What'cha doing air gun related today?

[hameditor]

Enjoying cooler temps in AZ and spectating some really great shooters.

@RobbieGio - great to meet you at Extreme Benchrest. Thanks for being a great part of the HAM Community

 

[PapaT]

Rain, wind, and falling temperatures. So I sat down and serviced my 1873. Barrel clean, pellet probe cleaned and silicon grease on its pair of o rings, greased pump piston o rings, inspected trigger for what I thought was a crack, cleaned up excess grease in the trigger housing, then wiped her down real nice with my hoppes 9 cloth before putting away.

Probably clean some more barrels through the evening, maybe.

 

[RobbieGio]

@RobbieGio - great to meet you at Extreme Benchrest. Thanks for being a great part of the HAM Community

Thank you Steve. Great meeting and talking with you. Always nice to meet great folks from the community.

 

[Murfdurf82]

Man life has been busy! Got a quiet half hour to shoot and I took the .25s out. The max 1 shot a mag of barracuda 30.86 and a mag of jsb king heavy at 25 yards. The barracuda is still spot on quarter size at that distance and jsb is close. I had to cancel shooting out 50 yards out today. That max 1 buttery smooth action is so satisfying. Shot the zelos w the new 46 gr. H&N slugs, 10 shots 977-1002fps, not as good of results, hole was about 1.5" at 25 yards. The action of this rifle is heavy, hard to cock. I'm going to make a shorter spring of the same kind and experiment , see if I can get more adjustment and a little less power. The previous owner installed a short handle action and I think I need to change it back to OEM to help that as well . It was fun, my football team plays at 10 tonight so maybe I should take a nap ha! Happy weekend everyone.

 

[FL22]

Plinking with my leaky Cricket .177 @50y in 13-24 switching winds .

 

[Playingdead]

Had the XL out and was trying something different with the tune. It will need more research.

Shot the Falcon X and worked on the range. See I promised.........

 

[RIP]

I set my marauder gen 3 back to factory settings today and killed a bunch of paper plates. I really enjoy that gun.

 

[Madhatter]

Pulled the H125 in .22 to check zero. It was shooting low and to the right. After a few shots I got it shooting where it's suppose to. Fired off another 10 or so pellets. I remember it being harder to cock then it was. It's not a vortex spring.

 

[BBGunn]

Fired eight, 5-shot groups through the 250z this morning. I 'cherry picked' a group that I thought was worthy of sharing on here. Average 5-shot, 50yd groups are normally about half-again this size from my 250z.

Hope you enjoy my 250z efforts.

 

[Murfdurf82]

Shot my zelos and was able to adjust the hammer weight about 80 fps, shot it with 46 gr slugs to 25 yards and it blew a hole in the back of my quiet pellet trap. Lucky I have a bit more scrap metal, won't shoot it with such heavy ammo until I get that solved. Took apart the adjustment port from the sk-19, blew some air in the area for a bit of debris and it worked. That rifle is too much for my trap so I just speed tested it in the ground. I'll clean the barrel tonight and pack it for a quick trip to Arkansas this weekend. 2 more people decided to come so the family vehicle is short on room. 3 bullpup style air rifles, ammo will fit into my case and a pump is maxing it out. I'll be with some teen boys and my 20 something son so maybe I'll grab some pumpkins and let them do the challenge.

Edit: I found the fx pocket chrono works in the dark so I was able to cut and match a few more hammer springs. I have 2 heavy and 2 softer springs for the zelos that are workable. The smaller ones shoot 33.49 830-890 fps, I may size up some more before I leave. AliExpress was pretty great price for all the springs I've bought for 30$.

 

[PapaT]

Shot my zelos and was able to adjust the hammer weight about 80 fps, shot it with 46 gr slugs to 25 yards and it blew a hole in the back of my quiet pellet trap. Lucky I have a bit more scrap metal, won't shoot it with such heavy ammo until I get that solved. Took apart the adjustment port from the sk-19, blew some air in the area for a bit of debris and it worked. That rifle is too much for my trap so I just speed tested it in the ground. I'll clean the barrel tonight and pack it for a quick trip to Arkansas this weekend. 2 more people decided to come so the family vehicle is short on room. 3 bullpup style air rifles, ammo will fit into my case and a pump is maxing it out. I'll be with some teen boys and my 20 something son so maybe I'll grab some pumpkins and let them do the challenge.

Have fun in Arkansas. And... sounds like you need roof rack for people things so room for gun things.

 

[Murfdurf82]

Have fun in Arkansas. And... sounds like you need roof rack for people things so room for gun things.

I do have a roof rack case!!! But I'm the only one over 6 feet tall and I have to deal with it all. Well it's a cloth strap roof rack and they are a pain. Im looking forward to playing some pumpkins and long range shooting if I have time!

 

[BBGunn]

On the bench with the Uragan 2 and the 250z this morning. Cold this morning but little wind.

Fired 45-rounds through the 250z. Had two 5-shot groups that were both smaller than the group I showed on here yesterday! Couldn't really get photos of those as they were on a re-used target/plate that was shot-up pretty badly!

Target below is two, 10-shot groups with the 250z. A few shots got pushed a tiny amount from the wind, and a few shots are minor fliers that I can't totally get rid of with the AEA 21.9s, but overall the rifle shoots those pellets pretty well! Good enough for hunting rock chucks.

 

[RIP]

Good shooting. Wish PA would get those AEA pellets in, only been over a month.

 

[Billm]

Good shooting. Wish PA would get those AEA pellets in, only been over a month.

I bought mine at Utah Airguns.

 

[RIP]

I bought mine at Utah Airguns.

I paid already pre-order. Won't do that again.

 

[Billm]

Turned the reg on the Marauder Gen3 back to around 1900 psi and set the hammer for 900fps with the AEA. 21.9gr pellets. Trying to get a card done for the Autumn 75yd benchrest comp.. it seems everyone except @Solo1 is scared. @FL22 . Trying to decide if I want to move the TNC225R NV/Thermal from the Alpha to either the Ghost .25 or the Sonoran .30 in case the Coyote comes back. It seems like a big animal for a .25 at 100yds. Still not sure if I want to shoot one in my backyard. I need to finish my backstop that I started months ago. I finally bought a horse stall mat for the face. So many things, so little time. Being retired sure is taxing.

 

[mrage]

I got the Katran Standard .22 tube gun delivered at noon today. Cleaned the barrel ,adjusted the stock (it was evidently a lefty gun) ,mounted a scope and did a Man Cave zero ,then did a power down tune . About three o'clock I headed over to the farms to see about getting some House sparrow action . The barn cats are going to bed with full tummies .

 

[Playingdead]

Poking holes in targets. Only had time to shoot a few. Did get all the targets replaced first. (50 yard target)

 

[FL22]

Turned the reg on the Marauder Gen3 back to around 1900 psi and set the hammer for 900fps with the AEA. 21.9gr pellets. Trying to get a card done for the Autumn 75yd benchrest comp.. it seems everyone except @Solo1 is scared. @FL22 . Trying to decide if I want to move the TNC225R NV/Thermal from the Alpha to either the Ghost .25 or the Sonoran .30 in case the Coyote comes back. It seems like a bigView attachment 23740 animal for a .25 at 100yds. Still not sure if I want to shoot one in my backyard. I need to finish my backstop that I started months ago. I finally bought a horse stall mat for the face. So many things, so little time. Being retired sure is taxing.

Bill, I remember you talking about the rabbits in your backyard. I bet they are what’s on the menu, perhaps the neighbor’s dog as well.