JayDee24ca said:

Great, I ordered one of Charles' SS bolts. Thanks.

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Great!

I still shoot my 2 Discos
And my fingers are fat too.
What I have done is 1 finger cocking
Wrapping my index finger around the lever and pulling
It may work for you too.
Edward

Very cool! Can definitely see it

athlon_oved said:

BIGGER, FASTER, SOONER & low MPG. MERICA.

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No joke, This scope seems as longer than the 23" barrel with the sunshade on it and it is a HEAVY pig, too. Not to mention these brands have a long term reputation that is virtually non-existent. I have emailed BOTH Arken and DNT and got snark from Arken and nothing from DNT. This is WHY I didn't feel comfortable buying direct and went through Amazon. Also both companies list reticle options that don't exist. They are far from perfect just very cool and I hope that they stay as cool. The Arken Zero Stop is FRAGLE. That was a surprise. I think the grub screws in the Zero stop and its set screw on the DNT are Titanium instead of aluminum and brass. They feel more substantial and significantly lighter, like tin, but they are harder. I do appreciate the DNT having the windage stop at 45 degrees. I have not used it that way that before. I think it is cool.
Also, the over emphasis on clicky clicks and stiff zoom, parallax and eye cup is basically invented by the Arken marketing. Every scope on planet earth that has screws in the turret cap and floats free with grub screws can perfectly line up on the lines on the permanent lines on the bottom of the turret. People are acting like Arken invented all of that that. So there are things I have my eyes open for at the end of the day it is a high value budget scope. There will be compromises. There is almost NO marketing for DNT for reviewers at lease not for TOR - Scope.

hopefully this helps you at least see other options..
Wes is good to deal with..
Mark

SAZ said:

I can't speak for others, but...
The two IZH 46M's I used to have liked the Meisterkugeln 7.0 grain wadcutters a lot.

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Mine also likes these, shoots them at 485fps. I still want to try the R-10's.

GeronimoKY said:

Received my new used .22 cricket 2 tactical 45 I purchased from a member here through the forum. Got a great deal. Going to refinish the wood stock to make it mine. I got it Friday and quickly got to work mounting an athlon ffp scope and getting some chrony numbers. I adjusted the hammer spring to shoot JSB 18 at 940 fps and the hades at 985 fps which it somehow shoots to the same point of impact at 35 yards. Tried hybrid slugs but it hated them. Will try more as I have time. Had to work on barn roofs all day Saturday so had to wait until Sunday to get it out and put it to the test. Went to my favorite yearly honey hole to give myself the best odds of success. Started off strong with two quick fox squirrels within ten minutes of the truck. While retrieving the second I spotted a third just laying on a limb watching me. Bad choice. Walked a little deeper in and sat on a downed tree. Switched from fox to grey squirrels to finish out my six squirrel limit. Super happy to add this new rifle to my lineup. Six headshots speaks to the accuracy of the little cricket. Gonna be a fun season with this one in the regular rotation. View attachment 506342View attachment 506340View attachment 506343View attachment 506341View attachment 506346View attachment 506344

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Good job and very nice air rifle

Alright that works. Ordered one up. Will report back later when received. Laters!

I’m excited to see this. But I’m sure we will be delayed well into spring as all things seem to be these days.

Professionally prior to retirement last year I sold serviced and supplied large dental equipment. Dental drills (mostly) run on compressed air. Wet air is a big issue, both for hygiene (water is life) and miniature dental turbines spinning at up to one half million RPM. A little water is a big issue. A dental compressed air system supplies my home air pressure needs, the beauty being air dried to a -150 degree dew point, and 5 micron filtration feeds El Cheapo my Yong Heng knock off regulated down to 5-10 PSI at the pump inlet. I have the big gold filter and use it, I could likely eliminate it. Checked it after a bottle fill and several refills, like new inside zero evidence of moisture. No evidence of any moisture when bleeding down, none. Extra filtration never hurts justs wastes a little more air when bleeding down for disconnect. Hope I am not boring you all to death with El Cheapo as I'm uncertain how my setup could be duplicated inexpensively, like high end scuba compressors, the price of a dental air system will get your attention. In my experience desiccant dried air is superior to refrigerated dryer systems, a measure of that is the dewpoint of the compressed air product. I am a fan of desiccant type air drying systems, based on decades of experience where dry air really does matter. Desiccant drying is done just post compression prior to the storage tank hot wet air flows through a large tube of Silica gel, a secondary tank back flushes the desiccant stack with each pump up cycle. A similar system could be duplicated inexpensively to add on to a shop compressor.

A BIG Thanks to all the sponsors that donated to the Nationals and support the Grand Prix s ,with few events paying prize money you can see the people who really enjoy this sport aren’t in it to get rich, the only account that has gone up since airgun ing is the amount of great people I’ve met, but it’s the donations from the sponsors wether as prizes or as auction items we need to thank them by supporting them as they support us and our sport.

My dad has a corner fence post (yes, an actual fence post, lol) that was there when he bought the place. The fella he bought the place from said it was there as long as he could remember. Dad bought the place in 1970’ish. That post is still there, doing its job. And you still can’t drive a steeple in it.

Dave

A whole my life I was a metric guy, I can work inches but as pure numbers only.
My scopes are MOA, just because the target rings are MOA. Otherwise I don't care, I like high quality glass and simple reticle.

Xcaliber said:

I think he meant the valve dwelling was too long, or at least longer than it need to be, causing turbulence at the muzzle, destabilizing and affecting the trajectory of the slugs. That type of scenario is tuning related. you could try to adjust the valve in conjunction with the hammer and reg setting to only have it it open just long enough for a shorter burst, so the valve is closed before the projectile leave the barrel. Generally, you could achieve that with slightly higher reg pressure and lower hammer strike instead of the other way around, have to find the balance depending on many other factors.

Matt Dubber explained it in detail a few years ago:

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Yep, that's pretty much it. It's illogical until it's not. I'm pushing .25 hybrid 26 gr at 1020ish out of my Maverick VP600 getting nice consistency, I can run 32gr slugs slightly slower with good results. I believe it's easier to creep up on it than to go down but you can do both. If your speeds seem ok, then back off some and see what happens for a group of 5, do it again and see where it goes, it'll give you a trend. I'll bet you are close, the final is a very very very tiny adjustment.

I just hate having a new gun and not being able to shoot it really gets to me! After receiving the rifle I had no way to fill it with my compressor . However I still had my scuba tank which has set 5 years low on air but still had a little left. Out of frustration I give it a try and got about 1400 lb pressure. Barley into the green. First off was to sight in and to my surprise it was dead on at 12 yards. This is the first gun in memory that I had to stiffen up the trigger. I do have a fill adapter coming which should all me to use a Foster fitting. But for now I’m enjoying shooting the great gun ! Charles

the Chaser Bandit pistols have the ability to be customizes but the custom parts are not there, hell the parts for the pistols aren't there the seller have dropped the ball and the custom parts business like in the hay day of 2240 builds are not there but with invagination you can work with what you have
so some comments
the safety on all these pistols needs to be opened up and grease added
all these pistols old version have 2 trigger screws and the rear one will do nothing and with the front one need to be replaced with 8 to 12mm screws i use grub screws with spring bearing ball noses you can find on Ebay
the Buck Rail grip give you chance to work new grips on the pistol but also you can use a Phantom AR-15 to 1911 adapter and have a complete new world of grip choices
https://phantomonline.com/product/45-frame-only/
the trigger i did a write up in 2019, i have 6 Chaser and many parts and pieces

so it is a good platform

coastal drifter said:

The wind has been howling for the past week 30-40mph so today it calmed down a bit (20+ variable). I brought my pellet trap in for a shorter shot range (40yards) and sent a magazine (28) shots into a shoot n see. The 4 corners were 5 shots and the middle was 8. The hole outside the group on the left was an accidental trigger squeeze.

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18 rounds, same pellets, same day, same distance. Wildcat mk3 red dot

AlanMcD said:

Give it time, and you will have issues . . . .

The air leaving the compressor is hotter than ambient, and by definition will be at 100% relative humidity. As the temperature of that air charge cools down in the tank, water vapor will condense out. Granted, for any one fill it is not much water, but it will build up over time.

Use a desiccant filter to capture that water vapor and you won't have any issues, at least from water.

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I change valves often (at least monthly) switching between paintball and PCP. I have not had any water issues in my air bottle. For my little paintball tank... it has been a non-issue. Those big tanks may be another story altogether.

msg1979 said:

Looks kike a Nuprol hard case. They are good!
I got two. 2 years ago they where around 110euro each

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Ahh it sure is a Nuprol case! Thanks for pointing that out. If RTI doesn't have a case they'll sell me, I'll just order it from Nuprol

Michael, wonderful shooting in windy conditions and excellent video!

AGR is a top notch vendor and one of the few who will call you up and talk to you, in fact, talk so long that your ear hurts but you want to stay on because you are learning things you did not know .

I 3D printed this for my Maverick. Works really well!

Great shot and nice pics!

steve123 said:

Did you have a problem with your V3?

It'll be interesting to see how many show up this month to brave the heat. I'm going to fill my CamelBak full with ice hoping that'll keep me cooler.

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The groups started to open up and I don't have time to pull the barrel and give it a really good cleaning.....Pull through helped, but after 15 or so shots the group opened up again....So Tigger it will be....

Tony P.

I see the one is keeping an eye out for you.

That would be usefull for back yard garden shooting to keep the noise down instead of ringing metal.