Precision Air Rifles

[dantiff2]

I like it a lot. My favorite actually due to weight ( lack of) for a truck gun.. Mine doesn't leak.. Most leaks happen when people screw around with their gun ( AKA tuning). I wish I had a bottle on mine for more shots when I have a lot of sparrows to shoot but that adds weight and bulk. Mine came tuned for dealer and is hole in hole..NO reason to screw with it.. Mine is only for killing sparrows and starlings..

How many shots do you get before it falls off? I was originally wanting a bottle gun but I really like the clean look of the stocked Dreamline in the laminated wood stock. 50 shots is fine with me.

Dan

 

[USMCDOC]

The new FX Panthera is getting a LOT of attention. I'm watching videos of owners shooting out past 200 yards and beyond. The accuracy is OUTSTANDING and the gun was purpose built to rival the 22 rimfire guns in the NRL competitions. Very, Very user tunable. The user can actually dial it in for the exact FPS that you want. And they offer an onboard chrono so that you can keep your shots at that point throughout different air densities and effecting conditions.
Dan

Might like to try that one in ABRA..

 

[markT]

How many shots do you get before it falls off? I was originally wanting a bottle gun but I really like the clean look of the stocked Dreamline in the laminated wood stock. 50 shots is fine with me.
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Dan

FX Website says 80.. I might get three magazines (18 ea) B4 need to top off. BUT I am running fast velocity.. It's set up to run what my rifle likes

 

[dantiff2]

FX Website says 80.. I might get three magazines (18 ea) B4 need to top off. BUT I am running fast velocity.. It's set up to run what my rifle likes

I think they are also counting the shots after it’s under the regulator as the velocity is dropping rapidly as total shots but all the videos I’ve seen show between 50 and 55 shots at peak accuracy with only around 10 fps for an extreme spread.

 

[Wolfdog91]

I want one of these to match my pellets. This is where the best pellets come from. An HM Hen pellet mold.

Look at NOE bullet molds

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Look at NOE bullet molds

Those are casting molds. You need to swage a good target pellet

 

[Wolfdog91]

Those are casting molds. You need to swage a good target pellet

Bt sniper or Corbin I think would be the best for swagged I think. I remember seeing some of the more serious guys running their stuff

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Bt sniper or Corbin I think would be the best for swagged I think. I remember seeing some of the more serious guys running their stuff

Corbin only makes stuff for slugs. The real serious guys use the HM Hen swages or sorted higher end factory pellets

 

[cheek9075]

Check with your local fire department if you use a tank. Most have cascade system to fill their air packs. Most can fill an air tank. And if volunteer they could use a small donation to do so. I might look at getting into this.

 

[Wolfdog91]

Corbin only makes stuff for slugs. The real serious guys use the HM Hen swages or sorted higher end factory pellets

Thought most guys where moving to slugs though ? Intresting, learn something new every day

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Thought most guys where moving to slugs though ? Intresting, learn something new every day

Slugs are not legal most times

 

[Wolfdog91]

Slugs are not legal most times

Really ? Is that just for competition? If so what's the logic behind it if you don't mind explaining

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Really ? Is that just for competition? If so what's the logic behind it if you don't mind explaining

Not sure why

 

[dgeesaman]

Really ? Is that just for competition? If so what's the logic behind it if you don't mind explaining

At my club slugs aren’t safe due to risk of ricocheting. Field target for example is safe because the projectile is fairly harmless once it hits the target. Glancing shots quickly lose speed and energy when it’s a skirted pellet. Slugs hold their kinetic energy much longer while tumbling and have excellent penetration from any orientation.

So we only shoot slugs when the shot is guaranteed to bury into the backstop.

It certainly doesn’t help that slugs are typically fired from high power setups, and those are inherently more hazardous than low or moderate power situations.

Also I have a bunch of slugs and moderately high power pcps in .22 and .30. Haven’t found a slug that likes shooting for either one. Pellets just shoot better in more guns and make it less of an equipment race.

 

[tmwinds]

Slugs normally shoot better in dedicated slug barrels. A slug barrel has some choke in it. A pellet barrel does not have the choke. This is not to say you can’t shoot both pellets and slugs in the same barrel but you will lose some accuracy if shooting the wrong projectile.

 

[6MMsteve]

if you watch some videos on pellets they do some crazy stuff through the air like me

 

[dgeesaman]

Slugs normally shoot better in dedicated slug barrels. A slug barrel has some choke in it. A pellet barrel does not have the choke. This is not to say you can’t shoot both pellets and slugs in the same barrel but you will lose some accuracy if shooting the wrong projectile.

Yes I have a slug liner for the .22 and it did not make a huge difference.

Bottom line, slugs are very sensitive to barrel and vice versa. If you end up with a rifle that shoots more than one slug very well then count yourself very fortunate.

 

[seymour fish]

I'm sure a lot of us had BB guns as a kid. For most of us, air rifles lost their appeal once we were old enough to start using "real guns" - firearms.

I'm way too far down the rabbit hole of things that go bang to ever have a spring or gas-driven projectile ever be my main thing. But I'm sure air guns for adults have come a long way. And I wouldn't mind dipping my toe in the water of those distant cousins of ours, if truly accurate air rifles are out there.

With that in mind, can anyone point to resources, or actual models, that they have experience with, or that they might recommend?

Find a used AirArms TX 200 SR (semi-recoilless) .177. If about 11.5 fpe spring, use crossman 7.9 gr premier brown box pellets. If roughly 15 fpe tune, use JSB exact 10.34 gr. Mount an old Bushnell Elite 1” tube 6-24 AO mildot. Go fast

 

[brokeasajoke]

Any one tried a Benjamin Kratos? Really digging wood stock air rifles and wanting to try PCP. Aselkon makes a really good looking rifle but not much that I can find about them. 50yd shots and less will be 90% of my air rifle shooting. 22 or .25 and why? I have full access to the air trailer at my fire department with 6000pai capability so full ups should be no problem.

 

[markT]