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All Springer/NP/PCP Air Gun Discussion General => PCP/CO2/HPA Air Gun Gates "The Darkside" => Topic started by: Mukilteo on March 08, 2016, 08:19:05 PM
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And bought a Mrod .177 and accessories on a Leap day sale.
It arrived today
My first PCP.
Now I have some work ahead of me.
Had a busy long day at work and too tired to do much tonight.
Would rather have a beer and relax.
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Your gona love it! Congrats!
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Congrats Brother Man!!! You are going to love your new pcp.
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Enjoy! We'll be seeing you making many more purchases shortly I'm sure!
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Welcome to the club!
I have one, love it, it's my go to fun gun and the one I hand to people to let them see what a modern adult air rifle is about..
With factory settings, you will find it probably likes a 2700-2800 psi fill.
If your pump and gun gauges don't match pressures, trust the pump gauge.
Before you start turning screws, record your factory settings so you have a baseline to go back to.
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I have a .25 marauder.....I have wanted another in .177 for awhile now.
Can't imagine how quiet they are (considering how quiet I got my .25).
Congrats on the first pcp.
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Congrats Eric! Enjoy.
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Eric, my wish for you is that there is as much enjoyment with yours as I have with mine. Food luck!
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Thanks all, I'll post more pictures as things move along.
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nice. does the 177 and 22 when there stock get the same amount of shots per full as the 25?
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nice. does the 177 and 22 when there stock get the same amount of shots per full as the 25?
Never. In a gun that is offered in multiple calibers but everything else is the same (i.e. air tank) the tank only holds so much energy in the form of compressed air. So USUALLY the gun is set up to produce more foot-pounds of energy per shot with the larger caliber so you therefore get fewer shots. Nothing in life is free!
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Well now, "you done messed up and joined the gang" lol enjoy 👍
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On my .177 I get 70 shots per fill averaging 891fps, with 10.5 domes(3100-1800 psi)
On my .22, I had it tuned for 40 shots in the 860fps range either 14.3 gr pellets, (2000 psi to 1000 psi) low pressure fil.
I haven't had a chance to tune a .25 yet.
Tim Hill on here can offer a lot of advice on the .25.
The 177&.22 use the same valve, the .25 uses a different one to accommodate the larger air volume needed..
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Enjoy the new rifle, they are really sweet, and go slow with the pump if it's the benjamin as it's easy to go to fast and heat up the tiny o-ring on the last stage of the pump. If you wear it out, get a better 70 or 90 duro o-ring.
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Awesome! Welcome to the dark side bro, life as you know it is over. Have fun dude.
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Yeah, you're gonna love that gun. I have a first generation Marauder in .177 and all I can say is that it is a pleasure to shoot. Mine likes the JSB 10.34gr Exact Heavy, 13.4gr Monsters and I can just touch 25FPE with the 16.2gr Beasts. But they all shoot super tight groups at 35-40 yards. Mine is all stock internals (valve, hammer, etc).
The .177 Mrod is a really flexible gun and super quiet when properly tuned. Get a chrony, if you don't have one yet. Yeah, you're gonna get all kinds of ideas how best to burn through your savings. Enjoy your new toy!
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Making baby steps
Caldwell XLA bipod 6" to 9" pivot installed.
Got the UTG 3-12X44 scope mounted, have a Pulsar-940 IR Flashlight mounted on top of that.
The flip up lens cover is removable so that isn't a problem.
Not to sure if that is the best location for the Pulsar, I may try other locations for it.
Will be attaching a Sony HDR-SR10 Handycam with night vision to the rear of the scope.
The plan is to see if I can get a rat or two over at the farm in Eastern Washington.
(http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x408/mukilteo1/DSCF3375.jpg)
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Very nice, I run a hawke 3-12 on my .177 Mrod, the magnification makes for a good all around scope.
This is just me, and my personal preference.
I would put the light somewhere else if you are going to hang a camcorder on the scope.
Maybe on the forearm with a side mount, or in front of the bipod, or even on a rubber isolated mount on the pressure tube.
Just too much weight and leverage on the scope and dovetail mount in my opinion.
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Very nice, I run a hawke 3-12 on my .177 Mrod, the magnification makes for a good all around scope.
This is just me, and my personal preference.
I would put the light somewhere else if you are going to hang a camcorder on the scope.
Maybe on the forearm with a side mount, or in front of the bipod, or even on a rubber isolated mount on the pressure tube.
Just too much weight and leverage on the scope and dovetail mount in my opinion.
Sounds like a good idea and very doable.
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I think a side mount on the forearm will be the way to go.
I'll have to get things apart to really figure it out.
Thanks for your input.
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Cool while you have the stock off I need you to look into something.
The front sling swivel stud is just screwed into a plastic "pole" that's molded into the stock, if you put a lot of pressure (forward or backward) the piece will break. (It did on my mrod when I pushed forward on the bipod to steady shots off the bench.)
I would suggest beefing up this area.
I dremeled the pole off, put in a piece of flat aluminum that I cut to size of the area.
Then put a regular sling swivel stud with a nut through the aluminum.
It greatly increased the strength. And distributes the force over a wider area.
Others have used other ways to strengthen this area.
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What happened to the line:
''Had a busy long day at work and too tired to do much tonight.
Would rather have a beer and relax.'' ???
;D ;D ;D
Welcome to the dark side brother!Be warned: Once in the dark,no way back...
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What happened to the line:
''Had a busy long day at work and too tired to do much tonight.
Would rather have a beer and relax.'' ???
;D ;D ;D
Welcome to the dark side brother!Be warned: Once in the dark,no way back...
We're still very busy at work. I'm the old geezer that knows how to 'get er done' so a lot of work migrates to my bench.
Weekends are my days for puttering around with my hobbies.
Coleman lanterns and stoves are another interest of mine. At one time I had 75 lanterns all in working order. I'm down to 8 of my favorite lanterns now.
My favorite.
(http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x408/mukilteo1/DSCF3380.jpg)
This is a good forum for Coleman fans.
http://www.colemancollectorsforum.com/ (http://www.colemancollectorsforum.com/)
Than there's this to take care of.
(http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x408/mukilteo1/DSCF1707.jpg)
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Hey Eric,
Welcome to the GTA :D
You're gonna love that set-up ---> Kirk
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Had no idea Eric of your other interests but I am glad you managed to enter in the pcp world..
Good to have you here!
:D
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Thanks all.
Another project for this summer will be another coat of paint on my support wagon.
(http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x408/mukilteo1/DSCF3226.jpg)
And I am thinking of doing another one of these in Olive Drab.
(http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x408/mukilteo1/DSCF3335.jpg)
So it looks like my summer will be busy.
Last summer was spent recovering from a pinched sciatic nerve.
Still isn't 100% but way better than last year. ;D
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My Benjamin K valve scuba yoke adapter arrived to day so I stopped by the local dive shop and picked up a tank for $99.00 today.
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Cool, assuming you fill to 2700 psi,shoot down to 1800, and the scuba tank is 80cft.
Your marauder is 215cc's
You can fill it about 16 times before dropping below 2700.
But you can fill partials below that and finish pumping the last few hundred psi to 2700.
http://www.calc.sikes.us/2/index.php (http://www.calc.sikes.us/2/index.php)
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Weekend is here and I have time to do a little more.
Moved the Pulsar IR light to the forearm. Much better location, doesn't hang out as far as it did mounted on the scope.
Also got the UTG side wheel installed.
(http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x408/mukilteo1/DSCF3412.jpg)
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I'll start on mounting the camera later today.
Will be heading to Eastern WA. soon so I get some time with it.
All the toys don't make me a better shot, practice does.
Thanks for all the advice, its appreciated.
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Nice looking machine, let us know how it goes after you spend some time with it..