I machined a few mods for my .25 Gauntlet 2. I removed the shroud and got rid of the plastic air stripper and machined three delrin spacers with o-rings at each end, they are about 3 in. long to stabilize the barrel inside the shroud. I made them as a tight slip fit on the barrel and after positioning, them in place I put a ring of clear fingernail polish on the barrel at each end of the spacers, the polish adds a couple thousands diam. to the barrel which prevents them from moving when removing the shroud, I got rid of the spring and plastic cones and made some aluminum cones to take their place. I made a threaded end cap for the barrel and machined a 6" aluminum moderator from a piece of solid aluminum bar stock and machined some K baffles from solid aluminum. It definitely shoots better than before and it is a lot more quiet now.
Made a moderator for my Gauntlet 2
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I've got a very small shop here at my home, I've got two lathes, a small milling machine and a mid size milling machine. They are all manual machines, no cnc here....lol I used to be into the rimfire benchrest game, I taught myself how to build rimfire rifles and I built quite a few rifles for others and my own over the years I was into it. I just got sick of the monopoly on the high dollar match ammo that was needed to compete in that game. A person could build the best rifle around but it was worthless without the right ammo for it...Mmmmmm......
shop envy.
I sold all of my benchrest rifles and then my son in law got me into the air rifles. I bought this gauntlet just to see if I would like it and now I'm hooked, I'm already looking at a FX Impact....lolUpvote 0
Welcome to the world of airguns!
So much of what probably attracted you to rimfire BR will be applicable here. They are even quieter and cheaper to shoot. They are also even more challenging at shorter ranges.
Glad to have you and your experience here.
So much of what probably attracted you to rimfire BR will be applicable here. They are even quieter and cheaper to shoot. They are also even more challenging at shorter ranges.
Glad to have you and your experience here.
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I got to shoot some today on my backyard 50yd. range. I was trying out some different pellets, this gauntlet seems to like the .25 Hades, it's shooting them about 950 - 960 fps. I'm thinking about installing a hammer spring kit to be able to do some fine tuning on it but for a four hundred dollar rifle I'm pretty happy with the accuracy I'm getting out of it....
Here's a pic of the rifle and a 8 shot group at 50 yards.
Here's a pic of the rifle and a 8 shot group at 50 yards.
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