What'cha doing air gun related today?

[PasadenaMike]

I sniped an agama that attempted to make my shed its home. CZ200 Hunter and AA 10.3 gr were spot on 15 yards away.

Had to look that one up. Lizards are fun to shoot. One time I hit one with a poly mag .25 out of my Leshiy Classic in the yard it sounded like a fire cracker went off.

 

[Quiet Veteran]

.... Well it's getting hot during the day so

 

[Hapo]

...I knocked the tripod with the Ghost and mounted Wraith Mini 4K over and there was no change in POI...

...it did land in soft stuff...

 

[Danman]

...I knocked the tripod with the Ghost and mounted Wraith Mini 4K over and there was no change in POI...

...it did land in soft stuff...

Oh fun, mine just fell out of my Caldwell bench rest and landed on its Helix(scope)....lol, All good so far! Got my Hawke mounts off my S510 last night and slapped on a set of SportsMatch (same medium height) @Rwjeter idea did not quite work for it with the feeler gauges, but I got it all straight and torqued down and zeroed! Fun fact: when I bought it and mounted the Hawke scope and rings it was shooting VERY low and right. With the new rings it was shooting high and left. These are definitely alittle better machined and now my scope is closer to its optical center position.... All is right again. After some groups I took out a starling @40Y and a grackle @ 80!! That new Caldwell rest and the S510 love each other!!

 

[Rwjeter]

Oh fun, mine just fell out of my Caldwell bench rest and landed on its Helix(scope)....lol, All good so far! Got my Hawke mounts off my S510 last night and slapped on a set of SportsMatch (same medium height) @Rwjeter idea did not quite work for it with the feeler gauges, but I got it all straight and torqued down and zeroed! Fun fact: when I bought it and mounted the Hawke scope and rings it was shooting VERY low and right. With the new rings it was shooting high and left. These are definitely alittle better machined and now my scope is closer to its optical center position.... All is right again. After some groups I took out a starling @40Y and a grackle @ 80!! That new Caldwell rest and the S510 love each other!!

Too high over the rail for the gauges I assume?

 

[PasadenaMike]

Fallin guns are what my nightmares are made of

 

[Florida_Man]

Frustrating day with the S200. I think a part of the stock is binding the action. It's causing inconsistencies. There is an area I think it is that is already sanded down from a previous owner. I can only surmise the humidity down here in FL is causing it to touch again. I have to investigate. This initially happened and I got wide spreads in FPS, I tightening the right side stock screw and it cured it, but its back.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

A friend gave me a tin of these .177 daisy hp pellets .

It stopped raining late and had a quick chance to try them . Darn mosquitoes started hanging up on me so it was a cold short test..lol

Da pellets and first 10 shots cold


5@10m


5@50y


Also ran a few gauntlet spinners and critters at different ranges and got all good hits .

I do think there too light for me in my gun being just 7.56 but the cphp are 7.9 so?? I do like to stay at 8-9 grain in this hw springer. I wish I had a fresh sub 600fps gun ready these pellets may do better in one .

 

[Hateful McNasty]

There dirty for sure.. when you open the tin they look nice clean and shiny , but ...

First was with good dish soap

Notice the flakes and no suds . There was enough soap to be foaming sudd thick ..hmmm... 2ed tumble wash there were good suds so somthing washed off ..

Every tumble rince kept showing flakes this was the 3ed tumble rince

Anyway took 2 washings 5 rinces to knock that flakes off enough to proceed to tumble dry and lube. Lol.

So marked off are tin pellets as is
In marked are clean and lubed


Not saying its fully conclusive but I'd say a tad tighter (50y 7/8 bull)


Just to add a quick 10m 3@3 with the clean daisy pellets


Well for a $1 less then I get the cphp for I guess can't complain. Just more flakes and the lighter weight is all .. I can bite my lip on the weight and clean up the trash and just go shoot them around no problem.. I'll give them a passing grade for now ..

 

[Florida_Man]

The Vogel 6k bulk tub I ordered are very dirty, and very hard to clean. I’m going to try a simple green wash next.

 

[Rwjeter]

I’m new to the idea of washing and lubing pellets. What’s your preferred method?

 

[Hateful McNasty]

The Vogel 6k bulk tub I ordered are very dirty, and very hard to clean. I’m going to try a simple green wash next.

Maybe it wount hurt the lead .. ijdk I never had to stoop to that kinda stuff. ( Yet)..

 

[FL22]

I’m new to the idea of washing and lubing pellets. What’s your preferred method?

I put the strainer in the kitchen sink just in case any fallout and use the red handle one for cleaning. I take the spray nozzle and spray them in small batches. Then I put them on a microfiber towel work back-and-forth, put them back in the red handle strainer spray them again. Microfiber towel again. Air dry or use a hairdryer if you need them fast. Then a different microfiber towel and oil them. Crosmans, H&N exc.

JSB’s, I don’t clean them just sort them and shoot them.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

I’m new to the idea of washing and lubing pellets. What’s your preferred method?

Now I just hand tumble them in a rag by placing in pellets and agitator action by hand working them back and forth. . dry and lube the same .

Here's a tin suds up.


Just be sure I use a good rag that when your agitating them they don't go flying out...lol. ( Been there )

I also use a colander to rince off bulk suds like this one I got trap pellets in ..

 

[Rwjeter]

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I put the strainer in the kitchen sink just in case any fallout and use the red handle one for cleaning. I take the spray nozzle and spray them in small batches. Then I put them on a microfiber towel work back-and-forth, put them back in the red handle strainer spray them again. Microfiber towel again. Air dry or use a hairdryer if you need them fast. Then a different microfiber towel and oil them. Crosmans, H&N exc.

JSB’s, I don’t clean them just sort them and shoot them.

Now I just hand tumble them in a rag by placing in pellets and agitator action by hand working them back and forth. . dry and lube the same .

Here's a tin suds up.
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Just be sure I use a good rag that when your agitating them they don't go flying out...lol. ( Been there )

I also use a colander to rince off bulk suds like this one I got trap pellets in ..
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Just water, mild detergent, hand tumble, air dry, then silicone oil?

 

[Hateful McNasty]

I tumble dry same as wash but using dry rag or like sour cream container with paper towel in bottom and swirl around .

Then a rag with lite lube and tumble to lube. My whole process revolves around tumbling.

Lube rag

 

[FL22]

Just water, mild detergent, hand tumble, air dry, then silicone oil?

When I’m spraying off the pellets that’s just knocking loose the shavings. I stopped using detergent when I started using ballistol for pellet lube. I think the tumbling in the oily microfiber towel is the most important part because that’s what captures a lot of the dust and any remaining shavings.

You gotta see what works the best for you. Some people don’t do anything.

I believe that one of the most important things you can do for accuracy is sorting and weighing the pellets. I’ve read up on this a lot, and that seems to have a real impact.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

That the key to most things air gun . It's the what you find that works best for you .. lol

Thing about tumbling is it helps knock off the scarfing/ lead shavings and smoothes out the casting marks if any . Also I like to keep my lube rag clean .. I figure if I got lead shavings or flakes on my lube rag I failed to tumble wash, tumble rince, tumble dry proper. / Poor job .

Once I get my lune rag " primed" with the just right amount of lube I reuse it over and over just keeping a fresh spot of lube on the rag and keep it in its own container.

I also use auto trans fluid as my lube . ( Type f I think )

But anyway everybody got there thing and ways .. it's whatever you feel gives you the edge..

 

[Rwjeter]

That the key to most things air gun . It's the what you find that works best for you .. lol

Thing about tumbling is it helps knock off the scarfing/ lead shavings and smoothes out the casting marks if any . Also I like to keep my lube rag clean .. I figure if I got lead shavings or flakes on my lube rag I failed to tumble wash, tumble rince, tumble dry proper. / Poor job .

Once I get my lune rag " primed" with the just right amount of lube I reuse it over and over just keeping a fresh spot of lube on the rag and keep it in its own container.

I also use auto trans fluid as my lube . ( Type f I think )

But anyway everybody got there thing and ways .. it's whatever you feel gives you the edge..

Might give the trans fluid a try. The Mrs. HATES the smell of Ballistol. Lol

 

[912Airguns]

Getting ready for airgun infuse match in Georgia next Saturday