So.....what did you shoot today?

[anti-squirrel]

I started out practicing 10M offhand with the IZH46M but for some reason I was really shaky and the shots were all over the place.   I quit after the first 10 shot string.   So I went out on the deck with the Crosman 600 and chilled out plinking at cans and cookware hanging from trees.  When I originally got the 600, I wasn't planning on liking or keeping it but it's starting to grow on me.   Too bad I only get about 30 full power shots on one CO2 cartridge.  After some relaxing deck shooting, some pushups, some surfing, I tried the IZH 10M again and did much better.

I suffer a little envy every time I see somebody say anything about the 600.  I learned how to shoot using my father's, and when he did his Medd-run and a North Atlantic run while on active duty, I kept our 'hood safe from water moccasins with it.  Nice airgun

Last night before sunset I broke out some H&N .177 Excite wadcutters and my Crosman 2100, then proceeded to annihilate a beer can (Mich Ultra) at ~ 40 yards.  First few shots were horribad, but once I re-learned that rifle it was game on.  I've been enjoying the pumpers a lot lately, but it reiterates I need to smooth out the shot cycle on the CZ 451 and my C-1 springers so they get some attention.  I still haven't recharged or replaced the gas piston in my Hatsan 95QE- I read somewhere (maybe here?) there's a Crosman Nitro-Piston that's a drop in replacement.

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

I started out practicing 10M offhand with the IZH46M but for some reason I was really shaky and the shots were all over the place.   I quit after the first 10 shot string.   So I went out on the deck with the Crosman 600 and chilled out plinking at cans and cookware hanging from trees.  When I originally got the 600, I wasn't planning on liking or keeping it but it's starting to grow on me.   Too bad I only get about 30 full power shots on one CO2 cartridge.  After some relaxing deck shooting, some pushups, some surfing, I tried the IZH 10M again and did much better.

I suffer a little envy every time I see somebody say anything about the 600.  I learned how to shoot using my father's, and when he did his Medd-run and a North Atlantic run while on active duty, I kept our 'hood safe from water moccasins with it.  Nice airgun

Last night before sunset I broke out some H&N .177 Excite wadcutters and my Crosman 2100, then proceeded to annihilate a beer can (Mich Ultra) at ~ 40 yards.  First few shots were horribad, but once I re-learned that rifle it was game on.  I've been enjoying the pumpers a lot lately, but it reiterates I need to smooth out the shot cycle on the CZ 451 and my C-1 springers so they get some attention.  I still haven't recharged or replaced the gas piston in my Hatsan 95QE.

I read somewhere (maybe here?) there's a Crosman Nitro-Piston that's a drop in replacement.

Hi Peter.

I have a Crosman Nitro piston installed in my Hatsan Edge.
The Edge uses the same gas spring as your 95 QE does.
My type 3 Hatsan Vortex gas spring, in the Edge, lost pressure after 7 years and a sub zero night out in the garage last winter.
mikeyb sent the Crosman Nitro Piston to me along with some custom conversion parts that he makes up for that application.
The Crosman Nitro Piston needed those parts in-order to function properly in the Hatsan Edge.
I gained a substantial power increase after the Nitro Piston swap.
I have a Hatsan Vortex Striker and the Edge has more power now.
Originally they were both about the same.
The down side is... the Edge cocks harder now... more like one of my Hatsan 125's.
The Edge's barrel is shorter than most of the Crosman guns and that probably accounts for the increased cocking force.



Best Wishes - Tom

[avator]

I've been looking for good candidates for guns to live in the Casting Cabin. I have a 3 gun wall rack and a 6 gun floor stand rack. I'm trying to diversify the platforms.
I have targets set at 20, 25 and 35yds and I'm shooting bench rested from a small folding table just inside the door.
This morning I added the Crosman Blaze NP in .177. I shot both the Crosman UM 10.5 and the Norma 9.1 heavies.
Both pellets shot virtually the same.... the CPUM just slightly edged out the Normas... not even enough to pick one over the other. The CPUM hits at a close 1 oclock over the Normas.
20yds.  stacking pellets
25yds. opened to a dime
35yds, opened to a nickle
PCP has definitely spoiled me but basically, no pest is safe in our front yard.   

Kinda in the break barrel mood.. I think I'll bust out the Hatsan 1k Vortex .25 out tomorrow. Got this one a few years back for $100 in that closeout deal. I put the RC roller bearing trigger mod in it.

[2A Georgia]

Shot Thikgirl aka .303 Challenger with the night lights so no chrono.
The target was clear with the fake rocks lights.
The Tiki lights are near the table for loading and such.
Posting results in the Challenger Thread.
The third fill last slug it started to rain...

[Jshooter71]

I was shooting quite a bit, up until a few weeks ago. Things in the way of life. Mainly getting the new pool setup. That’s done, so I’m hoping to start getting some shooting in this week. I’m experiencing airgun withdrawals. 

[anti-squirrel]

A mild correction- my CZ is a 643.  Been too long since I shot it 

I took a few more shots today with it, same target, at 40 yards.  More hits than misses, so hooray.  Later I'll be trying the C-1 to see how that twanger shoots.  I really would like to switch it over to open sights, but the scope it came with handles the twang no problem.

This upcoming weekend- if time allows- we'll be shooting the EdGuns.

[avator]

Took the Hatsan 1kx Vortex .25 gas ram to the Cabin and shot some of my cast pellets with it this morning. It did ok but it still likes Benjamin better.... It's a ragged hole maker with those and it hits hard. The RC roller bearing trigger mod is a game changer. You'd better be ready to shoot when put your finger on that trigger.
I had to change the angle of the steel blank I was shooting. Betty Lou said they were ricocheting and hitting the front of the house.
Sweet gun for the $100 I paid for it new.

[Matchstickshooter]

 Daisy pointed pellets through the CR357 and wads through the 853C.

[Jshooter71]

Took the Hatsan 1kx Vortex .25 gas ram to the Cabin and shot some of my cast pellets with it this morning. It did ok but it still likes Benjamin better.... It's a ragged hole maker with those and it hits hard. The RC roller bearing trigger mod is a game changer. You'd better be ready to shoot when put your finger on that trigger.
I had to change the angle of the steel blank I was shooting. Betty Lou said they were ricocheting and hitting the front of the house.
Sweet gun for the $100 I paid for it new.

It’s good to have a spotter, Bill!   

[Whirligig]

Original Beeman P1. Purchased new shortly after it was released, sometime in the '80s. For $189.99. Still in mint condition.

-W

[Whirligig]

.22 Mendoza RM-600 and .177 Weihrauch HW95. Both purchased new. Both in mint condition. Both with excellent triggers and great accuracy. But both also still very unique.

-W

[splitbeing]

Original Beeman P1. Purchased new shortly after it was released, sometime in the '80s. For $189.99. Still in mint condition.

-W

Love my p1. What pellets and distance?

[Matchstickshooter]

 Crosman CR357 and Beeman P17

[Whirligig]

Original Beeman P1. Purchased new shortly after it was released, sometime in the '80s. For $189.99. Still in mint condition.

-W

Love my p1. What pellets and distance?

H&N Excite Hammer pellets. I started at about 20 feet and just kept backing up until I'd only hit the aluminum cans 75% of the time. Sorry not to be able to provide more specific distance information.

-W

[Whirligig]

Crosman CR357 and Beeman P17

Both amazingly great air pistols, especially for selling for about $65 each.

-W

[Matchstickshooter]

Crosman CR357 and Beeman P17

Both amazingly great air pistols, especially for selling for about $65 each.

-W

Most of the time I shoot paper, indoors. I strive to stack cheap pellets! lol

[2A Georgia]

Thikgirl testing pellets for grouping.
Adjustments, pictures and observations in the Challenger Thread.
Got a DM from the South-side Atlanta AG's it appears I'm not excommunicated for my hunting season long sabbatical and should be checking out both hunting rifles at 35+ yards outside starting next weekend.  And getting razzed as the newby...lol

[sekiar]

Shot my new TX200 in .177 caliber.  The two great positive's are the trigger and it super accuracy!  The cocking is not too hard, however loading is a little more involved and the bear trap some times need and extra effort to get it to operate the cocking lever.  Over it's a beautiful rifle and in due time I'll master shooting it.  Charles

[splitbeing]

Original Beeman P1. Purchased new shortly after it was released, sometime in the '80s. For $189.99. Still in mint condition.

-W

Love my p1. What pellets and distance?

H&N Excite Hammer pellets. I started at about 20 feet and just kept backing up until I'd only hit the aluminum cans 75% of the time. Sorry not to be able to provide more specific distance information.

-W

No worries! That answers the question just fine.

[bantam5s]

I haven't really had much break from work the heat or the wind in the past week or two, but I finally had a chance to do a little shooting and went with the American Boy build again.