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Hello everyone. New member here and new to air gunning. I'm an avid shooter of all sorts of cartridge pistols and rifles but just got started with air guns. I wanted to be able to shoot here at the property and not have to lug all my range gear to go shoot. I decided to start with the Notos based on everything I read and I didn't want to break the bank. I put a Veyron 3-12x44 SP on it with some other mods and did my normal camo work this time with Guns Wap (I usually use Gun Skins on my weapons). I also bought a couple of 10-round Maple mags. Turned out nice! Just got everything mounted but still need to bore sight and zero. Glad to be here and look forward to interacting with everyone!

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Bandito said:
Howdy Brother. Nice pellet flinger. How do you power her tanks? I got a Hill pump AND a Daystate electric compressor. I decided with the son and I both shooting PCPguns we would go with both methods. Have a Diana Bandit and hand pump to fill it. Be Well Brother, Bandito.
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Hey thanks Bandito. I started off with a hand pump. Not too bad sonce the bottle is small. I'll prolly get a compressor too though...definitely will if I get a bottle kit.
 
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Floridaman2005 said:
Can you point me in the direction of the wraps that you use and maybe a quick rundown of your install process? This looks awesome! I’d love to do something like this on mine.
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Here's the URL for the wraps I used on the Notos: https://www.gunswrap.com/

I usually use Guns Skins but they're more expensive and I wanted to try an alternative. Guns Wraps worked great. Here's the Gun Skins URL if your interested. They both have a LOT of different patterns to choose from. https://www.gunskins.com/

There are tutorials out there and the process is tedious and time consuming if it's to look professional. You can buy "kits" that have precut shapes for various weapons (rifles/pistols) but I buy full sheets and custom cut every piece since I want full control how the final product will look. I try get an idea of all the pieces I want to wrap (i.e. how I want the weapon to look). Sometimes I know this at the start. Other times, I add as I go...it's kind of an artistic endeavor too. Regaring the parts to be wrapped, I measure them meticulously and cut to those measurements with an Xacto knife. I also have to make cutouts in the pieces requiring them such as openings for srews/nuts, vents, etc. I use a heat gun as well to soften the vinyl allowing it to be pulled/stretched to fit shapes. I often leave hangover and trim the vinyl by running the blade along the edge of the part shape...sometime this is freehand depening on the shape of the part and how I want to overlap or mate up the vinyl pieces. Cutting the measured shapes from the vinyl sheets doesn't require the blades to be super sharp but all the trim work and precision cuts after the vinyl is applied to the gun parts DOES require extreme sharpness to get professionl looking detail. Use LOTS of Xacto blades and change often. If I really have some precision cuts, I'll change the blades even more frequently. This is because the cuts need to be clean and the blade should move very smoothly/easily through each cut. They can get dull enough quickly to where they will snag/pull on the vinyl. I prolly used about 50 blades on this project. Also, the vinyl under the pattern is white so, when cutting a piece, you can see this white line of material on the vinyl pieces with exposed edges. If the cut will remain exposed, I run a black permanent marker along those edges to black out that white line. Anyhoo...hope that helps. To be honest, it's a trial and error affair to learn the ins and outs of this process. But it's fun, creative, and the guns look great (to me anyway). The vinyl also is quite durable and protects the weapon. Plus, it can always be removed easily unlike rattle can paint, Cerakote, hydro-dipping, etc.). Heres some cartridge guns of mine that I've wrapped (.308 Savage Stealth Evolution, .556/.223 Daniels Defense DDM4 V7, Springfield XD pistols (.40 and .45ACP).

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Welcome. Those tactical looking types are not my cup of tea. I like traditional blue steel and walnut, have a AAtx200 in a walnut stock that is outstanding, and several HW springers in rather nice walnut stocks also. Everything else seems to be beech. I am by choice sticking mostly with springers, break barrel, side and underlever cocking. I do have a couple of single stroke pneumatic pistols and one older model in the mail that I hope to get in a couple of weeks. I suspect it will need some work but I anticipated that when I bought it.
 
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jkingrph said:
Welcome. Those tactical looking types are not my cup of tea. I like traditional blue steel and walnut, have a AAtx200 in a walnut stock that is outstanding, and several HW springers in rather nice walnut stocks also. Everything else seems to be beech. I am by choice sticking mostly with springers, break barrel, side and underlever cocking. I do have a couple of single stroke pneumatic pistols and one older model in the mail that I hope to get in a couple of weeks. I suspect it will need some work but I anticipated that when I bought it.
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Thanks for welcome! To each their own. I like traditional wood and steel weapons too. They're all great to me!
 
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