Well, I've got seven tins (500count) through the gun now. The side lever and trigger seem to have gotten smoother. Although, the new trigger probably only has about two tins under it's belt.
The gun is just a joy to shoot, very enjoyable overall experience.
So, yeah, I'm still quite happy with the purchase. There aren't any other guns out there, that I'm aware of, that have this collection of features at this price.
If remember right, I got the gun the Monday after Thanksgiving. So that'd put ownership a little over 5 weeks.
Travis just posted yesterday that the adjustable regs arrives and they look SWEET. The gauges look big and readable. I was afraid they'd be the little ninja gauges with hash marks at each thousand psi but they look like the nice big one with 100psi increments like on my USFT.
Back to Field Target.
I built a thigh rest for the Raptor. For Open class they are legal and, in my opinion, really help with side to side stability. They essentially swing down from the stored position to....rest on the thigh.
Here's a pic of one for those unfamiliar:
The cam/lever unlocks to swing it down to the thigh, and locks it in position, at either the stored or deployed positions.
Here's the one I built for the Raptor:
This one is lacking the cam lever (should be here on Monday). It will pivot where I'm am pinching and unlock to swing down and be lockable in the stored or deployed position like the one in the first picture.
Aluminum seemed the obvious choice. Kind of interesting back story to where the aluminum plate came from.....I grew up on a ranch in Oklahoma. For a growing boy, a couple thousand acres was an awesome place the hunt and fish and just roam wherever I wanted. Well we had these signs posted everywhere, keep out, no trespassing, that sort of thing. Well when the ranch sold when I was about 20, the signs were taken down and placed into a big conex (among a bunch of other random stuff) that was then moved here to AZ. I noticed the signs a couple months ago and made a mental note that they were there. When needing some decently thick aluminum plate for the Raptor thigh rest, I went and grabbed a sign. Turns out aluminum can be cut with a jigsaw and shaped with a belt sander. Took longer than necessary with the lack of proper tools but seems like it'll work for the intended use. Kind of cool, in a nostalgic way, to literally have a piece of the ranch on the gun.
I also ordered some other cheap baubles that I think I can turn into a convertible bag rider or butt hook (facing front or back).
We're lucky here in AZ to have two field target matches per month, at least in the winter months. Now that Travis has the adjustable regs in, really hoping he gets caught up soon with the back log on the Raptors so that one finds its way to my house and I can try this baby out at a match.
The gun is just a joy to shoot, very enjoyable overall experience.
So, yeah, I'm still quite happy with the purchase. There aren't any other guns out there, that I'm aware of, that have this collection of features at this price.
If remember right, I got the gun the Monday after Thanksgiving. So that'd put ownership a little over 5 weeks.
Travis just posted yesterday that the adjustable regs arrives and they look SWEET. The gauges look big and readable. I was afraid they'd be the little ninja gauges with hash marks at each thousand psi but they look like the nice big one with 100psi increments like on my USFT.
Back to Field Target.
I built a thigh rest for the Raptor. For Open class they are legal and, in my opinion, really help with side to side stability. They essentially swing down from the stored position to....rest on the thigh.
Here's a pic of one for those unfamiliar:
The cam/lever unlocks to swing it down to the thigh, and locks it in position, at either the stored or deployed positions.
Here's the one I built for the Raptor:
This one is lacking the cam lever (should be here on Monday). It will pivot where I'm am pinching and unlock to swing down and be lockable in the stored or deployed position like the one in the first picture.
Aluminum seemed the obvious choice. Kind of interesting back story to where the aluminum plate came from.....I grew up on a ranch in Oklahoma. For a growing boy, a couple thousand acres was an awesome place the hunt and fish and just roam wherever I wanted. Well we had these signs posted everywhere, keep out, no trespassing, that sort of thing. Well when the ranch sold when I was about 20, the signs were taken down and placed into a big conex (among a bunch of other random stuff) that was then moved here to AZ. I noticed the signs a couple months ago and made a mental note that they were there. When needing some decently thick aluminum plate for the Raptor thigh rest, I went and grabbed a sign. Turns out aluminum can be cut with a jigsaw and shaped with a belt sander. Took longer than necessary with the lack of proper tools but seems like it'll work for the intended use. Kind of cool, in a nostalgic way, to literally have a piece of the ranch on the gun.
I also ordered some other cheap baubles that I think I can turn into a convertible bag rider or butt hook (facing front or back).
We're lucky here in AZ to have two field target matches per month, at least in the winter months. Now that Travis has the adjustable regs in, really hoping he gets caught up soon with the back log on the Raptors so that one finds its way to my house and I can try this baby out at a match.
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