Any chance of a air pistol only forum??

[jdub]

Nice setup jdub!!  Hope you don't make a boo boo and hole that nice wall! 

Thanks!

I'm not too worried about the wall--I have touch-up paint and as close as it is the pellets rarely even land out of the black.   The 717 is more accurate than I am.

But if I drift too low while aiming I end up pointed at my iPad (on the stand).  That would be a painful mistake. 

[ac12]

@jdub
I see a key next to the rig.
But I've been so out of touch I don't recognize the rig.
Are you a W5 ?

[jdub]

@jdub
I see a key next to the rig.
But I've been so out of touch I don't recognize the rig.
Are you a W5 ?

Well this is embarrassing.  I'm not sure which rig or key you're referring to and not sure what a "W5" is.  How's that for being entirely clueless?  A state I'm all too familiar with unfortunately.   Sorry 

[Lambchops]

I think that most would agree that a P-ROD should be in the PCP gate as opposed to a pistol gate.

Pistol is pistol wether, spring, co2, pump or PCP, if someone wants to talk about his Maurader pistol as long as it is set up as a pistol not a carbine, than the Pistol forum would be OK for it, there's other PCP pistols, and more coming out

Yes, but my point is that if one needed help, he would be better off asking the fellers over at the PCP gate.

[Nomadic Pirate]

I agree that the Maurader Pistol is a Poor pistol and I can't think of anyone that is actually using it as such.

The very 1st one  bought, I did intend to use it as a pistol but soon realised it wasn't all that good



however if someone is so hardcore that uses one as a pistol he sure would be welcome on The Pistol gate, and most of all if someone that intends to buy one to use as a pistol would be well advised to ask on the Pistol forum so avid pistol shooters would be able to give him a feedback

[Lambchops]

Since we're talking about pistolas, any news on the Nitro Piston Pistol?

[ac12]

@jdub
If you are not a ham raido guy, then the words indeed won't make sense.
I thought I recognized a morse code key (the thing you tap on to make the more code) on the left of the radio.  radio = rig, usually a 2-way radio.
W5 is the amateur radio call area that Texas belongs to.

[jdub]

@jdub
If you are not a ham raido guy, then the words indeed won't make sense.
I thought I recognized a morse code key (the thing you tap on to make the more code) on the left of the radio.  radio = rig, usually a 2-way radio.
W5 is the amateur radio call area that Texas belongs to.

Dang you have good eyes!    That is indeed a morse code key although I didn't know that's what they're called.  I picked it up at a junk store that was selling off some stuff from an old telegraph office.  I thought it looked really cool and they only wanted $8-10 for it.  It's not connected to anything but has a nice mechanical feel so I end up tapping on it sometimes while pondering the universe (or trying to figure out how to put a gun back together).

The radio next to it is a little Tivoli One.  A fairly high quality table-top radio.  The nice heavy and smooth tuning knob is worth the price of admission.  Mono only but i'm deaf in one ear so it works out well.  It sits on my combination fly-tying/gun repair bench so I plug my iPod into the Tivoli while I "work".

Thanks for the info!  I'm now smarter than I was yesterday

[fortyshooter]

Any decision yet?

[NotRocketSurgery]

Re: Crosman Nitro Piston Pistol ...

I have called Crosman once every 4 to 6 weeks since the Shot Show in January.  Each time I did, I got the same answer...it is in Final Testing now and should be out in 4 to 6 weeks.  Personally, knowing that we get snow here in the winter and it is 90 degrees out there now, I went and bought something else.  I just got tired of waiting.  I am also tired of calling, so maybe one of you other guys would like to take over that duty now and let us know what they say.  Anyone want to bet on Thanksgiving maybe?

[GungaDin]

Any decision yet?

I'd guess from lack of response the answer is no.

[lillysdad621]

if the pistol gate materializes i think the only mandate should be the lack of a shoulder stock in pistol form. barrel length and such will eliminate the display of a lot of nice "hunting pistols" built on rifle platforms, and some 22xx 13xx long barrel configurations. I hunt with a 14 inch barrel 22xx that is shot with optics and depends on the day, gets a long eye relief scope or a pistol scope. and the availability of a shoulder stock should not be discriminated against as long as it is truly removable, and when without the pistol will still perform as such. many custom works are based on pistols, and they are truly interesting pieces that we should allow the proud owner to share. a p1 with a shoulder stock is still a p1... not a rifle. and quite an interesting sample. my .02

[aack73]

not sure how much trouble it would be, but it sounds like a good idea. i like the pistolas too.

[Lambchops]

So when is this new gate coming out? And the NP Pistol is set for February, 2013.

[NotRocketSurgery]

I know I am turning into a party pooper, but Crosman introduced that Benj Trail Nitro Pistol at the Shot Show in January, 2012.  It has had at least four or maybe 5 dates when Crosman Customer Service thought it would be out.  I don't know how many times PA has changed the date on their web site.  I was all set to buy it in January.  I have now spent that money at least 5 times.  I am disappointed to the point where I don't care any more when they bring it out.  IF they bring it out.  The excitement has totally gone out of it.

But, just so you know that I have not lost my bearings completely, early in spring I threw down $50 and I bought the Browning Buckmark Break Barrel and a couple tins of Hobbys.  It has a BSA red dot sight on it now and it is more fun than cleaning fish, that's for sure.  It is a low power plonker but anyone can cock it, and anyone can hit stuff with it, and it is quiet to the point where the neighbors will never know.  I have so much fun with it, that I keep it in the car.  Now I drop in on people that I used to not see too much ... the one's with big back yards. 

Maybe we'll see that Nitro, maybe we won't.  But, don't start holding your breath until the Shot Show '13 is over.

NRS

[lillysdad621]

i agree... and there are already so many good pistols out there to keep me busy til the NP comes out... Have been eyeing the buckmark for a while... its so cool but makes the p17 feel like a desert eagle! I carry the p17 and a tin of RWS super h points for the same reason... like to see i am not the only one who likes just plinking with quiet air pistols... I am now going to my favorite patch of woods and set up cans at ungodly distances and essentially lobing pellets to them... it still knocks them over... 50 yards is my next goal... but i am replacing the red dot with a 2x20...

[longdx]

I have a Browning Buck Mark and overall I really like it for what it is.  It is a low power, low noise plinker that will not beat you up after long shooting sessions. I have an indoor set up in my basement that I use to plink at night while my wife and kids are upstairs.  I am thinking about a Red dot sight as the stock sights could definitely be improved.

[lillysdad621]

I dont know... the buck mark seems aimed to indoor shooting only... at those speeds any wind will play some serious deviation at any range pass 20 yards. At least the p17 will reliably hit a can at 35 yards with the dot on... I kinda went a bit nutty and i am building a disco based pistol...still on the "number of shots " phase...Power wise i got it to give me 5 shots at over 700 fps in .22. tested with a little pistol scope of a rest it will drill cans at way pass 50 yards with minimal drop... but is loud and needs to be refilled every 5 shots... I think i will settle it at 550 fps and try to get at least 20 shots out of it... Then push the cans out to like 75 yards and try to drill them consistenly... I even started to practice on a weird 'stance' called the creedmore... I saw it used on a silhouette event and i think my PCP could be competitive versus rimfire pistols... or so i wish!

[Powder burner]

I kinda went a bit nutty and i am building a disco based pistol...

   pics?

[lillysdad621]

Ill post some when i get home. but essentially it looks like a longish 2240 with a disco filler cap, a gauge under the airtube and a steel breech... still unfinished...