The thing finally got here last night by UPS inside a shredded and bent outer box with the inner factory box almost twist-tied around it. I was kinda alarmed and rapidly removed the cardboard, bubble bags, wrapped pellets (1500 H&N Field Target Trophy 14.66 gr.), torn shipping elements and carefully removed the rifle and examined it.To my complete surprise not a mark on it and the barrel is absolutely straight. I've thought about complaining to AoA of their choice for delivery but decided since it's here all in one beautiful piece I won't. Why?Because I'll not be buying another air rifle ever again. I'm through buying. I found the HW35E and now I look at all the rest of my air rifles knowing I could sell them all except for the two HW35 Es.Talk about a LONG time to find the right gun! And the number of air guns I've been through!The only reason to keep the others is to remember why I don't quite like any of them compared to the 35 Es.
Today i took all my savings and bought my dream gun! So beutiful i can not look at her for more than seconds before my eyes starts to tear up, build quality so good it probably will be around for decades to joy for many many people, the woodwork is sublime, the metal so dark its like starring down a well, the machine cutting so sharp you can use it to cut cheese, and look at how tight the breech clamp around the Crosman pellet and the nice fitting breech seal... And it got so much power that it went trough the box it came in! Looking forward to do some long range shooting, probably within an inch at 100...
Quote from: AG72 on July 09, 2019, 02:46:21 PMToday i took all my savings and bought my dream gun! So beutiful i can not look at her for more than seconds before my eyes starts to tear up, build quality so good it probably will be around for decades to joy for many many people, the woodwork is sublime, the metal so dark its like starring down a well, the machine cutting so sharp you can use it to cut cheese, and look at how tight the breech clamp around the Crosman pellet and the nice fitting breech seal... And it got so much power that it went trough the box it came in! Looking forward to do some long range shooting, probably within an inch at 100...Wow! What a beauty! I love the svelte stock and that breech seal is absolute perfection!Congratulations!
Diana ChaserNine Round Chaser/Stormrider MagazineBeeman P17Eight tins of .177 Caliber Winchester Round Nose PelletsPaper TargetsPyramyd's website states the Winchester pellets are supposed to weigh 9.8 grains, but they actually weigh more like 7.9 grains. They look pretty consistent and of good quality, though. The Chaser is spitting them out at about 520-550 fps. The Chaser is nicely made and has excellent balance, decent sights, and a great trigger.I actually had to read the Chaser manual to figure out how to load the magazine, but it seems to work fine, even if $20 seems a bit high for what it is.
Quote from: Whirligig on July 10, 2019, 04:38:05 PMDiana ChaserNine Round Chaser/Stormrider MagazineBeeman P17Eight tins of .177 Caliber Winchester Round Nose PelletsPaper TargetsPyramyd's website states the Winchester pellets are supposed to weigh 9.8 grains, but they actually weigh more like 7.9 grains. They look pretty consistent and of good quality, though. The Chaser is spitting them out at about 520-550 fps. The Chaser is nicely made and has excellent balance, decent sights, and a great trigger.I actually had to read the Chaser manual to figure out how to load the magazine, but it seems to work fine, even if $20 seems a bit high for what it is.very nice haul.I haven't shot any Winchester ammo; I'd love to hear how they perform.Also, the Diana Chaser interests me. I nearly bought one a few months back. Give us good details on accuracy and distance, when you can.Many thanks,Archie
Quote from: Whirligig on July 10, 2019, 04:38:05 PMDiana ChaserNine Round Chaser/Stormrider MagazineBeeman P17Eight tins of .177 Caliber Winchester Round Nose PelletsPaper TargetsPyramyd's website states the Winchester pellets are supposed to weigh 9.8 grains, but they actually weigh more like 7.9 grains. They look pretty consistent and of good quality, though. The Chaser is spitting them out at about 520-550 fps. The Chaser is nicely made and has excellent balance, decent sights, and a great trigger.I actually had to read the Chaser manual to figure out how to load the magazine, but it seems to work fine, even if $20 seems a bit high for what it is.The Winnie Domes "used to be" 9.8 when Daisy had them made in China, but when Gamo took over Daisy they started making them in Spain and went down in size. There are still some older tins out there that are 9.8, but harder to find. The 9.8 tins have gold or yellow on the label where the newer ones went to white on the label.P.A. needs to update.
Quote from: Matchstickshooter on July 10, 2019, 06:30:24 PMQuote from: Whirligig on July 10, 2019, 04:38:05 PMDiana ChaserNine Round Chaser/Stormrider MagazineBeeman P17Eight tins of .177 Caliber Winchester Round Nose PelletsPaper TargetsPyramyd's website states the Winchester pellets are supposed to weigh 9.8 grains, but they actually weigh more like 7.9 grains. They look pretty consistent and of good quality, though. The Chaser is spitting them out at about 520-550 fps. The Chaser is nicely made and has excellent balance, decent sights, and a great trigger.I actually had to read the Chaser manual to figure out how to load the magazine, but it seems to work fine, even if $20 seems a bit high for what it is.The Winnie Domes "used to be" 9.8 when Daisy had them made in China, but when Gamo took over Daisy they started making them in Spain and went down in size. There are still some older tins out there that are 9.8, but harder to find. The 9.8 tins have gold or yellow on the label where the newer ones went to white on the label.P.A. needs to update.How do the Gamo made Winchester pellets shoot? Are they still 9.x grains?Archie
Quote from: Arch_E on July 10, 2019, 06:57:31 PMQuote from: Matchstickshooter on July 10, 2019, 06:30:24 PMQuote from: Whirligig on July 10, 2019, 04:38:05 PMDiana ChaserNine Round Chaser/Stormrider MagazineBeeman P17Eight tins of .177 Caliber Winchester Round Nose PelletsPaper TargetsPyramyd's website states the Winchester pellets are supposed to weigh 9.8 grains, but they actually weigh more like 7.9 grains. They look pretty consistent and of good quality, though. The Chaser is spitting them out at about 520-550 fps. The Chaser is nicely made and has excellent balance, decent sights, and a great trigger.I actually had to read the Chaser manual to figure out how to load the magazine, but it seems to work fine, even if $20 seems a bit high for what it is.The Winnie Domes "used to be" 9.8 when Daisy had them made in China, but when Gamo took over Daisy they started making them in Spain and went down in size. There are still some older tins out there that are 9.8, but harder to find. The 9.8 tins have gold or yellow on the label where the newer ones went to white on the label.P.A. needs to update.How do the Gamo made Winchester pellets shoot? Are they still 9.x grains?ArchieI believe as stated earlier they were found to be lighter,at around 7.9. But some that have tried them thought they shot reasonable. I personally haven't shot them. I have shot the Gamo Tomahawks, and my QB loves them.
The Chinese-made hollow points weigh about 9.6 grains and the Spanish-made domed pellets weigh about 7.9 grains.
I thought you were comparing the "new" Winnie Round Nose(Domes)made in Spain to the "old" Winnie Round Nose made in China ...
QuoteThe Chinese-made hollow points weigh about 9.6 grains and the Spanish-made domed pellets weigh about 7.9 grains.Interesting... wonder where the weight of the HP was made vs. where it was lost in the domed.
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