Air Rifle

[fishinwrench]

Hey those Spiderman panties are the greatest wet wading underwear ever made.  They keep everything in its place and safe from leeches and riffle beetles, and when you get out of the water they are bone dry in 15 minutes.     Under Armour makes some that don't have Spiderman on them.... but they are 40.00 apiece.    

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31 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

They keep everything in its place and safe

It’s easy when the contents are that small. 

[fishinwrench]

 It's easier to fence in a buffalo than it is a seed tick ?

[Old plug]

Hmmmmmm are you starting to catch up with me wrench

[Ketchup]

Well. Got the Hatsan out today to shoot off the rest, to see how close my freehanding last week was. The first 6 shots were all in the same hole. Man i was feelin it.  

I shot another 30 shots, with each shot getting inches away from each other. First instict was "man i suck". Went up with pointer finger to release auto safety for another shot, and my finger wouldnt fit between safety and scope!!! That sucker slid back 3".  No thread lock when i installed the new one piece rail. Looks like i will be getting some. I had all 4 anchor points locked down as tight as i was comfortable doing without breaking something.  Looks at how far back the rail is past the receiver.  

[jdmidwest]

Pretty short eye relief.  No dimple in forehead?

The base should have caught on the slots in the mount.  Did it walk over them too?

[fishinwrench]

Good grief!    The Gamo has a pin that keeps that from happening.  Maybe you should drill and drop a 1/8" pin in that pickatinny rail.

Or how about laying a square key in a slot and slide the mount back to retain it ?

You do know that there's a torque sequence on those 4 mount screws, right?    Middle ones first.

I really dig that gun.  I've gotta have one. 

[Basfis]

I guess the mount bolt engagement like a picatinny on an AR doesn’t apply to air rifles?

lurking and learning 

[fishinwrench]

The thing about piston airguns that I still can't wrap my head around is how that piston moving forward to a semi-cushioned stop can be harder on a scope (and its mounts) than a bolt on a semi-auto powder rifle slamming back and forth?   

[Ketchup]

5 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

The thing about piston airguns that I still can't wrap my head around is how that piston moving forward to a semi-cushioned stop can be harder on a scope (and its mounts) than a bolt on a semi-auto powder rifle slamming back and forth?   

I still research that same idea. Logic tells me that the rear/forward motion should keep it pretty much stationary. It doesnt tho, as my scope shows. 

There is a stop pin built into the rail. The hole on the gun is so far forward that to line them up the scope was WAY forward of getting a sight picture without leaning way forward. I turned the rail backwards and screwed the pin down between the slots on the gun mount. Obviously didnt hold. Looking at it the screw wasnt even down 1/16", hence allowing the rail to move back. 

I didnt take it off yesterday and mess with it. I will do that this evening. Hate to re-drill a new 3/16 hole more towards the rear of the barrel so the rail sits further back, but heck, its just a BB gun. 😜