orangeokie said:

Don't look at this thread . . .

Is the fx impact the worst investment and resale values?

So we spending thousands on the fx impact. It comes stock at $2100-2199. Then we spend around another thousand on aftermarket. Then when it's time to resale, you cant even sell the impact at $1000 lmao. This is crazy. The fx impact imo is the worst value and resale gun of all time. With other...

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I could really care less about the negative B.S. to each there own if this gun blew up in my hands i will just buy another one that simple.

I haven't shot HFT yet so I'm trying to learn. But I like my 19 fpe P35-177 for pesting around the house. It's taken 14 squirrels for me so far with only one lost because I hit it in the ass. I also have taken 17 with a 22 caliber Prod tuned to about the same fpe. I see essentially no difference in the results between these guns. I do see a little more margin in my 30-50 fpe pcps but a gun around 20 fpe works fine as long as you place the pellet properly, 177 or 22.

Stumbled upon this Crosman service manual on eBay. It teaches you how to service 30+ Crosman models. These were the Crosman guns that gave Crosman its awesome reputation for building quality airguns. Back when “made in America” meant MADE in America (not just assembled!). An ode to the good ol’ days.

Looking forward to picking up the Red panda. Soon as it's available.
Will there be any price changes? Hopefully not. If it increases it will make the choice for some other rifles in play. I truly hope Karma is able to retain the price it was.
Thanks!

So anyway, THIS grandpa had fun working on this and learned a lot! Here's some of the stuff I did...

1. Snugged up the loose front sight, with the help of a thin brass shim (and KWK's tips).
2. Touched up the barrel's scraped-up blueing with Brownell's Oxpho-Blue. This stuff is a revelation - easy to use, looks GREAT.
3. New breech seal courtesy of the previous owner, still working great.
4. The thin wood and shallow steel cup at the front attachment screw are IMHO a weak point of this old design - the deeper fore end on newer guns is much better. I repaired a hairline crack, fortified the inletting around the cup with thin superglue, and used a cork shim under the screw bracket to (theoretically) distribute the load equally.
5. Reconditioned the leather piston seal with an overnight soak in Motorhead's silicone/neatsfoot mix. The leather sprung back nicely and is sealing well so far.
6. Cleaned out the gobs of ancient moly grease mucking up the action.
7. Installed a Maccari spring and guide and buttoned the rear of the piston. Sparingly lubed with moly on the seal sides and piston rear, and a VERY thin coat of tar on the center 2/3 of the spring.
8. Removed open rear sight and added a period-correct "ARH 624" WIlliams peep. Fit was loose and slightly canted, but a sliver of .003 brass shim in one dovetail fixed it, and let me move it rearward to a better location.
9. Took off the ugly sling swivels, cleaned and waxed the stock (rear swivel stud still looks better than a hole in the wood though!).



Done fooling with it for now! Will post some numbers after I've shot it in a bit, but between the holidays and the weather that might be a while.

Ranchibi said:

Wonderful hunt and shooting! Nice pics

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Thanks

Airgun-hobbyist said:

Here's an interactive map that you can use all around the country to find a range.

Home - Find Shooting Ranges Near You | Where To Shoot

www.wheretoshoot.org

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wow. if this is up to date, you might have just helped me locate a shooting club 2 miles from my house.

Sacrebleu ! And with the Montgolfier brothers on the butt stock in their 1783 balloon.

Walk closer ??

Shot Competition for years, multi venues. Equipment changes sometimes needed to ascend to next level , rule changes, or just to remain competitive. Air rifles at present are like the computers years back when things were changing so fast in that market.

OutdoorEDventure said:

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Hawki Thunder .25cal 33.94gr.
Pretty cool Election Day shoot results.

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Nice love thebway those flattened out.

BSA had a few scope rails that were 14

well new FX M4 on the way m8 imposter lol

A standard set of rings is all you need. Medium height for a small scope. Tall for a bigger objective. A big scope is really not much use on that platform. It gets in the way of loading, and the dragon claw is basically a 50 yard deer/pig gun.

I will. I just thought someone here may have had the answer. Thanks again.

Well, I own a 97.9% gun, Jefferson State Raptor. Scope is a Arkin so....the slight deduction.

Remember P-Nut

Well on the way home from work the traffic was still a bit busy, but I still got a couple though. I'm surprised how many are still out there.


Not all was the preferred corrugated plastic. But when traffic is zooming by, there is no way I'm going to pick thru them, at least until I got home.



Somebody asked me if I was finally going to pick all of them up in the area. I was like "Uh, I'm just doing my part to clean up some of this stuff, funny how people put this stuff up, never thinking who is going to clean up after them huh?" They gave me a thumbs up and kept on walking.

Allen

Super nice!

Got the step pin made it has .005 taper on end to allow for tap fit and lock up, I will depth check it to make sure it doesn't go into internals. When I eventually pull gun down I'll match drill and ream locations for both bases. I was impressed yesterday I put 2 shots a 1/2" apart at 50 yards just leaning on shop door in the end of a PC.
of firewood. I stopped didn't wanna blow the 3rd shot.

Thank you, I noticed that as well. What had happened on original was previous owner had screwed sling mount into front of stock then mounted bipod to the sling mount. The screw pulled out of stock and cracked the end of the stock

Stormin-Normin said:

I’ve just ordered a HW97K, but I am also interested in the TX200. I would like to know what specifically helped you make your decision? I would have bought the .177 but not sure which model. For Me the most important thing is accuracy out at 50 yard target shooting.

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Thanks for you reply. What made me pick the TX200 over the HW97K in the end is the fact that it is easier to strip apart, that globally people tend to say the esthetics are a little better (blueing, stock finish etc) and that being British I feel I'm helping a British manufacturer. You are paying more in the end (I think ~150€) so it wasn't an easy decision because the HW97 seems absolutely excellent.

Maybe in a couple of years I'll treat myself to a HW97K and I will be able to compare them myself. I've got to admit I really really like the HW97 special edition (with the black and red laminate stock) and had it been a bit cheaper I think I'd have bought that instead because I find it looks absolutely awesome...
There's absolutely no way on earth meanwhile that I'll pay 1350€ for the Ultimate springer TX200, I can't justify throwing that much money at rifle I'm going to be using for fun...

I hope you enjoy your Weihrauch I'm sure you won't regret it.

Dr said a beer a day is good for your health, I then told him the other 6 are for morale.

When i got my Epoch, i went by the recommendations of others and never really tested it out for myself
In the past, i was timid to try out different settings in fear that i could not get back to my original, but this fear has been calmed by the ease of adjusting a Skout rifle..especially if it has digital gauges.
I have normally been running my Epoch with JTS 22.07g pellets, flying @970fps on a 27 dwell. HPR-1500 LPR 190
I am using a highly polished Lothar Walther Bull barrel
With this system, i did well at EBR. scoring in the top 20 for 50yard benchrest.

for the testing, i started with a lower fps of 950-960 and adjusted the dwell setting to 16. Take 5 shots at the bullseye
Move to next target, raise the dwell by 2 and take 5 more shots...Just like Bill described
These were shots1-8, including the sighter on the right side.

On shots 3rd row, sighter-sighter, were shot@970-975 fps

the 4th row, i revisited the settings at 22 and 20 ..target 20 being the best so i kept those settings for row 5....not quite the same as target 20..but good



I went back to the range the next day to try out some more settings.
I wanted to do a row of 5 shots after seeing what happend the day before on the final row
I looked at the previous days results and started with 950fps ..looking for consistency
each row was shot with a different dwell setting-5 shots per target
Pellets were weighed

Will try some more next week
Mike

I have a 20% coupon for and could get the Avenger Bullpup II (2) in .25 for $369 to the door.

Are there any other powerful bullpups for a similar price that'd be better? More shots / fill?

I have a regular Avenger but it's so long. Wanting shorter. I see the XM1 Bull Shark is getting hype but it doesn't seem as powerful and isn't available on the site.

What's max FPE people get out of a stock .25 Avenger? Is 60 FPE possible?

I could get a tube version of the collapsing stock Avenge X .25 for $482 to the door. Idk if I'd wanna shell out $113 more bucks for another long gun.. And they don't sell the bullpup Avenge X for some reason.

Thanks!

jdanvers said:

I have a number of dairy farm permissions that I shoot pigeons and starlings at (mostly). I get some woodchucks at them too in the warmer weather. I generally leave crows alone as they tend to act as my "cleanup crew". ( they pick apart / carry off / eat the dead pigeons ) One of the property owners once asked my why I passed up on them - he was cool with that. As others have mentioned - they are very intelligent.

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If theyre not being problems I will try and shoo them away before a shoot is needed. Rodents starlings and pigeons are on-sight tho. Raccoons just entered the menu since there's a gang rooting up lawns for grubs. I'm unsure if raccoons are like crows, where you cap one of them in front of their homies and they don't come back for a year.