Yeah I have been watching a lot of teardown videos already and the biggest take away was if unsure, measure and mark. It seems like a pretty straightforward gun to work on for the most part though. I can see why people really like them and I haven't even shot mine yet
I used the pin probe for a while when I had my mk2, but I did away with it after having accuracy issues and rather inconsistent shot strings. I then changed it to the huma pellet probe and I got about as much fps increase over the regulsr pellet from as I did with the pin probe but without seating issues and accuracy was better off that way. And I agree with @Vetmx about the slug kit. For me, getting the huma heavier weights worked, but only to a certain point. Beyond that it would waste too much air per shot unless you had your reg above 160bar
I suspect trying to throw the 40gr out of the 600mm barrel will probably have me running the second reg pretty hot. I'm definitely going to experiment with the probes some too. I wouldn't have expected that to matter so much but I'm glad you guys pointed it out. Thank you
Personally, I wouldn't run the 40gr. Stick with 27.5gr - 34gr find which diameters works best for you. Make sure you clean your barrel as soon as you get it. If you decide to run a heavy liner, which you will need to shoot the 34gr+ slugs hot, I suggest polishing the liner. It will help with your liner not getting fouled as easily or quickly. I had a mk2 700mm with the power block, power plenum, shooting 30gr javelin slugs in 217 and 218 at 960fps with the reg sitting at about 142ish bar. No heavy hammer, no slug kit, no tensioned barrel. Just a heavy liner, huma probe, huma transfer port and hunterTACtical co magazines. If you go through some of my posts, you'lls see iguana kills beyond 150yds.
Oh I definitely will be trying some lighter ones too but first my caveman brain needs to see if bigger is better ooga booga
It’s cheap but do you realize what you have to do to install anything hammer related? You have to disassemble some important stuff that you previously weren’t having issues with. You have to degas the entire gun then reassemble it and air it up properly so nothing is on a bind. My rule #1 with my Impacts is the less I have to tear them down, the better.
Weelllll I was going to get the 700mm or 800mm barrel but someone here told me to stick with the 600mm for now
Thats on me though. I was planning to use to 40gr and assumed that's what everyone concidered heavy in this caliber. Lesson learned! I have had great results with NSA 27.5gr and NSA 28.5gr Slugs, both .218"...... my M3 700mm shoots patterns with .217" !! . Contrary to most here my best accuracy at longer distances is with velocity circa 1060fps ... .next node down is circa 990fps.
