I’ve had my model 70 since I was a kid and bought it new. I don’t think it’s a money maker so I never tried to sell it. It would take the right guy looking for one for me to sell it. Especially considering shipping costs. Just not worth it. I shot a lot of critters with mine as a kid.

LayeredOgre said:

Exactly my thoughts! I’m no expert but as far as I know there were repeater muskets around the same time as the Girandoni but I don’t think they saw the same level of use, not like it really caught on either though. That would make me think yes, the Girandoni had a leg up in terms of repeaters. Same as today cost + “weird” new tech makes things go in a different direction or take longer.

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There were a few designs, and if I'm not mistaken, Girandoni injured himself trying to make a repeating firearm.

You had rifles with rotating barrels, and rifles that had multiple locks in a row with charges loaded in front of each other. That just looks sketchy. There were the pepper box pistols too, some of those were rather large calibers.

It was an interesting time seeing how things progressed to where we are today. Heck, we went from big bore airguns to BB and pellet guns and now back to big bore airguns

I’m in Indiana and shoot Nrl22 and PRS with my CZ 457 and FX Panthera.

Motorhead, can you expand a bit on the "faster" issue. My understanding is that regardless of the FPS, a 1:25 for example will always spin the projectile one time each 25 inches because that is how the barrel is "cut." If you had a 25" barrel and a 1:25 twist rate, the pellet, etc. would revolve one time whether it took .1 second or 10 seconds to leave the barrel?

That’s a beautiful rifle and clearly shoots well. I’ve come to expect that from Anschutz. I’m still trying to get within sight of being as good as mine.

Rick H.

KWK said:

I understand but I'd rather not talk guys out of making the proper tooling for their hobby lathes themselves.

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I agree people starting out need to learn how to use HSS tools and also sharpen a drill bit if needed. Plus most people aren't going to spend the kind of money to get quality inserted tooling and carbide tools.

Floridaman2005 said:

I figured out a lot of good information over the last few days and have been very successful tuning. The biggest piece of the puzzle that I was missing was learning about harmonics.

I saw a video on tuning that made so much sense and changed my perception of tuning. I found max velocity (at 80/120 regs) and put the power wheel on 16 at max velocity and shot a 3 shot group (around 900 fps). The. I dropped power wheel to 15 and shot 3 shot group. Then 14, 13, 12, 11, 10…all the way down to the low 800s, noting group size for each power level. Found that at power level 11 (850-860 fps) the groups got VERY tight. From there I played a little with the micro-wheel to fine tune the groups even further. Once I was completely satisfied with the groups, I started playing with the valve to see if it could get even tighter.

The results were fantastic; though the SD and ES weren’t the best. But my groups and consistently were wonderful. I guess at the end of the day that’s really what I care about. I want to hit iguanas in the off switch. By tuning this way, the gun is extremely efficient, getting way over 100 shots on a 250bar fill. It is as accurate as I’ve ever seen and makes me totally confident in.

Had one of these pellets stray just a tad (could have been the pellet) but still incredibly happy with the result. This is 10 shots at 25 yards. Of course 25 yards is only the beginning, but I’ll have to wait for the weekend to find a place to shoot out to 50+. The top groups were 5 shots each and were basically in the same hole.

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Hell yeah bud! Good on you for figuring it out! Funny you say that about the speed as 95% of 900fps puts you at 855fps! Enjoy your gun and those groups are great!

L.Leon said:

Though I like my Ghost Carbine, it is not a light gun…

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When I got the chance to handle and shoot the first Ghost to come into the U.S. (before they were available for sale), my very first impression upon picking it up was "Man, that's heavy". Truth be told, I meant for its length.

Considering weight and length were mentioned in the original post of this thread, and the OP's screen name suggest they may be of small(ish) stature, apparently some folks not only hear what they want to hear, but read what they want to read.
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dgeesaman said:

On new equipment that is disappointing.

If it shoots great though that’s what matters to me.

I bought a used Anschutz 54 (22LR) from a friend because he took delivery and realized the barrel was no longer blued, it was spray painted black. We shot it, it hammered, and I got a hammer rifle for pretty cheap. Looks don’t matter when eyes are focused on the results sheet.

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The nice thing about the guns with a little wear…. You use them more and care less about the little things. I have plenty of safe queens that I hate to shoot. Plus this gives me $200 towards another gun…trying to decide on an arrow shooter! The bush pig or the M600…..can’t decide

forrest342 said:

I posted a question a little while back about what gun I should get. I wasn’t satisfied with my FX and ya’ll gave me some good feedback. Several people recommended the RAW HM1000x mini hunter and that’s what I settled on.

I haven’t shot it yet but I like the feel of it. I’d say the quality seems on par or a little better than FX. Definitely more solid and robust but it’s not much heavier. It’s not much louder, if any despite not having a shrouded barrel.

It’s a .25 cal. I changed the grip and stock although the one it came with wasn’t bad. I added a DonnyFL Shogun, SWFA fixed 10x, QD atlas bipod and sling.

She’s ready to go huntin!

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Great choice

Headshots said:

I grew up in Idaho and we would often take dirt roads to find a nice spot to shoot . At times we were on a farmers property. They were usually really nice and say we could shoot there but asked us to "clean up our mess and don't shoot my trees " . I see it often and hope that people are shooting their own trees and not someone else's.

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I understand, no one else's trees were harmed.

Took my wife today for her to try my pcp rifle. This was her first time and she had a blast. Now she definitely wants her own rifle! It was pretty windy today! I am looking forward to next Sundays match. Unfortunately have to work Saturday.

The AVS and VK are extremely impressive on immediate expansion. relatively gargantuan short cavities. The hp slug is not to be ignored. Still. A decent channel and cavity on impact, however traveled a decent bit further than the other 3.

Shooting NSA 29gr dished 925 fps 54 shots on fill 120 reg.

lol yep
maybe loading .22 as well

By the look of that bulging oring the valve was not tight to the tank. Regardless of duro, if the valve is seated flush there is no room for the oring to bulge out like that.

The other possibility is too thick an oring preventing that flush seal.

2Ten said:

That's what I needed to hear, Moe. I started with the 177 Vantage. Then I decided to spring for a Mike Mellick R9 (because, hey, it's a fun hobby), but it was only available in 177 at the time. Not sure why I'd want a 22. I just thought it might be a cheap and easy switch.

By the way, what did you do to "smooth out the trigger?" I put a longer adjusting screw in mine, and that helped a lot. I may try the RC bearing thing one day.

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Sorry about the lateness of my answer, No, I didn't go with a longer trigger screw, I found a U-Tube video that showed tow mods using bearings, the first used a small ball bearing from a roller blade skate, the second was a bearing cut from the barrel of a plastic ball point pen.
I didn't have quick access to the skate bearing but I did have a bunch of cheap ball point pens hanging around my workshop, so I cut a 1/4" slice of the plastic barrel and installed it in the trigger replacing the factory bent wire spring in the trigger group, I didn't have to remover the trigger assembly from the receiver, it only required removing two roll pins and the spring, inserting the plastic bearing, reinstalling the two pins that hold the trigger and bearing in place and joining the action back into the stock.
The whole job start to finish took me about 45 minutes and didn't need any adjustment when done like that has to be done when changing the trigger screw.
If you do choose to purchase another Vantage or .22 cal. Crosman Optima (the triggers are identical) you might want to look up the bearing mod on U-Tube and give it a try.
Another option you might consider is the Diana two fifty gas piston air rifle in .22 caliber, it's a bit more money at $150.00, but it needs no work, thee triggers are sweet, scopes are good quality, and the functioning is just about perfect when it comes to power, accuracy, and reliability, I have one in .177, my adult son has one in .22 cal., we purchased them last fall and they have been 100% reliable and shoot as well as my Weirauch rifles.

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Beautiful air gun.

Agree 100% with the OP. I have several FX, Daystate and RAW air rifles and after tons of shooting I've come to the conclusion that all of them are equally accurate and way beyond my capability. The big difference (aside from the tweaking) that I notice is that some of them are just plain easier to shoot than others, primarily due to the triggers. Prime example being the Daystate electronic triggers that for me are just sublime . The RAW TM1000 mechanical trigger comes close though.

1900colt said:

Was it [email protected] that did not work?

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Yeah came back as an undeliverable address

I was able to go out the other day to try out this scope. It was windy and cold but I managed to do some target shooting and recording at 30 and 50 yards. I found an "issue" when trying to range the target and I wasn't able to see the flashing laser in the daylight; in addition, the laser didn't line up with the aim box. However, I was able to test out the ballistic calculator function and it was working properly. Pretty easy to range at a distance and with one click, I was able to use the new aim point as shown in the scope. No more guessing the holdover to shoot my target at different distances.

Granted all the data are entered correctly into the scope, and the ballistic calculator will quickly calculate the new aim point. Pretty convenient. I can't wait to test out the scope on starlings, rats or even coyotes.

Stay tuned for the next video upload this Friday. Thanks.

im totally down for the open sights ,i know there is a few pcps out there with them ,id like to see this option more

Leadpills said:

Sorry I missed putting the .177 part in there

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NSA
Griffin
Varmint Knockers makes frok 13.5gr - 19.5gr in .1771 and .178.
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RadioFlyer said:

What is yours is now her’s as well. Invite her to shoot all of them with you, educate & share with her all that you have gleaned. Knowledge is not only power but a wonderful thing that will spread like Wild Fire if you open your heart. Your children will cherish you for it; I guarantee it.

P.S. I wouldn’t be surprised if she picked the CRKT!

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Well said

MAUMAU said:

The cameras will show you what killed your poultry, but a better solution is electric poultry fencing. This inexpensive fencing is available from Amazon etc.

It will keep fox, raccoon, coyote, etc out and your poultry safe.

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We do have cameras. Our outside dog had a front leg broken bad and amputated since then he has become an inside dog and has no desire to stay outside so till this new pup gets a lil bigger its up to the pew pews this lil guy 3 months old a great Pyrenees hopefully he will be a good guard gog