Recent content by Mike Brown

That's why you go to PCP's and Co2!!!!

Welcome to the HAM family! I've had a Notos for a couple years now and the only problem I've had was with the factory mag....Now use a Maple mag and zero problems!

So far, yes....but the Picatinny rails make them hard to see and even with the lowest open sight , it shoots high...or at least mine does. I hate to think of putting a scope or dot sight on it but may have to. Taking the rear mount off may make the open sights easier to use but haven't tried it...

The co2 takes some getting used to. I've had a few cartridges fail to puncture when first loaded and getting used to the fall off in pressure as the co2 is used up takes some getting used to. Remembering not to leave co2 cartridges in the gun to preserve the seals and figuring out what to do...

Coincidentally, I just recently received one of these 1866 tacticals in Barra's monthly giveaway. I can vouch for the necessity of acquiring more cartridges having lost 2 already despite trying to be extra vigilant during ejection. Found one of them following an extensive search but the other...

Finally got a chance for a shot at the yard starlings when the wife wasn't in a position to catch and chastise me. 25 yds with the Notos and CPHP's for 1 dead starling....it's about time!!!

Just ordered a 10 pack of cartridges for my newly acquired Barra 1866 .177 co2 rifle. Despite the fact that I thought I was being careful regarding the extraction characteristics of this new rifle, I find that I only have 9 cartridges now. Lesson learned...

Just received the 1866 tactical .177 co2 that I got from the monthly Barra giveaway. Now have to figure out how to get used to a co2 gun. Should be interesting.

I feel your pain......recently had a procedure done to try and correct an urethral stricture caused by radiation treatments for prostate cancer. Got my fingers crossed.....so far I'm doing better than I was before the procedure and the cancer still appears to be in remission.

Just received 500 rounds of H&N .22 14.66 pellets to see how my Notos might like them.

Haven't actually received it yet but just got an email from Barra Airguns this morning claiming that I won the May giveaway package which includes an 1866 Tactical .177 co2 rifle with various accessories. Should be interesting since I've never owned a co2 gun before.

Arthritic fingers are a BIG problem and not just with regard to triggers. I hardly ever shoot my .177's anymore because I have a hard time picking up the pellets. It's also a problem going from rifles with with different trigger pull weights. Didn't used to bother me, now it does.

Yup.....still have some in .177 and .22. The .177 were the first pellets for me to go super sonic...quite a surprise!

Confirms what I discovered by my bird bath yesterday. Usually I find the bread crumbs that the crows leave there but this time I found feathers, feet and small bones!

Don't know what the availability is but it apparently was introduced at a shot show in 2024. At that time, the price was anticipated to be in the $700 range.