They all still come out of Tennessee.
However, I don’t believe manufacturing is happening in Tennessee, just the assembly and testing
However, I don’t believe manufacturing is happening in Tennessee, just the assembly and testing
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I'm considering letting this beauty go. I moved last July and no longer have an easy place to shoot it. The groups were shot at my old back yard range which maxed out at 48 yards, but it is deadly accurate well beyond that range. Martin custom built this one for me several years ago. I have the original invoice somewhere. The barrel is 2" shorter than the standard RAW HM barrel, but it will still easily and accurately make 40 ft/lbs. It was tuned by Martin about a year ago and has barely been out of its case since. It's by far the best air rifle I've owned, and I've owned most of them. I'm posting here rather than the classifieds because I haven't quite convinced myself to part with her. It currently has an Arken SH-4 Gen II scope on it (not the one pictured). If someone who appreciates original RAW quality and precision is interested in giving it a good home where it will see regular use, PM me and we can talk about it. Michael, if this is crossing the line by posting this in this forum please just delete it.
Mine is an HM1000 (not X). When I was ordering it, I told Martin I wanted maximum accuracy and his advice to was to go with a HM1000 tuned for 40 ft/lbs. Since I wasn't concerned about power for hunting (this gun is too heavy for real field use and I have lots of other tools available for hunting) I followed his advice, which as you can see was very good. The only time I've felt like more velocity would have been advantageous is at 100 yards and more when dealing with gusting wind. The trajectory at 830ish FPS is a bit loopy at that range and speed in windy conditions. I really planned to use this rifle for EBR competition which at the time topped out at 75 yards. Unfortunately I never managed to make it to EBR. I'm sure you could squeeze more power out of it, I just never had any desire to. I primarily shot it in my yard and didn't want or need more than 40 ft/lbs. The shorter barrel was purely personal preference.
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Kdog, do you still own that beautiful blue TM? I love that gun!
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Kdog, do you still own that beautiful blue TM? I love that gun!
I sure do...I actually shot it last weekend at our 25yd BR match at Sherwood Airgunners. It shot fantastic shooting a 749 with 46X combined for my three cards. The one card it had 21x count.![]()
Corny, actually AirForce probably has the latest 5 axis machining centers and tooling which means tighter tolerance’s? And that’s fine be me!
Took the big can MUFFLER and CF shroud off, have Donny fl adapter in place, just received new thicker CF shroud and waiting on moderator.![]()
Haven’t decided if I will install new CF shroud? Shooting more consistent less flyer’s? Maybe the batch of pellets?
also have a ten groove LW barrel waiting to be installed to test my theory! ( not necessarily a great fan of the poly barrels in larger caliber’s? )