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  1. Sawney Bean

    Other Airgun for Squirrel?

    That was exactly the gun I wanted to recommend, but I don't think they've been in production for some time now. Also, those Crosmans would really need to come stock with a metal breach before I'd recommend them for hunting.
  2. Sawney Bean

    Other Airgun for Squirrel?

    Agreed. Plus, she mentions that wrist strengh is an issue and the Supercharger is a hard gun to cock.
  3. Sawney Bean

    Other Airgun for Squirrel?

    From a non-lethal perspective, a paintball gun would also be a good choice. Plenty of them are available used at very reasonable prices and there are unlikely to be any issues involved with neighbors or safety.
  4. Sawney Bean

    Different CO2 cartridges?

    That's a pretty good price. I usually get them over the counter at Walmart. $21 for a 40 pack of Crosmans. Works out to $126 for 240 cartridges, so your link is a little cheaper.
  5. Sawney Bean

    Other Airgun for Squirrel?

    If you don't mind spending a bit of money, then I'd recommend an HW30 in .177 with a low powered scope. The .177 pellets lose energy very quickly, so they're unlikely to cause any damage if they fall back to earth, which is something you've got to take into account if you're shooting up into...
  6. Sawney Bean

    Barra Barra 400E Gen 2 (Tan) Full Review (Electric Full Auto .177 BB Rifle)

    I’ve tried most varieties of BB’s and except for the lead H&N excites, which it didn’t seem to like at all, (bad accuracy), the rest of them seem to shoot about the same and all of them have been reliable for me. If you add a little silicone spray to the BB’s in the speed loader they will load...
  7. Sawney Bean

    Barrel Length in the Airgun Industry

    I agree that what the gauntlet has isn’t a 28.25” barrel. It’s just a shroud over a shorter barrel. I was just trying to clarify that the barrel should be one continuous piece of metal, or perhaps one continuous laminate, but isn’t necessarily measured by the rifled portion or the portion...
  8. Sawney Bean

    Barrel Length in the Airgun Industry

    Barrel length should be the length of the solid portion of the tube the pellets travel through. It doesn't have to be rifled and the pellets or bb's don't even need to be in contact with it, but it should be one continuous piece of metal. There have been guns made in the past with barrels...
  9. Sawney Bean

    Other What is a whiscombe jw75 worth?

    If I were in the market for one I would jump on that, but I just can't bring myself to spend that kind of money for any airgun. Maybe an original Girandoni.
  10. Sawney Bean

    Other What is a whiscombe jw75 worth?

    AOA had one for sale in their classifieds for a few months. They started with it up around $6000, but by the time it sold the price had been reduced to around $4700. I personally suspect that the main reason it didn't sell at the higher price was because the top half of it was a silver...
  11. Sawney Bean

    Barra Barra 400E Gen 2 (Tan) Full Review (Electric Full Auto .177 BB Rifle)

    I've got the gen1 metal version and I would also opt for the polymer version were I to do it again. IMO, one of the few flaws that the 400e has is that it's too heavy for a bb gun. That does make it seem more realistic, but I think a lighter gun would be nicer.
  12. Sawney Bean

    Gamo Gamo swarm magnum multishot to singleshot...

    I did just that with my gen3. It works a lot better without that kludgy magazine mechanism. I gained a lot of consistency and about 25 fps. Before I removed the magazine system velocities would vary up to 150 fps. Afterwards it was about 25 fps of variation and 25 fps higher velocities...
  13. 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.
  14. 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...
  15. 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...
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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...
  20. 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.