Recent content by DrPutz

I had a wonderful experience at The Pellet Shop. I ordered a bunch of pellets 25 and 30 cal, so a heavy lot. Unfortunately some tins of pellets were severely damaged by the rough handling of the postal service. The Pellet Shop handled this very well and shipped out replacements right away...

I am interested in purchasing a Saber Tactical RAW Chassis, if anyone has one for sale. Positive feedback members only, please. Please send me a PM with pictures and asking price. Thanks!

If you check out the other post (see link below), it appears that the JTS/AEA pellets just have a small bit of antimony (AEA more than JTS, but less than H&N), no Tin. It is wild how little antimony affects the hardness so much! There goes my pet theory of tin. Maybe the harder pellets don't...

Awesome - many thanks for getting these results! Really eye-opening. I heard rumors that AEA/JTS were using tin, but these results seem to show antimony. It is wild how little antimony increases the hardness so much.

@dgeesaman Have you had a chance to check the metallurgy of the AEA/JTS pellets? We are curious to know if there is elevated tin content in them.

The Tin reference was read on these forums, so not sure the original source. The Tin content was reported to be from JTS. There is another forum where one person was going to test the content, but I have not seen any follow-up post yet. I am using mostly choked Lothar Walther polygonal...

First, let me say that I love the quality and uniformity of the AEA/JTS pellets - they beat the pants off JSB/FX/AA comparable pellets. I think that the AEA/JTS are awesome for .22 and larger for benchrest (other than the nipple on the front). But, I have been struggling lately with barrel...

Smok3Y, I am mirroring your pain. My HP reg leaks at right around the set point - filling or shooting down to this level. I contacted Skout last week, but it has been crickets so far. I have changed out the orings several times. It seems like, when I turn the reg a bit, the leak goes away...

Very interesting offering, but it would be nice to see some regular folks using the new barrel and their actual groups. PJ's video is great, but the pictures down the barrel make it seem like there is a lot of lead fouling. I wonder if someone could post a borescope down the new barrel?

Here is the chrony string for the 110 shots (note that the last 20-shot group was at 890 fps and the first couple of shots had the wrong hammer setting). After around 50 shots, the speed started to rise. I refilled at around 50 shots, but only filled to 190 bar, shooting down to 120 bar.

I read through this post on your Ghost barrel with the fouling/leading problem at around 50 to 70 shots with great interest. I just purchased a 28" .22 one from AoA that is behaving similarly. Notably, it has a very, very, very tight bore and super tight choke. I almost had to hammer pellets...

So, I liked the 30 cal Ghost so well, when a World Record version came up for sale tuned by Derrick, I jumped on it. I had a similar problem with the reg moving up as it settled in, originally it was set for 110 bar, but went to 135 bar after a few shots. So I took advantage and ran a few over...

I though I would add my Ghost strings as well. My new .30 came set at 135 bar, but after the regulator broke in a bit went to 155 bar. I had to reset it down, so I tried a number of regulator settings along the way. Note all pellets has HBx on them to season the barrel. I also noted that the...

I am intrigued by the folks knurling or canneluring slugs. Is it THE solution for a better all-around fit to most barrels rather than specific diameter slugs? I have been disappointed in my attempts to try .22 and .25 slugs - I never seem to have the right size and they shoot like open-choke...

Polishing is done with a nylon bore brush with a heavy duty paper towel and MOTHERS Mag & Aluminum Polish. Does a great job smoothing, but won't take out deeper scratches or the gouges.