What'cha doing air gun related today?

[PapaT]

Thank you. That HW50S has really surprised me. Tickled pink with it.

I would have guessed tickled blue. Guess I've gone color blind.

 

[zb bb]

I finished my Crosman 147 (on top) and took a few shots.
I hope everyone has a great New Year!

 

[Dogowski]

I somehow broke my FX Dreamline Tactical 25 after only 60 shots. Was shooting beautifully then heard a click and air started rushing out the barrel till the tank was empty. Back to Utah Airguns service for warranty repair. Have to shoot my other guns now untill it's return. Firing pin broke? See it back within a month.

 

[Hylander]

Did a trigger job on one of my Pinty Tacticals.
Was #8 with crunchy creep.
Now it is a crisp #3 with no creep.
Can't wait to see if my groups get any better.

 

[Murfdurf82]

I was able to plink the 22 Nova liberty for the 1st time with a few different pellets and the action is so smooth. This is the 1st shooting of this rifle I've been able to do. The wood stock broke when I purchased the rifle and I didn't insure it and haven't tried to repair it. So I removed the plastic stock on the 177 Liberty to test it out. I'm buying a hopefully good looking piece of walnut tomorrow from a friend in the area and I'll bring it home and make a new stock....in the meantime it was accurate to 25 yards plinking 3 inch hanging targets so I'll see what it has tomorrow. Maybe turn the regulator up too if I have time.

Shot 35-70 yards last few days. About 500 shots between 177 and 22. CPHP, jts 18gr, Ruger super point 17 gr, h & n 21.14s and apolo 25.4. 177 I shot apolo 10.05, jsb 16.2. the barrel of the 177 Liberty needs cleaned l, chronographed, tuned/ported but it is powerful for just adding a few shims to the hammer spring and nothing else. The 22 is getting tore apart, ported and eventually a wood stock but it's more accurate currently. I'll chrono both when I get back to Omaha and go from there. The notos...well I shot it 20 times and didn't feel like filling it up. It's much more fun hand pumping every so often than every 20 shots. I think I may sell it.

 

[PapaT]

Shot 35-70 yards last few days. About 500 shots between 177 and 22. CPHP, jts 18gr, Ruger super point 17 gr, h & n 21.14s and apolo 25.4. 177 I shot apolo 10.05, jsb 16.2. the barrel of the 177 Liberty needs cleaned l, chronographed, tuned/ported but it is powerful for just adding a few shims to the hammer spring and nothing else. The 22 is getting tore apart, ported and eventually a wood stock but it's more accurate currently. I'll chrono both when I get back to Omaha and go from there. The notos...well I shot it 20 times and didn't feel like filling it up. It's much more fun hand pumping every so often than every 20 shots. I think I may sell it.

It's been too long since I left Omaha. Glad you were able to get lots of time in with the guns down in Arkansas.

 

[Murfdurf82]

It's been too long since I left Omaha. Glad you were able to get lots of time in with the guns down in Arkansas.

A fellow air gunner in Omaha! And it was nice. The quiet country is something I missed.

 

[Woogie_man]

Placed the order for my BRK Ghost barrel, as well as finally got shipping notification for my thermal! So hoping next week is going to be a GREAT week!

 

[PapaT]

Ended my shooting last year (on 30th) by continuing testing of the Gamo Bone Collector Bull Whisper for my buddy. Got the scope sighted in for 10M, and then ~15 yards, using the Crosman Domed 10.5gr it seemed to like best before. Then shot some groups with the Crosman Domed and Hatsan's Vortex pellets. Vortex did terrible, and not just because of the wind. Moved into garage and 10ish yards where I shot at a can. All shooting was done off-hand, can groups below:


Today took my first shots of the new year. I have declared 2026 "The Year of the Pumper". So... in proper 2026 fashion I started it off with my 362 100th Anniversary. After great internal debate and turmoil, I mounted a CVLIFE 3-9x40 AO scope on it and took it out to sight in while listening to my nesting bald eagles call out. Started by rough sighting on my 5-in-1 at 25 yards with 5 pumps. From there I moved to my sighting target. First shot, perfect bull!

So, I moved to my super official dominoes pizza target and unleashed a 25 shot group. All of today's shooting was done off a Caldwell Steady Rest NXT, with Crosman Premier Domed 14.3gr.

Next up (hopefully tomorrow) is pellet testing 16 varieties to see what it likes best in preparation for Air Rifle Championship Challenge that started yesterday on YouTube. I am trying to convince myself to not also get scale and sizer to further up my pellet factor for shooting this challenge.

Thanks for coming to my Papa T(alk), and welcome to The Year of the Pumper.

 

[Florida_Man]

I shot my M853 and Stoeger S3000-C
I was using Stoeger wadcutter pellets and they both shot them shockingly well at 10m.

 

[PapaT]

A fellow air gunner in Omaha! And it was nice. The quiet country is something I missed.

I'm no longer there, but born and lived there until 1996. Mike Tiehen of Air Gun Mods is in Omaha though, he has some great accessories and just "down the street" from you. I haven't done so yet, but I hear he loves to chat about airguns if you call.

 

[Murfdurf82]

I talked to him about my crosman 1322, in fact I still want to check out his breech for it. He is great to talk to, I have a few times over the phone. A very nice fellow.

 

[Florida_Man]

Today I adjusted the Pard DS35 on my leshiy so I can fit the lens cap that limits light during the day. Not difficult with adjustable scope rings, but I had to make a few adjustments before zeroing the scope. She’s back sending 25 cal Hades on target. Love this gun.

I cleaned and organized my shed today. I started to inventory my 177 pellets. I took photos and I am trying to leverage ChatGPT to create a spreadsheet.
So I haven't included a bunch of wadcutters that I have somewhere else.
Inventory today is 35,100 pellets in 177.

Edit. I forgot the Vogel bulk wadcutters i bought in a 6k pack, probably still have 5700 left.

 

[PapaT]

Started spreadsheet creation for tracking best pellets, and what I've tested, for each of my guns. Then I set out and started testing the Crosman 362 100th Anniversary at 25 yards. 15 different pellets, 5 shot groups, 5 pumps per shot, plus a few extras along the way. All in span of about 1.5 hours. Cold, but breeze was light. A few groups looks really good (for me) except a flier to ruin them. Rested and using cvlife 3-9x40 AO scope.

 

[Danman]

Got a new indoor permission and shot both my springers today. Its warm & fairly humid inside the greenhouse but it sure beats wind, snow, and minus 5! HW50 @ 20Y, TX200@ 30Y, and the Ghost just came along for the ride and a pic as it refused to fire and I didn't want to put a hole in the plastic and end my new permission! Pretty sure i got it sorted now, and am hoping to be back in a few weeks again.

 

[Dogowski]

Today I adjusted the Pard DS35 on my leshiy so I can fit the lens cap that limits light during the day. Not difficult with adjustable scope rings, but I had to make a few adjustments before zeroing the scope. She’s back sending 25 cal Hades on target. Love this gun.

I cleaned and organized my shed today. I started to inventory my 177 pellets. I took photos and I am trying to leverage ChatGPT to create a spreadsheet.
So I haven't included a bunch of wadcutters that I have somewhere else.
Inventory today is 35,100 pellets in 177.

Edit. I forgot the Vogel bulk wadcutters i bought in a 6k pack, probably still have 5700 left.

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Love my Pard DS35-70 NV scope! Works so great in the day as well as night. So easy to adjust too. You are the ammo king brother!

 

[Cantona256]

Went out to the hills with the boys to do some coyote calling.. weather was erratic and mostly bad but we did call one in on Friday.

I was working the remote so he wouldn’t have been mine to shoot but he was no dummy. He came in super slow across the valley. Spotted at 500y or so and in this video he’s about 340 away. He got to about 280y or so and bolted. I stopped him with a whistle at like 400y and my buddy, shooting .223, missed a little left and then there was no stopping the coyote again.

But beyond that I had some nice terrain to do some plinking and I’ve got the 71gr Hybrid boat tail from BARS dialed in on the Zulus v2…I’ve tested the ballistic calculator out to 250y and it still makes me giggle every time.

890fps and I’m getting a .19 BC on those bad boys so still getting 92fpe at 200y! The barrel change on this gun is the best thing I could’ve done with this gun. Haha part of me has a little FOMO from not getting 31” barrel and the extra power. But that’s first world problems

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[Solo1]

Went out to the hills with the boys to do some coyote calling.. weather was erratic and mostly bad but we did call one in on Friday.

I was working the remote so he wouldn’t have been mine to shoot but he was no dummy. He came in super slow across the valley. Spotted at 500y or so and in this video he’s about 340 away. He got to about 280y or so and bolted. I stopped him with a whistle at like 400y and my buddy, shooting .223, missed a little left and then there was no stopping the coyote again.

But beyond that I had some nice terrain to do some plinking and I’ve got the 71gr Hybrid boat tail from BARS dialed in on the Zulus v2…I’ve tested the ballistic calculator out to 250y and it still makes me giggle every time.

890fps and I’m getting a .19 BC on those bad boys so still getting 92fpe at 200y! The barrel change on this gun is the best thing I could’ve done with this gun. Haha part of me has a little FOMO from not getting 31” barrel and the extra power. But that’s first world problems

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Quite the backdrop on the photos!

 

[Cantona256]

Quite the backdrop on the photos!

SW Utah is a beautiful place! I consider myself very lucky that I get to live and hunt in such a beautiful location. The main drawback is that everyone else around here agrees so shooting these highly pressured coyotes is hard.

Then you get psychos like me who have zero hunting background and decide to take up coyote hunting and then do with an airgun haha.

Got my first PCP last March and I never looked back haha. I’ve called in 6 coyotes since October, missed 3 of them, let 2 go because I couldn’t get a clean shot and this last one got missed by a friend.

Still the most fun I’ve had doing anything in years, Maybe decades. I can’t explain it other than coyote fever is real.

Being able to obsess over, tune and mod these airguns has been an added bonus.

The Zulus V2 has been the cherry on top. 1 push of a button and I have a confirmed accurate firing solution out to 250y (so far).

Everything else in this world maybe going to hell but I’ll likely be the last to know haha cuz if Armageddon comes I’ll probably be a$$ deep in some sage trying seduce a mangy coyote like P. Diddy but with a 71gr boat tail instead of baby oil.

 

[PapaT]

Took a little break from Air Rifle Championship preps and shot the elf on a Shelf Christmas Challenge with my Daisy model 188.

This was the group that made me say the gun's got this, 3 inch or so circle on a dominoes pizza box.

And this was the result of my poor skills afterwards. I am not good with a pistol, marginally better with a rifle.