You can strip with baking soda really well. Especially down in the checkering. They make little airbrush blasters that do insanely good stripping in tiny places. If you get the media and pressure right it's very aggressive on the finish but hardly touches the wood. You can easily take out any blasting marks with 320 grit with a quick once over.

The soda blasters are cheap (harbor freight) and do a great job at a lot of things from erasing graffiti to headlight lenses. It won't raise the grain on wood at all if your careful.

Eastwood has little airbrush size blasters that can be used with a template for texturing and etching with Silicon or ceramic media too.

I have a .177 Hatsan Jet 2.
I placed an M4 washer on the valve stem.
The washer will restrict the air flow.
It will give you lower power but a longer and flatter shot string.

Uglyjohn said:

From what I read on the Brit airgun sites, even they have a hard time getting hold of him. Beautiful work though! Uj

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True and true

Impact701 said:

This is what I use

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I have a TJ3 that I just bought a month later the large gauge blew out the oil plug no clue why I called them and that evening they had a new one on the way no complaints about there service

mattitude138 said:

Just got the new notos from Pyramyd. works like a charm! Thanks for the advice guys.

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We live for numbers and pictures. How much distance can you get, 20' is nothing, barely 7 yards. Good enough to make sure the scope is on right, imho.

DeanB said:

Easy would be 5 minutes, a pain in the A@# is 25 minutes. You have to do more to swap cocking lever then you do to tune the gun or at least adjust reg up/hammer spring.

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I guess it's all relative. I was just saying there are a lot more complicated tasks with airguns than this. Adjusting the reg takes more time if you do it right as you'll likely be taking the reg out at least a few times while tuning.

The small o-ring on the exposed end of the regulator is a real challenge to put back on -it did stop the leak around the regulator threads but I had to make a little tool to slide the o-ring onto the end of the regulator. The o-ring was in the kit that came with the gun.

My gun started leaking worse and worse after about 1000 rounds and I am going through it but not having much success - many of the o-rings in the gun are dried out, nearly square and break into pieces when you try to remove them.

Its leaking into the barrel at this point and I think that's the last leak - probably the poppet valve - should have just changed it when it was apart but it looked ok. Lots of the screws look like they were damaged with too small screwdrivers - I'm wondering if Theis we even a new gun at this point.

I also had it blow a burst disk at about 3800 PSI - waiting for replacements -

Had loan of Centercut's .22, R3 shooting Daystate Howlers or NSA 20.2gr, .217 slugs. WOW! Just WOW! Amazing shooter. SOLID gun!

Had a similar problem with my new Fac Mk4 Impact. The first shot is always 20 to 25 FPS slower than the rest of the string. Throws all of the performance figures out of the window! Take it out and the standard deviation is always 5 to 8 FPS, which is excellent. AND that first shot drop in FPS made not a scrap of difference in accuracy at my 43 metre zero set up. IMHO don't go chasing the figures unless they are excessive. I understand FX are looking to resolve this first shot problem asap.

I have not gone downstairs to look. Can you add on to the bolt to allow a better purchase on it? Been thinkin on doing that to my Crosman 2028 it's hard to cock at high power. The bolt of the Crosman would allow screwing on a bigger "handle" did not look at how Hatsan makes the bolt on the Blitz.

Gerry52 said:

Did you go to FX Airguns, click on SUPPORT, go to diagrams/drawings & click Panthera? Might help. Trigger shouldn't have to be "reset" during 1st stage. Spring should reset Trigger blade just by letting go.

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Yes, I did. They only show parts diagrams. They don't show how the parts work together. What I'm trying to get is a drawing of the parts in a gun to see how the mechanism works. I also sent a email to them asking if they have a drawing showing the parts in the gun showing how they work. This is going to be difficult one. Thank you for the response.

Last Saturday, David Read and I shot a field target match hosted by the Largo Salado (Dry Lake) Field Target Club. The club’s spark plug is Chris Ruano, and he did a wonderful job setting up and running the match. Dave and I drove down from Pocatello, Idaho the morning of the match and it was well worth the 2 ½ hour drive, and the Salt Lake traffic, to get there.

Largo Salado is a new club, 2024 is their second year. They have come a long way from start up to the quality match that we saw. They will close for the winter, it gets cold here, but if you are with in striking distance of the Salt Lake airport you owe it to yourself to take in one of their matches next year. I know I will. There are a few targets with which I have a score to settle.

The Largo Salado Field Target Club held the match at the Lee Kay Public Shooting Range. Lee Kay is new and operated by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. It is so new that it does not show up on many satellite photos. So, go to their site to have a good look.

Ron

I have not visited NAM, i read a lot about the place and the war down there, no place for the weak for damn sure.

I like to visit but a flight that long, i will now have to ask that it be NOT undertaken in a tourist seat, CUZ my back are not as good as it use to be.
Actually last long distance flight i took Kuala Lumpur to Paris the therapist of a squad of gymnasts took pity on me and gave me a free adjustment on the floor of the plane.
And that was in 1991 when my back was,,,,, much better.

Those 10 - 16 hour plane flights,,,,, murder on me.

I did visit the graves for WW1 and WW2 near Normandy back in the late 80ties, and i left every Franc and Kronor i had on me on headstones there.
During WW1 many Danes died in the German army, not CUZ they was traitors but Germany took a chunk of Denmark in 1864 ( a bad time we share with the Americans at war with them self at the time )
After WW1 we got a little bit back, we was offered to get it all, but a ( some say benevolent ) King and government insisted there be a election, and most wanted to be Germans, and i assume years later regretted that.
But we got a little back.

The Germans during WW2 called Denmark " the whip cream front" as things was easy up here VS other places, but dont you go thinking Danes just sat on their hands during those years.
Some even choose to die when they attacked the border, but not many CUZ it was a Goliath VS ant scenario.

One Dane went west to assist his friend make the Atom bomb ( Niels Bohr )

Vetmx said:

I have Airmax SF 30 scopes and the 3-16 S-tac. The Hawkes are good. I don’t like the short eye relief on my 12x Hawke. I like the S-tac just a little more but the reticle gets a little tough to see in low light. With the Hawkes I can just illuminate them. If you are always shooting in good light then go with the Sightron. If not, I think the Hawke might suit you just fine. And save some coin.

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They have illuminated S-Tacs as well

I have to agree, I didn't see any airgun related sales worth buying.

Ezana4CE said:

@Devink I forgot to ask, which digital scope are you using in the video?

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Its a dnt zulus 3-12 Not a good example though because of lighting and it is cropped. it looks much better in person.

Thank you Mike, Rod, Dave, Brian, Troy, Trevor and anyone else I may be forgetting who made this season possible.
Wind on the competition range is always tricky, but the 50 yard pistol range was insane. I had a great time and if time permits we should have one more FT shooter hooked.

See you soon.

Gunnertrones said:

Sure you dont mix it up with the Burris 2-7?

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? Maybe?

Appreciate everyone's input!
Tomorrow I'll be knocking off early to pick up my new 98!


And some pvc pipe and sandpaper

Ya. Go to a tool store and grab this then you can check yours

https://www.amazon.com/ChgImposs-Im...731327417&s=industrial&sr=1-3&ts_id=256422011

I was still looking on that guide thread sizing ..lol. Still nothing

I guess if they tell you they'll have to kill you before you can spill the beans

It seems like the air gauge is stuck. I filled up the rifle and it fired. I want to replace the gauge but I don't know what types of threads it would take?

Asher said:

Usually I have both my tank and my gx cs4 compressor

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Unfortunately, I set my CS4 up at home that makes it “not so portable”. I I get a tank, I’ll likely need a DOT stamped one.

Anything I should be aware of when using my CS4 to fill a larger tank? The filter setup I’ve got adds some time for me to fill my 580cc tank from ~120 to ~275…

manabeknives said:

If you have an idea of what projectile you want to use, this is what I was told.
Select the highest fps that you are going to be firing ie...22 cal shooting a 25.39g @950 fps
Once you have the correct speed, bottom out the hammer spring so that it stops firing
adjust up on the hammer spring until the rifle is firing again, then turn the wheel a 1/2 rotation
you are set to go
unless you are using a heavier projectile at a higher speed..no need to retune for lighter pellets

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Thanks I just got got 1500 slap slugs 26gr. Got regular set at 135 I’m getting 1025fps average think I’m got to back off a little grouping 2” at 85yrds thanks for the information

Contndr35BB said:

Worried , hope you had no issues from the storm. I'm with you on the hobby . I'm retired now almost 4 yrs. Most folks thought I'd get some equipment & start my own business ( excavation/grading) after retirement. HA , I've only done one small job knocking an old stone chimney down for a nephew and beefing up his camp driveway w/ rented machines. That kind of "stuff" interferes w/ my shooting / pesting time !

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Well, three tall pines in wooded lot next to me are leaning bad but not threatening if they go. No power for three days, 5500w Powermate generator took care of business. North of Tampa so tropical storm force winds only, not hurricane, ten miles inland so no storm surge issues. Still, no fun going thru it, price to pay for living here. Ideal time for hobby runs now till rainy season in Spring, feels good to be on this side of it. WM

bowopt said:

Interesting. How do you set the pin probe length correctly?

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That depends on what rifle you have. For an Impact and Huma pin probe there isnt really any adjustment. There are other brand pin probes that have adjustable pins like the FX version. Or if you have a Wildcat/Maverick you can adjust the cocking assembly a little bit to move the whole probe, but can run into magazine fitment issues.