AEA HP varmint upgradabilty?
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I think my AEA HP Carbine was a good value and it's a lot of fun to shoot semi-auto in a target rich environment. It's not a bench rest gun, but adequate to 30-35 yards for pesting. The semi-autos and big bore guns are rough on poppets and I have read multiple accounts of broken poppets. They are simple to change out if you have the skills. I made one out of peek and haven't had to replace it since.
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Hello McMadCow, I reduced the 6lb gritty creepy triggers on my .22 and .357 AEA challengers. The .22 is now a crisp 1lb trigger and the .357 I kept a bit more robust at 1lb 14oz but it to is very crisp and both break super clean.
If you are handy and have decent mechanical aptitude and you study the available information online for doing trigger work or trigger jobs also watch videos on your AEA model disassembly you can then carefully disassemble the trigger and polish the sear and release also other touching surfaces to a Mirror Finish. I used a small fine toothed hobby file to carefully remove any manufacturing machining marks and also removed about 25% of the sears step. Then polished everything with a dremal tool and metal polish to a mirror finish.
Be careful removing too much material!
Go step by step slowly improving the trigger until you are satisfied with the results. I did this trigger work three times on the .22 until it was 1lb and released very cleanly.. also four times on the.357!
I am familiar with this design now and very happy with the results!
Golden shooting
Prospector TrippHuma makes terrific regulators. I have three AEA’s two regulated with Huma Regulator’s.
The Semiautomatic design is so so on AEA airguns imho. I’ve had lots of trouble getting my .22 HP carbine to cycle long term properly. The design pushes on one side to cock the action and thus causes unequal wear and eventually slop in many areas. This design might work long term if the manufacturing material’s were titanium or similar quality material.
I have a Evanix Raptor Semiauto in 30 cal Huma regulated
have shot a few thousand pellets and slugs and Has Never Misfed or Jammed! Zero failures! Design Matters
I do love my AEA Challengers.. especially after resolving the 6lb triggers to a clean crisp release! The 22 is now 1 lb! And my 357 is now 1 lb 14 Oz’s swack!
Have a great day!
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I did not buy from them, but usually the website should take the VAT off when you enter your shipping address. In some cases you may need to contact them and ask them to do it manually by sending you an invoice.
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I just bought from Huma and paid the total with PayPal. The vat automatically was subtracted. As I remember.
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That bottle reg is pretty cool. And at a decent price.
Only issue I see is that it doesn’t afford much plenum space which can drop the max power significantly.
Dave
Only issue I see is that it doesn’t afford much plenum space which can drop the max power significantly.
Dave
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Just finished my 10th tin of CPHP's in my .22 HP Carbine and my last issue was a jam with a known bad magazine (shame on me!) about 2 weeks ago or about a tin ago.
My solution was to add spent .22lr casings to 6 of the holes in the disk. The air is just perfect now.
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Dave, thanks for the reminder. Not used to regs, plenums, etc... Any thoughts on what kind of power, velocity a .22 might get with that reg at 150bar? I doubt it would work for me if I was wanting to shoot slugs at 950-1000fps.
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It would be difficult to figure out without knowing the volume after the reg.
I know Bob has a good write up on plenum affect on hardair
hardairmagazine.com
Dave
I know Bob has a good write up on plenum affect on hardair
An Introduction To The PCP Regulator. Don’t Ignore The Plenum!
Producing constsnt FPS in a PCP with varying air pressure is tough. Instead why not use a PCP regulator to produce a constant pressure at the valve?
hardairmagazine.com Dave
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Certainly, anything to increase the volume between the valve (poppet) and regulator, not the bottle and reg.
Dave
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Thanks Dave, I read that last month but forgot to save it in my favorites. My memory ain't worth .02 anymore.It would be difficult to figure out without knowing the volume after the reg.
I know Bob has a good write up on plenum affect on hardair
An Introduction To The PCP Regulator. Don’t Ignore The Plenum!
Producing constsnt FPS in a PCP with varying air pressure is tough. Instead why not use a PCP regulator to produce a constant pressure at the valve?
Dave
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Correct. My bad. Thanks. HUMA should offer larger "plenums" in the bottle adapter, or an adjustable plenum. I assume that that the reg would need to be tuned for each volume.
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Even easier: Twist the shroud off and look at the end of the barrel. Behind the disk with the holes is the piston.the air travels through the disk and pushes the piston back. Limiting the amount of air that pushes the piston back can help with jams, double feeds and chain firing.
It just so happens that a spent .22lr casing fits perfectly into those holes.
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