Come have some fun and learn from experienced spring gun shooters.

BTW, if you have an assortment of O-rings and metal washers, it’s pretty easy to improvise a Dowty seal.

O-ring slightly thicker than the washer. Drill or file the washer so it hugs the O-ring. Done.

Vetmx said:

That’s how I tightened the last bit out of my POI vs POA. I played with the speed first. Then out of desperation I adjusted what was entered as scope height. After a little BC, speed and height adjustments I got it dialed.

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Nice, I finally solved my issue with the Thermnight which was the same as yours. Except I was incorrectly measuring from barrel to thermal lens rather than digital lens I could've saved hours of time last week and ammo.

I’ll be there.

when the Bulldog first came out, i sent one to pitbull for the carbine power build.
it was a ground shaker for sure when you pulled the trigger !
it loved the polymags and took many whitetail and hogs with them.
we used a jack russell for tracking in our swamps, he was needed because
the polymag would expand and not pass thru and did not cause a large blood trail.
was shooting them around 1025fps with good consistent accuracy.
then began shooting 125gr aero magnum solid slugs for better blood trails.

i have one with the now-unrecommended tungsten hammer. At 170bar, i am shooting 65 and 70gr slugs around 980 to 1000fps. It is getting around 140fpe. I guess now they recommend a (brass?) hammer with an 8mm long weight at the end for high power - are you looking at that, or the tungsten hammer?

TnCnDn said:

Which one, old style or most recent?

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id say old style it is a 2020 model...

OK, Thanks

Bighun - Thank you - I found that diagram earlier today, have a 100 70’s and 50 90’s inbound from oringsandmore.com. Cost a whopping 3 bucks….

Tomatoes Tomatoes.

Gmairgns said:

Here is photos of those Straight Shooters pellet samplers that I have.View attachment 550465View attachment 550466

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Oh that’s super cool

My TXEDM042 will fill 6.8l in around 45 minutes dry to 4500psi. About 75 minutes for a 9l. Top off 3000 to 4500 on the 6.8l is 15 minutes.
The M042 has the dual filter, one side is liquid collection the other final dry and clean.
Auto shut off

There is a model with built in water reservoir and radiator.

L.Leon said:

Before the BRKs stole my heart through performance. The Gamo Urban and Artemis pp700sa did the bulk of my pesting. Heck the pp700sa was my number one rat killer. More kills combined than all my BRKs… The pictured 1701p is murder on them at close range. The single shot loading is the only downside.

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PP750 is my favorite go to for barn pesting....Love that unit!

Ranchibi said:

Oh man! Sorry about the mislabel! You'll get a Krait ordered soon

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Hopefully sooner rather than later.

Jedi2020 said:

Good question. Short answer is I don't know. That's why I am posting to see anyone has tried it. What's your primary unit? Just curious.

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I have a Westhunter WHT 3-12x44 on my Pathfinder XR and an Aztec Emerald 5-25x50 on my Ghost…

Mine is a 250cc also.

Received my mini tripod today and I am pretty excited how it fits and holds my Impact up well.

I bought the taller tripod in the past and it fits my needs so I thought I will add the mini to my collection.

Ranchibi said:

Luis, amazing how the FPS using different TP settings kept both different weight pellets the same! And, the POI for both the same! Great shooting! I am having a blast with the new to me Taipan Vet2 I got from Dillon, I am back in the compact pcp game like you! Nice photos.

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Thanks Randall, looking forward to reading more about your impressions of the Taipan Vet 2… you should consider posting up some images of your new rig…

My mental model for what is happening when you pull the trigger is a sine wave starts down your barrel because of the excitation of the release of air. The barrel wants to move a tiny, tiny amount in some direction due to the excitation. When you tune the gun you are trying to find a pellet (most important variable by far in my experience) and tune that minimize the difference in this movement shot to shot. Lots of things, including temperature, can influence what is "best". My one 177 gets tuned to shoot faster than most of my other guns partially because it can. I've tried a variety of speeds in it and not seen much difference in accuracy. So I set it up to shoot 880-900 in part because I want to be able to cleanly kill squirrels (which it does very nicely).

In short, speed is a secondary variable in my opinion which does not strongly affect accuracy. Logically a stronger pulse from air could lead to more excitation of the barrel and potentially less accuracy but I have not seen it. 177s do not use a lot of air per shot and the barrel tends to be thicker than other calibers so if this is a factor at all it would be significantly less for 177. As many others have said, you have to test and see what you think.

If you think you might want a bullpup be sure to look at the P35s, they re my favorite and Krale is the only way I know of to get one in the U. S.. I have three. Light, powerful enough and accurate.

Protect the valve , I can't stress that enough ! I have shipped about 14 -15 tanks over the last year or two . Two broken gauges . The tanks are pretty much indestructible , the vulnerable part is what sits on top ! It needs to be packed like it will be dropped out of an airplane. Also any tank that is out of certification must be completely empty . DOT regulations.

Welcome to AGN! I hope you like RABBIT HOLES because this one is deep!

nervoustrig said:

Yes, what you observed is fairly common with a new regulator as it breaks in. The valve seat consists of plastic part squeezing up against a metal part. In the early going, little imperfections in their mating surfaces allows the pressure to slowly creep up until they eventually squeeze hard enough to fully halt the transfer of air. After they have cycled open and closed a number of times, the plastic part takes on an imprint and the regulator will become more stable.

For what it’s worth, the setpoint will usually increase slightly during the break in period. You experienced the opposite, and if I were to hazard a guess, it’s probably the result of some setting of the spring. But suffice it to say I don’t think it’s anything to be concerned about.

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Hi Nervous, I actually discovered that my gun is consistent at 100 bar on the regulator. seems that the reason i was getting 110 bar was the fact that whenever the shop used their tank to fill my rifle they did it too fast leading to heat buildup in the cylinder. i confirmed this by using my new tank to replicate. If i did it slowly and didn't make the gun heat up it would do 100 bar. if i did it quick it would heat up and do 105 110 bars. but once it cools down it did go back to 100 bar or so. the gun is consistent and making very tight groups so the regulator is consistent it seems also.

ZekeZX10 said:

Damnit, just saw your post but this week was busy for work but would love to one day

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I'll be back around April 2nd...heading to do some iguana plankin on Tuesday.

I think my average is 1000 shots on a outing, and i try very hard to shoot 2 times a week all year.
So my now 10 month old Epic airguns Two, have fired a few shots.

They call me Mr lead poisoning.