What'cha doing air gun related today?

[Scriv]

Made some modifications to my classified posting today.

 

[Chief55]

So, I shot the EscapeSS with the .20 barrel in it until the heat drove me inside. wind was 9-15 about 80-degree crosswind. Shot the 15gr JSB for the first time. They were okey but the 13gr JSB will keep them all in the red dot. I did not shoot them today. The 11gr H&N were awful, going way too fast. The 14 grain slugs fell out of the barrel and are unusable. The NSA 18 grain slugs were shooting a 3-inch group at 30 yards before powder coating them. After 2 coats of powder coat the best group was .590ctc at 30yd with 30fpe. So, it worked and I think I will try a 3rd coat just to see what happens. The 15gr pellets would do much better with some tunning but I was tunning more for the 18gr slugs. I guess now I will want to try the Zan 20gr. So now I have a .20, .22, and .25 barrels for this gun, guess I will have to get a .177 someday for it just because. This is still my favorite gun to play with, even more fun with a Condor tank on it.

 

[BBGunn]

So, I shot the EscapeSS with the .20 barrel in it until the heat drove me inside. wind was 9-15 about 80-degree crosswind. Shot the 15gr JSB for the first time. They were okey but the 13gr JSB will keep them all in the red dot. I did not shoot them today. The 11gr H&N were awful, going way too fast. The 14 grain slugs fell out of the barrel and are unusable. The NSA 18 grain slugs were shooting a 3-inch group at 30 yards before powder coating them. After 2 coats of powder coat the best group was .590ctc at 30yd with 30fpe. So, it worked and I think I will try a 3rd coat just to see what happens. The 15gr pellets would do much better with some tunning but I was tunning more for the 18gr slugs. I guess now I will want to try the Zan 20gr. So now I have a .20, .22, and .25 barrels for this gun, guess I will have to get a .177 someday for it just because. This is still my favorite gun to play with, even more fun with a Condor tank on it.


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That's an impressive accuracy gain with your powder coated experiment ammo!

 

[BBGunn]

This morning I fired my 250z and my Falcon FN19 (single shot). The 250z at 50yds and the FN19 at 38yds. Pretty much my normal morning routine unless I'm hunting or fishing that day, or have some other commitment.

Also, cleaned, adjusted and thread-locked a couple Reximex magazines that the center screw was backing out on after a few mag fills.

 

[Chief55]

Next time I will try to use a plastic shrimp deveining tool or a nylon Oring pick to seat the 14grain slugs into the barrel farther to engage the rifling without marring the barrel, so they don't fall back out and maybe I will get them to group.

 

[Murfdurf82]

I adjusted the hammer spring/regulator on .177 Nova liberty to shoot jsb monster 13.43 in the 900-880 range and it's hole In hole accurate at 20 yards. Regulator is running at 2100 psi. Feels in tune right now! The last 15 shots were dead on, scope was out pretty far as I swapped to a bug buster 4-12x40 I received w a rifle a while ago. The eye relief is better than the pinty 3-9x40 and IR light is good quality. Forgot I had it!

Knock on wood I'm done fooling with this a while and can enjoy it.

 

[FL22]

Replaced two leaking O-rings and desiccant in my HPA filter.

 

[Fred Bear]

Next time I will try to use a plastic shrimp deveining tool or a nylon Oring pick to seat the 14grain slugs into the barrel farther to engage the rifling without marring the barrel, so they don't fall back out and maybe I will get them to group.

Smart idea

 

[PapaT]

On the road, which is keeping momentum from trigger time. But... I reached out to Mike Tiehen of AGM/TKO, since I am back in Omaha for the first time in 30 years. Maybe I'll get a quick hey with him tomorrow, or I'll at least get memories for what I hope is not another 30 years. Shoot straight and stay safe all.

 

[Murfdurf82]

On the road, which is keeping momentum from trigger time. But... I reached out to Mike Tiehen of AGM/TKO, since I am back in Omaha for the first time in 30 years. Maybe I'll get a quick hey with him tomorrow, or I'll at least get memories for what I hope is not another 30 years. Shoot straight and stay safe all.

Happy visit to Omaha, great time to visit the zoo!

 

[Chief55]

I shot a lot of different slugs in the .22 Condor Slug Barrel today, from 20-40 grain. I only shot at 30 yards today. The 40s did the best but I did not have time to speed tune them, and I am still not convinced that there isn't something better that I have not tried yet. These were .2213 AVS round nose HP 40 grain flat base .423 long. Just a little bit of difference in the length can make a big difference in the groups. But I think I am narrowing it down.

 

[BBGunn]

Replaced a bad o-ring in my fill hose/filter setup. Seems like I replace one or more o-rings in the hose setup about every two or three months.

 

[old navy]

just getting frustrated with the weather
the ground is wet cant take the golf cart out without rutting the ground. the sun comes out but then the next round of showers comes through and back to square one
wind and rain can sure spoil a good days shooting, i got 11 tins of pellets to try and just cant get to the range i want to zero at to put out targets so just hitting tin for fun

 

[Billm]

just getting frustrated with the weather
the ground is wet cant take the golf cart out without rutting the ground. the sun comes out but then the next round of showers comes through and back to square one
wind and rain can sure spoil a good days shooting, i got 11 tins of pellets to try and just cant get to the range i want to zero at to put out targets so just hitting tin for fun

I feel your pain. We had another 1.5” of rain this morning and I went out and shot for about two hours and only managed 54 shots. It was miserable, hot and 98% humidity. Lots of bugs. I couldn’t hack it. We’ve been in drought conditions, so I can’t complain too much. I tried to shoot a 50yd ELEY card and only managed the first five targets and gave up lol.

 

[BBGunn]

just getting frustrated with the weather
the ground is wet cant take the golf cart out without rutting the ground. the sun comes out but then the next round of showers comes through and back to square one
wind and rain can sure spoil a good days shooting, i got 11 tins of pellets to try and just cant get to the range i want to zero at to put out targets so just hitting tin for fun

We've had stormy (thunder lightening) weather the last four days but it's over as of today. One day the water was coming off the roof so hard it looked like a waterfall (we don't use roof gutters in this country).

I fired 75-pellets between two rifles this morning. Was nice to shoot again without much wind.

 

[Murfdurf82]

Shot some w my son, he has a hatsan jet .22. 20-22 yards out. I shot the Nova Liberty in .177 and .22. .177 I went through jsb 13.43 (890-874 fps)monsters, jsb knockout 10.03(955-940), h & n barracuda match 10.65(960-940). the favorite for accuracy is the JSB monster followed by the barracuda and knockouts. I have baffles in the shroud of both, with the Donny Fatboy they are quiet. And the large capacity (20 shot) avenge x magazine is a big improvement.

 

[BBGunn]

We had very minimal wind movement this morning so I took advantage and fired three rifles. 90-shots total.

Barra 250z .22 stock barrel, with AEA 21.9s at 950fps
Reximex Daystar .22 with AEA 18.3s at 890fps
Falcon FN19, single shot .22 with AEA 15.9s at 890fps

So rewarding to shoot these rifles as they all shoot exceptionally well!

Using wind flags and waiting for lulls in the wind gives the most satisfying groups! If a shot lands out of the group, a quick glance at the flags shows a wind change that was missed and also proves the shot placement. Folks that don't use wind flags on their 'home range' can not possibly see/feel those very minor wind movements that push pellets out of the group. It takes just the lightest wind to move pellets a noticeable amount.

I think failure to recognize day-to-day minor wind differences is why some folks claim their rifle's zero, or POI changes, when the POI hasn't really changed at all. That's just my opinion, no offense meant to anyone who disagrees.

 

[Solo1]

We had very minimal wind movement this morning so I took advantage and fired three rifles. 90-shots total.

Barra 250z .22 stock barrel, with AEA 21.9s at 950fps
Reximex Daystar .22 with AEA 18.3s at 890fps
Falcon FN19, single shot .22 with AEA 15.9s at 890fps

So rewarding to shoot these rifles as they all shoot exceptionally well!

Using wind flags and waiting for lulls in the wind gives the most satisfying groups! If a shot lands out of the group, a quick glance at the flags shows a wind change that was missed and also proves the shot placement. Folks that don't use wind flags on their 'home range' can not possibly see/feel those very minor wind movements that push pellets out of the group. It takes just the lightest wind to move pellets a noticeable amount.

I think failure to recognize day-to-day minor wind differences is why some folks claim their rifle's zero, or POI changes, when the POI hasn't really changed at all. That's just my opinion, no offense meant to anyone who disagrees.

If you have a wind gauge you can blow a 2 mph wind blowing about as bard maby a hair harder than you blow in your girlfriend’s ear! Its amazing how many people don’t get that and a 2 mph wind 90* to pellet path will move a 18 gr 1.3” at 50 and 5.1@100!
Edit: made a boo boo in the above and thats for 5 mph wind for two mph its .5 @ 50 and 1.8 @ 100

 

[FL22]

Reading the specs on the Notos Gen 2 at Pyramid.

 

[Chief55]

Well, I was watching a lot of videos on the Zelos, both the .25 and the .22. Mostly about shooting groups and tuning. Then I order the .25. If I really like it a lot, I will get a .22 later on. I am pretty excited about that. But I have been getting very frustrated with myself because I have noticed that my memory is getting worse and that is causing me to make more mistakes and get frustrated. It is like a vicious circle. They just put me on diabetes medicine as well as the bunch of blood pressure meds I have been on for my heart, so I wonder if all that stuff is contributing to my mental decline or if my brain is just turning to mush from getting old. Anyways I am very sorry if I am not always pleasant. I hope everyone is having a good day.