What'cha doing air gun related today?

[Soren Drost]

That is awesome. What size arbor press is that, how many tons of force?

My arbor press is a 2 ton version - more than enough for swaging .177 slugs and pellets

 

[TN_Yankee]

Maybe I should try a thinner o-ring or better quality before I give in.

I don't have personal experience with this kind of problem, but from what I've read, you may want to try a regular Buna-N o-ring, but with a 90D durometer (i.e. harder than the typical 70D used in air guns). Another option would be polyurethane, which is more abrasion-resistant than Buna-N.

 

[Murfdurf82]

I don't have personal experience with this kind of problem, but from what I've read, you may want to try a regular Buna-N o-ring, but with a 90D durometer (i.e. harder than the typical 70D used in air guns). Another option would be polyurethane, which is more abrasion-resistant than Buna-N.

I'm lucky enough Omaha has an o-ring specialty store so tomorrow I should be running to that part of town and I'm going to check it out. Worst part of the PCP is how much we pay on-line for gun specific o-ring kits. I need to find a few more sizes on my list of O-rings that I need and check it out. Having some extra is always nice and not paying 18$ for 1 kit from one vendor and then having to go to another vendor for a different gun.

 

[TN_Yankee]

Yes, you need to compile a list of all the o-rings you need for your guns, then buy in bulk from a specialty retailer. You'll end up with dozens more than you need (for now), but it's still way cheaper than buying by a kit. My last purchase was for 680 o-rings (in about 30 sizes) for $32 shipped.

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[Scriv]

Did a bit of pesting today. Don't do it often, but occasionally needs to be done.

 

[Chief55]

Being really annoyed because my wadcutters did not show up today and feeling like we should get a refund on our shipping when things don't show up when they are scheduled to rather than oh well stuff happens. Stuff happens is not what we pay for, and we pay too much for stuff to happen.

 

[Scriv]

Trimming the grass in front of the steel targets in the yard. They were beginning to take cover.

 

[Scriv]

Being really annoyed because my wadcutters did not show up today and feeling like we should get a refund on our shipping when things don't show up when they are scheduled to rather than oh well stuff happens. Stuff happens is not what we pay for, and we pay too much for stuff to happen.

Well, the problem is that many of us have had important jobs. Some have had other's lives hanging in the balance, and therefore did our jobs as best as we possibly could. We set high expectations for ourselves, and those around us. Others deliver packages for a living, and set commensurately lower expectations. Expectations are the root of all disappointment.

 

[Chief55]

Well, my wadcutter/slugs came this morning. I have swirled them around in Lee Liquid Alox lube and now I will let them dry overnight. In the morning I will resize them to .357. These are all button nose wadcutters no semis 75gr, 115gr, and 148gr. Should hit pretty hard. Really looking forward to shooting them, especially the 75 grain pills considering that pellets are around 81 grains. Should be interesting. Why wad cutters? Well at short range wad cutters are awesome. Accurate if the right length/weight, with the large flat meplate they will hit like a Mac truck and penetrate well. They generally have several driving bands rather than being completely solid on the sides so there is less friction in the bore. Besides I just love to experiment.

 

[Northeastbeast]

Well I started my day working on a Barra 250z for a forum member. This sucker gave me all kinds of headaches in the end I was able to get it sealed up and it will be heading back to a happy fella.

 

[FL22]

Well I started my day working on a Barra 250z for a forum member. This sucker gave me all kinds of headaches in the end I was able to get it sealed up and it will be heading back to a happy fella.

Every time I work on one of my problematic Airguns with success instead of wrapping it around a tree, it’s like I grow as a person lol.

 

[Scriv]

Dumping brand new mrds into the furnace.

 

[Murfdurf82]

Dumping brand new mrds into the furnace.
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Why sir? Shoot that poorly...

 

[Scriv]

Why sir? Shoot that poorly...

Nope, I sold the rifle that I was going to use them in. I'm sure that I will have no further need, so they will be recycled into cast lead bullets for my powder burners. Maybe that isn't airgun related.

 

[Scriv]

Ringing steel with the HW30N.