Air Rifle

[Ketchup]

Cool link Quill.  Amazing that an air gun can take big game. Fun morning when the furry tails are roaming the yard. Pull up a chair and have fun. 

John, careful because as posted, its addictive. One of my interest points were that i can buy 500 rounds of ammo for $6.00.  Buy 500 of 270, .06, 7mm and you will hear it from your spouse. Second was, tho not as quiet as the old style pump up bb guns, its far softer than a 22.  Another factor was that its a better challenge to the 22/410 over-under. The single shot versions, which i have, force you to focus on the shot knowing you have to reload, tho that task is very simple.  

 

BH, can you amagine pumping those old style pumps to fill it? That would be a task. These spring loaded air rifles make that simple, with a single pull. 

Wife liked her new gun. Hoping to get it zeroed in this evening. 

[Quillback]

1 hour ago, BilletHead said:

         Pretty neat thread,

  How many of you air gunners knew Lewis and Clark took an air gun on their trip? 

https://www.outdoorhub.com/stories/2015/05/12/lewis-clarks-girardoni-air-rifle-gun-helped-discover-west/

     I would need Johnsfolly to go with me to keep it charged!

BilletHead

I read the DeVoto edited version of their journals, very interesting read.  I wonder if any of those old air guns are still around, got to be worth some big money if they are, I can't imagine they made many.  Have to do some research when I get time.

[Quillback]

OK, I looked, here's a link:

http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/military-history/lewis-and-clarks-girandoni-air-rifle/

[ollie]

If you really want a high quality airgun you could go with this brand - Airforce Airguns             

[Ketchup]

Im telling ya, she cant leave me alone for any amount of time. Looking at reviews for the 2 "actually 3 but one is non-Gamo" i seen pretty good stuff about the Gamo Wasp Maxxim.  Well the rest is history.  Left for an hour, opened up the back door of the truck, and the "Wasp" just jumped right in. Got scope mounted on the 2 new ones, so need to sight in 3 of the 4 tomorrow before venturing out to the woods. 

Im one of the types that jumps in head first in anything i do. Always hated that about myself. No matter the hobby, i find myself going overboard.  Then when i change to another hobby, i keep EVERYTHING, even the boxes of whatever i buy. Trust me my wife reminds me often of all the boxes we have downstairs. 

The Accu177 is different than the other 3 as in it isnt a "Break Barrel" per say as it has a seperate cocking arm that tucks under the barrel. Some say with the barrel staying staitionary, that its more accurate as there no movement. I know its a heavier gun than the others. Either way, my family is in for some fun air gunning soon.  

Single picture is of the newest addition. 

[fishinwrench]

After witnessing what that Gamo Swarm was capable of I don't see why anyone would want/need anything better.  I think the ones designed to look like "tactical" assault rifles are stupid. What's the point of that?

I was looking over an airgun forum last night and there was quite a bit of talk about "dieseling".   I have news for those guys.....the POP might sound cool, but that isn't going to increase velocity any.  You can get way more energy from compressed air than you can get from a little smear of petroleum jelly.  Pretty sure that all that is doing is making some noise.

[Ketchup]

And blowing out seals Wrench. A guy on youtube did a slowmo comparison of normal fire and dieseling into a brick. The speed was identical.  But, the dieseling hit harder. How was that if speed was the same? That part had me confused as pellet size was same. But seen it with my own eyes "online". 

You get ya one, your mechanic'ing and fishing will suffer. You've been warned. 

[lee G.]

AS I understand it , Wrench, there is an ignition from increased temp and pressure, resulting in a fuel-air explosion that increases  over all pressure in the air chamber. 

which is bad for seals and spring.

[Ketchup]

Heres the Non-Gamo.  I guess thats not accurate.  Since Gamo purchased Daisy, located in Rogers, July of last year, I guess i do own 4 Gamo's.  Love the wood look. This thing is as heavy as the Accu177. Again, these are not your grandpa's bb guns. All of these have fiberoptic sights incase you choose not to mount a scope,  Im like a kid on Christmas messing with these this morning.

 I was able to do a little side work last week after the regular working day had ended, so my new purchases cost me about 9 hours of my time and skills. I would do that any day for the memories that will follow. 

[fishinwrench]

33 minutes ago, lee G. said:

AS I understand it , Wrench, there is an ignition from increased temp and pressure, resulting in a fuel-air explosion that increases  over all pressure in the air chamber. 

which is bad for seals and spring.

Right, but I don't believe you will boost pressure much, and like you say....it is just adding crap to the barrel and rifling.  The key to accuracy is consistency, so adding varying amounts of BS (alleged propellant) into the system just has to be more detrimental than helpful.    

If the chrono results showed more than 30-40fps gain at the muzzle I'd be surprised.