Pinty Tactical Airgun.

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Next I noticed the tank was on zero... Do we have a leak?

I had to cock the gun to get it to take air from the YH compressor but it filled just fine.

So I grabbed a tin of JTS 18.1 Dead Centers and the UTG SWAT Accushot scope and headed for the North range shooting deck.
I fired a couple shots to feel out the trigger, check that sloppy fit on the receiver and see how loud the gun was. I also wanted to see how fiddly loading pellets was with my sausage fingers. 

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Ok, problem... why is it so low on power?
Ah Ha !! The power wheel was cranked all the way out to dead stop. So I cranked it back in until it was on the 3rd hash from the front... now we got power. Another dodged bullet.

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Fiddly pellet loading...
Once I got comfortable with it.. it wasn't bad. I have been enjoying shooting single shot guns lately.. it slows the shooting to a more relaxed event.

The sloppy receiver...
Ok.. I can make it hang up if I try but if I just Cock, insert pellet and close to battery.. it works flawlessly for me. Not once did it hang with normal shooting.

Trigger pull.... yeah, that's a bit heavy for my taste. But, it wasn't the crunchy grindy feel that I expected and I was able to predict the let off after a few shots.. I can even feel a slight stop before let off.
I think I'm going to let it break in a bit before I open it up, polish and lube it. Let's see where it goes before we do anything irreversible.

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Here is my take on triggers...
If a trigger distracts my attention to POA then I need to do something about it.
Considering this gun is new and I was focusing on the trigger it was a bit of a distraction but after I got used to the pull weight I was able to focus on aim.

Speaking of aim...
Once I mounted the scope and sighted it in I was tagging easy dimes at 25 yards.
I mean, no barrel cleaning, no pellets testing, just load and shoot. And after 25 or so shots I was stacking pellets.
THIS GUN CAN KEEL !!!

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I'm not very attuned on MPa to psi conversions so I had to Google stuff.
The reg is factory set at 2175 psi on this gun and that is probably where I would set it anyways. We'll let that break in.
The fill gauge matches the YH gauge... we're good there.

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How loud is it?

Anyone who knows me knows I like loud guns.  I am from the family of "Loud Pipes Save Lives".. 
That said.. this gun ain't loud. It ain't Rocker1 or Donny FL quiet but it ain't loud.
But, the factory silencer does a pretty good job. I can see it being an issue if you live in the hood But all my neighbors are of the critter species. And if I can scare them away I don't have to shoot them.
However, unscrew that muffler and it becomes straight pipe loud... Daddy likes !!!
And those rednecks a half mile down the dirt road will probably show up to shoot the new gun.
Got Beer ?

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Numbers?
Think Imma shoot this thing over the next couple days and get it good and broke in before I bust out the chrony and spreadsheet.
I also have some other pellets, cast pellets and slugs I wanna try.

Plus I wanna see what the trigger does.
BTW... Betty Lou likes a heavy trigger.. this gun is Betty Lou approved. I had to remind her that this one is mine.    In the end we settled on "ours".

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So far he likes it, folks!

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Yup... I appear to be a tactical convert.

So much for the theory about old dogs and new tricks.

I got too old to fight anymore so I'm counting on the looks of my gun to scare them away.

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BTW... that UTG Swat Accushot 3-12x44 is a great match up to this gun.

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Imma go shoot some more..

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Yup... I appear to be a tactical convert.

So much for the theory about old dogs and new tricks.

I got too old to fight anymore so I'm counting on the looks of my gun to scare them away.

[chuckling]

Don't mess with that guy, he's from the future!

[Robert 5mm]

I just polished the existing two edges.

It did make the trigger action smoother, but not anything else.

Troy, what does curving the front do and what does angling the top edge do ?

Thanks, Robert

I went at it some more following THammers trigger.
I removed some off top and curved the front using a small metal file then polished edges again.
I did not remove as much material as THammers, but it is now crisper without as much drag.

Thanks again to THammers efforts.

[22Talon]

Gun looks very similar to the Talon ss series except the pricing makes more sense.
Seems that like the Talons you need to do a lot of work and have a ton of tuning potential.

But that makes sense at like 300bucks vs the 600 for the talons.

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Thoroughly enjoyed shooting this gun this afternoon. Truth be known, I would be happy not changing a single thing about it. I almost don't even want to chrony it because I don't want to see what could be improved. But I will, eventually.

I shot alot of different pellets with it today and only found a couple it wouldn't shoot as well as all others. And to my delight, it shoots my cast 217 20 RF Hunters and the 217 24 RF magnums very well. I also tried the without sorting and they shot the +- 1 gr great.
 But the biggest surprise was this...  https://noebulletmolds.com/site/shop/bullet-moulds/224/217-30-fn-bj5-bt/217-30-fn-bj5-5-cavity-bt-w-hp/

Man, this thing hammers those pellets.. and dead nut accurate within my 40 yd. range. So much so that Betty Lou gave me the nod on ordering that mold. The problem is that NOE is out of stock on it.
So I will contact Al and see if they have any plans on a run of them.
I will also put a couple WTB in the classifieds and see if I can scare one up.

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NOE does have a 2 cavity mold in that size. 2 of them actually. I been waiting for a 5 cavity myself.

https://noebulletmolds.com/site/product-category/bullet-moulds/224/217-30-fn-bj5-bt/

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NOE does have a 2 cavity mold in that size. 2 of them actually. I been waiting for a 5 cavity myself.

https://noebulletmolds.com/site/product-category/bullet-moulds/224/217-30-fn-bj5-bt/

Yep.. I replied to your PM. I don't have good luck with brass molds. I've used a couple.

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NOE does have a 2 cavity mold in that size. 2 of them actually. I been waiting for a 5 cavity myself.

https://noebulletmolds.com/site/product-category/bullet-moulds/224/217-30-fn-bj5-bt/

Yep.. I replied to your PM. I don't have good luck with brass molds. I've used a couple.

yeah its  a different pace than AL molds. I would have a 2 holer with 1hp in /AL I think.

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NOE does have a 2 cavity mold in that size. 2 of them actually. I been waiting for a 5 cavity myself.

https://noebulletmolds.com/site/product-category/bullet-moulds/224/217-30-fn-bj5-bt/

Yep.. I replied to your PM. I don't have good luck with brass molds. I've used a couple.

yeah its  a different pace than AL molds. I would have a 2 holer with 1hp in /AL I think.

All the videos I've watched suggest you have to pour brass hotter than Al.

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 I had to clean lead shavings out of mine, I was stuffing some way too big for the bore slugs in it, they were causing the hammer to drag. All good now, I need squirrel therapy