What airgun related did you do today?

[kbstingwing]

I went to the Doctors yesterday and seen a bunch of Pigeons on the wires above the railroad bridge, it was pouring rain at the time and didn't want to pull off into the wet mud off the highway and down to the tracks, I have 4 wheel drive but the mud is really bad down there, I'll wait till it dries out and then I'll go for it, I think the Notos will do a good job on them.

[Whirligig]

I did just a little testing to try to address two questions I had about the Dragonfly Mk II concerning both how much power it was capable of, and whether my hypothesis that it would produce statistically significantly more power using "heavy" pellets as compared with "light" pellets was true or false.

The basic answers I found were that at 15 pumps, the Dragonfly Mk II is capable of achieving 18.92 FPE, and that is does generate statistically significantly more FPE using heavy pellets.

See attached screenshot and spreadsheet in Excel format for the details.

Let me know if you spot any errors in my calculations, or if you would like to add other information such as standard deviations.

-W

[ReturnTrip]

Do you like eggs? Do you live near a Wal-Mart?

One bag of rubber mulch: $6.98
60 eggs: $12.03
One roll of duct tape: $3.98

You can fill the egg box completely using about half the bag of mulch. Wrap in duct tape. Done. The box fits a 12 bullseye NRA target about perfectly. We'll see how long it lasts.

[Ronfiveo]

How eggciting.
Eggactly how long it will last might depend on what rifle and ammo is used.

An eggstra good idea.

Ron

[avator]

It's too windy for any serious shooting today so I went into tinker mode in the shop.
I found a 2240 tube and frame, a plastic breech and a 1377 take off barrel and a skeleton shoulder stock.
I slapped it all together and stuck one of my modded peeps on it.
I had a stretchy stock cover for a 12ga shotgun that holds 5 C02 carts and a tin of Crosman HP pellets is held in the void.
The whole shebang fits easily in the box on the back of the ATV. I was hitting empty C02 carts at 10 to 15 yards EZPZ.
It pairs great with that old rear cocker 13xx pumper carbine I put together a few days ago. Both are great for run and gun games on the new North Range setup we have.

[avator]

Betty Lou isn't feeling well today and decided to go lay down. So I took the little C02 carbine on a walk down the trail through the woods to the barn. I plinked a random targets on the way. Sticks and leaves in the swamp pond and such. I got to the barn where Nick has 3 of those mini American bullies in large pens for breeding and stopped to pet them a bit. So cute and friendly little girls.
I was ready to go when I spotted a blue bird house that Nick told me to take the other day and I forgot. I made my way back up the trail stopping to plink at more random targets.
When I got back Boss wanted to come out and hang out with me so we hung the bird house on post near the other one. When that was finished Boss and I walked the fenced in area. I plinked while she explored.

[kbstingwing]

it's not Airgun related, but sewer backed up, ran a 100 ft snake and it's not clearing, called the city, they're sending someone out

[Matchstickshooter]

Tinkering more on this Model 62.   so I redid the recrown, I think it came out better this time.
 Then an idea popped in,..  tried pushing a pellet down the bore.
 Hokey Smokes, Bullwinkle!   about 1/2"in from the crown there is speed bump. a bit of a restriction,
 like I remember from the P17 pistol.  My Gamo Match seems to push through "sort of okay",
but the harder Crosman pellets push through much harder!   Got out the extra fine sand paper
and did like on the P17..   
 

[kbstingwing]

Wow, that was quick, sewer cleared and functioning

[Blowpipe Sam]

Staring at a redundant TKO LDC I had laying on the bench gave me a bodgers inspiration.  After some measuring and marking and then a little Dremel work followed by some judicious filing I adapted the aforementioned LDC to fit a vintage Crosman 1400.  Everything matches up perfectly.  I will need to add an abutment inside the LDC for the muzzle to press firmly against and I hope to add an O-ring between the barrel and the abutment.  I have drilled the LDC for a third grub screw to ensure that it remains stable.  Even without the O-ring at the muzzle it demonstrates a significant reduction in the amount of “Lead Dust” produced.

[Ronfiveo]

Staring at a redundant TKO LDC I had laying on the bench gave me a bodgers inspiration.  After some measuring and marking and then a little Dremel work followed by some judicious filing I adapted the aforementioned LDC to fit a vintage Crosman 1400.  Everything matches up perfectly.  I will need to add an abutment inside the LDC for the muzzle to press firmly against and I hope to add an O-ring between the barrel and the abutment.  I have drilled the LDC for a third grub screw to ensure that it remains stable.  Even without the O-ring at the muzzle it demonstrates a significant reduction in the amount of “Lead Dust” produced.

Nice job.

Ron

[ReturnTrip]

I just recently started shooting again after being inactive for 10 years. My TX200 seemed to always prefer H&N FTT 4.52 back then. I bought a brand new tin of FTT 4.52, and it appears the pellet design has been altered. The new version is shorter and not as 'bulbous' on top. I have yet to shoot enough of them to determine accuracy, but I was suspicious something had changed. Now I have to buy JSB and AA pellets to see if they were altered as well. 

[Back_Roads]

 I put in a days work, assembling racks, moving tanks and airguns. Then installing a TKO Weaver left hand bolt breach on 362 #00760, Mounted a NC Star 2.5 x 30 duplex on it, groups shrank immensely 

[Ronfiveo]

A good days work, James.

Ron

[bReTt]

I put in a days work, assembling racks, moving tanks and airguns. Then installing a TKO Weaver left hand bolt breach on 362 #00760, Mounted a NC Star 2.5 x 30 duplex on it, groups shrank immensely 

That looks like a pretty serious collection you have going on there James. 

[avator]

James..
I assume you are topping off those tanks with the compressor the filling guns from the tanks? I like that setup. I may look into setting up a system like that with my dual cylinder MKII Extreme compressor.

[Back_Roads]

James..
I assume you are topping off those tanks with the compressor the filling guns from the tanks? I like that setup. I may look into setting up a system like that with my dual cylinder MKII Extreme compressor.

Yes I run one tank below 3400, and the other I keep at above 2500, start my fill from the low pressure tank " if I remember what one it is : LOL. Then close the low side and finish the fill if needed with the higher pressure tank.

[avator]

I got up yesterday with one goal in mind.... starting on the North Range shooting deck.
I save a 10' pole from one of the water oaks I cut down when clearing the area. I located and cut another one down that matched the size (6" at the base). I laid out the dimensions for the 9.5' wide by 8' shed roof. The size was determined by the materials I had on hand.
I set the posts 2' deep. Then I did the top rim... 2 x 10 ruff sawn for the ledger off the rafter tails and front band board and 2x6 for the shed rafters. I put some 2x4 angled braces at the front rim for support. That's where we stopped for the day.
Today the plan is to set 2 more 2x6 rafters and bridge blocks. This will be plenty to support the corrugated tin roof panels. It don't snow here so we don't need to worry much about weight. It's a 3 12 pitch so rain should shed good. (I think the Red Shed is 4 12)
I also cut all the overhanging trees down above it so there won't be much Fall build up on it.
I hope to pick up the tin roofing this weekend. I'll buy new if I can't find any old stuff to reuse.. I have a couple sources to check.
For now we'll just shoot from the graveled ground but the plan is to build a wooden deck later as materials become available.
As with the lean to we added to the south side of the Red Shed, we don't want it to look like new. We want it to look aged like the shed and everything else around here.
I'll get some pics posted soon. I also plan to do some shooting videos from here.

[Ronfiveo]

I look forward to seeing your lean-to  and videos.

Ron

[avator]

James..
I assume you are topping off those tanks with the compressor the filling guns from the tanks? I like that setup. I may look into setting up a system like that with my dual cylinder MKII Extreme compressor.

Yes I run one tank below 3400, and the other I keep at above 2500, start my fill from the low pressure tank " if I remember what one it is : LOL. Then close the low side and finish the fill if needed with the higher pressure tank.

Got ya...
I have 3 scba tanks and 2 scuba tanks. I think I'll set up the 60 minute 4500 psi scba tank and the MKII compressor as a permanent fill station. The scuba tanks (1@80cf and 1@100cf) are only 3300psi and heavy. I don't use them anymore. I also have a 30 minute 4500psi scba in a bag for on the road and a 30 minute scba 3000 psi breathing tank for tethering.
I haven't used any of these tanks much at all since I got the smaller more portable compressors. But I think a setup like your's would be great for faster 3k gun fills during extended shooting sessions.