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  1. caliusoptimus

    Western Airguns Working to Figure Out the Western Rattler .357

    The cover on the right side with the logo has a bunch of trigger components inside. I haven't felt the need to add grease, but I took the cover off out of curiosity and it's holding a rube goldberg machine worth of components. I'm sure the components in there contribute to the feel.
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    AEA Big bore tuning

    I own 3. 1. HP SS MAX 357 has had no issues. 2. SF .25 is a wonky design with cheap mags that break if you look at them wrong. 3. Challenger elite .51. Came with a horribly defective barrel. Returned for another which had the exact same issue. AEA refused to acknowledge or repair the problem...
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    New AEA SLUGS

    Man... I've been hoping they would make some more lathe turned slugs... I'll be patiently waiting for some heavy 357s.
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    Tuxing 032 Leaking....fixed

    Just serviced my filters for the first time today. Took a 2ft long crescent wrench, a 2ft pipe wrench, my whole body and both hands. Completely, absurdly, unnecessarily tight. And don't get me started on the rusty steel compression fittings. Gonna order some spare orings. Mine were 2.5mm cross...
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    Altaros Booster Project and Mods

    Pretty nice bag overall, canvas with strong handles and a heavy zipper. And just the right size. This is the 24" one. ADROIT Heavy Duty Double Zipper Black Canvas Bag | Sizes 16" 24" 32" 48" 60" | Double-Reinforced Nylon Straps https://a.co/d/5n7rdVH
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    TUXING 4500PSI PCP Air Compressor Review

    Good to know. Maybe the oil was detonating around the check valve or something. I can't think of any other reason it would pit like that.
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    TUXING 4500PSI PCP Air Compressor Review

    This looks like the goto thread for tuxing problems so... I ran into this a few days ago. 10 months old, I probably topped up 2 9L tanks worth per week. High pressure outlet check valve is pitted to death. Leaks into the crank case. Currently talking to someone at tuxing... tempted to call in...
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    CVlife scopes how good or bad are they??

    I have a variety of them. A couple 5-25x50, another 40mm with less zoom, and a couple red dots on my airsoft stuff. I'm not sure they can be beaten for the price. I've had no problems aside from the illuminated reticles. Those are junk on all 3 scopes. Which is fine because I wouldn't use em...
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    A REALLY big airgun Mach 4

    A space air gun. That's pretty cool.
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    Umarex Is Your Notos Upgraded or Out the Box?

    I can't buy much of anything without modifying it. So yeah.... my notos has been modded... heavily. I picked it up for fun. Few to zero pests at home... a pleasant side effect of consistent insecticide apps. Could actually benefit from a few squirrels to eat up the acorns. Anyway, if the notos...
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    Altaros Booster Project and Mods

    I spoke too soon. Just now the compressor started sounding funny so I shut it off. HPA is making it into the crank case and out the breather. Gonna test out this 4 year warranty.
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    Altaros Booster Project and Mods

    Nice! Great that you got it shootin! That's 22LR energy from a 22 air rifle. Not shabby. I wonder why it didn't want to go faster.
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    Altaros Booster Project and Mods

    The lowly tuxing has been doing the job for me. Makes stinky air but otherwise no problems. How did your condor 224 barrel work out?
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    Altaros Booster Project and Mods

    I also considered using the mad dog booster. From what I can tell it would be an out-of-the-box solution... but you'd have to top up each shot by manually controlling the pump. Or have a buffer tank and top up manually every x amount of shots.
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    Altaros Booster Project and Mods

    Yep! Will also be very useful if I want to try helium. Bought it about a month ago. 1200ish after shipping. Apparently I bought the last one and they won't be making any more of the B2B version.
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    Altaros Booster Project and Mods

    In that pic it looks pretty much the same as the day it arrived, plus a couple hoses and wires. No way to clean it up without making or buying shorter high pressure hoses unfortunately.
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    Altaros Booster Project and Mods

    Not silly at all. Yes it would work. I passed on that idea since it would likely have been more expensive, required more bulky hoses and components, required an extra hpa valve, and probably wouldn't have fit inside the existing box. Also for the way I intend to use it, the bottle would have to...
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    Altaros Booster Project and Mods

    I picked up an altaros booster (B2B edition) with the intent of running it into a regulator and shooting at 300bar or more. A bottle only lasts a few shots at those pressures... even my big 12L bottle isn't enough. It eventually worked out but it took a handful of modifications to the booster...