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All Springer/NP/PCP Air Gun Discussion General => Hunting Gate => Topic started by: melvin on July 10, 2020, 11:43:09 AM
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Lately I’ve been playing around with .177 and co2. I recently put together a cheap 1760 and have been feeding it a lot of ammo. It shoots pretty good until the power starts to decrease when the co2 is getting low. The poi changes a lot. (Fliers) I was shooting this morning and (bird watching). Three pellets in on a new co2 cartridge a starling flew 5 yards behind my target. (25 yards total). I managed a very clean headshot with the HNN field target trophies in .177 I forgot the weight of them. 8.7 grain I think. Anyhow a nice start to my day. :)
Im starting to realize just how ignorant I was when I dismissed this caliber.
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Nicely done. Good shootin and great pic.
Jeff
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Melvin, tell us a bit more about your "1760". I'm all ears, as Ross Perot used to say.
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Melvin, tell us a bit more about your "1760". I'm all ears, as Ross Perot used to say.
Haha. It’s super simple. I ordered a new 2260 from Crosman along with a .177 disco barrel. The power adjuster I ordered a month prior from Mellon air along with bolt handle and probe. The breech came from a Disco and the moderator was done by Mike at TKO.
I really enjoy 2260s. Classic hunting rifle style very similar to the rimfires I shot in Boy Scouts.
I built this to match my pcp, and co2 2260.
It’s not decked out by any means but a very fun little rifle. It could use a barrel crown however. My last order from Crosman was poops. That 2260 came with a very bent barrel and the .177 barrel crown looked like a high school kid did it in metal shop. I’m assuming the crown is the reason I get the poi shifts when the cartridge is starting to loose pressure.
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Nicely done. Good shootin and great pic.
Jeff
Thank you Jeff. :)
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Got a second. I got this guy from my barn on my archery range. This was a stretch of a shot and I actually can’t believe I got him. Chest shot with broken wing at no less than 35 yards. Upon retrieval he was coughing blood so I quickly dispatched him.
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Melvin, nice shooting. Thanks for sharing the info about your gun. I enjoyed it very much.
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Nice shooting Melvin!
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Melvin, that is some fine shooting on those yellow beaks!
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Thank you all :)
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The FTTs are advertised as 8.64 grain but they weigh in at 8.7 (on my scale anyway). And they do work great on starlings and HOSP, I was doing chest shots and they all went down without even twitching at about 15 yards.