R9 Pro-Compact

[DanD]

Here's a pic of my .177 R9 that I put together some years ago, before the 34 Pro Compact hit the market. I should measure it again, but I think it is around 39 or 40 inches overall. I used to call it the R9 SSG, short squirrel gun, or R9 SC, squirrel carbine.
The gun has an old JM Econokit (JM spring and front-guide, stock rear guide) and a new JM SGS seal. I sent the barrel to Paul Watts for the chop, choke, and crown. It originally had a JM Apex brake, but now has a steel Beeman Crow Mag brake. I only got one reading over the chrony with the new seal,  and it read 850fps with CPL which was 30 fps lower than the previous hornet seal chronied years ago, but seems a bit softer firing-cycle. Stock it shot a slow 820 or 830 but had "oh wow!" accuracy so I worked with it. I haven't shot it much from a bench, but 3 5-shot groups from 16 yards shot last month, with no wind, and no warm-up shots averaged, IIRC, .240 ctc including a called flier. Not a magnum powerhouse, but plenty of pop, and more importantly, accuracy, for squirrel hunting (most squirrel shots I take are 20-40 yards.) Once I figured out the holdover, 60 yard head shots on starlings off the top of a silo were nearly a gimme this summer.
Thanks for looking.

[Froghunter]

Dan,

Very Nice!

Enjoy,

Froghunter

[ptpalpha]

I really like that!  Nice job on the modification.  JM parts inside, Paul Watts work on the outside, and Beeman/HW quality throughout...what more can you ask for?

[Powder burner]

Who's Paul Watts?

[TleVta]

http://www.springgunning.com/

[DanD]

I really like that!  Nice job on the modification.  JM parts inside, Paul Watts work on the outside, and Beeman/HW quality throughout...what more can you ask for?

Thanks for the compliment. It really was a journey to get there. I had bought and traded many guns over several years trying to find the perfect hunter for me and eventually just sort of created my own. The 34 Pro Compact came out maybe a year after I finished putting the R9 together, and boy did it look like a compelling little rifle, but I already had the niche filled.
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Dan D

[palonej]

Awesome rifle Dan!!

[Powder burner]

http://www.springgunning.com/

Thanks.