Taking these recommendations I have ordered a couple more cans of pellets in various weights, keep trying different ones.

Yes but 8.5mm OD springs seem to be rare. The P35X spring uses 1.3 mm wire but is shorter than the P35 with 1.2mm wire.

But 60 fpe from a 25 caliber inexpensive airgun seems OK.

AEAC said:

Enjoy my airgunning friends. This is a big day for our industry.
Steve

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Sport has been taking over by how much money you have

I've seen it mentioned a few times lately where others have claimed Crosman parts are made in China

What did the plastic tubing on the barrel do ?

Chow time!

Got this one last night, right in the fusebox. Another messy one, as evidenced by the gray matter next to the body. The Polymags make quite the hole. But there’s never any doubt it was quick and painless, which is my ultimate goal, even for rats

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My first post here…. How is everyone doing today just wanted to share my YouTube channel if anyone is interested.

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scubajeeper said:

I bought it for a friend of mine, it now lives in Texas. It is a really sweet gun, I can’t believe you sold it.

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That is the one that I REGRET selling. I wish I could roll back the clock and unsell that one. None the less I am glad that it has found a new home.

Grabbed my ssa and run 15 shots with the USB monsters redesign 13.43.

They did have some great sales on those guns. I picked up two of them. Possibly looking to get three more but the manufacture never emailed me back. Imagine that.

Holzer375 said:

Many thanks but won't be rebuilding. I live in Zimbabwe so getting parts etc is more hassle than ehat it is worth

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Oh! Yes that would be far more in shipping than it's worth. I would seek out a way to silver solder or braze that back on without distorting the tube. You'll need to remove the gas piston before applying heat. Good luck

When I was searching the internet to try and understand the stock lengths of the Daisy 753 vs 853, I could not find anything definitive. So this post will cover this topic. I like a bit longer trigger reach so these three models are set up at 14 inches. The 853c (top in picture) has one “butt pad” spacer to get to the 14”. The 753w (middle) has two spacers. And the 753s (bottom) has three spacers. Also as a side note, the spacers supplied with the new synthetic stock fit both 753/853 wood stocks better than the supplied ones that came with the rifle. However, they have a lip on the one side that needs to be removed. Daisy sells the spacers for a $1 each. Just specify for the “synthetic” stock. Hope this helps. Thank you.

Ratzy said:

The Max 1 only comes with 1 magazine. None seem available anywhere. Since the Max 1 shares components with the Snowpeak M60, I decided to take a shot and ordered a Zelos/M60 magazine from Big Air Precision. Unfortunately I ordered .22 and needed .25 (Dunbass). I went ahead and tried the .22, it fit with just a tiny amount of slop. I measured my Max 1 magazine and the M60 magazine. Only one measurement differed, thickness. Max 1 is 15.5mm and M60 is 15mm.

So, I ordered 2 .25 magazines. 0.5mm is a strip of thick tape.

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Ratzy said:

The Max 1 only comes with 1 magazine. None seem available anywhere. Since the Max 1 shares components with the Snowpeak M60, I decided to take a shot and ordered a Zelos/M60 magazine from Big Air Precision. Unfortunately I ordered .22 and needed .25 (Dunbass). I went ahead and tried the .22, it fit with just a tiny amount of slop. I measured my Max 1 magazine and the M60 magazine. Only one measurement differed, thickness. Max 1 is 15.5mm and M60 is 15mm.

So, I ordered 2 .25 magazines. 0.5mm is a strip of thick tape.

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Ratzy said:

The Max 1 only comes with 1 magazine. None seem available anywhere. Since the Max 1 shares components with the Snowpeak M60, I decided to take a shot and ordered a Zelos/M60 magazine from Big Air Precision. Unfortunately I ordered .22 and needed .25 (Dunbass). I went ahead and tried the .22, it fit with just a tiny amount of slop. I measured my Max 1 magazine and the M60 magazine. Only one measurement differed, thickness. Max 1 is 15.5mm and M60 is 15mm.

So, I ordered 2 .25 magazines. 0.5mm is a strip of thick tape.

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I made a Max 1 FB owners group https://m.facebook.com/groups/4320236074968362/?ref=share&mibextid=wwXIfr

humbled.ag said:

Great progress. The lanes look promising. With five lanes you can host a full match. Shoot through five lanes. Move the targets, eat a light lunch then shoot through them again.

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Since the club is new and the shooters and still beginning we do a loops. That way you kinda get a second or third try at the same target. Doing fun shoots for now.
The gun club has really given me a lot of area to work with and been super supportive. This is more like an airgun theme park. We have a field target range for practice and one for competition set up all the time. Plus enough room for extreme field target, bench rest , silhouette or just long range shooting up to 100 yards.

cavedweller said:

Athlon continues to impress me for what it makes at the price point it gives us.
I continue my quest (obsession) to find the worlds greatest HFT scope for ranging at 16X.
I am currently waiting on a 6" round parallax wheel for this scope, but my initial workup on the bench has me totally impressed with the I.Q.
Stay tuned for pics and further details.

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I installed my temporary 6” Rowan wheel on the Athlon Ares ETR UHD 3-18x50 today…
As expected at 15x the 34 mm tube body provides for some crystal clear Ranging Out to 40 yards; after 40 it’s the same game as with other scopes at 16x.

Although done quickly in dark overcast conditions I was able to determine the Total spread on a 6” round wheel is 110 degrees from 9.5 yards to 55 yards. IQ is exceptional with this scope And although for HFT we have to stick with 15x as marked, the loss of 1x won’t be noticeable. The image quality is IMO much better than the Heras SPR 6-24x56 SFP but you will sacrifice 10-15 degrees of spread on the wheel Comparatively.
more to come.

Croxton63 said:

Maybe it’s time for us to design our own US made springers! What was the last decent US springer? We all buy German because of quality/tradition. The US has some pretty good engineers. Let the Germans build the barrel, and we build the rest of it!

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Supposedly that's one of the purposes behind the tariffs, to bring more manufacturing back home to the US.

If Alvin and Theodore are Alvina or Theodora, you'd better look out for Simon/Simonette also.

Oo ee oo ah ah, ting tang, walla walla bing bang!

Booder98 said:

I shot the FX Archery Chonograph simultaneously with the cheap Chinese chronograph. It was pretty messed-up looking, I should have taken a picture. Shots according to the FX were from 917 fps to 863 (80 shots, fell off the reg). The Chinese chrony thought the shots were slower by a little more than a percent.

Having the Chinese chrony around scared the FX into its best behavior; it didn't miss a shot.

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Good to hear that the cheap chinese chronographs are accurate. My FX chrony was anything but reliable and finally gave up the ghost this year. I must have dropped it or something. I kept it in my old range bag. It would only record one of ten shots on average. Nothing worse than an unreliable chronograph!

I upgraded my range bag to a Savior and the chronograph to the Garmin. Both were huge upgrades.

The points brought up in the setup comparison table are certainly valid, but the comparison itself is not a fair one As it compares apples to oranges. Look at your own setup: the ARCA rail is on the stock. So the standard Caldwell precision turret clamp would clamp on the stock as well. In stead the table lists disadvantages of the clamp setup as if it was clamped to the barrel or airtube iso the stock.

Anyway, not trying to start an argument here, your setup is very clever and I use it quite often myself (on a ”regular” tripod) in addition to the standard precision turret.

cheers!

cavedweller said:

cost.... making a "exceptional" barrel is an expensive endeavor.

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Very much so. I'm well over $6000 just in R&D plus well over 100hrs in research and computer calculations. That's not including material and manufacturing just to prove concept.

I do it with my Marlin 880SQ.. shoot flies that land on my 50 yd targets. need an airgun to try with.

SplitFeather said:

As someone who bought a springer for their first "high-end" air rifle, I would definitely recommend going with a PCP instead. There were several better performing options I could have gotten for the same amount of money, even with a pump included in the total.

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I bought two PCP failures before I finally dug way down in my wallet and bought a Crown. Then I was finally satisfied.
With help here at AGN he shouldn't have that problem.

Bob-in-WV said:

These used to sell for $20 at traveling Cumming's tool sales. Most are fairly accurate and shoot about 550 fps with a lead pellet.

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Funny thing, that's what I gave for it and I remember the Cumming's tool sales. Really quality stuff
Cheers