MRodAir Air Max Varmint in .177

[avator]

WARNING !!!!
I have to go back in and twist that grub screw back in a bit. I disabled the safety.... My Bad !!!

[Wayne52]

I'll probably make a spacer for mine, it seems like it would work good too.

[avator]

Either way... check the safety.

[K.O.]

Lol! Interesting about the screws. On my CP-1M, the barrel divot was put off kilter so I have to tighten the two outside screws first to keep the barrel aligned. Bit of a nuisance but workable.

that sounds like a job for Mr. Nucut (hand file)...

[WesBob]

Yep! I'll have to do that, lazy me!

[avator]

Good news and bad news....
Good news: I fixed the leak..... YES!!!
Bad News: I fixed the leak... now I can't just wait for it to leak off to go back in and adjust the trigger to make the safety work again.

[Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58)]

Good news and bad news....
Good news: I fixed the leak..... YES!!!
Bad News: I fixed the leak... now I can't just wait for it to leak off to go back in and adjust the trigger to make the safety work again.

Better git to shootin!

[avator]

Shhhhh....   squirrel.

[avator]

Whisper.... "BTW... the JSB 8.4 I got from Dairyboy shoot great in the .177 Varmint.... Thanks Dillon"

[gendoc]

Shhhhh....   squirrel.

19 more days down here.......

[avator]

Woke up this morning and after the fog cleared I remembered my leaky AMV. I had picked up a few air gun related things around the house and had stood the AMV in the case. I reached in and switched the light on to have a look.... yep, gauge right where is was when I put it in there last night. Seems to be fixed for now.

[Wayne52]

From what I've seen on the forum with other peoples experience with pcp's that's the most likely spot for a pcp to leak on both the ones with the foster fill fitting and the probe style both. 

[avator]

Yes... the o-ring on the fill cap. Those threads are quite sharp.

[avator]

Day two and the gauge shows the pressure has not lost a drop. I do believe I got it fixed. Next up.... turn that trigger screw back in a tad to make the safety work again and replace or clip the hammer spring to pull a bit of power off. I have another idea I want to try...
Instead of O-rings I have several types of nylon air hose scraps from work. I'm going to find one with the OD to fit snug in the tube. Then another one with the OD to fit into that one. The outer one will be cut shorter and the inner longer to contact the hammer.
Reason?:
The hammer is made in such a way that it actually fits inside of an o-ring. Upon impact the o-ring wants to stick on the hammer. I can also use a stiffer tube and a softer inner tube. I think this will give me more control over the hammer strike. I'm also going to explore options for power adjust and degas. You can't just go through the hammer spring retainer because the screw goes through it to the breech. This makes the typical TSS/SSG not an option.

[tomiboy]

My Varmint has been perfect!  Got it last Thursday, put on a Rocker1 LDC and a scope and have been shooting it like crazy, but I hate pumping!! I got a pump from Mike at the same time and I'm done with it. I'm getting a bottle or one of those Chinese compressors or both! My back can't take that pumping. I DO have a messed up back.

For you tuner types....could a regulator be fitted to these to get more shots in the sweet spot? Would that be difficult?

[Ribbonstone]

Considering the trade off for about the same power....tiny air volume tube, volume taken up by the regulator...not thinking you'd get too many more shorts at nearly the same speed (lets say an 2000 psi output)...but could have more shots/more uniform shots at less speed (lets say a 1250PSI output).

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For you tuner types....could a regulator be fitted to these to get more shots in the sweet spot? Would that be difficult?

As Ribbie says, what you'll get is consistency more than anything. I haven't installed my Lane regulators in either my .177 or .22 Varmints yet, because, well, because I really don't really need the extra consistency, lol. For my current use as a hunter/pester, both guns are already 'good to go' and have proven very effective in those roles.

Buuuut, I am Germanic, soo, yesss, I must, must, must, eventually make these guns all they can be. But, not today, lol..

I haven't even cleaned the barrels, ha ha! 

I'll have a boatload of these before long, some regulated, some just adjusted properly, some fully modded to the hilt, and some just left 'as-is'...

I'll get a pair of the Stormriders from PA once they come out, and leave them 'as-is', since they are likely the most highly-evolved production run of these guns to date. I am sure my .177 is an older run than my .22, so these will be the guns I mod to the hilt.

Fun, eh?

:-) chickie

[keithd]

Chickie is back 

[gendoc]

For you tuner types....could a regulator be fitted to these to get more shots in the sweet spot? Would that be difficult?

Fun, eh?

:-) chickie

great to hear from you chickie !!!

[Ribbonstone]

Not quite as I see it.

If your plan is to have a couple of PCP's, then it makes sense to detune them(which is what is going to happen with regulating a Varmint if you want more shots).

If you foresee owning more PCP's, then let them live where they want to live.


I've no problem with really fast/powerful PCP's with a short shot count living side-by-side with moderate power PCP's with mega-shot counts....each has a really good use, just not the same use.