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  1. Sawney Bean

    N/A One piece mount vs traditional two rings

    On most mounts they didn’t exist back then and my RWS34 did not have a scope stop hole. Then you’ve got other guns that you simply don’t want to mar the finish on. These are the scope stops on my Beeman Kodiak. No way I’m using a stop pin on that.
  2. Sawney Bean

    N/A One piece mount vs traditional two rings

    I’ve got many sets of Sportsmatch and BKL mounts as well as their Chinese knock offs and you’d be hard pressed to detect any difference. Do you somehow think that the Chinese can make $1000 scopes, $5000 drones and airguns like the Hubens but that they can’t produce a simple piece of aluminum...
  3. Sawney Bean

    N/A One piece mount vs traditional two rings

    Optics and mounts are two things that have improved immensely over what they were in the old days. I remember when I was a teenager in the 80's and I got one of the very early model RWS34s. I couldn't get a scope to stay put on it. It seemed that over the course of 100 shots or so that it...
  4. Sawney Bean

    Economic fear or inflation?

    O-rings don't worry me in the least. They could double in price and it wouldn't matter. Optics and the guns themselves on the other hand will be far more painful and I'm guessing there will be a lot products that are simply discontinued.
  5. Sawney Bean

    Economic fear or inflation?

    Airguns and accessories are mostly sourced from overseas. I can't imagine that we aren't going to see big price increases over the next few months.
  6. Sawney Bean

    Other Air Pistol Recommendations

    https://krazcool.com/ https://www.aresairgunstactical.com/ These are the two sources I'm aware of, but I have no idea what their current inventories are like. And get a moderator for it. The Huben moderator is quite good, but without one the GK1 is LOUD.
  7. Sawney Bean

    Other Air Pistol Recommendations

    If you've got the money, then get the GK1, and you might want to do it now, given what's going on with tariffs. The following pistols aren't PCP's, but they're the air pistols I would be shopping for if I didn't already have them...Crosman 600, Crosman Mk1, Webley Tempest, Beeman P17. The...
  8. Sawney Bean

    Another of those... please help me decide on a air rifle.

    Spring guns can be awfully nice too. I don't want to bash on Gamo, because I think they do produce a decent product considering their price point, but it's kind of like saying that Burger King makes a decent burger. Gamo is kind of the starting point when it comes to spring piston airguns.
  9. Sawney Bean

    Another of those... please help me decide on a air rifle.

    For me it would depend on whether the guns primary purpose is hunting or target shooting. For hunting, get the PCP. PCP's are just more accurate, more powerful and less hold sensitive and when you're hunting you might be taking a dozen shots total, so once you've verified it's got a full...
  10. Sawney Bean

    OK this was Cute and gave me a smile lol

    Potato cannons really do pack a punch. With a good one, a large potato will just vaporize on impact. The question however is what the hell do you do with them? I've got one in my garage that uses a flint sparker. I haven't used it in years because after you fire a dozen or so spuds...
  11. Sawney Bean

    Has Anybody Tested Out The New Crosman Pellets Yet?

    They did, but Daisy is itself owned by Gamo.
  12. Sawney Bean

    Has Anybody Tested Out The New Crosman Pellets Yet?

    That sounds like the case. Same pellet style, same weight, same company. I never was a huge fan of Crosman pellets, but by most accounts the cphp’s are better than the Gamo 10x’s, so it’s sad to see them go if that is the case.
  13. Sawney Bean

    Has Anybody Tested Out The New Crosman Pellets Yet?

    This guy does an extremely thorough review of four varieties of Gamo pellets. It looks like they make two versions of these 7.6 gr hollowpoint domes, but neither one fared very well.
  14. Sawney Bean

    Crosman M1 Carbine BB Guns, Old and New

    I think those pseudo-cartridges have a hell of a lot of potential. They're something that can allow replica airguns to both feed and eject in the manner of the real thing and they might even have a purpose with non-replica airguns. With dummy cartridges we could use traditional style stick...
  15. Sawney Bean

    Other Just how much must I pay for "Accuracy" in a PCP gun?

    Here's another one you might try. The Air Arms S510 and its predecessor the S410 have been around for about 30 years now and they're just simple, elegant airguns. The bluing and the stock design are beautiful. I'm about 95% sure it was the gun the Marauder was copying, but the difference in...
  16. Sawney Bean

    Other Just how much must I pay for "Accuracy" in a PCP gun?

    I’m in much the same situation as you, my usual range is only 50 yards. If I really try I can stretch it out to 90, but it’s not a convenient set up, so most of my shooting is at 50 yards or less. What I’ve found however is that a gun that groups 1 MOA at 50 yards might open up to 4 MOA at...
  17. Sawney Bean

    Other Just how much must I pay for "Accuracy" in a PCP gun?

    I think that depends on what kind of accuracy you want. In his original post the OP mentioned one hole groups at 50 yards. That kind of accuracy will cost you both in money and more importantly in time.
  18. Sawney Bean

    Apolo .30 Air Boss. Dirt cheap .30 pellets

    I bought way too many since it looked like a good deal, but I'm regretting it. I've got a pellet sizer on the way and I'm going to try resizing them. Better to pay 11 cents a pellet for a good pellet from FX than 7.5 cents for oversized Apolos.
  19. Sawney Bean

    Apolo .30 Air Boss. Dirt cheap .30 pellets

    Just putting this out there because they are available at Pyramyd for $10 per tin of 100, or 7.5 cents a piece once you include the free fourth tin. That’s the cheapest I’ve found for .30 pellets yet, but be warned, their skirts are seriously oversized. I fired about 50 of them from my...
  20. Sawney Bean

    Someone on here doesn't like me

    I haven't noticed it. The rules are that you can't talk politics, the use of airguns against people or about the precise details of certain NFA type items.