner bottom part of the pushrod, and a spare piston on the top part of a piston rod.
On the Left some spare Cylinder heads ( these are not tightened with tongue wrench like a car head would be, you pull the threaded rod ( about 2" in diameter ) that hold them long with hydraulics and then you hand tighten the nut, and then release the pull on the boldt )

There is also a spare exhaust valve somewhere, i know cuz we had to replace one while adrift in the Indian Ocean, the seat on one of those suckers, almost the size of a LP record.
Burned a hole in / by the seat, almost big enough to put your pinkie finger thru.

This engine topped out around 90 - 100 RPM, but we mostly ran around 80 something RPM, enough HP / torque to snap something really big.



This is back in 1991, before age set in,and my government ruined my dreams and mental health.

BTW the pictures was developed in Japan, by two girls in a photo shop, very giddy girls, i think they have naver seen a Gaijin that good looking before.
A few hours later with a belly full of Kobe steak - Japanese beer, and of course " warm Sake " i picked up my developed film, and the girls had calmed down.

Still think of that day, every time i get to Kill bill chapter 4 ( the Hattori Hanzo scene that always give me goosebumps )

Finally all coming together with custom 22 Condor. .225 Powder Coat Lee 55 grain Slug 930 fps.. First squirrel in ten years.. Thanks to my friends on airgun nation make possible..

Well... We lived. It was a bit dicey for a while. A broken gas line nearly took the house before I was able to shut it off. Luckily no trees fell on us. Our neighbors weren't so lucky. Eight houses here have trees on them.

My new sight.

Al(oletomcat) would like a list of who is going to attend the Fall Classic funshoot so that he can plan the food accordingly. Either let him know through the link on the agn calendar or drop me a message.

Finally luck with the CHazsel 12 twist .222 barrel with 55 grain and 47 grain .225 slugs..Slugs shoot at 930 fps for 55 and 975 for the 47 grain..Any higher pressure accuracy everywhere..Slugs not stable supersonic..Im learning

Having a nice day off, spending time on the shop. Weather is still nice, highs in the 80-90's and nights in the low 60's. It turns out that the laser and the lathe are complimentary in my shop. I turn material while the laser is busy. Keeps my cookie snatchin' hands off the parameters while the laser machine is busy laser machinin'.

From the Palm Springs of Washington.

Hunting for squirrels and I see multiple deer. Hunting for deer and I see a ton of squirrels.
I'm not allowed to have multiple weapons while hunting here, so it's archery only until the freezer is full of deer meat.

To the squirrels I say,"I SEE YOU! Your luck won't last forever."

I almost gave up on my Chazsel .222 12 twist barrels for my condor builds..At first 55 grain and 45 grain arenal hitting sideways..I had the power turned up??Anyways bought some 36 .223 NSA slugs...They would stablize and only shoot on the low end ,,everything turned town 2500 psi..So for the heck of it I tried the 47 and 55 grain slugs..With everything turned down they are stablizeing..This valve has the power,,but anything super sonic crazy inaccuate and unstable.. Im learning..Getting a 9 twist .223 barrel soon!!!

I built a 20 ton press with a 12V powerpack about a decade ago and while its very strong, its very slow due to the huge cylinder and it makes production too slow to be useable.

I inherited a second press that's half the size and has a cylinder half the diameter so that will increase the cycle time by X3.

Cool?

The powerpack was bad so I bought a new one and this one has a 2 button pendant that I hate and I'm going to swap that out for a 2 position joystick. Or so I thought.

Problem is, it's a 4 wire switch, a 2 position 4 NO is needed but one does not exist at affordable prices. I had to build my own.

Days at the shot shed.
Yesterday dispensed of some pellets nice and easy, then packed my rifle as sun set and M8 brought night scope mounted Gamo arrow, and soon a big fat rat was history.

Getting cold at night 10 deg C or less, but with oven going nice and warm in the shot shed.
Not super warm, we both agree that come really cold, the diesel heater will have to come into play too.
But last night, no one was freezing while in the shed with 2 lanes ( shudders ) open for business.



You have to really speed up the old fat guys to get any movement.


Today i got on dispensing the last few pellets, and then changed to 13gr slugs.
5 shot groups @ 30 M shooting barracuda match average 907 fps.
Not particular nice groups, i have seen much better with other pellets.



Naturally in the shot shed, everyone is a VIP, and so you get the full VIP treatment.
so today at noon i got a order of fries to go with the peas i shoot.



Not long after, STOP !!!!!!!! said the valve in the Two as it developed a slow leak from the valve.

Ahh all done rebuilding yong heng 8 th time...Couldnt sleep last night changed piston in a half hour..On the road again another 8-10 refils on my scba tanks....

Trying to muster up the courage to rebuild the old yong heng for the 8 th time in 3 years..I keep the tools to rebuild right beside compressor..No need to put away..lol .It usually needs a new piston after the 8-12 fill on scba tanks..IT costs30.00 for new piston gasket..30 min time to rebuild..So i guess its worth it...

Just bumping this up. Not sure if it actually is getting the word out or if it should go under "General."

On Monday we started Diarrhea Awareness Week. Runs until Friday.

Super happy to try some NSA 36 grain .223 slugs in my 12 twist chazsel barrels for my custom condor builds..I just shot one to see if i needed to size..AND super sonic...ill chronograph tomm..ill bet 1300 fps...ill try a subsonic amd super sonic load. fingers crossed i like something to go pa squirrel hunting with

Just sitting here watch geese fly in formation. And did you ever why one side of the V is usually longer than the other side?


There's more geese on the long side!