My new .25 SPA M16 (Air Max Dominator) thread... :-)

[avator]

Betty Lou said the Plinkster had a swamp azz smell out of the box but, we didn't notice it last night while shooting so, evidently it fades. My sense of smell has been gone a long time... but, that's a story not worthy of this forum.

[solder]

I grew up assembling Heathkit and Dynakit electronic equipment. Well written manuals and high quality parts made for superb gear that worked very well and lasted forever. I still have some working. Perhaps an airgun maker  could do the same.

[MonsterMaxx]

Nice shooting at pistol range (25yds), I'd like to see how it does when you open it up to 50, 75 and 100 yards.  That'll tell the story.

I want to see guns that can be a tack driver at least to 50 yards minimum, if not 75.

Granted I spent a lot more on mine, but they'll absolutely stack pellets in 1 hole at 50/75 yds if I do my part.  Frankly, with a rifle, I don't even mess around at anything less than 50 yards these days.


And what happened to the bullpup?  That was the mrodair one I was interested in most, though had some interest in the bottle gun too and really liked the pic of the one w/ the air chamber over the barrel.  That was cool!

[WesBob]

Wes last night I dug up a scope I'd forgotten I had, also found some medium rings and used the 11mm adaptors to make them work

Six shots on the left are sight in and 5 on the right are 3/8ths center to center at 20 yards.  Yep these come with good barrels too.

Looking good Wayne! Looking like both yours and John's are shooting well anyways, 50 yards will be great to see next!

[sawtoothscream]

Nice shooting at pistol range (25yds), I'd like to see how it does when you open it up to 50, 75 and 100 yards.  That'll tell the story.

I want to see guns that can be a tack driver at least to 50 yards minimum, if not 75.

Granted I spent a lot more on mine, but they'll absolutely stack pellets in 1 hole at 50/75 yds if I do my part.  Frankly, with a rifle, I don't even mess around at anything less than 50 yards these days.


And what happened to the bullpup?  That was the mrodair one I was interested in most, though had some interest in the bottle gun too and really liked the pic of the one w/ the air chamber over the barrel.  That was cool!

Yeah that m 30 is interesting,   really want to see videos of that.

[Wayne52]

Looks like it's going to be a while before the M30's are available on the market.

[keithd]

Look what is on Mrodair site


http://yhst-139878093962642.stores.yahoo.net/aitamaiimblc.html

[avator]

Ordered my stock and grip set for the CP-1 last night after receiving an e-mail from Mike. I posted it in the "feed the beast" thread.

[keithd]

Ordered my stock and grip set for the CP-1 last night after receiving an e-mail from Mike. I posted it in the "feed the beast" thread.

Now I am deciding to order just the stock for my CP1M in .177 or both it and a complete set in .22

[avator]

I am going to call Mike today to see if I can just buy the barrel upgrade kit for my CP-1 as opposed to buying a whole new gun.
Also.... maybe we should start a new thread to keep from getting to far off topic on this one.

[Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58)]

I am going to call Mike today to see if I can just buy the barrel upgrade kit for my CP-1 as opposed to buying a whole new gun.
Also.... maybe we should start a new thread to keep from getting to far off topic on this one.

Keep us posted on what you find out, I'd be interested in the longer barrel with LDC also.

[Wayne52]

A person could actually make something very similar to the HiPAK for this gun.  If it's the same valve as it's bigger sister Varmint it would work with the carbines very nicely.  After all I've been hearing on this forum how much of a lego gun the SPA's can be.

[avator]

Keith started a new thread.... I'll post updates there..
Thanks Keith.

https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=132070.msg1309884#msg1309884

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Hey Y'all!!

My  25 Dom will arrive next Tuesday, yay!!!

I've been super swamped here, as expected, but loving being back in the sweetness of the South once again, oh, my, yes!!

I hope y'all are doing great, ttyl!

:-) chickie

[MonsterMaxx]

Where are you 'in the South'?  The Low Country event is next weekend, come on, should be fun.  Cross, SC.

[shultz]

My regulator quit regulating.....

It was working pretty darn good. I shot down to about reg pressure, Or what I think is the set point of 130 bar. I thought the last few shots were sounding hotter but didn't check any across my chrony. I topped off the tube to 220 bar, not a full fill but close enough. First shot sounded off, slow. so did the second.

I shot a couple over the chrony, was shooting 800-810. Now, all the sudden I'm at 550...

I kept shooting, sure enough, the shots were getting faster and faster as tube pressure dropped.

I'll be tearing the reg apart I guess. I'm hoping, its just an O ring leaking FULL tube pressure past the Reg...

[shultz]

It was an O ring!!

The little brass screw that is used to adjust reg pressure ALSO has an air passage that's sealed with an O ring on either side

The O rings looked ok but I replaced them anyway. The lower O ring, if not sealed, would allow FULL tube pressure to bypass the delrin seat at the end of the reg spool. That's what was happening.

Once I replaced these two O rings, I put 220bar of air to it, first shot, 800

[Wayne52]

John do you remove the tube when you adjust or repair the regulator.

[shultz]

Wayne,

Yes, the air tube has to come off. The air tube is 3 pieces. The fill end, tube and the end that threads onto the breech. This end also threads INTO the tube. This is where the reg is. The reg will also unscrew from this end cap so to speak.

You can adjust the reg by just removing the tube portion, assuming it screws off the end cap, leaving the end cap still attached to the breech like mine did...

If this does not happen, then you'll need to hold the tube and screw out the end cap to access the reg. The end cap, end, has four pin holes, if you have a pin wrench that fits, then you could simply clamp the tube in a vice that has non marring jaws or wrap it with something so its not damaged and use the pin wrench to unscrew the end cap from the tube.

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Well, well, well..

35 days and 17 pages of speculation aside, My new .25 SPA M16 (Air Max Dominator) is finally in da house!

She's loud and proud, but I'ma get a Rocker1 Dominatrix Special on 'er, she'll quiet right down, you'll see!!

Well, I'll start a new thread once the technical mumbo-jumbo starts to bubble forth, but for now, yeah, she's finally home!

First impression??

I paid waay too much for her. This is a great gun at it's real market value, but not such a deal at the US price. In the future, I would prefer to not be price-gouged..

At $350-$375, yeah, that's a proper price. At almost $500? No. Never again..

Now, that said, I own it now, and I will make it work best it can. But, never again. Did I mention that already?

Yeah. Not happy about the terms, but I do still feel the gun will be a winner. Especially when priced appropriately!!

*sigh*