That thing is smokin' like a dragon!
I tried looking for one of these in .177, the closest I could find was from Krale, with an Artemis brand. Any real world .22 caliber chrony results after it settles in, and are you still liking it?
try the lower weight hobbies (11.9 gr) and that should get you in the low 3s. good enough for close range plinking.
Quote from: lillysdad621 on November 28, 2021, 02:12:45 PMtry the lower weight hobbies (11.9 gr) and that should get you in the low 3s. good enough for close range plinking.Thanks for the advice., but I kind of doubt that going down from 14 grains to 13.9 grains will get me 40+ FPS from this particular air pistol.I'm on the lookout for cheap sub 12-grain .22 pellets, but the prices of pellets is astronomical now, and I've got well over 100 tins of of pellets to shoot through already.-W
Quote from: Whirligig on December 11, 2021, 10:01:09 AMQuote from: lillysdad621 on November 28, 2021, 02:12:45 PMtry the lower weight hobbies (11.9 gr) and that should get you in the low 3s. good enough for close range plinking.Thanks for the advice., but I kind of doubt that going down from 14 grains to 13.9 grains will get me 40+ FPS from this particular air pistol.I'm on the lookout for cheap sub 12-grain .22 pellets, but the prices of pellets is astronomical now, and I've got well over 100 tins of of pellets to shoot through already.-WHi Whirligig, the RWS Hobby wadcutter pellets are 11.9 grains, not 13.9 . I too believe they could be good candidates for your pistol.I use to get good results in my low-power airguns with these pellets, and they're not too expensive to boot.All the best,Francois
also let me say that it sounds like really low numbers for a gun that seems to be on par with a Diana 5G... i would expect that to be in the low 4s at least. Have you checked the seal? polish the bore? (reduce friction). try deep seating the pellet about 1/4 in in the barrel? i bet it can get better numbers. if that gun can shoot 14 gr at low 400s it becomes a lot more useful as a pester. Heck, the browning shoots in the mid 4s in .22
a 5g is rated as a 700 fps pistol. at least that is what it said on the box. I personally never saw a .177 cal lead pellet break 570 (RWS superpoint 6.9 gr) so a 420 may be from an older 5 model... as far as being the same, they seem near in size so that is why i expected a bit higher velocity to be able to be coaxed from it. The browning i would be comparing it to was the 800 express and in .22, i have seen aprox 470 with 18 gr pellets. the buckmarks look smaller than that pistol you got and that i why i compared it to the 800. am i wrong on its size? isnt it 5g sized?
Quote from: lillysdad621 on December 25, 2021, 08:46:34 PMa 5g is rated as a 700 fps pistol. at least that is what it said on the box. I personally never saw a .177 cal lead pellet break 570 (RWS superpoint 6.9 gr) so a 420 may be from an older 5 model... as far as being the same, they seem near in size so that is why i expected a bit higher velocity to be able to be coaxed from it. The browning i would be comparing it to was the 800 express and in .22, i have seen aprox 470 with 18 gr pellets. the buckmarks look smaller than that pistol you got and that i why i compared it to the 800. am i wrong on its size? isnt it 5g sized?Ah, I see what my confusion is!I was talking about the original Diana 5G, not the more recent Diana 5G Magnum! I own a 6G, which I believe has about the same power as the original 5G, both being considerably less powerful than the recent 5G Magnum. The air pistol that I just purchased is an unbranded Diana p-five, which is made by Snowpeak in China and is rated at 400 or 420 FPS in .177 caliber, depending on where you look. I also have one recent Diana 5G Magnum, which is about as powerful as a Beeman P1/HW45 at 565-ish FPS in .177-caliber.I believe the Browning 800 Express is of the same general design as the Hatsan Mod. 25 Supercharger, which is the most powerful spring-piston air pistol that I have shot (I own four). Of all of these air pistols, I believe that the new, Chinese-made, p-five has the least power. The Browning Buckmark (I own three) is indeed smaller and much less powerful than even the p-five. The Buckmark is almost exactly as powerful as the new Ruger Mark IV, (one of which just arrived on my doorstep this morning) which is obviously based on the Buckmark design. Both will reach about 340 FPS with very light .177 lead pellets.So many air pistols to discuss!Original Diana 5GDiana 5G MagnumDiana p-fiveSnowpeakBeeman P1/HW45Browning 800 ExpressHatsan Mod. 25 SuperchargerBrowning BuckmarkRuger Mark IV-W
man. i envy your collection.I settled on just 4 spring pistols... the hw45 (p1), the webley tempest, a b2 chinese pistol and a 1939 LOC (its a push spring pistol modelled after a anschutz). But i was lucky enough to have own a scorpion (BSA) pistol (i wish i still had it), a 5g magnum, a Proj lucznik (copy of the lp3), and a HUrricane. That Pistol you got there intrigues me, and i feel the need to rder one just to make it shoot about 500 fps with a mid 7s pellet. There is something so elegant about a brake barrel pistol... it may be weak, but it sure looks good. How is it to shoot? is it difficult to be accurate with?