K1 owners post 2020. Have you found dish or flat based slugs work best ? Or the same?
I have been using dish based NSA's which work great. However, the choices for dish based slugs are limited... I have noticed more options for flat. Just checking before I bought some more.... thank you!

Hi zerochance. I'm finding that I'm probably not the best person to be looking for a lightweight hunting scope. I'm not a hunter. Your typical 60-yard range is about what my minimum range would be since I'm shooting still targets and I'm always trying to hit at farther and farther distances. I'm usually shooting at magnifications of 18x to 24x with a scope that has reticle marks every 0.2 mil. When I look at pictures of lower magnification scopes and see reticle markings at only 0.5 mil I tend to dismiss it, but it might be perfect for hunting.

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And I actually didn’t see the inside numbers until you said something.

I have one in .20 cal, 20 fpe from the factory. It’s shooting 13.73 grain JSBs @ 825 fps ish. I’m taking out invasive south Florida decent sized iguanas out to 30 yards with no problems.

I purchased one in 22 cal and thought it pretty weak so bought a 177 barrel which helped with velocity. I too haven't shot mine in years. I need the plastic foregrip for mine. I haven't really looked for parts but imagine they are scarce. I never was impressed with the Tempest. I expected a bit more power, wanting to use it for a tackle box gun but my expectations was too high for this model I believe.

Yea and verily. I consider myself a vast repository of more or less useless information but acquiring it has been my lifetime passion.

Revoman said:

"20 lbs? Kind of heavy!"
I would think that is the total shipping weight with the box, foam and rifle included.

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Hernia belt is included. THAT adds little weight.

Temesvar said:

With the exchange, may be same price. Here is a video of how-to. Stop at about 3:45 min. in the video.
That plate swings out, no need to remove the trigger housing. At least mine Gen. 3 did swing out after
removing the two screws. No need to have a spring compressor. 10 min. job

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Thanks!

Yes definitely. Just for fun this year I took some shots at 5 yards, just to see what the holdover was.
then about a week later while hunting, I happened upon a squirrel that close. I would have missed if I hadn’t just practiced that shot.

so you never know.

plus any trigger time is good for muscle memory.

You will need at least .65" to clear the stock .177 mag. Carm is your friend when it comes to extra mags. I have high capacity and low capacity 13 rd and 10 rd from Carm. Medium rings should give you the right amount of height. Mine are sports match 1" rings. A 3-4" mod is all that is needed to tame the bark. Mine wears a 30mm 2 section huma. The barrel pretty much ends where the shroud stops so it does very little to reduce the sound signature.

You know this is aea hp standard right ? Upgraded for sure. That’s not a bad thing at all ….. I’d call this a gen 3 Hp carbine

Even though I have one I kinda want this too …..

Well, for the 2240 adapter in today. The adapter allowed me to get a DonnyFL Tanto on it (just barely) but I can’t fill the gun. It would require actually removing the adapter completely to fill, as the adapter is super close to the full nipple.

Sooo, just emailed TKO to find out if their setup would allow me to leave the moderator on the gun and still be able to fill it.

@Plinkalot
I suggest searching the “Optics” forum for threads with answered to some of your questions. I don’t have this scope, but have seen several threads asking some similar questions.

c_m_shooter said:

I had the old chairgun. The machine that had it is no longer functional. I have not found a replacement yet. Are these any good?

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I think they are great apps.

CanMike said:

Thanks for the reply guys.

Also the gauge on regulator actually is not a regulator gauge but measures the pressure in the plenum, correct?

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That depends entirely on how your gun is made. If it has two guages, then one gauge will be for the air tank fill pressure and the other gauge will be for the plenum (which will be showing what the regulator is set at).

VA have a brand new video on tuning the M4 too.

I'm getting away from youtube and videos in general. I'll search for something specific and quickly check my (few) subscriptions but don't surf any more.

The lure of easy youtube money has spawned millions of "creators" who don't know what they are talking about. It's just not worth the time to try to sort out the bull$hit. I feel bad for newbies watching these false "experts" who are only interested in likes and subscriptions to "grow the channel".

Can understand that knowledgeable creators are getting overwhelmed by the wannabes and are backing off.

That was ingenious! Glad things are back on track.

My opinion about your scenario.......use a powder burner. Even a 22LR would be a better choice than a GK1 for hunting hogs.

I think the Daystate Huntsman Revere, the AA S510 series, and the FX DRS would be my top 3 picks. If you can track down the DRS Deluxe I think thats what I would be most drawn to.

One thing to keep in mind is that most all pellets will not like to be pushed too hard or too fast. The common fps cap recommendation for pellets is 850-880. Some pellets in some setups with some tunes will do well at faster speeds, but that is not the norm.

The air charge your pcp releases to push a pellet matters too. If the air charge is too aggressive even at slow speeds, you can disrupt flight out of the muzzle.

Some of us run very fast pellet speeds for hunting purposes, but there are drawbacks. For example my M3 Impact is setup to push 22Cal Hades at about 990fps right now. I get good groups out to about 60yds, but then the pellets veer off and really open up my groups. If I wanted to get a pellet out further I would choose a heavier pellet, slow it down, and tune for max accuracy.

Pellets are very very sensitive and have terrible ballistic properties. They can spiral through the air like a plane missing a wing, or randomly take a right turn etc. They like being lobbed gently toward your target, and can provide some terrific accuracy if you treat them right. So when deciding for a target tune and fps, its good to understand how pellets act/react.

Kola said:

My office is taking shape slowly but surely.

Saturday I spent some time making a gun rack for my current favourites.
This morning I re-arranged some if the shelves in the cupboard behind me to accommodate all sorts of shooting related stuff, my old bar fridge and my 3D printer.

It is small, but it is mine.

It remains a work in progress.

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all the things!

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Do you guy keep a log of settings/tunes for your favorite pellets and uses?

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Yes, even for the breakbarrels, at least to record what holds and pellets I've tried. Very quickly I realized I'd forget things. I use a lab type notebook with gridded pages; office max/depot/staples has them, soft-bound. If I have to go back and look something up, I also record it in a table of contents, because if I looked once, I'll probably look again. Next to actually shooting the gun, the notes have been most helpful.