MRodAir Air Max Varmint in .177

[Xraycer]

So, what happens if I lean the gun against a tree to take a leak and a pisd off squirrel runs down the tree and kicks it over?

Kick it between the legs!

Oh wait, it's a squirrel...............then just use your fingers and flick it hard between the legs

[avator]

Being the my first experience with a fill probe, it only took me one time to insert it too far. I slowly opened the valve on my tank and heard it leak. I shut it down instantly but the o-ring had expanded and I split it pulling the probe out. One spare o-ring down...
Well, that ain't gonna happen again..
I stacked 4 o-rings from my o-ring Harbor Freight kit. Now it goes in perfect everytime.

[Wayne52]

You got the wrong probe there Bill, my brother did too, mine is the shorter one that works right but you can make that one that you've got work just don't push it in all the way.  That probe you have is the same probe that belongs with the PP700S-A I think.

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Being the my first experience with a fill probe, it only took me one time to insert it too far. I slowly opened the valve on my tank and heard it leak. I shut it down instantly but the o-ring had expanded and I split it pulling the probe out. One spare o-ring down...
Well, that ain't gonna happen again..
I stacked 4 o-rings from my o-ring Harbor Freight kit. Now it goes in perfect everytime.

Noted, thanks, awesome!! 

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You got the wrong probe there Bill, my brother did too, mine is the shorter one that works right but you can make that one that you've got work just don't push it in all the way.  That probe you have is the same probe that belongs with the PP700S-A I think.

Ahhh, I'll check mine when they get here before I fill, thanks for the head's up, y'all are soo awesome!!!

This is the fun of being an early adopter, ha ha! The fact that we are sometimes getting a grab bag of mismatched parts just makes it more intriguing, lol.

[Wayne52]

Here's the fill probe that came with mine.

[gendoc]

Here's the fill probe that came with mine.

i think thats the same one as mine here....
wayne, do you leave it in the gun ?

[avator]

Well I'll be shipped in sheep dip.....
I'll mention that to Mike when I call... Not it's a big deal, I can work with it. Just a heads up for Mike. Probably some little Chinese dude somewhere laughing his butt off.

[Wayne52]

Here's the fill probe that came with mine.

i think thats the same one as mine here....
wayne, do you leave it in the gun ?

Yep yours is the same one that came with mine John, I take it out after I'm done filling otherwise it could fall out.  When I bring it along hunting I just keep it in a small ziplock in my watch pocket on my jeans.

[Wayne52]

Well I'll be shipped in sheep dip.....
I'll mention that to Mike when I call... Not it's a big deal, I can work with it. Just a heads up for Mike. Probably some little Chinese dude somewhere laughing his butt off.

My brother made a plastic sleeve for his, it works fine that way.

[avator]

I intend to just hang a pouch around the neck of my scuba tank for it. 27 good shots ought to be plenty for a day's hunt. (unless I'm hunting monkeys in Florida) I'm certainly not dragging a 100cf scuba tank to the woods and it's too humid here to hand pump my gun full of water.

[gendoc]

it's too humid here to hand pump my gun full of water.

yep, i've been pumping mine inside.....ordered a compressor this morn'n
cuz now the grandkids both have new varmints in .177 on the way 

[avator]

Just got off the phone with Mike at MRodAir. I told him about the issue I had with the "sticky" mag and the long fill probe.  The problem with the mag is that the screw turns in and out with the clear plastic cover. It goes from real loose to very tight.
I know I can fix it with Loctite but.... it's brand new and ought top perform as new.
Mike told me to shoot him an e-mail and he'll get one out to me.
As for the long fill probe.... Mike said he thought they were all long and you just had to be careful not to push them in too far or do as I did and sleeve it so it can't go in too far. So it appears that those of you that have a fill valve that actually fits properly are the ones with the wrong probe....

[Wayne52]

It's gotta be the other way around cause mine works perfect without the sleeve

Leave it to the Chinese to throw a wrench in the mix, it was probably a mid decision in the order to make shorter probes, I'm almost thinking this longer one might even work on the M10 as well.

[avator]

LOL.... just repeating what the man said.....
Chickie just got 2 of them... one with the short probe and one with the long.
But as I said.... I just popped on the O-rings as a stop and it's really a non-issue.
The faulty mag is a bigger concern and I could probably fix the too.

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Just got off the phone with Mike at MRodAir. I told him about the issue I had with the "sticky" mag and the long fill probe.  The problem with the mag is that the screw turns in and out with the clear plastic cover. It goes from real loose to very tight.
I know I can fix it with Loctite but.... it's brand new and ought top perform as new.
Mike told me to shoot him an e-mail and he'll get one out to me.
As for the long fill probe.... Mike said he thought they were all long and you just had to be careful not to push them in too far or do as I did and sleeve it so it can't go in too far. So it appears that those of you that have a fill valve that actually fits properly are the ones with the wrong probe....

I got a long one with my .177, and a short one with my .22. I want another 'wrong' one, to replace the not-right 'right' one, thank you very much, lol..

Yeah, not so slick, nope.

The product sells itself, the service, umm, not so much, huh?

[avator]

Considering he answers the phone personally, I wonder if he may have a little more than he can handle alone.

[gendoc]

any word on the barrel bands ??

[avator]

Oh Yeah !!! He said he added some to his next order but he didn't have an ETA yet. I'm going to take some measurements and see what I can come up with for the time being.

[gendoc]

sounds good, keep us informed !!!
thank you