I hear Joe Palone decided to take time away from air guns to take billiard lessons.
Quote from: Booger on February 04, 2016, 01:49:48 PMQuote from: straightshooter on February 04, 2016, 01:20:54 PMSo I have to ask because I am curious and do not understand the logic of buying a Made in China ripoff, clone, copy, reverse engineered product when for a little more $, one could invest in a quality German rifle that most likely would have a better warranty, higher resale value, last a lifetime, be passed down, and most importantly probably have a better chance of doing what you bought the Rifle in the first place for, hit what you are aiming at???E Mike will go through the gun & provide a full tune before shipping if you wish. If you buy another brand you will need to send it off pay shipping both ways and still pay for a tune. I bought 2 D-34s and both had broken springs in under a month. Then again German quality is much better than Chinese.In your bad experience with your D-34's, I am guessing your options were:Go thru Umerex for warranty or partsRepair yourself with available parts Send to multiple tuners that work on D-34'sWhat are ones options if they go the Chinese route?
Quote from: straightshooter on February 04, 2016, 01:20:54 PMSo I have to ask because I am curious and do not understand the logic of buying a Made in China ripoff, clone, copy, reverse engineered product when for a little more $, one could invest in a quality German rifle that most likely would have a better warranty, higher resale value, last a lifetime, be passed down, and most importantly probably have a better chance of doing what you bought the Rifle in the first place for, hit what you are aiming at???E Mike will go through the gun & provide a full tune before shipping if you wish. If you buy another brand you will need to send it off pay shipping both ways and still pay for a tune. I bought 2 D-34s and both had broken springs in under a month. Then again German quality is much better than Chinese.
So I have to ask because I am curious and do not understand the logic of buying a Made in China ripoff, clone, copy, reverse engineered product when for a little more $, one could invest in a quality German rifle that most likely would have a better warranty, higher resale value, last a lifetime, be passed down, and most importantly probably have a better chance of doing what you bought the Rifle in the first place for, hit what you are aiming at???E
CALLING JOE PALONE !!!! WHERE ARE YOU JOE PALONE Kirby... I count no less than 18 pumpers in the list below. It's in my blood too.
Quote from: straightshooter on February 04, 2016, 03:08:04 PMQuote from: Booger on February 04, 2016, 01:49:48 PMQuote from: straightshooter on February 04, 2016, 01:20:54 PMSo I have to ask because I am curious and do not understand the logic of buying a Made in China ripoff, clone, copy, reverse engineered product when for a little more $, one could invest in a quality German rifle that most likely would have a better warranty, higher resale value, last a lifetime, be passed down, and most importantly probably have a better chance of doing what you bought the Rifle in the first place for, hit what you are aiming at???E Mike will go through the gun & provide a full tune before shipping if you wish. If you buy another brand you will need to send it off pay shipping both ways and still pay for a tune. I bought 2 D-34s and both had broken springs in under a month. Then again German quality is much better than Chinese.In your bad experience with your D-34's, I am guessing your options were:Go thru Umerex for warranty or partsRepair yourself with available parts Send to multiple tuners that work on D-34'sWhat are ones options if they go the Chinese route? hard to believe a guy could break 2 spring in 2 D-34's unless there was a lot of dry firing or a lot of light alloy pellets maybe
It's all fun and games, until the Chineese start copying your employers widgets. Enjoy!
I got my fully tuned 46u in .22 about a year ago. At the time all mike could do to the trigger on that rifle was clean and polish. Is he now offering the 2 stage on the 46?
I've been away for quite some time . What ever happened to Mike Melick and the Flying Dragon brand rifles ? Did he pass away or go out of business , or what ?---------------------------- John-----------AKA --- Papa Smurf
Quote from: birdhunter51 on February 06, 2016, 01:55:58 PMI got my fully tuned 46u in .22 about a year ago. At the time all mike could do to the trigger on that rifle was clean and polish. Is he now offering the 2 stage on the 46?Nope. That's the only drawback of the XS46. There's no trigger mod for it like the XS25.
Quote from: UCChris on February 06, 2016, 02:10:43 PMQuote from: birdhunter51 on February 06, 2016, 01:55:58 PMI got my fully tuned 46u in .22 about a year ago. At the time all mike could do to the trigger on that rifle was clean and polish. Is he now offering the 2 stage on the 46?Nope. That's the only drawback of the XS46. There's no trigger mod for it like the XS25.I did not know that, I just assumed it was the same as the XS-25. So, how is the 46 trigger? Does Mike do anything with it? I meant to call him this morning and talk to him about it but I got involved in wrapping and shipping guns then went out and cleaned the mess in the barn. I hadn't cleaned it since we skinned and dried the snake. What a mess. The we killed some army men and beer cans. Next thing I knew it was 9:00 pm.