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Maybe against the spirit of the thread, but I downsized a bit today. Sold a thermal spotting scope. Guy paid in cash. My wallet hasn't been this swollen since I last visited Japan (and my host paid me in cash "March scope money").

It's much more subtle than a 500fps upper limit. There is an energy limit. And then there are ridiculous "shape of the gun" limitations. For example, a Crossman 1322 in "Canadian configuration" requires no license at all. But if they made the slightest mistake configuring your Canadian...

It's more than that. To purchase most airguns in Canada you need a firearms license. So after a lot of time, money and agreeing to continuous background checks by our security apparatus. . . why get an airgun at all? That's why they're not very popular in Canada. Most people get get a 22LR...

Back in the yonder years before crazy trade restrictions on Russia, you could buy a lot of non-standard barrels for the Edgun Leshiy 2 directly from a Russian manufacturer on e-bay. It wasn't officially Edgun, maybe just an employee with a side-hustle.

That sounds like the reasonable and sane thing to do.

When I was a kid I tried to take the anodization off a motorcycle part. Being smart, I found a lead-acid battery that used sulphuric acid. I poured the acid into a bowl then put the motorcycle part in, expecting wonders. . . and nothing happened. Then I realized, these chemical reactions...

Have any of you tried recoving the lead from a lead-acid battery, to use as your base metal to cast pellets or slugs? I have a bunch of old, expired lead-acid batteries sitting around. Might as well use the metal for something.

If my dogs see me taking the airgun into the yard they go silent. Here the main reason you'd consider a thermal scope is so you can patrol in complete darkness. May not matter to the rats, as you say, but will make a difference with neighbours.

I usually only do pesting. My thermal scope has a min magnification of 3x, so that's probably my most typical magnification.

My impression is it depends a bit on who you buy from. In the States I think EGW installs the jets.

Exploding pellets result in less penetration but a bigger initial wound. Not sure if it's still up, but the Edgun Leshiy channel showed the results on squirrels and it was significant. That said, a vanilla 22 pellet is overkill for a squirrel so I'm not sure if that's a particularly helpful...

I don't see 7mm in airguns as being used for anything other than "gonzo long distance" shooters with ridiculously large and expensive kit. If you pest, .22 and .25 are so established. I find I never need more than .22, although I know there are plenty of people that like going up to .25 for...

The barrel stops short about 10cm from the end of the shroud -- room for the moderator baffles. There's a company that makes a modified front-piece for the shroud, that let's you add a 2nd moderator to the end. I forget what their name is -- moderators of any sort are illegal here in Canada...

Without a moderator it's much like a .22LR, I find. If you tune the pressure way down to where you're shooting at 400-500fps, it's more reasonable, as you'd expect. To make the beast quieter you either need to seriously down-tune it, put a moderator on or use a longer barrel.

I don't know. Someone who knows will likely chime in. I suspect it's close to the upper limits of the Leshiy 2's capabilities, if you don't go to ultra-light pellets. But I only have 22 and 30-cal barrels.

For rabbits and squirrels I'd be totally comfortable shooting with .22's. But I shoot raccoons with a .22 and a lot of people here wouldn't. So I'm a bit biased. But all my pesting is done around 30yards. I think I have my Leshiy with the 350mm .22 barrel tuned to around 750ft/s. I find...

If you get lighter pellets, it'll shoot them faster. I see 25cal pellets as light as 16 grain. You could probably find some mostly-plastic pellets or slugs that are lighter. Is this just for target shooting? If you have a purpose, would help to tell us what that is.

Maybe a mini golden age. I'd be more inclined to call it a golden age if there was some major improvements in quality and affordability of compressors. That would allow a lot more people to enter the market, and spur more development. The market for PCPs is handicapped by there just not...

I'd go for one that fits your scope rings.

I recently migrated away from using the compressed air to clean the stairs. Found a cute little handheld fan that's powerful enough to clean the stairs, called "Wolfbox". Requires less time overall, as this just requires the occasional usb recharge.