Panthera FX Panthera MKII .30 700mm My First FX

[pan60]

I would’ve bought the EVOL, I couldn’t find one.

I thought AOA had some? I think in .30?

 

[Pumacarl]

Bill, you need to stop fighting yourself. Turn that reg up to at least 150. Your first shot is slow because your reg is creeping, that is why it's reading a little high at first too. Putting your reg higher will usually not make your creep any worse and the extra pressure could stop it altogether, although with an Amp that's unlikely and probably overly optimistic on my part. My point is you need to really work them to get good work out of them. Worry about shot count after you get it shooting consistently and well, not before. If what you're doing isn't, or hasn't, been working, stop doing that. I don't know about the Amp reg because I pulled it out of my gun first thing and put in a Huma, but I do know that the Huma had instructions for how to do the washer stack for different pressure ranges and I think your Amp is sounding like it's not in its comfortable range to me. If I was using that reg and was really Jonesing to shoot in the 100bar range I would change the washers up in it to make it more responsive at those settings. Yeah, it's a deep dive, but you're one of those guys that does just fine with this stuff. I adjusted my Ninja regs on my Gauntlet, it's easy to do, just a pain with all the airing down and checking, but you only go through it once.
edit: If you somehow manage to mess up your Amp II, I'll send you mine.

 

[Solo1]

Bill, you need to stop fighting yourself. Turn that reg up to at least 150. Your first shot is slow because your reg is creeping, that is why it's reading a little high at first too. Putting your reg higher will usually not make your creep any worse and the extra pressure could stop it altogether, although with an Amp that's unlikely and probably overly optimistic on my part. My point is you need to really work them to get good work out of them. Worry about shot count after you get it shooting consistently and well, not before. If what you're doing isn't, or hasn't, been working, stop doing that. I don't know about the Amp reg because I pulled it out of my gun first thing and put in a Huma, but I do know that the Huma had instructions for how to do the washer stack for different pressure ranges and I think your Amp is sounding like it's not in its comfortable range to me. If I was using that reg and was really Jonesing to shoot in the 100bar range I would change the washers up in it to make it more responsive at those settings. Yeah, it's a deep dive, but you're one of those guys that does just fine with this stuff. I adjusted my Ninja regs on my Gauntlet, it's easy to do, just a pain with all the airing down and checking, but you only go through it once.
edit: If you somehow manage to mess up your Amp II, I'll send you mine.

I agree. I bumped the reg up to 140 b as soon as i got the drs its been there since and i get sd’s of 2 and no first shot drop

 

[Billm]

I think @Solo1 and @Pumacarl are both right. I just started my best 100yd group ever. Right up until shot 5 then it went yo crap, but still extremely good. I raised the reg to 122.5bar - that’s just where it landed. Ended up at 1007fps. Turned hammer spring until it was at 950fps. It crept back up a little. I shot it anyway. First four shots were on top of each other - less than .156”. Shot the remaining four and ended up with 1.11 MOA. I’ll shoot here a little bit and then maybe increase it.

 

[Billm]

So, I filled up and let the air rifle settle for 30 minutes and I get a 10 shot group that strings across 4” for the first five shots and then groups nicely for the last five. I didn’t see the wind if it was there lol. Unfortunately? I’m headed off for an MRI and can’t shoot anymore. I’m pretty sure I’m going to be told that I have “shooters neck” lol.

 

[Solo1]

Probably the gun just settling to the tune don’t change anything just fill and shoot next chance you get. Good luck with the mri!

 

[Pumacarl]

Go up higher on the reg. Good luck with your neck problems! Two of my brothers had neck surgeries, they're no joke, but if I was to joke about it I'd say they're a pain in the neck! Sorry, the wisecracking is reflexive sometimes. Getting old sucks and a good sense of humor really helps sometimes.

 

[Billm]

Go up higher on the reg. Good luck with your neck problems! Two of my brothers had neck surgeries, they're no joke, but if I was to joke about it I'd say they're a pain in the neck! Sorry, the wisecracking is reflexive sometimes. Getting old sucks and a good sense of humor really helps sometimes.

lol, you’re good, not very funny - but good.

 

[Billm]

Probably the gun just settling to the tune don’t change anything just fill and shoot next chance you get. Good luck with the mri!

Thanks. Hopefully I’ll get out and do some shooting tomorrow. Eventually, I’ll pull the regulator out. I watched that ninja video that you posted for someone else.