USA manufacturing and other countries for that matter that have a large manufacturing base.
Just look at Harbor Freight tools for an example of how far the Chinese manufacturer's have come in initial product quality over the past 5 years especially. All must continuously up their game quality wise, while holding down the cost. Very tough to do. China manufacturer's are struggling as well, the low wage workers are not as low wage these days.
The key is fair competition and a level playing field. If the US manufacturer has a UL listing on their product, that listing costs many thousands to get and thousands more to keep. Fake holographic UL clearance stickers are quite cheap.

Porch pirates are the worst, it was a big problem where I lived in Texas but where I’m at now someone would really have to go out way out of there way to look for my packages. I just recently had fed ex deliver a business package to the wrong address and was signed for it was a gigantic mess.

Super cool

or use a small buddy tank in 68ci or 88ci from paintball or even smaller 45ci in 4500psi. Quick easy and multiple fills

You just don't hear much about the Carette, at least on here.

Tooms said:

Thanks for all the good ideas

Another question: for shooting 25 grain H&N slugs, is the slug power kit needed ??

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No, my bone stock .22 M4 600mm can push the 25 slugs at around 920~930fps with 110 bar at the reg, valve line 4 and Micro wheel at 3.8, in slug transport port. you can get it to high 900s with more hammer and/or bump up the reg to 120 bar, no slug power kit needed for 25gr weight slugs

I judge the current condition of NYC by the number of rats I see taking the subway. The last couple visits their rat czar has been hard at work, did not see many at all. Better now I don't need to go their on biz.

Could you post the Pistol match results - for my records.

Ta-Ta Toothie said:

Yeah, you got the dual cylinder. I like the idea of less parts etc with the single. That dual defiantly is a beast though

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I'm hoping that when I do get to use it a lot, it lasts forever! I've seen one disassembled to rebuilt it and there are 5000 pieces

Yeah my AGT fill kit is nice enough too. It's supposed to be a bit pricier than this Altaros so I was wondering if there is a noticeable difference in quality.
I like my FX the best, or maybe on par with the AGT. The Best Fittings I have is next to garbage unfortunately. Gauge is always nice though.

So far JSB exact rs diabolo 7.33 bout 825fps seems good out to 27yrds in mine. I've shot JSB beast 16.20g, redesigns monsters 13.43g rws supermags 9.3g
Hades 10.34g, h&n hollow point 7.1g. still working what's best using the non regulated.

I personally don't see anything wrong with trying to compete with the GK1. In fact it was inevitable that someone would give it a shot.

Many GK1 owners are converting their pistols to a carbine, so WA's approach makes sense. It also seems to have a few advantages over the GK1. A default pic rail in the back. Removeable magazine. AR style grip. And according to the article you can easily swap calibers by changing the barrel and magazine. Which is pretty cool too. The GK1 relies on a lot of after market parts or modding to achieve similar things (or it's not possible at all, like the removeable mag).

If the .30 can push 70ft-lbs or more it'll be a worthy competitor. That said, I still love my GK1 and I don't think the Mordax will change that. But it's nice to have more options. As someone who loves shooting off-hand as opposed to bench-resting, I love these smaller airguns. It saves me a lot of back problems, haha.

"They don't really provide support, but they do have pockets. Anyone who has had to carry someone's purse because they didn't think about pockets knows the value of pockets."

hummmmm - no comment I might get kicked off here

I did my best with the trigger this afternoon. I hosed it out with solvent and took out the trigger blade. Nothing in there that looked worn or rough. I got some nanoparticles on everything and adjusted it the best I could.

I fine tuned it between shots with the adjustment screw and got it working dandy.

It's actually pretty sweet. It breaks nice. Maybe not crisp but no lumps at all. About a 1# pull. If you take up the first stage and release it, you have a light single stage trigger. You don't get a second stage wall back. It's just a smooth (long) single stage release. It's not bad at all. You just have to remember the wall is not there or you will pull through a shot.

I put another 350 shots through it tonight. I purposely released the trigger and pulled it again many times. It's actually silky smooth. Just no second stage wall. The fine adjustment was the key. It just needs to be set perfectly and things work great. If you back the screw out too far things are lumpy and "roll over" when it breaks. A little too far in and it goes off before you feel your second stage. There is about a half turn on that screw between too much and not enough. Once I hit that spot all my problems disappeared and I had a really nice trigger release.

I had an Alpha Proj and loved it! No clue with the AP20.
The Alpha Proj has a trigger that takes a bit to set up and isn't perfect but is very good. The consistency and accuracy were outstanding.

RallyeX said:

The AirMarksman Loki lower rail was delivered today for my new M4. Also got a torq driver set and scope leveling kit. Still waiting on the Donnyfl Emporer Moderator and Saber Tactical adjustable butts stock pad.

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The Loki rail is sublime.

Well!
Searching tonight I found the 910 Airguns Dreamline Disassembly & Reassembly videos
What a great resource!
(links below)
But if you have any insights please reply
Edward

I have that pistol, so unless it changed ... info is solid

Here's my backstops

I similarly use cantilevered rail extenders for my scopes that have trouble mounting close-enough to my eye.

I think I only had to do it for two of my scopes, the "no eye relief" prismatic scope and the Sightmark Wraith Mini. Everything else I have either has a built-in cantilevered mount (like my thermal) or they're fine being mounted further up. For the Wraith Mini it was kind of borderline -- I don't really need the rail extender, but it makes it far more comfortable for my neck.

My preference is the ADM rail extenders as they're quick-release. So if your scope doesn't have a quick-release on it, at least the rail extender gives you that option. They also pretty reliably find zero on re-mounts. I haven't tried every variety of rail extenders, but ADM is high quality and gives you quick release, as well as making mounts compatible with a wide variety of scope bases.

zerochance said:

I have the same setup. I only use that filter when filling air tanks. If I am filling an airgun, I would just connect it directly. I think the description states it has a built in oil and water separator but who knows how good it is.

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Decent. It's got charcoal and molecular seives and some felt pads. It's kind of a "Lego part" for chinese air filtration. The purple filter and even my big tuxing compressor use exactly the same acrylic tube filter insert. Condensing water before the filter helps it last a LOT longer.

Well a good days work and a few cuss words and the drs is back to holding air and shooting .. I found several other orings that you could delaminate using fingernail .. I’m guessing I just had a bad batch of rings on this gun . Went on to the tube 100yard range and shot a .565” 5 shot group using griffin boat tail slugs .. she’s back but when will I need to go down this road again .. hopefully next year at the soonest

Good stuff. on mine 3rd Skout.