Introductions A Brief introduction ..... and good tidings

[brantosan]

Just wanted to drop a line , New guy .... not so new, retired mechanical engineer in fact but new here.
I have had airguns my whole life , shot paint ball, owned not nearly enough but find them challenging and entertaining.

I am a one good gun guy theoretically, well really a minority here? I want one good gun and I want to get comfortable with it..
It is a goal and sometime I mess that up.

I have Been reading the forum for some time, so feel like I know a few of you even though I don't.

So I will ask a few silly questions...... thanks for your patience in advanced.

 

[hameditor]

Just wanted to drop a line , New guy .... not so new, retired mechanical engineer in fact but new here.
I have had airguns my whole life , shot paint ball, owned not nearly enough but find them challenging and entertaining.

I am a one good gun guy theoretically, well really a minority here? I want one good gun and I want to get comfortable with it..
It is a goal and sometime I mess that up.

I have Been reading the forum for some time, so feel like I know a few of you even though I don't.

So I will ask a few silly questions...... thanks for your patience in advanced.

Welcome to the HAM Community! Don't worry, there are no silly questions. And if there are I have definitely asked them myself at one time

 

[duchunter007]

Welcome to HAM, and don't feel your questions will be "silly." Just ask away!
We are all still working on improving our knowledge

 

[Roamin Greco 1]

Just wanted to drop a line , New guy .... not so new, retired mechanical engineer in fact but new here.
I have had airguns my whole life , shot paint ball, owned not nearly enough but find them challenging and entertaining.

I am a one good gun guy theoretically, well really a minority here? I want one good gun and I want to get comfortable with it..
It is a goal and sometime I mess that up.

I have Been reading the forum for some time, so feel like I know a few of you even though I don't.

So I will ask a few silly questions...... thanks for your patience in advanced.

No dumb questions.... Ask away!

 

[Solo1]

Welcome to the club! No questions are silly. Info good! Lol

 

[pan60]

Welcome to HAM!
I am not a believer in the one good gun theory mostly because a rifle isnt a stall and a big bore isnt a small cal. a long rifle isnt a carbine and holly cow I want that. so best of luck with it going much father then theory.
I would also off if indeed it a good or better yet great or awoke gun I would recommend looking at AAA or BRK. these companies produce extremely nice quality guns.
my wifes has two BRK guns and I have several AAA EVOLs.
keep us posted on your thoughts and what you end up with and post some pics : )

 

[FL22]

Hello and welcome to HAM.

 

[Pumacarl]

Welcome to HAM! Since you have been reading for a while already, any question you have will already have some thought behind it, so fire away.

 

[Danman]

am a one good gun guy theoretically, well really a minority here? I want one good gun and I want to get comfortable with it..
It is a goal and sometime I mess that up.

Welcome to Ham. Honestly I do my best to keep my airgun collection minimal (currently 4) and rotate which one I shoot.
What airgun is this 'one gun' you speak of? Springer? PCP?

 

[RobbieGio]

Welcome to HAM! You will find some answers here from the community. Being a newbie, that has been my experience. As for the “one good gun” theory, I thought the same at first, but…

 

[Bill]

Just wanted to drop a line , New guy .... not so new, retired mechanical engineer in fact but new here.
I have had airguns my whole life , shot paint ball, owned not nearly enough but find them challenging and entertaining.

I am a one good gun guy theoretically, well really a minority here? I want one good gun and I want to get comfortable with it..
It is a goal and sometime I mess that up.

I have Been reading the forum for some time, so feel like I know a few of you even though I don't.

So I will ask a few silly questions...... thanks for your patience in advanced.

Welcome, ask so we all can learn.

 

[PapaT]

Welcome to the HAMlet, looking forward to enjoying your journey with you. Curious to see what a one and done gun for you looks like. I enjoy variety too much to stick to one dance partner.

 

[dunz]

Howdy and greetings from FL.

Reminds me of drugs, all it takes is one good gun and then your hooked, and have five in no time.

 

[Scriv]

Welcome to HAM. The idea of one good gun is not so foreign. I like the concept, and actually often consider which one I could pare it down to.

 

[brantosan]

Welcome to the HAMlet, looking forward to enjoying your journey with you. Curious to see what a one and done gun for you looks like. I enjoy variety too much to stick to one dance partner.

short answer
Feinwerkbau 300.... shot it at 45 yards , no problems shot straight. Wind drift was eventually too much for fun as I shot better.

 

[brantosan]

Welcome to HAM. The idea of one good gun is not so foreign. I like the concept, and actually often consider which one I could pare it down to.

Agh yes...theory is often overcome by reality.

 

[brantosan]

Welcome to the HAMlet, looking forward to enjoying your journey with you. Curious to see what a one and done gun for you looks like. I enjoy variety too much to stick to one dance partner.

short answer
Feinwerkbau 300.... shot it at 45 yards , no problems shot straight. Wind drift was eventually too much for fun as I shot better.

Currently the original daystate air wolf extra FAC , with an installed regulator, .... the frustration it never shoots consistently . one day in 90 it shoots very well.... the rest the poi wanders with demonic glee. Being a retired engineer, the order of heavan dictates that I should " fix it " . A learning experence it is, and usefull airgun it is not at this point.
I have made many improvements , from redesigning problem parts and making some part to polishing and hand fitting.

I will not do another electronic gun, too much over head maintanence in the long term. batteries are expensive and annoying .

Soon to be retired or given away....

 

[brantosan]

I shoot skeet and sporting clay, what I have learned there is that switching guns is/can be a problem.
I see people who have lots of guns , switch often and never are fully proficient ( defined as shooting their best) with any particular gun. It has to do with the sub conscious mind making adjustment ,lots of practice and shooting without conscious thought .

You will shoot better when you are not trying to think about compensating for each guns difference.

So that is the view point for the one gun theory.

 

[FL22]

Currently the original daystate air wolf extra FAC , with an installed regulator, .... the frustration it never shoots consistently . one day in 90 it shoots very well.... the rest the poi wanders with demonic glee. Being a retired engineer, the order of heavan dictates that I should " fix it " . A learning experence it is, and usefull airgun it is not at this point.
I have made many improvements , from redesigning problem parts and making some part to polishing and hand fitting.

I will not do another electronic gun, too much over head maintanence in the long term. batteries are expensive and annoying .

Soon to be retired or given away....

How long have you owned that Airwolf? I really don’t know to make of electronics in Airguns, any insight is appreciated.

 

[brantosan]

15 years approximately , the end of my career was vigorous and leisure time sporadic. It spent months at a time in the case in the closet, and when I pulled it out ultimately the battery was dead. I had an air arms 510 ex fac for about a year before it was stolen in a break in, bough it used ( another mistake ) with the insurance money.

Instead of a hammer it has a solenoid the trigger is extremely adjustable, believe it or not there is such a thing as too much" lite trigger" .

The power can be adjusted electronically as well , 15 power levels, but you have no idea what the difference between them is , so it can be very annoying especially when you are close to a good tune. AT least a spring is easy to replace and reasonably predictable.

It Sounds good, however long term is so much marketing hype and really just a bell and whistle. Great for marketing types to hype.

Last two years, trying to breath life into it again.