Wish this Forum had this for "Newbs" (the un or newly initiated).......

any idea where i would find straws to fit .177 ? the only item i find are Hobby store brass tubing ,so i just remove the pickle .
Walmart, grocery stores, maybe even the hardware store. Simple plastic drinking straws in a box for $1. Get the flimsy ones so you can make them fit in the .177's.
 
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I don't mind answering simple questions repeatedly. Doing so politely will help newbies want to return. I am not against having a reference but most of us have to hear things multiple times for it to sink in. If I can SEE it that is different. Showing is much better than telling but pretty hard when we are usually pretty far apart.
 
All of us are not great nerds . I can remember a time when there were no stupid questions ! Now people are a bother for asking .
I love helping people out so it's not a bother, that's not what I was saying. Just thought it would be a good info sheet to refer to. "A picture is worth a thousand words" kinda thing.
 
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That’s a great start. For nomenclature:
Foster fitting, coupling or fill probe. An air fitting for filling your air reservoir.
Wind flags, visual indicators of the wind direction and approximate speed. Used to determine the amount of hold off to allow your projectile to reach its intended target.
POA, Point of aim.
POI, Point of impact.
I got tired of one-finger-typing so my list stopped there. I thought of that and many other things.
 
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I would add to the list these items:

- A few pin punches and roll pin punches of correct size for your guns
- A small Chapman or similar set of screwdriver bits and handles that are intended for use in guns and other somewhat delicate applications
- Nondetergent oil (10, 20, or 30 wt) for lubing metal-to-metal points and, in some guns, other parts
- To apply the above drop by careful drop, an eyedropper or a tiny squeeze bottle with fine nozzle
- Either a readymade sturdy pellet trap or materials to make shorter-lived DIY ones
 
Excellent idea Gerry but even in your first post I think that you have overwhelmed a newbie.

As a college professor, I taught an accelerated Information Technology (IT) course to a groups of people with widely varying backgrounds. The biggest challenge was to teach without overwhelming the students.

A newbie doesn't know what they don't know. They don't have framework in which they can put the information and have no perspective on how important a bit of information is relative to everything else.

I agree totally with what you are trying to do, it's just a very difficult to take a very complex subject and present it to someone in a manner simple enough that a newbie can understand it without an experienced person there to answer all the questions that come up.


So, before we overwhelm a newbie with all kinds of information, we need to know where they are coming from and where they want to go to.

A casual backyard plinker needs an airgun, pellets and a backstop. A cleaning kit and tools to keep the hardware snug would be good. That's it.

At the other extreme, is someone who wants to mod/tune airguns and compete. That person is facing a huge learning curve and needs to make a serious investment in time/money to get where they want to be.

Who do we want to make this thread for? Not an easy job eh?


Having worked in high tech my whole career, I often had to learn complex processes, heavy duty software and then teach others.

From personal experience, I found that having a good overview and understanding of the flow through the process was the critical. To understand, I'd make myself simple flowcharts to sketch the process and (eventually) detailed flowcharts to address the nitty-gritty stuff.

I've been asked to recommend airguns many times and there's a whole series of questions I ask to determine what the person wants an airgun for. Frequently, I find out that they don't know what they (really) want.

As I said, great idea but very difficult to summarize "airguns" without writing a (big) book. 😉

As experienced users we sometimes forget what it's like to be a newbie. Just as a reminder of how a newbie sees a new totally new subject/process, I've attached one of my work flows (my son called them "spider drawings"). I had simple flowcharts for each facet of the process.

Cheers!

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EXACTLY !
 
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I have over a decade of experience in Dahscams, but i do not call myself a nerd or expert.
I am a a dedicated user, so i can not rant on SOCs in use, and power consumption and heat signature of dashcams, all i do is find out if a system run at it should, and really for a long long time most do this just fine
I also test a range ( 12 ) of memory cards, CUZ getting the wrong one can give you problems, mind you most brands now have a list of recommended brand / ,models for their individual systems.

And i do not really do reviews, though most often i will do a short and simple inboxing video ( inboxing CUZ everyone else under the sun do unboxing )

Normally i figure out things myself, like during my apprenticeship as machine worker and tool maker, all i ever heard was " you need to work slower " and i was like, this is slow you should see me go fast.
Everything else, look listen and repeat.

So with airguns i figure things out, but some times i do not have patience for that, and so,,,, here i am.
 
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any idea where i would find straws to fit .177 ? the only item i find are Hobby store brass tubing ,so i just remove the pickle .
I use pieces of carbon arrows. What diameter do you need and how long?

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Isn't this the entire purpose of this forum?? To share experience, thoughts, opinions and to help aid ones in the right direction the may be unaware or less experienced? Its always nice to help a noob. we were all there once. and we all had questions. Sometimes it can be cumbersome but we dont have to chime in and move along.