MRodAir Air Max Varmint in .177

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

It's not easy to buy just one, is it? 

I won't be satisfied until I have all 3 the co2 guns as well as the Varmints in both calibers, and a .25 Dominator, and a .177 M30. Oh, yeah, and a .22 LR700W...

From there, I oughta be set for a spell, I reckon, lol..

:-) chickie

The Famous Last Words..from a woman born to SHOP !  ( SPA Air Guns )     

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Has anyone done a side by side comparison of a Plinkster vs Varmint Valve?  I'm curious if there is much or any difference I'm very tempted to get a plinkster but I need one like I need a hole in the head, I'm thinking it would make a nice option to have one for even doing some tinkering and experimenting with.

Wayne:

If you are Dreaming about the plinkster..and you have the $ then go ahead and..... Do It         Sweet Dreams  -  Tom

[.]

It's not easy to buy just one, is it? 

I won't be satisfied until I have all 3 the co2 guns as well as the Varmints in both calibers, and a .25 Dominator, and a .177 M30. Oh, yeah, and a .22 LR700W...

From there, I oughta be set for a spell, I reckon, lol..

:-) chickie

The Famous Last Words..from a woman born to SHOP !  ( SPA Air Guns )     

For a few seconds, Tom, I was like, "O-M-G, how did he find a picture of me?"!!

But nooo, that's pretty close, I do love my hair up like that while I hunt, its pretty, but practical, too..

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

It's not easy to buy just one, is it? 

I won't be satisfied until I have all 3 the co2 guns as well as the Varmints in both calibers, and a .25 Dominator, and a .177 M30. Oh, yeah, and a .22 LR700W...

From there, I oughta be set for a spell, I reckon, lol..

:-) chickie

For a few seconds, Tom, I was like, "O-M-G, how did he find a picture of me?"!!

But nooo, that's pretty close, I do love my hair up like that while I hunt, its pretty, but practical, too..

The Famous Last Words..from a woman born to SHOP !  ( SPA Air Guns )     

     

[avator]

Dang near looks like a Varmint she's sporting too.

[Wayne52]

Those look like 45-70's in her ammo belt

[avator]

Definitely not a Varmint..... lol
The bra looks a bit over kill though.

[Wayne52]

Definitely not a Varmint..... lol
The bra looks a bit over kill though.

LMBO

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Definitely not a Varmint..... lol
The bra looks a bit over kill though.

Looks to me like.... She's Out Hunting Big Game.   

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Say...You Folks are killing me with all these Nice SPA guns your getting.   If this keeps up like it has, I'm likely to go off the Deep End and Who knows what could happen then !   

[fishinglakes]

I have been following this thread and enjoy it, figured I would jump in.
I too am very impressed with the SPA Guns. I have two M-10, now converted to M-11 repeaters with the helpful advice of Julie at SPA. Fantastic guns. Added a second smaller hammer spring inside the main hammer spring, using the large transfer port and getting 66 FPE. Sub 1.5 inch groups at 100 yards with swaged .33 grain slugs. I couldn't help my self and had to get the Varmint, shot it all day today. After leading up the barrel the groups tightened up well. All I can say is it's a good thing that these weren't around when I was a kid, or there wouldn't be much wildlife around today and Beeman would not have sold many R1's. To top off the day, we set out a case of eggs from 30 to 75 yards and went at it. They didn't last long. The group of guys I shoot with all have several M-10 and are now ordering  up their Varmints. One of my buddies, Dale took the .25 barrel of an M-10 and put it in his 303 Daystate Wolverine. He's impressed the accuracy he is now getting, and quite the thumper. We laugh at ourselves for loving these Chinese guns after spending tons of money on our high dollar guns. Anyway, that's my 2 cents.

[Wolverineshooter]

HI Craig, where did you get the M10?

[avator]

LOL Craig.... How's it feel to be "out of the closet"?
Nothing to be ashamed of. I'm glad I never could afford to go the "high dollar" route that many have taken.  I can see how these little jewels could bring negative feelings from some guys that have invested a small fortune.
Good for you and the guys.

[Wayne52]

Craig I'm happy to see the out of the closet post you made All of my SPA guns are extremely accurate, they're all .22's and presently I'd love to see SPA start building a big bore myself.  They're now building guns with titanium tubes on them as well which is another big plus in my opinion because that really opens the doors on the SUPER LEGO GUN !!!!!!

My guess is that SPA has made their mark in this forum for sure and I expect to see many people buying them when/if they start REALLY reading about them.  I'm getting very excited about what my Dominator which will be here in the near future will do.

[.]

Yeppers, dem SPAs get the job done very nicely for a fraction of the price of Euro-guns, for sure.

Yep, I still love my HW110, but had I bought my SPA guns first, I may have never bought my black beauty..

[Norcal]

Any drawback to the Varmints/Stormriders only having one Barrel Band? Are the barrels rigid enough to not get tweaked as a knockabout Hunting gun?

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Any drawback to the Varmints/Stormriders only having one Barrel Band? Are the barrels rigid enough to not get tweaked as a knockabout Hunting gun?

See Aviator for the Fix.   

[avator]

From my days of tinkering with the FD-PCP from Flying Dragon I had a barrel band left over in one of my many parts boxes. I was worried about the same issue because I knew I was taking this gun to the woods and stuff happens in the wood. But then again, I didn't want to make the barrel solid to the air tube. I just wanted to keep it from being bent into the shape of a W or an S. The Varmint is a 3k psi gun much like the MRod. If you'll notice, the MRod is not banded solid to the tube. The FD-PCP barrel band worked perfect. It fit like it grew on the air tube but lets the barrel float with 1/16" clearance. As well as these guns seem to be made makes one think that the barrel was left floating for a reason. However.... another member added an LDC to his gun and it drastically affected accuracy. I suggested he add a barrel band and it reportedly corrected the issue. You'll have to check with him as to whether or not he "pinned" the barrel to the air tube.

[.]

Any drawback to the Varmints/Stormriders only having one Barrel Band? Are the barrels rigid enough to not get tweaked as a knockabout Hunting gun?

I've had no problems with either of mine, and they've been out hunting with teenage boys, lol, so yeah, they seem plenty rugged. A second barrel band is an option, but I'm in the 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' mindset with these super inexpensive shooters at the moment.

I have a ton of mods planned, but for now, I am interested in shooting them until they fail, then think about new seals and upgraded parts..

:-) chickie

[Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58)]

I believe I am who Avator was referring to in his post.  My accuracy problem was with my .22 Maximus, not my Varmint.  I did tighten the set screws after moving the barrel band forward to just behind the air tube cap and it did fix the problem.  From what others had told me, it had to do with harmonics from adding the LDC.

Now my Varmint does have a noticeable barrel droop.  More space between the barrel and the air tube at the breech than at the end of the air tube.  I asked Mike about getting a second barrel band to place just behind the air tube cap on that rifle to straighten up the barrel.  But, that would probably be more for cosmetics than function because it is accurate as is.  And, adding the LDC to the Varmint did not affect accuracy at all.