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The scope it came with had trouble holding zero after a while, I'd recommend a little better scope made specifically for the forward recoil of air rifles.
 
any pellet gun you can get that's subsonic and/or has integral suppression, if you have neighbors, is good.

bonus if you can adjust the trigger or upgrade...

the two i have are a little rough, the user is harsh, but i might look into tweaking it later. it's main job is just fun, so, no biggy...
 
Bladite said:
any pellet gun you can get that's subsonic and/or has integral suppression, if you have neighbors, is good.

bonus if you can adjust the trigger or upgrade...

the two i have are a little rough, the user is harsh, but i might look into tweaking it later. it's main job is just fun, so, no biggy...
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Which ones do you have?
 
The Warrior said:
Which ones do you have?
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Hammerli "new" series. one is a standard barrel lever, and the other is a double (which is the primary user). the other is backup or a gift, is not necessarily as accurate (due to lever barrel), but has a better trigger. new old stock take it now big discount.

i'd likely goto one of those high pressure cylinder systems with a pellet magazine and easy field air charge replacement "if i was serious"

but eh, i'm not interested in living off vermin (squirrels) at this time, and it requires infrastructure to charge those things (not really great for survival)

there's a youtube channel of a couple "pro" vermin killers, and their guns and deets are easy to find

snipe
 
European airguns are FAR FAR FAR better than the American-branded (mostly outsourced Chinese production) ones.
Weirauch, Diana, Feinwerkbau, etc. Blow. Your. Mind.
Beeman imported the good stuff for awhile, but then they went downmarket too, at least what you find on the shelves. A good air rifle will run $350-$800 new. Worth it too, as you'll shoot them more than your powder arms, and ammo is way cheaper. Serious precision tools.

Mmmm.... Feinwerkbau 300S recoiless 4.5mm match rifle.
 
I agree there are better air rifles than the Ruger, but it's a great one if your looking to get into air rifles without spending a lot of money
 
zzyzzogeton said:
From a retired Army Colonel, I heard the other day that the Army has chosen this to replace the Beretta 92.
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Yes, the army did select a Sig pistol based on the P320 as their next pistol. Pretty much a P320 with a thumb safety from the pics I've seen.
 
gunshow yesterday - prices are slightly better than they were a year ago, especially if you want a used sigpro (they were everywhere)
saw a couple full sized canik and tristar pistols in 40, but none in 9 and no compacts.
LOTS of sig 229 used in the $550-600 range.
sat a Remlin cowboy 1895 straight stock, 26" barrel for $775 - which was extremely tempting, except it's a remlin and my brakes went out on the way home Friday, so I have no idea jist how broke I'm going to be until tomorrow after the mechanic has a chance to look at them.
My hope is one of the fittings wasn't snugged down as tight as it should have been when they replaced both front rotors & calipers a month ago, so all they need to do is say "oops, sorry - fixed it and no chanrge".
 
DYSPHORIC JOY said:
Beautiful. You seldom see those milled receivers anymore.
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Thanks. It's a Polish Type 3 kit built on a CNC Warrior receiver.


In response to the other guys talking about Kalashnikov USA. They have NO connection to any Russian arms manufacturers. They're simply a company in America trying to capitalize on the name. In fact, they've been showing off rifle for 2 years now at every trade show they can get into, but have produced nothing. They're a vaporware company with a poor reputation already and they haven't even released anything yet. Steer clear of these guys or anything else AK related that made in the USA (Century RAS47 and C39, I.O. rifles, DDI USA rifles, and potentially even the PSA ones now that PSA and DDI have merged together for their AK rifles).
 
Buckmark with 7.25" OD/Green Tactical Solutions barrel & sight rail:

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I'm betting that Buckmark is a tack driver. My stock one is crazy accurate. :thumbup:
 
J W Bensinger said:
That Creedmoor sounds like it's maybe not an ideal setup-the brass is not cheap, or from a common parent case, and it appears you only get about ten loadings per case before it goes buhbye.
Why they didn't do a 6.5 off the 7.62 case I dunno...
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I know the thread has gone on since then, but I didn't see any replies to this.
Perhaps you were just funnin'?

6.5 on a 7.62 case was an old and terribly useful 6.5-08 wildcat. Remington turned it into the .260 about 20 years ago.
It's finally been gaining in popularity in the last couple years. Performance is ridiculously close enough to the Creedmoor that I sometimes wonder why that one was even necessary (except that it's awesome), but the ammo manufacturers tend to load the 260 with somewhat lighter projectiles for a similar round, and seem to focus more on match/precision shooting for the CM. I very much want one of either - a very practical, useful class of round (basically short-action 6.5x55 Swede loaded up for modern arms), but with a .257 Roberts for the little local deers and 7mm Mag for bigger/farther stuff I can't justify it to myself.

Unless you meant a 6.5 on the 7.62x39. Which is the Grendel. Possibly looking for a lightweight/somewhat compact 20"bbl bolt-action one for the girls. But since it's made for AR those tend to be light on the ground; could rebarrel somebody's micro-action. Which means I've gotta find a used one, cheap.
 
tjswarbrick said:
Unless you meant a 6.5 on the 7.62x39. Which is the Grendel. Possibly looking for a lightweight/somewhat compact 20"bbl bolt-action one for the girls. But since it's made for AR those tend to be light on the ground; could rebarrel somebody's micro-action. Which means I've gotta find a used one, cheap.
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CZ-527, swap a 6.5mm barrel on there... that would be a sweet little Grendel.

I basically want whichever of the two domestic 6.5mm's is going to win the popularity war, and the only reason I want that over the original 6.5x55mm is the shorter action. But maybe enjoying the long bolt throw should just be the thing to do? The relatively lower pressure of the stock Swede-spec ammo doesn't bother me. It's still higher than a .30-30 with more case capacity for nearly the same bullet weight, which is the amount of ka-pow I'm comfortable with at the moment. And lemme tell ya, in comparison to yesterday's short-barrel .308 with a brake on it? Ugh, so much noise, concussion, and kick (though the semi-auto wasn't bad there). I want something to shoot a LOT. If I want shock & awe, I've got a smokepole. That's shock, followed by awe, followed by peals of laughter.

I'm betting that Buckmark is a tack driver. My stock one is crazy accurate.
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It is. Hans called it 'boring', as a compliment. :)
Though the front sight could be crisper, the trigger blade flatter, the sweet barrel is a tad light... I've all but swapped to my High Standard for matches for those reasons, but the rear sight is a bit loose and needs to be shimmed.
 
very tempting to get a sniper quality air rifle and a proper scope for it, as well as non metallic ammo (does that exist anymore), else non-lead... the zombi chipmunks are swarming ;)

the spring systems tend to torque from what i've seen, so actual air?
 
Bladite said:
very tempting to get a sniper quality air rifle and a proper scope for it, as well as non metallic ammo (does that exist anymore), else non-lead... the zombi chipmunks are swarming ;)

the spring systems tend to torque from what i've seen, so actual air?
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Good spring guns are smoother than cheap ones. Air pistons are lovely Both recoil forward, but the springers certainly vibrate more. I'm not sure there's much torque. As Vik points out, there are specialty scopes for the purpose. Or... give it good iron sights. Depends on the eyes, I suppose. Shooting at a critter beyond 50yd even with a .22 would be silly.
 
daizee said:
Good spring guns are smoother than cheap ones. Air pistons are lovely Both recoil forward, but the springers certainly vibrate more. I'm not sure there's much torque. As Vik points out, there are specialty scopes for the purpose. Or... give it good iron sights. Depends on the eyes, I suppose. Shooting at a critter beyond 50yd even with a .22 would be silly.
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trigger mods are my first thought, but i'll have to get a round2it when i find the manuals :D
 
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