Strikey wrote:Gamerancher wrote:Had Noggin visit here yesterday till after midnight. He works for a Family in town driving trucks. I got him a start there last year for harvest and he stayed on.
He came out to have a few shots out of my Creedmore, he's thinking of building one.
Was wondering where Noggin got to but now you are converting him to a latte sipping Creedmore shooter, he needs a proper girls gun, something in 25 cal perhaps,lol
Dunxy wrote:Strikey wrote:Most if not all the pellets you mentioned I would consider good for melting down to make sinkers, they probably cost the same as a quality pellet such as the H&N's or JSB's.The FTT's are 8•64grn ( I'm having a cuppa, couldn't be bothered to go have a look and check,lol ), headsize is 4•50, JSB Exacts are slightly lighter I think at 8•44grns but their headsize is 4•52 and my BSA doesn't like them, both these brands make 10•6ish grn pellets also which will bring the velocity down and slightly lower the noise. Contact ACME Firearms for H&N pellets or Potters Target Firearms for JSB pellets
I haven't found any other ones yet, ive bought the best that ive come across.The stoegers ive been nothing but impressed with but im not about to just stop and not try more, remember i only picked up my rifle a few days ago so its not like ive had a lot of time to find slugs
Life gets in the way sometimes... Cost is never a factor when im purchasing slugs, just what ive been able to get. In regards to the H&N and JSB i can source them myself (wholesale
Perks of my current job ) but i need to work out what i want and do a decent order from supplier,so this is why im trying to research as much as i can, im not going to order small volume because i will get raped by shipping and while we have an account we don't stock products on shelf so im ordering just for myself unfortunatly.
So lets talk H&N for starters, i have available 11 different types, which ones would you recommend precisely? Have you tried any of the ones like "magnum rabbit II" , "sniper magnum"or the piledriver? Which particular pattern/s would you think best for close range small game? Obviously the waddcutters the pick for punching paper yeah?
I will also order some JSB as well.
So do you have an idea about what weight to stay above to keep it subsonic?
Forget about the Rabbit Magnum, piledrivers etc, don't know of anyone being able to get decent accuracy with them, wadcutters are usually designed for 10m guns and air pistols, as in low power airguns not much good past 10-15m, as with every rifle buy one tin of the type of pellets you might like to try, then see if your air rifle will group half decently with one of those types then try some of the same in a different headsize, H&N have a selection of varying sizes,JSB's in this country unfortunately only come in the one headsize for each calibre. It may be a long exercise but saves buying a ****** of pellets only to find you can't hit a rabbits head at 40m, personally I just stick with the diabolo shape pellets and the rabbits seem to fall over dead, don't concern yourself with fancy pellets, the one that shoots accurately is what you need and I doubt very much if your rifle will shoot anything supersonic
Cool thanks for all the help it is greatly appreciated to get some first hand knowledge, im not going after bunnys man, just pest birds(got 4 pigeons for a mate yesterday on his farm, 2 in one shot with those 10+grain gamo slug, a couple of miners and doves have also fallen prey already as well),rats,field targets and paper! 22lr with subs be for bunnies
So your saying i should be safe with any lead pellet without cracking sound barrier? So for the birds and such a dome head diablo would be pellet of choice? I know the wad cutters are crap for long range, that being said i got a 1/3" group @ 30ish metres with the stoegers( pic on my phone and im on a work computer) and have zero dramas consistently hitting kill zone on field target at same range, i actually got kinda bored and picked up the old gecado springer with iron sights because it was not a challenge with the gamo.
If i was after larger stuff i sure would have minimum .22 or preferably a .25 not the .177! Larger calibers for larger stuff are down the track! I didn't have a .177 (the gecado is my mates and will be returned this week, think i need a break barrel as well, maybe a .22! I enjoy the challenge of the springers recoil+iron sights,before this year id only ever taken a couple of shots of rifles with scopes) so i got it first because it is what i will use predominately.
Got any tips to improve trigger? A very experienced mate picked it up just before and said it was disgusting. I haven't tried adjusting it yet, is it same as BSA?
GREAT
to see some more interest on here! Im loving the Gamo so far and for the money it is indeed great value! It was 850ish with bag,rests and a hand pump that they flog for $350! Depending on what caliber my mate chooses(either .25 or a .50) I would consider purchasing one on .25 if my mate goes for the 50, otherwise ill end up with a .50 which will obviously not be a Gamo! Will be ordering one of these compressors soon as well.