Quote from: Scratch on May 26, 2019, 09:38:28 AMI joined GTA. Now just hide your wallet, checkbook and credit cards...lol
I joined GTA.
Pulled a couple of my older Striker/Edge rifles out of seasonal storage and "exercised" them.Had about 3 pellets through a .177 Edge Spring refurb before I became really ANNOYED with the factory trigger return spring force. THAT needed to be changed ASAP!Then I "aired out" out a .25 Striker 1000 Spring (Walnut stock). THAT had the same trigger problem! Interesting how it didn't seem to bother me when I initially shot them last year and put at least a couple hundred pellets through each one to determine if they were "keepers" or "returns". I guess my tolerance for poorly adjusted cheap triggers has been significantly lowered over the last year. Might be that insidious GTA forum is affecting my behavior The Striker had also acquired a little barrel lock wiggle (up/down). Some sloppy machining, loose swarf, and burrs were now preventing a solid barrel lock so that needed some work. The lock spring was intact so a little filing, deburring, polishing, cleaning, and new lube cured the barrel lockup problem.Then I modified both triggers to feel "real nice".Have a selection of "High Carbon Steel Wire Full Hard Temper" from Amazon. Chose the 0.026" wire (top) to wind replacement springs for the trigger blades on these Hatsan Striker/Edge air rifles. The stock trigger blade return spring uses 0.040" wire (bottom) and is far too firm IMO. This makes the trigger feel like one long endless hard pull until the primary sear is released. Very unpredictable and detracts from the rifles full accuracy potential.It is fast and EASY to wind in the same shape as the original spring (close is good enough!) and cuts the trigger blade return force in half. Now there is a light trigger blade pull up to a very noticeable "stop" as the primary sear is contacted, then a short firm "snap" to release the primary sear. Break-barrel air rifles are difficult enough to shoot accurately so even small improvements can have a significant impact.If you have never wound your own springs before, it does take a little practice until you understand how far the wire "relaxes" after you form it. Every wire size and spring shape will need a few "test" winds that WON'T work. Don't panic, there is a LOT of this size wire on a 1 lb spool. I usually end up with 1 too large, 1 too small, and third attempt is usually quite good!
Decided to get my oldest grandson (turns 7 soon) his first real BB gun (Daisy 880). We'll keep it here so the he learn gun safety under grandparent supervision. I got it unboxed and set up today, shooting water bottles at 8-10 yards. Wow, what a fine little shooter with accurate open sights. It was shooting light Wadcutters (7.48 gr.) with authority, once I pumped 6 or more times. Don't have a chrony, so I don't know what speeds it is shooting. I'll have to mount a scope (for my older eyes) if I'm to see what I'm hitting at over 10 yards. This is almost like a third childhood!ArchieBTW, I single pumped it before putting it away; is that a good practice?
Just finished cutting down a bunch of sweetgum trees in the backyard. Sweetgum and wild cherry (black cherry, I think) are the trash trees on my property. I culled a bunch of the cherries last fall. Tonight it was the sweetgums...These have been growing ever since we bought the place, of course, but it wasn't until recently I put two and two together and figured out why it was harder to spot and track certain arboreal rodents in the usual places. The tallest sweetgum tonight had reached about 60 feet tall and with the other growing up with it was blocking the view of a certain pine back there that has been the last mortal foothold of many squirrels. I've got a few more and some cherries to get tomorrow morning. The two electric chainsaws are doing the job nicely, but the little SunJoe needs the blade sharpened. It's been through a lot of wood since I bought it. The Worx saw really blasts through stuff!
I would take some of the cherry branches to use in my smoker but your just too far away to pick them up and shipping would be a nightmare.
Quote from: Insanity on May 26, 2019, 11:37:19 PMI would take some of the cherry branches to use in my smoker but your just too far away to pick them up and shipping would be a nightmare.Theoretically, I am drying the cherry ones for a friend who plans to do just that. I've stacked them strategically to create the "Woodpile of Death" for the chipmunk population.
Quote from: Mole2017 on May 26, 2019, 10:36:52 PMJust finished cutting down a bunch of sweetgum trees in the backyard. Sweetgum and wild cherry (black cherry, I think) are the trash trees on my property. I culled a bunch of the cherries last fall. Tonight it was the sweetgums......This makes my back ache, just hearing about all that cutting and hauling/stacking that you're getting to do. Hope this makes for some clear fields of fire in the future.Archie
Just finished cutting down a bunch of sweetgum trees in the backyard. Sweetgum and wild cherry (black cherry, I think) are the trash trees on my property. I culled a bunch of the cherries last fall. Tonight it was the sweetgums......
First thing I did was put some squirrel stew in the crockpot at about 6am, got to the state land about 7am, managed to get a couple chippers and a red squirrel. I'm starting to do some slide animations at the moment of pictures of the hunt for a video. The squirrel stew turned out killer by the way, got the second half of it in the fridge to be reheated.
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