.30 RS

[oneshot61]

Blaming this on PA sale and Manny and Chris. I’ve been following Manny and Chris’s post about the 30 rainstorm. Then my birthday and a side job and PA sale all came at once and .... it showed up at my door. Along with some Nielsen swagged, 44.75 and 50 jsb. Polished the barrel and hammer and off to the range. Three scopes later( there’s a reason two stayed on the shelf) and I was getting some decent groups at 50 yards. I ordered a .299 noe die and all my groups tightened up. I have a .298 on the way to further test the swagged, though I’m getting some good groups with the occasional odd flier. Being speed sensitive, I think flattening the string will bring them in line. First shot over the chrony was the 50 jsb@ 957... no adjustment, adjuster flush with the back. Next 44.75@ 991, stock setting. Wow! I cut to much off my spring so I’ve ordered two more, but I can get any where from 800fps with 44.75’s back to 951 with 50 jsb depending on what I want to shoot. I’m going to focus on the swagged slugs and have a bbt mold in the works. I’ve also ordered some music wire to make some dual wire springs for testing, and hopefully have a mds hammer built next month. Manny and Chris have covered about every angle on the Rs .30 and did a fantastic job. Not sure I can add anything, but I am anxious to see what the dual wire spring(thank you Tim!!), mds hammer and a little valve work courtesy of the info on RKR’s post on the Evanix tuning, will result in.
 Notice in the picture of the inside of the stock, they have installed a screw for support. Not sure if that’s PA or Evanix, but it’s a great idea. I ask Pyramyd Air to pick out a good stock, I think they did a fantastic job. Great service, fantastic gun!

[Nomadic Pirate]

Nice stock indeed,

Yep Evanix has added that screw in the grip a few years back

[KnifeMaker]

Oh Man, That Stock! Jealous, Yep!!!


Did I mention that STOCK?
Oh, That Stock!


Knife

[KnifeMaker]

Who does the mds hammer for the Storm? Never seen one.


Knife

[KnifeMaker]

Followed RKR's post as well. Performed the mods, and WOW!


With no other changes, went back to Non Reged velocities. Picked up 90 fps on the NOE 34.8 pellets, and 100 fps on the test bullets I cast from a decked Lyman 257420 mold. 

[oneshot61]

Who does the mds hammer for the Storm? Never seen one.


Knife

If I’m not mistaken and speaking out of turn, rocker one can. I’m sending him the hammer from my jkhan(rainstorm).
 Man that’s nice power out of the rainstorm! I radiused the war valve in my armada and picked up 40 ish FPS. Great mod. I’m going to open the .30 up a tad and radius the valve. Nothing radical, just improve the flow.

[Bigragu]

Who does the mds hammer for the Storm? Never seen one.


Knife

If I’m not mistaken and speaking out of turn, rocker one can. I’m sending him the hammer from my jkhan(rainstorm).
 Man that’s nice power out of the rainstorm! I radiused the war valve in my armada and picked up 40 ish FPS. Great mod. I’m going to open the .30 up a tad and radius the valve. Nothing radical, just improve the flow.

Radius the valve? Please explain this procedure, maybe even with pics?

[KnifeMaker]

I removed the poppet return spring. Had to crack the bottle wide open to seal it. Also opened up the path way from the air tube to the valve . A LOT, Now it is a wide open shot from the reg to the valve intake. (now that the return spring is gone, didn't need the smallish pass-thru to hd the spring which was out of alignment anyway). Opened up all pathways to .201.


The bbl port is oblong to keep the pellets from tipping when loading.  Radiused the valve pathway to the block.


Thinking seriously of putting the mono block into the mill, opening up the thru hole, which will of course make the threaded barrel clamping hole much larger. The re tap it and put in a larger set screw for securing the bbl.


 


If I feel Froggy, I may very well turn the block on its sides and put two more set screws two on each side. You cant' secure a bbl. too well.   

[oneshot61]

Who does the mds hammer for the Storm? Never seen one.


Knife

If I’m not mistaken and speaking out of turn, rocker one can. I’m sending him the hammer from my jkhan(rainstorm).
 Man that’s nice power out of the rainstorm! I radiused the war valve in my armada and picked up 40 ish FPS. Great mod. I’m going to open the .30 up a tad and radius the valve. Nothing radical, just improve the flow.

Radius the valve? Please explain this procedure, maybe even with pics?

This picture is courtesy of QVTom here on the gta who converted his .22,rainstorm to a .30. The upper right hand corner of the hand drawn circle is the area that gets radiused. Instead of air having to make an abrupt 90 degree turn, it will now flow around a smooth corner. Hope this helps.

Michael... my friend rick did that to his Evanix sniper and got another bump in power. Just retapped for a larger screw.

[oneshot61]

Finally took a day off and was able to do some more testing. I focused on the Nielsen 47 and 55 grain slugs. When testing I size to .299, shoot lubed and unlubed, ...unsized lubed and unlubed. Best of the day, unsized with lube. These slugs are more speed sensitive than pellets of coarse because they are spin stabilized. I’m shooting the 55 grain at 860 on a nice 7 shot bell curve until I get my new springs in. The 47 grain did not do well in any form of testing. I may need to push them faster than 900 FPS to stabilize them in my barrel. I’ll find out tomorrow evening as I ran out of light for my chrony to operate. Best group of the day shown with 7 shots @ 50 yards, 55 grain @ 860.
 For now I’ve left it shooting the 50 jsb @910 for a nice bell curve on a 7 shot mag. More slug testing to come!

[Nomadic Pirate]

6 shots in a super tight figure 8 pattern at 50 with one little flyer looks pretty darn good with those bullets.

My 95 FPE .30 likes those Nielsen 55gr too and absolutely loves the 50gr JSB.

[Catadjuster]

I’ve seen Manny’s and Mike’s threads, but I don’t think I’ve seen Chris’. Can someone link it or let me know what the title is?

Thanks,

Wes

[oneshot61]

I’ve seen Manny’s and Mike’s threads, but I don’t think I’ve seen Chris’. Can someone link it or let me know what the title is?

Thanks,

Wes

https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=117643.0

[oneshot61]

6 shots in a super tight figure 8 pattern at 50 with one little flyer looks pretty darn good with those bullets.

My 95 FPE .30 likes those Nielsen 55gr too and absolutely loves the 50gr JSB.

I’m really exited about the 55 grain. The flier is easily me. I was resting on my range bag. I have some shooting bags in I just don’t have anything to fill them with yet. The pellets shoot very consistent @.299, and I’m not giving up on the 47 grain yet. I don’t know what the bc is on the 55 yet but sometime this week I’m going to try and get it. When my springs come in or my music wire, I’ll try a hunting tune with the 55 grain. Have you used them yet on hogs ??

[KnifeMaker]

 OK not a .30, ( I wish) but same everything else, only in .25. .
Got a chance to shoot some of the NOE Pellets today. The first mold had issues, but Swede replaced it FAST!


Was testing slugs and went to the pellets. Not very good. Well, DUH! I had the gun cranked up for the slugs. Turned it down and was rewarded with squirrel kill'n accuracy.


groups from the first mold were disman. Man what a difference!


Knife

[oneshot61]

OK not a .30, ( I wish) but same everything else, only in .25. .
Got a chance to shoot some of the NOE Pellets today. The first mold had issues, but Swede replaced it FAST!


Waa testing slugs and went to the pellets. Not very good. Well, DUH! I had the gun cranked up for the slugs. Turned it down ans was rewarded with squirrel kill'n accuracy.


groups from the first mold were disman. Man what a difference!
Sweet!! What weight and what speed did you go too?


Knife

[KnifeMaker]

34.8 gr, 890 fps, for 60 fpe.   

[KnifeMaker]

OK not a .30, ( I wish) but same everything else, only in .25. .
Got a chance to shoot some of the NOE Pellets today. The first mold had issues, but Swede replaced it FAST!


Was testing slugs and went to the pellets. Not very good. Well, DUH! I had the gun cranked up for the slugs. Turned it down ans was rewarded with squirrel kill'n accuracy.


groups from the first mold were disman. Man what a difference!
Sweet!! What weight and what speed did you go too?


Knife

[KnifeMaker]

Far too much tin in them. Added a lot trying to get pellets from the first mold to fill out.


Purer lead should increase the weight by at least half a grain.   

[oneshot61]

Ordered in some springs from amazon. 3” long .063 wire .48 Diameter. Cut to just give me a 1/8 gap and started testing. Very small adjustments make a big difference. All I have is 44.75 with some more 50 jsb on the way. Settled on this setting and locked in the adjuster.
948
957
953
954
961
961
953
954
947
948
Fell off from there into the mid 930’s.
I’ll keep it there until my 50’s come in and ordering some more of Nielsen’s 55 grain. Bbt is out to be hollow pointed and another light bullet mold in the works😉. Previous testing, this put 50 jsb at about 920.
 I thought I was ordering 2 springs and I got 2 bags of 10😳. Anyone wants a spring for their own testing, send me a pm. I’ll have about 10 left over.