Danman
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Oh man, you have 2 pcp reseals on the go?! Here's hoping no leaks24h leak down test on my S510 *Pass*
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What'cha doing air gun related today?
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Florida_Man
Master HAMster
I cleaned up a bunch of AG stuff that accumulated on my home office desk. Mowed the lawn. Next, during my son’s nap, is reorganizing my shed. AG and home improvement tools need to be put away properly. Maybe I’ll have time for a little plinking later. I also played with my 3yo JRT to get that out of the way.
Setting myself up for a possibility to plink with my CZ200 hunter later
Setting myself up for a possibility to plink with my CZ200 hunter later
Cantona256
HAM Expert
It was after midnight so technically I shot this jack rabbit today haha… so yesterday I hunted before dawn at my house, squirrels during the middday before coyotes and jack rabbits until 3am… I really really really like the Zulus so far. In my opinion it’s a hunter’s scope. It’s lightweight, standby mode makes it sip batteries and it looks really good day or night. I have video from last night’s kill but it’s blurry because I was excited and forgot to focus. But even slightly out of focus I had zero issues putting that slug right behind its shoulder blade. Lol those 30gr slugs hit unreasonably hard for such a little slug.
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Cantona256
HAM Expert
Also I would have had great footage of a gray fox that we called in last night but it’s not season for them right now so we just watched him. Foxes are such weird little dogs haha.
Florida_Man
Master HAMster
Do this in January
Mike Brown
HAM Marksman
Just aired up the Notos in preparation for the influx of starlings.
Florida_Man
Master HAMster
It was up to 94 degrees when I called good enough
Cantona256
HAM Expert
That sounds like so much fun bro I’m jelly.
Billm
Grand HAMster
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I’ve just come in from trying to retune the Ghost. I brought the reg down from 168 to 130 bar and worked my way up to 145 bar. The wind was too variable to get any grouping at 75yds so I brought the plate in to 50yds. It was still too windy, i did it for about two hours, filling the Ghost 3/4 times. Then the Florida Humidity got to me lol. It hit 101.5f. Time for some AC while I design a gun cart.
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Elexious Musick
HAM Sniper
It's been a busy airgun auction season so far. Tons of bargains available! Picked up a pristine Crosman Silhouette 1701P for dimes on the dollar, bought a 1399 stock for it, which I need to mount. Won a very clean Beeman/HW77K also. Picked up some vintage scopes, NIB BSAs and 8 Tasco Blue Ribbon scopes.
Cantona256
HAM Expert
Regulator fluctuations
Do you guys ever notice fluctuations in your regulators when the barometric pressure drops? We have a storm moving in so the pressure started dropping yesterday when I was going after the squirrels. I was hitting lower at longer ranges than expected. I didn’t think a whole lot about it but before going out last night my buddy and I were both shooting slower than expect. My 30gr were only doing like 915-920fps instead of the expected 960. I did give a little bump to get me back where I wanted to be… lol when the storm moves off and the temp comes back up I bet they are gonna be cooking haha.
I know the regulators on the Barra are not top class. It’s a budget gun so I plan on changing them as soon as an aftermarket one becomes available. But the reason I ask is my friend has a Gauntlet 2 .30 that he ordered from Hajimoto so it has the ninja regulator ect…he was noticing the same thing. Plenum regulator was fluctuating and his chrono numbers were weird. It could also be chrono issues as it’s a cheap Chinese chrono…I just wanted to see if y’all had any input since my friend and I are very much still noobs at all of this.
Do you guys ever notice fluctuations in your regulators when the barometric pressure drops? We have a storm moving in so the pressure started dropping yesterday when I was going after the squirrels. I was hitting lower at longer ranges than expected. I didn’t think a whole lot about it but before going out last night my buddy and I were both shooting slower than expect. My 30gr were only doing like 915-920fps instead of the expected 960. I did give a little bump to get me back where I wanted to be… lol when the storm moves off and the temp comes back up I bet they are gonna be cooking haha.
I know the regulators on the Barra are not top class. It’s a budget gun so I plan on changing them as soon as an aftermarket one becomes available. But the reason I ask is my friend has a Gauntlet 2 .30 that he ordered from Hajimoto so it has the ninja regulator ect…he was noticing the same thing. Plenum regulator was fluctuating and his chrono numbers were weird. It could also be chrono issues as it’s a cheap Chinese chrono…I just wanted to see if y’all had any input since my friend and I are very much still noobs at all of this.
JimT66
Master HAMster
I.found.and bought a thing at the flea Mkt. Today! $25.00, metal reciever, pumps.strong, shoots hard, and the scope....if you wanna call it that, even works! Whoever owned it had it set for 10ish yards.
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JimT66
Master HAMster
Where in the world you bagging wabbits that size? Holy mother.... That's a big old swamp rabbit! What he weigh, 7-8 lbs?
JimT66
Master HAMster
Well, speaking as someone that don't have a whole lot more experience than you do, if any at all more, watching mine when the weather changes, anytime temp rises, so does the pressure guage. Cooler it gets, lower it drops....well, not a ton of a drop, but definitely noticeable.
Cantona256
HAM Expert
Yeah I have noticed that as well. Which is to be expected. Yesterday was strange because the temp stayed pretty steady until well after dark but the barometric pressure kept dropping.
SW Utah bro. These sage rats out here get massive. Best part is that if you’re calling coyotes you’re probably gonna be around jack rabbits so if the dogs don’t show you can just shoot the jacks. If you’re ever in the area hit me up and I’ll put you on some…. And yeah she was around 7lbs, a nursing female. I shot one even bigger like 6 weeks ago.
JimT66
Master HAMster
That would be so much fun! I got to hunt rabbits like that when I lived in Louisiana during college, and it was a heck of a change compared to shooting these 2-3 pounders here in North Alabama.
Florida_Man
Master HAMster
Got a little plinking in. I have a 5gal bucket full of sparking water that went bad, well the refrigerator died and wasn’t discovered for a few weeks,so they all smell like mold. So I set up about 10 and shot those and a steel target with my CZ200.
Cantona256
HAM Expert
Either way it’s a fun time to me. I love calling coyotes but is fun to go out and chase the critters too sometimes. Rabbit hunting is fun to me cuz it’s active and I generally don’t like em haha
JimT66
Master HAMster
I don't have any use for them either, unless they are BBQ'd, or with dumplings! My wife will not eat game though, other than deer jerky I make. I keep trying to convince her rabbit is not like tree rat, but so far, even after all these years, she can't get past the Walt Disney version of rabbits, so eating them is out. Don't stop me from whacking the garden eating critters though, at least when she not watching.
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