So,, after two days of tuning on this little chili pepper. I finally have a tune. The thing to know about taking an STX liner and shortening them is,,,,,they don’t particularly respond well. This thing, looking like I was throwing stinger missiles at a fighter jet. The amount of unstable twirling, tumbling, spiraling pellets that met their demise crashing into the ground, trees, fence, neighbors barn, and, there very well could be a few still flying, is laughable to say the least. Slugs though, boy howdy, 13gr KOs just do what they do. Trouble is, getting them to fly fast enough from a 290mm barrel is taxing on one’s mental state. But at 830fps on a 170bar reg it’s well within reason you could surprise a wary starling if nothing but by the sheer sound and shock wave of a small nuclear detonation. Or at least that’s what it sounds like when you squeeze off a pill the size of large sliver from this bombaster.
But I’m digressing, the point of this rifle build was to be able to shoot inside a large equipment barn. The owner of a permission I shoot on has an infestation of sparrows that could be eligible for the Guinness book of world records. You’d swear he’s packing them for shipment to Mary largo with all the sound of a Miley Cyrus concert before the crack. And so, he asked me, being the only one fool hardy enough to accept, to take on the job of crowd dispersal shall we say. Sounds simple enough. Step in, close the doors and blast away. However though, he seems to enjoy not having holes in his shed or windows in his $500k tractors. Seems the air conditioning works better when they are installed. So my solution,, barring poison, or a truck load of cats, was to build a rifle that is superbly accurate at say 20yds. Seems easy enough,,,,
So enter the FX Streamline. Wonderful little rifle I bought during a drunken eBay bender while the wife was visiting her mothers. I know, out of all the things one could spend money on, a synthetic used streamline was what I chose. Oh well, at least my retirement account is still intact and I don’t have an STD from a newly retired pole dancer. I suppose there’s a bright side. Mind you, the rifle shot just wonderfully in .25 cal and was as quiet as your first dates flatulence. But, I just hated the stock. I would say it fit like a cheap suite, but that would give credit where it belongs almost as much as a circus clown in the White House. It well,,,,,, it fits like a cheap suite. So, another dice role and six pack of Modelo and I have myself an eBay Menelli stock. The rest of the build came together with the ease of caressing a wild kitten. The Tatsu, well, easy enough. But the plenum, winning an arm wrestling contest with a 400lb gorilla would have been easier, and barrel amputation was a twist of the knickers. And it finally came together.
And finally to the tune. I apologize from the dibble and will get to it post haste. Suffice to say, finding a pellet, or rather anything to fly with any accuracy was a challenge. Finally, actually the second pellet I tried. The H&N Match Green finally found a use. Seems as though these guys like to fly slow. Mimicking a drive by shooting in downtown Compton, they slide by at a mere 730fps, delivering a staggering 6.1ftlbs of ferocious energy. A fly killer it is, at 20yds anything with wings should be terrified of the outcome. But is it mighty enough to take down a mob of unruly sparrows?
Of course.
But I’m digressing, the point of this rifle build was to be able to shoot inside a large equipment barn. The owner of a permission I shoot on has an infestation of sparrows that could be eligible for the Guinness book of world records. You’d swear he’s packing them for shipment to Mary largo with all the sound of a Miley Cyrus concert before the crack. And so, he asked me, being the only one fool hardy enough to accept, to take on the job of crowd dispersal shall we say. Sounds simple enough. Step in, close the doors and blast away. However though, he seems to enjoy not having holes in his shed or windows in his $500k tractors. Seems the air conditioning works better when they are installed. So my solution,, barring poison, or a truck load of cats, was to build a rifle that is superbly accurate at say 20yds. Seems easy enough,,,,
So enter the FX Streamline. Wonderful little rifle I bought during a drunken eBay bender while the wife was visiting her mothers. I know, out of all the things one could spend money on, a synthetic used streamline was what I chose. Oh well, at least my retirement account is still intact and I don’t have an STD from a newly retired pole dancer. I suppose there’s a bright side. Mind you, the rifle shot just wonderfully in .25 cal and was as quiet as your first dates flatulence. But, I just hated the stock. I would say it fit like a cheap suite, but that would give credit where it belongs almost as much as a circus clown in the White House. It well,,,,,, it fits like a cheap suite. So, another dice role and six pack of Modelo and I have myself an eBay Menelli stock. The rest of the build came together with the ease of caressing a wild kitten. The Tatsu, well, easy enough. But the plenum, winning an arm wrestling contest with a 400lb gorilla would have been easier, and barrel amputation was a twist of the knickers. And it finally came together.
And finally to the tune. I apologize from the dibble and will get to it post haste. Suffice to say, finding a pellet, or rather anything to fly with any accuracy was a challenge. Finally, actually the second pellet I tried. The H&N Match Green finally found a use. Seems as though these guys like to fly slow. Mimicking a drive by shooting in downtown Compton, they slide by at a mere 730fps, delivering a staggering 6.1ftlbs of ferocious energy. A fly killer it is, at 20yds anything with wings should be terrified of the outcome. But is it mighty enough to take down a mob of unruly sparrows?
Of course.
