What airgun related did you do today?

[airgunaut]

What airgun related did I do today?

A BIG FAT 0

You have bigger fish to fry.

[avator]

Found some adhesive 3" x 1" strips of velcro. I stuck the fuzzy side of 7 of them into to half holes on the Daisy floor rack. I made it a point to explain to Betty Lou why I don't throw stuff away. She responded with the "eye roll".

[lefteyeshot]

Did the RC 5x8x2.5 roller bearing mod on the Crosman G1 Extreme I got from Baker Air Guns last week. Was a little over 3 lbs. Now 13 0z.

Every G1 I've seen came in a plastic stock. This one came in a nice wood stock for a Remington Summit or 777 with a metal trigger guard but no white spacer. G1's come with no sights but a metal muzzle weight. Also came with a A.I.M. UPF 10-40x50 lum mildot side focus AO scope. I'll see how it does at our fun shoot tomorrow.

[bantam5s]

The 2nd variant 147 arrived in fairly decent condition,  but it definitely needs a reseal.

The 1400 that I was hopeful about was as described but a little worse than I had hoped
At least as far as the stock goes anyways.
It's also going to need a reseal, but with the work it needs to the stock and fact that it has a plastic safety lever I chose for now to just put the 1400 barrel on my 140.


I may bother with the 1400 and I may not.
Currently I'm thinking I may put the 140 back to original condition and see about putting this 1400 barrel on my 180 since it has dovetails and would allow me to peep my 180 which I have always wanted to do.
I would not be able to put the 180 barrel onto the 1400, but with the condition of the stock and considering the price I payed I don't mind using the 1400 as a parts gun.

[Madd Hatter]

Been doing a little deburring on the reburb hatsan 135 vortex. I've got to replace the piston seal and breach seal. They were both nicked a little which I'm sure caused most of the violent shot cycle.

[Blowpipe Sam]

I went unto the woods this morning for the first day of small game season.  And I was not the only one.

I don't believe I have seen an opening day this busy in my life.  I got to my favorite spot just before 0700 and found it already occupied.  Poop.

Fortunately my second favorite spot was not.  Lots of traffic on the forest roads and lots of shotguns popping though.

I had a pleasant morning sitting in the woods with my new Beeman Raider but saw no squirrels.

[Back_Roads]

 I took a ride through part of the Killsnake Wildlife Area, too many Pheasant hunters out and about, continued to my private land honey holes Confirmed my DOPE on the 250 Z .22 with Barra 25.3 gr pellets. DRT Squirrel @ 40 yards

[2A Georgia]

Up at 530 and at the permission by 630.  Struggled getting into the climbing harness so started my walk at first light 7am.  Spooked a doe 1 mile in on the walking path (rare) and saw 2 does moving down a draw 30 yards off the path.  By the time I drew up and took the safety off they were obscured by cover and moving....Long story short I carried 40 pounds of toys on a three mile fitness hike for a 2 hour nap in the most comfortable chair I own...lol

[Blowpipe Sam]

Up at 530 and at the permission by 630.  Struggled getting into the climbing harness so started my walk at first light 7am.  Spooked a doe 1 mile in on the walking path (rare) and saw 2 does moving down a draw 30 yards off the path.  By the time I drew up and took the safety off they were obscured by cover and moving....Long story short I carried 40 pounds of toys on a three mile fitness hike for a 2 hour nap in the most comfortable chair I own...lol

If it was easy everybody would be doing it.

I did pretty much the same thing you did but on flatter terrain.

I took Belle with me for some gun dog training.  She's got great instincts.  She doesn't get distracted by deer or rabbit scents.  She stuck close to me (unlike Flash) and she's patient which is the great unsung virtue you want in a good retriever.  We only saw one squirrel and I passed on taking a shot at it.  Flash is teaching her about squirrels.  He will tree squirrels and bay at them but he won't retrieve anything but tennis balls.  She's got retrieving in her genes.  I want her to point, flush, tree, and retrieve.  We're well on our way and by next season she will be a champion.

 

[buellm2]

Up at 530 and at the permission by 630.  Struggled getting into the climbing harness so started my walk at first light 7am.  Spooked a doe 1 mile in on the walking path (rare) and saw 2 does moving down a draw 30 yards off the path.  By the time I drew up and took the safety off they were obscured by cover and moving....Long story short I carried 40 pounds of toys on a three mile fitness hike for a 2 hour nap in the most comfortable chair I own...lol

If you had to drag a big deer out it would have been an even tougher fitness hike.   I used to hike deep into the woods while deer hunting, mostly because I like hiking more than hunting.   There was always a point where I stopped hunting and just kept walking/exploring knowing that I'd never be able to drag a deer out before nightfall.   I usually took a nap somewhere in the woods.   It was a wonderful time, deer or no deer.

[splitbeing]

Finally had my 362 shooting ragged one hole group. Spitzkugels at 16gr did it, but the main difference was changing my orientation to the peep sight.  Now looking into getting a better oil like mobil 1 nd. The crow mags were still all over the place. Tried messing with the barrel band screw to no avail. The peep solved things, at least with the spitzies, whcih were more accurate than any other pellet. They're also the only 16gr pellet I have and I read others having success with 16grs.

Guess I don't need that 120 I ordered to possibly replace the 362 (now that it's accurate presumably). [chuckling] guess it can't jurt too bad to have another one around for the price... i did just get through inspection of the truck a few hundred shorter than expected. Rationalizations abound.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Finally had my 362 shooting ragged one hole group. Spitzkugels at 16gr did it, but the main difference was changing my orientation to the peep sight.  Now looking into getting a better oil like mobil 1 nd. The crow mags were still all over the place. Tried messing with the barrel band screw to no avail. The peep solved things, at least with the spitzies, whcih were more accurate than any other pellet. They're also the only 16gr pellet I have and I read others having success with 16grs.

Guess I don't need that 120 I ordered to possibly replace the 362 (now that it's accurate presumably). [chuckling] guess it can't jurt too bad to have another one around for the price... i did just get through inspection of the truck a few hundred shorter than expected. Rationalizations abound.

Ain't it cool how the right pellet will turn a cursed gun into a favorite?  My 362 shoots 15.9gr Norma GTFT really well so maybe 16 grains is the magic weight for this gun.

[splitbeing]

If I knew what I know now back when those normas were on super sale, I'd have taken the plunge.  I couldn't justify it not knowing if my rifles liked them at the time. I see videos of folks shootin their 362 with the airarms/jsb/fx 16gr pellets but they're too rich for my blood. I get the h&n pellets pretty cheap from the same place I get cigars (also cheap for the quality: Arturo Fuente cubanitos), but nothin beats that Norma deal!

[Matchstickshooter]

  Swapped some scopes around (bottom two), and then sighted in a bit indoors into the trap.



 

[avator]

Finally had my 362 shooting ragged one hole group. Spitzkugels at 16gr did it, but the main difference was changing my orientation to the peep sight.  Now looking into getting a better oil like mobil 1 nd. The crow mags were still all over the place. Tried messing with the barrel band screw to no avail. The peep solved things, at least with the spitzies, whcih were more accurate than any other pellet. They're also the only 16gr pellet I have and I read others having success with 16grs.

Guess I don't need that 120 I ordered to possibly replace the 362 (now that it's accurate presumably). [chuckling] guess it can't jurt too bad to have another one around for the price... i did just get through inspection of the truck a few hundred shorter than expected. Rationalizations abound.

Ain't it cool how the right pellet will turn a cursed gun into a favorite?  My 362 shoots 15.9gr Norma GTFT really well so maybe 16 grains is the magic weight for this gun.

Try the JTS 18.1.

[Blowpipe Sam]

I got out some graph paper and graphed the POI curve for my new Beeman Raider.  I made a line of 33 dots on the graph paper and shot at each dot in turn starting from a 2,700 PSI fill.  The curve is a good bit flatter than the accompanying chronograph data would suggest.  The chronograph numbers showed a steady decline in velocity after 22 shots but the POI didn’t start dropping until about shot number 30.  Very encouraging!

[Blowpipe Sam]

I chronographed the Beeman raider again today, this time with 20.06gr H&N FTT.

It says “Up to 800 FPS” on the box

It went 797 FPS with the FTT and a little tweaking to the hammer spring.

Still crunching the numbers but accuracy at 20 yards is better than with the 25.39gr JSBs.

I shot a long string with the XS60C and by pacing the shots and letting the gun warm up between shots I got a remarkably flat string of 36 shots with 17gr Ruger SuperPoints.  All in one ragged hole the size of a quarter at twenty yards.

Pretty good day by my standards.

[2A Georgia]

Up at 530 and at the permission by 630.  Struggled getting into the climbing harness so started my walk at first light 7am.  Spooked a doe 1 mile in on the walking path (rare) and saw 2 does moving down a draw 30 yards off the path.  By the time I drew up and took the safety off they were obscured by cover and moving....Long story short I carried 40 pounds of toys on a three mile fitness hike for a 2 hour nap in the most comfortable chair I own...lol

If you had to drag a big deer out it would have been an even tougher fitness hike.   I used to hike deep into the woods while deer hunting, mostly because I like hiking more than hunting.   There was always a point where I stopped hunting and just kept walking/exploring knowing that I'd never be able to drag a deer out before nightfall.   I usually took a nap somewhere in the woods.   It was a wonderful time, deer or no deer.

Busted my woods walks always have a "stop and listen for squirrels" aka Grandpa Nap in the middle...lol
I just love being in the woods.  Today I went for run-n-gun, one weapon, 2 striking surfaces and the utility belt....no tree stand and no pop up blind...just a walk

[Blowpipe Sam]

I committed the principal mistake of all novice PCP hunters.  I went to the woods with a half charged gun and left my pump and both magazines behind.  Fortunately I had put a single shot tray in the pellet tin I was using (just in case).  I figured that I still had eight to ten shots left in the reservoir.  In any case I didn't see any game to shoot but Belle and I took a three mile hike.  This time through mesic flatwoods rather than the sandhills I usually hunt.  Belle was ecstatic.  She was born to hunt sawgrass and palmetto flatwoods.  She stayed about ten yards out in front of me casting constantly from side to side. She didn't get distracted by deer trails.  I'm sure that if we had come across some quail she would have pointed.  When we stopped in a grove of live oaks she established a 20 yard perimeter and came and lay down behind my stool.  When she see's me looking upward and listening intently she will stop panting and listen too.  We worked on basic hand signals some more and she is progressing rapidly.  I discovered that she will drink water directly from the bottle so I don't have to carry a bowl anymore.  We had a great time and I am more pleased with this dog every day.  She has great instincts and hardly needs any training.  Mostly we work on discipline.  She already knows how to hunt.

[Back_Roads]

 I made the mistake of not taking an airgun with me, squirrels a plenty, deer on the other end of the woods, I did a still hunt to the northern end of the woods, found a bridge out and did not explore the 3 acres on the other side. It was a long enough walk back on the lower end, where I met up with my cousin who needed to make sure he missed the buck he took a shot at