Author Topic: What airgun related did you do today? (Read 431564 times - 5 votes)
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Hoosier Daddy · « **Reply #460 on:** March 09, 2019, 03:18:14 PM »

Heh... my Grandmother said loving things like ....
"I'll wring your neck!" or "I'll skin you alive!"

She was a wonderful Woman, a heart of gold, but you knew when you were in trouble.
I miss her dearly.

Bicycleman · « **Reply #461 on:** March 09, 2019, 04:14:44 PM »

My two grandsons are "all boy"! I catch myself saying "Boy, I'll knock you out" and half meaning it.
I love those two like they were my own!

triggertreat · « **Reply #462 on:** March 09, 2019, 05:20:25 PM »

I built a PID controller for my Lee Pro 4 20 lb. casting pot!

Back_Roads · « **Reply #463 on:** March 09, 2019, 05:39:56 PM »

Finally got to get my FFP scope sighted in on my Recluse @ 50 yards, after months of yuck weather.
I did bore sight it so only took 3 shots to get it on the money.

anti-squirrel · « **Reply #464 on:** March 09, 2019, 06:22:51 PM »

I tested a Skenco Ultrashock a few minutes ago on destructive capability into a pre-deadified squirrel skull at a range of 19 yards with 14 FPE of energy at the muzzle to verify lethality in spite of a "glancing shot". The pellet made a mess.

I'm adding to an existing database for my own reference- I was positive of the lethality dead-on but wanted to see if glancing shot with these would still suffice. Several of my domed pellets (including JSBs) damaged the skull but not are what I deem 100% lethal. The Ultrashock is, so I may invest in a few more plastic tubs of these rather than opting for JSB Exact Heavies.

UlteriorModem · « **Reply #465 on:** March 09, 2019, 11:42:05 PM »

Quote from: triggertreat on March 09, 2019, 05:20:25 PM

I built a PID controller for my Lee Pro 4 20 lb. casting pot!

That's very cool! Well done!

I cleaned out my pellet trap /shrug

Piranhaboy · « **Reply #466 on:** March 10, 2019, 12:50:51 AM »

I drilled and tapped the end cap of my qb78 and installed the on/off asa. Tested it with co2. Ready for the bottle and pump to show up.

avator · « **Reply #467 on:** March 10, 2019, 03:58:00 PM »

Put a new rectifier on the Grizzly 600. Battery seems to be charging now.
Airgun related...
6 months or so ago a guy bought the property just outside the airport behind us. He put up a fence that blocked my access to the airport and river beyond. I stopped and talked to him yesterday... nice guy. He showed me a way in and told me to also go talk to the guy in the hanger at the airport. I went and introduced myself to "Leon". Nice young guy. After talking awhile I paid my dues with a quart of my Apple Pie Special. This gained me full lifetime access to the airport, river, and woods beyond as long as I don't get on the runway itself. Unlimited shooting and fishing. He also asked me to kinda keep an eye on things when he wasn't there. He offered the combination to the gate lock. I turned it down and told him I already had a hidden point of entry. He actually liked that idea.

UlteriorModem · « **Reply #468 on:** March 10, 2019, 04:02:52 PM »

Quote from: avator on March 10, 2019, 03:58:00 PM

Put a new rectifier on the Grizzly 600. Battery seems to be charging now.
Airgun related...
6 months or so ago a guy bought the property just outside the airport behind us. He put up a fence that blocked my access to the airport and river beyond. I stopped and talked to him yesterday... nice guy. He showed me a way in and told me to also go talk to the guy in the hanger at the airport. I went and introduced myself to "Leon". Nice young guy. After talking awhile I paid my dues with a quart of my Apple Pie Special. This gained me full lifetime access to the airport, river, and woods beyond as long as I don't get on the runway itself. Unlimited shooting and fishing. He also asked me to kinda keep an eye on things when he wasn't there. He offered the combination to the gate lock. I turned it down and told him I already had a hidden point of entry. He actually liked that idea.

You lucky dog!

Did you mention air gunning at all with them?

avator · « **Reply #469 on:** March 10, 2019, 05:48:12 PM »

I told him I was a BB gun guy... It's a small town. He said he already heard of me. He's into air planes.... mostly restoring and repainting and flying. That kinda shadows BB guns... lol
He had one in the hanger when I was there stripped down to bare aluminum and ready to paint.
They do a lot of crop spraying from that airport. Lots of really cool planes in and out.
Ft. Rucker is a nearby Helicopter Training base. They also do a lot of training missions there.... day and night. We have front row seats from our rear deck.

avator · « **Reply #470 on:** March 10, 2019, 05:57:07 PM »

Our place is in red. You can see the relationship to the airport.

UlteriorModem · « **Reply #471 on:** March 10, 2019, 06:06:56 PM »

Quote from: avator on March 10, 2019, 05:57:07 PM

Our place is in red. You can see the relationship to the airport.

Cool, those Ag Cats are awesome little planes! Seen those guys do some ballsy stuff with them!

I will have to see if that airport is in Xplane simulator and buzz your house

Thread related, I 'fixed' my YH compressor today. It wasent getting past 1 or 2 Kpsi. Turned out to be the small HP side filter was leaking... a lot

Replaced the O ring with a little form a gasket and it is back to it's old self again. So far so good

Also got to shoot a bunch of pellets on the 30 yard range today. Turns out that CPHP's group pretty good out of the Aspen, save the flyers

Wayne52 · « **Reply #472 on:** March 10, 2019, 06:20:06 PM »

I made another animated slide/vid shooting my white gripped Crosman 150 type 1

anti-squirrel · « **Reply #473 on:** March 10, 2019, 07:11:49 PM »

Wayne, if you ever decide to sell one of those 150s, holler.

I spent some time working on my 13xx pumper. It has a Baker aluminum breech- the stainless steel cocking bolt was too thick to fit inside the breech slot. Machining was fine but didn't work with any of my bolt probes (both stock and extended)... SO I chucked up the bolt in my poor-man's lathe (in my hammer drill since it has a 1/2 chuck) and used a millcut file to take it down 4/1000s across the radius for a total of 8/1000s of an inch. Reassembled and now it cocks perfectly without any slop.

I'll spend some time later this week to see what pellets it likes most on pumped-air instead of CO2... Since it is a 24" .177 Crosman barrel, I expect it to do all right with Gamo RedFires.

triggertreat · « **Reply #474 on:** March 11, 2019, 12:32:56 AM »

I finally got a break in the weather today, so I took the .357 Slayer out to the range today. Had a good time testing my first cast bullets, which did fairly well

The time, effort and money spent on casting equipment startup was not lost

I'm looking forward to tweaking the cast and going again

Wayne52 · « **Reply #475 on:** March 11, 2019, 03:54:44 AM »

Keith if it hadn't been for NOE selling the quality molds that they do in .22 and .25 I'd still be worried about wasting pellets. . . . now I recover them from my pellet traps and use them again. I've kept it as simple as I can too because I'm still using old caster and ladle from my muzzle loading stuff. It's actually kind of a hobby in itself if you ask me

Matchstickshooter · « **Reply #476 on:** March 11, 2019, 02:19:50 PM »

Quote from: anti-squirrel on March 10, 2019, 07:11:49 PM

Wayne, if you ever decide to sell one of those 150s, holler.

I spent some time working on my 13xx pumper. It has a Baker aluminum breech- the stainless steel cocking bolt was too thick to fit inside the breech slot. Machining was fine but didn't work with any of my bolt probes (both stock and extended)... SO I chucked up the bolt in my poor-man's lathe (in my hammer drill since it has a 1/2 chuck) and used a millcut file to take it down 4/1000s across the radius for a total of 8/1000s of an inch. Reassembled and now it cocks perfectly without any slop.

I'll spend some time later this week to see what pellets it likes most on pumped-air instead of CO2... Since it is a 24" .177 Crosman barrel, I expect it to do all right with Gamo RedFires.

I'll be watching your posts,..."Baker aluminum breech, 24 inch .177 barrel" I have that setup on my 2240. I love seeing what longer barrels can accomplish!

avator · « **Reply #477 on:** March 11, 2019, 02:22:57 PM »

I like to chop them to right around 17 - 18 inches. Those 24 are a bit long and skinny for me to feel comfortable with. I'm not a total "duck foot" but I seem to have more accidents than the average.

starlingassassin · « **Reply #478 on:** March 11, 2019, 02:37:20 PM »

15mph winds with gusts to 26mph,
and im getting ready to go to one of my permissions,
to unleash the skyhawk and bullboss on some pigeons and starlings

so this is the pre-version of what i did today airgun related lol

Bicycleman · « **Reply #479 on:** March 11, 2019, 02:46:20 PM »

Good luck and shoot a couple for me!

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