Results with Artemis PP700 so far

[knifemaker]

Always loved hand gunning, but didn't have a pcp air pistol. This seemed a good way to enter the type.



I have been amazed with the accuracy of this offering.. First thing I notices when it arrived from wes Bob, was the barrel looked to be lapped and polished in the bore.



Here is how it is shooting.



Equipped with an ADE 3.5 holo dot sight,

5shots with cast pellets from the NOE .22 pellet mold.With tow more shots with Crosman 14.3 pellets for comparison

. at 20 yards.

3 shots at 80 yards with the NOE modded bullet. Two touching and one 1/2 low. Green dot is 3/4" and not present for the shooting. here for size only. Of note, is the scope has no magnification, and covers the target. I was floating the red (green) dot in the air above the target.

Shot with 29.2 NOE .2165 bullet I cast

from a NOE mold that I customized.

 

[jwrabbit123]

which mold is this ? not bobs boatail there is no band hmm , is thiis the .225 39 grain you milled down ? LOU

 

[Jammin22]

That is amazing! I have one and love it. It is really accurate with 14gr JSB. I haven't done anything to it but some trigger adjustments.

 

[Raden1942]

Im about to put some set scews with blue lock tight on my barrel but mines super accurate too. I just wish I bought the 22 for hunting. 

 

[blkbagger]

I'm still on the fence over mine, it doesn't like being a .22, very hard to insert a pellet in the breech... Mine shoots pretty well with the .177 barrel but doesn't like a LDC on either barrel... Without it my PP700S-A shoots pretty well, 1/2" groups at 10 meters... No modifications except having the transfer port opened up, it's shooting at 680-690 FPS... Need to tune it down some... I just got it, need to find the pellets it prefers... Seems the barrel shroud is an awful lot of weight hanging on the end of what otherwise would be a free floated barrel... I'm going to fabricate a carbon fiber shroud today for it and also do some shooting without any shroud to see how it groups...

Just my .02 Ken

 

[knifemaker]

Exactly what it is.



Hobby man and I have obtain 4 Brownell's .224 barrel liners, and will use them in different builds. His, an FX Impact and an Artemis PP 700 and mine, a Rainstorm II and another Artemis PP 700. Well see how it goes.



the barrel liner is almost identical to the FX liner ind o.d.. the FX at .311 and the Brownell's offering at .3155. or is it exactly the opposite, GRRRR!!! At any rate, the liner fits the o rings and tube no the FX Impact perfectly. ;<)



Knife

 

[knifemaker]

At the price, no harm in owning two! ;<)

Knife

 

[knifemaker]

You may want to re think that. The shroud isn't just hanging there. It is actually pensioning the barrel. Which is normally available only on the most expensive airguns. Such as the AAA, Flex, Warp, Raptor and a very few others.



I don't doubt that it has great deal to do with their outstanding accuracy.

Knife

 

[knifemaker]

I would open up the lede with a cratex rubber abrasive in a dremel type tool for easier pellet insertion though.

 

[Vetmx]

I built 3 different barrels for my PP700. I was planning on going with a round shroud and a floating barrel. I wound up threading my favorite barrel and making a steel tension nut with 1/2 UNF threads for best accuracy.

 

[blkbagger]

I think my Artemis PP700S-A is a great pistol, well made, shoots pretty well straight out of the box, I think it's cranked up too high, need to adjust it down quite a bit and really sit down and shoot it a bunch at different settings... I have more experience with PBs and free floating a barrel was one way to accurizing a high power rifle, that and glass bedding the action... I will have to experiment with different tensions on the "nut" securing the shroud... I have a CF shroud I made yesterday, the pistol has quite a bark even with the LDC on it...

Edit: turned down the hammer spring tension, much quieter now, waiting for GF to bring chronograph over to check velocity and possibly adjust some more... Will shoot a few strings and follow up...

Ken

 

[Vetmx]

Are you making use of the shroud with factory nut? When I found the balance between shot count, around 30 or so, and power, the noise level on my gun was way better.

 

[blkbagger]

I just put it back to stock, except for DonnyFL adapter instead of original nut... Seems my LDC was clipping cheap crosman domes .177 dumped a bunch of lead shavings out of my tanto… The barrel looks ok, but...

Onward into the fog...

 

[knifemaker]

this is one gun that it is easy to check barrel alignment and ldc on. Cock, open port, point at bright back ground and sight down the bore. Any dark area showing is a clipping possibility. and easy to correct once found.



I have made a few more changes to the pistol. I am a 1911 shooter, and fund the angle of the grip far too angled for my shooting style. I don't like the broken wrist hold so popular in European guns.



I removed the palm swells, finger groves. (which only fit some people well.), changed the interior angles, removed much of the under trigger guard material on both the pistol grips and trigger guard. And removed the arched back strap area to a straight strap more in line with my 1911 .45's. There was an area in the center of the back strap that did not checker well as it was very flexible as it was almost sanded thru. Later backed with JB Steel Putty, it quite solid. I will re-cut the checkering finally it was bead blasted.

I may spray it with truck bed liner as after bead blasting it is still too slick. Possibly I will stipple it. We'll see. ;<)



Before the mods, the green dot of the Holo sight was way up in the air at first presenting the ag. Now it falls exactly in line whit where the sights would be if not blocked by the Holo sight. this make the pistol much quicker on target.



I use this pistol for night hunting for scorpions on my range. It is equipped with a 365 nM black light which makes them glow much like a chem light. Bright, and zombi green. LOL 



Before I was using a S&W co2 ag made by S&W back in the 70's.



Count so far for Scorpions killed this season since May 21st is 1111 so far. Yep! That is one thousand, one hundred and 11 so far. Bad this week. Seems they don't come out much in low light. Much better hunting in moon light conditions. But it makes them harder to see glowing in the dark. GRRRRR!!!



the grip has been checkered both on the front strap and rear straps. As you can see, I'm not there yet wit my checkering I will get better eventually.

The tape is there to give the JB Epoxie a wall to adhere to while it cures. Under neath is glad wrap to keep it from sticking to the grip frame.

Knife

 

[Vetmx]

You definitely got the Glock angle out of your grip. Almost looks AR like. I’ll bet squeezing the trigger feels much better now. Scorpions beware!

 

[knifemaker]

What I was after was two fold. One, to more closely match the 1911, and tow, to not have the holo dot way up in the air. Now is presented dead center of the window. Quickly for those fast shots. ;<) 

 

[Vetmx]

I briefly had a dot on mine and always found myself searching for it. My dot was a lot like yours with a small window. Know I know why. Grip angle. When I did find it and center it, I wasn’t comfortable. I too am very comfortable with the 1911. I even switched my Glock frame to a P80 which is more 1911 like.

 

[larrykbrown]

amazing

 

[knifemaker]

I briefly had a dot on mine and always found myself searching for it. My dot was a lot like yours with a small window. Know I know why. Grip angle. When I did find it and center it, I wasn’t comfortable. I too am very comfortable with the 1911. I even switched my Glock frame to a P80 which is more 1911 like.



I too find the P80 grip much more comfortable. Seems the Europeans never really understood pistol craft. and it shows in the ergonomics. Sadly. .



Even bead blasted, the grip i sfar too smooth. May very well truck bed liner coat it. ;<)



Knife

 

[Vetmx]

You can always put a rubber thing on the grip. This one came off my Glock when I ditched the stock frame. I think Pachmayr made it. I had to

stretch the heck out of it to fit old jumbo but it feels nice.