I visited with Mike and was quizzing him about the BAM 51's that he had in stock , after visiting a bit on the BAM he shared with me the FLYING DRAGON PCP that he was converting .I pumped the .22 cal up to 1500 psi and proceeded to shoot in the dark at the tree line , the 1500 psi fill was almost too much , the gun was on the verge of valve locking . I shot it down till the point it sounded right and checked the fill pressure it was 1100 psi where the gun started shooting correctly down to the 600 psi mark .I shot around 80 pellets thru the gun and then went indoors and took the trigger out and proceeded to adjust and polish the sear engagments , it is a wonderfully simply trigger arrangement and is very easy to adjust and polish out to a very nice hunting trigger . I then loaded up again started to shoot another string to adjust and try out the new trigger job and it is wonderful indeed , after a few shots the gun dumped the fill pressure at the shot , I figured the valve gave way .I pulled the gun down part way that evening and then finished the job completely dismantaling the gun 100% last night , it is a wonderful design and very easy to work on , this gun is the VW'S of PCP'S , it is wonderfully easy to work on and what I love about is that it is so easy to work on , fully adjustable trigger and an overall great design that is very affordable to own and operate , I have been following the thread that everyone is having problems with the guns that they got .Well if your new to PCP's your going to have to pay your due diligence and will have a learning curve , if one has no mechanical aptitude or little to no patience then this or any PCP is certainly something that your going to have a hard time with .One thing that everyone has to get a grip on is that this is a tinker gun , as Mike said , your going to have to work on it , it is a wonderful and very easy design that is going to be a wonderful gun for my needs which is hunting , I will set it up to give me 10 full power shots with very little deviation in velocity . these guns need tuned to use higher pressures it would appear and you will have to do the work to get them there . If your gun will still bleed off air even if it is a little bit then keep dry firing the gun until one gets enough of a shot pressure to discharge a pellet and shoot the gun down and keep it down low on pressure until you get the work done to your gun to allow you to use the larger fill pressures .As far as sights are concerned this is a pcp it deserves to have a scope on it , it is a long range set up , sights are for springers 30 yards and under , this gun is for + type ranges . Sights are to be taken off and a hush method to be used on the end of the barrel . with scope mounted and the sweet spot found with a chrony and all the data worked up for this gun .I am going to put my .22 back together now and get off here , I found the valve seat cocked and I will explain in a night or so as to what is going on , but this little gun is a diamond in the rough and for $ 100 I will be buying several more to lay back and make wonderful little hunting gun for some friends , Oh don't worry about the fill tubes as a weak link they are not , it will take 8K to burst these things , the weak link is the two 5MM screws under the action , one holding the pin valve assy and the other holding the backing , but don't worry too much for in the machine shop we lift 12K chunks of steel with a hole drilled in the center and tapped using a 1/2" bolt to do the lifting .The weak link are these 5MM screws but 2K is well within the stress limits for such things but do not exceed this much or your just asking for it unless you drill and tap more anchor points .everyone is going to have to work on these guns bar none , if you do not want to tinker then perhaps one should purchase a springer for PCP'S are a labor of love .Now back to putting together my .22 Regards, Nick
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