Finally arrived. The P-ROD.
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I have 27 years invested in this marriage and after 27 years she almost has me trained lol. I talked to her again about pickingĀ up a Prod and she said to wait and see how summer goes (she works in a school and no idea if summer school is going to run this year so no idea what the summer budget will be). We had a bad winter this year as my snowblower had a bad accident and is disabled beyond duct tape repair (needs some TLC and some welding that will have to wait until warm weather) so we had to drop $800 for a new one (gonna sell the old one once it is repaired and recoup some of that money). Also have a new grand baby on the way and need to help the kids out with some remodeling work (no expense on my part, just a lot of my time and energy lol). Work OT is going to dry up in a few weeks (unless we get some reworks in which is a strong possibility), but our summer schedule looks very busy and they are talking about mandatory 1 hour a day (which means we can put in 2 hours if we wish) and mandatory 8 hours on off Fridays (we get every other Friday off normally) While not ideal it means some nice big paychecks!
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Thanks for the heads up! So far I'm very happy with the price and transaction that Tom West has given. Just out of curiosity, what was the asking price of the TW stock that was for sale? I don't see it in the classifieds.
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I think he asked for $175 andĀ I believe he included shipping in his asking price. Seemed to me that Tomās stock where at or a little overĀ $200 by the time tax and shipping got added.
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I have had one of Tom's since 2015. It was my "poor mans" Steve C. Dresses up a 1720T. The pistol grip is a bit "fat" but the large heel comes in good use to support high angle shots, into the tops of pine trees. It's main duty is red tree rats at camp. It looks very good on the wall rack, too. 
Enjoy yours.
Enjoy yours.
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Ha, that was fast!
Who bought it?
I donāt want to publicly name the buyer but the stock was sold within the hour of postingĀ and shockingly USPS got it across the country in 2 days!!! The stars must of have aligned for the buyer. Iām half tempted to orderĀ one of TWāsĀ sectionedĀ walnut version.......
BTW the TW stock I got was old stock, not sure of the new ones are different but the finish was a little rough or not that smooth. However all it took was a few minutes with patch of 00 steel wool and the finish was very smooth. I probably can get it to be Vernonās grips smooth if I put in a bit more time.Ā
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I ordered my stock from TW completely unfinished, should be here in about a week 
. I like to finish certain things on my own, kind of picky about products used.
. I like to finish certain things on my own, kind of picky about products used.Upvote 0
I ordered my stock from TW completely unfinished, should be here in about a week
Good move. I had one a few years ago. Grip was kinda "unrefined". I did quite a bit of sanding on mine before I re-finished it.
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I got the Prod as my first PCP. Really fun to shoot and tune. My barrel shoots TERRIBLE with the H&N FTT 5.53, JSB 15.89, JSB Hades, and JSB 18.13 but LOVES the H&N FTT 5.55 and JSB 14.35. CPHP shoots pretty good as well and is my go to pellet for everyday plinking and tuning.
Speaking of tuning, I'm curious what are your factory tune out of the box? My factory tune is (3) turns (cw) from full (ccw) for the hammer spring preload and (0) turns (cw) from full (ccw) for the hammer throw, which is good for 4 mags at the average of 650 fps with 14.3gr pellet. I decided on (3 3/4) turns (cw) from full (ccw) for the hammer spring preload and (0) turns for the hammer throw that gives me the average velocity of 675fps good for 3 mags.
I can reach 64 usable shots at the average velocity of 587fps with tune (0) turns (cw) from full (ccw) for the hammer spring preload and (0) turns (cw) from full (ccw) for the hammer throw. This tune is also very quiet and great for urban backyard plinking.
Looks like there're some other tunes I haven't tried yet that are posted in this thread, looking forward to give it a shot.
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Not sure what the factory tune was but it was a solid performer out of the box.
My new TW stock shows being delivered today! Tonight, I'm hoping to get it all sanded and smoothed to my liking and then do whatever is necessary before finishing it.
My new TW stock shows being delivered today! Tonight, I'm hoping to get it all sanded and smoothed to my liking and then do whatever is necessary before finishing it.
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Looking good as it was but I like all of the edges to be soft and rounded. I went over everything really well and then finished with some Watco exterior with a little bit of dye mixed in. Looking good, right now it's drying and will be installed tomorrow.
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And the after:
I love it. This transforms the pRod into an entirely different feeling gun. I'm going to do a little more shaping to the right side of the hand grip to give it a better feel in the right hand. Hopefully I'll get to that this weekend.
I love it. This transforms the pRod into an entirely different feeling gun. I'm going to do a little more shaping to the right side of the hand grip to give it a better feel in the right hand. Hopefully I'll get to that this weekend.
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The barrel band on the pRod only holds tight onto the air tube and not the shroud. The band actually doesn't touch the shroud at all, is this normal? Isn't the band there to support the shroud? Is there any reason that the band should not at all be touching the shroud?
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On my Prod the barrel band barely touches the top of shroud,the sides and bottom have small gaps,looks to me that the band is for the forearm to have a place to mount to have ;same thing on my Crossman target PCP.
I have a Tom West stock on a Crossman 2400KT,the forearm has a added piece to it, 30 degree angle and adds 2'' to the forearm.I got it that way,it is ugly,but really helps my hold...I going to make a good looking piece and replace that ugly plastic ...I have a long neck so I have a need to get the "gun" at a higher level for comfort and fit.
I have a Tom West stock on a Crossman 2400KT,the forearm has a added piece to it, 30 degree angle and adds 2'' to the forearm.I got it that way,it is ugly,but really helps my hold...I going to make a good looking piece and replace that ugly plastic ...I have a long neck so I have a need to get the "gun" at a higher level for comfort and fit.
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The prod barrel band, like the Mrod uses a floating barrel/shroud and should not be touching the shroud. It is just there in case you wack the shroud on something.
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