Recent content by elh0102

Generally, extreme temp variation is a key reason to implement a free floating barrel design. Seems kind of puzzling to me.

There's your answer. I don't know why they include the band, given the construction design of the rifle. Maybe other owners have had favorable results with it. Or, given the design of the Vet 1, maybe they assumed that some owners would want some type of forward support. Two very different...

The primary purpose of free floating is to remove points of potential binding or changes with temperature, etc. That said, given this design, I doubt that you would see any affect on accuracy with the band, assuming it fits with no uneven pressure.

Well, lightweight target rifle may be an oxymoron. If you need aperture sights, look at the 10 meter Olympic rifles.

It's not that they judge the power. It's that the increasing power levels have put the rifles much more in the public eye, and their usage continues to exceed the traditional air gun limits. So, they are used more for pest elimination in urban settings where they are visible. And yes, the...

I'm having difficulty comparing that image to the photo here. Since the screw you reference appears to adjust a spring, I believe it is the second stage tension screw. And since you turned it a couple of complete turns, it is obviously not an engagement setting. If it worked, fine. Generally...

Yep, you have to finely adjust a couple of the sear adjustments that they warn not to touch. But I figure that anything with threads is designed to turn!

RAW TM1000X, available in target or dedicated BR stock. Buy from Martin in TN (Airguns USA). He will set it up however you want.

First rule when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging, a rule I have violated many times! I know nothing of that rifle, but I see that it is a domestic product from Arkansas, and this might work in your favor. I don't think that you will find an after-market trigger solution, there just...

Most jurisdictions are adding air guns to the definition of firearms. So be it. We are our own worst enemy. Our obsession with power could lead to no other result. Only to add to the beurocracy, but perhaps we will come to a power-oriented approach to regulation, under which a certain fpe is...

I use a cardboard box full of accumulated magazines and junk mail. I usually have plenty to refill by the time needed. As the box gets shot up, I cover it with heavy Gorilla tape, which usually doubles the life. The pellets penetrate only a few inches, so a lot of the filling is almost permanent.

Ignition fired firearms are so different from air rifles that a comparison is very difficult. Precision accuracy in metallic cartridge rifles is mostly dependent on good ammo. BR shooters spend countless hours in preparing brass and handholding ammo that is as near perfect as possible. The rifle...

If you have access to a dive shop, I'd hold off on a compressor. There are many good rifles, but I would suggest one that is relatively simple, robust, and without a lot of confusing adjustments. The Daystate Revere, Weihrauch HW100, and FX Royale come to mind.

That seems like either a machining error or a basic design issue. I would find a washer of the correct dimension (not an O ring) and let the barrel headspace on it rather than the liner shoulder.

I put a bullet through my ProChrono a few years ago but managed to miss the internals. I took the cover off, shook out a few pieces of plastic, put a piece of black tape over the hole on the face of the chrono and it works fine. If you do anything long enough, you will eventually do something...