It's a pump? Nice looking grip scales...
Air Guns
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ConradH
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Spring piston. I think I've changed the spring once over the years. I've also changed the barrel pivot roll pin as I wore it out. The grips are rosewood that somebody was offering, no recollection of where I got them. It also has a wide trigger attachment for my fat fingers!It's a pump? Nice looking grip scales...
Very nice, it’s gorgeous.
Been out in my backyard range with my vintage (is 1988 vintage?) Diana Mod. 34 in .177, scoped with a Hawke 4-12x50 scope (have to dial the range down to 5.5 to see the target properly- has a 100 yard fixed focal range), and with JSB Exact Match Diabolo pellets it's a tack driver! I can shoot 7 out of 10 shots into a dime-sized group @ 30 yards! The other 3 are just slightly out of the bullseye, and my twitching is the reason... was a fun afternoon!
Yes, the shorter barrel gives a louder report...
Bill S
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The crossman is a pnumatic pump up pistol and dumps the air with a hammer strike on the valve stem. A Beeman R9 has a spring loaded piston that is released with the trigger sear. The Beeman doesn't compress air until the piston moves forward. It's a quieter shot cycle. The pistol probably also suffers from hammer bounce which means the blast you hear is really a multiple strike and subsequent blasts of air coming out of the barrel. If you could slow the audio down it would sound like a loud fart.
Makes sense. The Crossman is a sharp crack and very attention getting. The Beeman is more like a subdued thing-much lower frequency.
Not that I'd buy one but are silencers on air guns effective at all?
Yep my Beeman R9 loves them too. Must be a good pellet.
Definitely one of the very best!
Bill S
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Marginally. Some more than others. Generally, a high powered PCP gun will benefit from them. A spring piston gun, not so much.
While all my rifles are magnum springers, I just bought the Umarex Komplete PCP/nitrogen cartridge rifle, and after my extreme displeasure at the sharp plastic and horribly wobbly plastic parts, I dialed in the scope at 40 yards this afternoon, and this thing is a TACK DRIVER! After the sighting in process I proceeded to put 6 shots into the dead center of the bullseye @ 40 yards!! I mean 6 shots into the same ragged hole!!! Other than the cheap plastic parts this is one fine rifle!!!
Impressive....except for the plastic part but dang for $200-300. Now just build yourself a nice stock.While all my rifles are magnum springers, I just bought the Umarex Komplete PCP/nitrogen cartridge rifle, and after my extreme displeasure at the sharp plastic and horribly wobbly plastic parts, I dialed in the scope at 40 yards this afternoon, and this thing is a TACK DRIVER! After the sighting in process I proceeded to put 6 shots into the dead center of the bullseye @ 40 yards!! I mean 6 shots into the same ragged hole!!! Other than the cheap plastic parts this is one fine rifle!!!
I wonder if Minelli makes a stock??? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
Yes, the recoil is virtually non-existent... There is no spring to expand and then rebound... the nitrogen is released and the physics says there must be an equal and opposite reaction, but it is basically insignificant- the felt recoil is pretty much zero... the report is louder than your Crosman pistol, but very backyard friendly...
With no wind or a flinch.....I can absolutely understand your ragged single hole. It must take all the fun out of it!
LOL... I was staring through the scope thinking "where did it go"??? And upon further viewing the hole kept getting a fraction larger, and I thought "holy sheeeet"! It's in the same hole!!! I use Splatterburst targets, so everything shows... I walked up to the target and upon examination I could see 5 lobes in the hole, and the 6th must have gone straight through the hole, or I would have seen it elsewhere... besides I could just make out the pellet's travel, and it was clearly a winner!With no wind or a flinch.....I can absolutely understand your ragged single hole. It must take all the fun out of it!
A lot of the newer gas piston break barrels come with built-in muzzle brakes and sound moderators from the factory or they would be a lot louder than they are. The high-powered Gamo models like the "Whisper", "Swarm" and "Maxxim" have them. They are not removable.
All four of these guns I have here have some form of muzzle suppression with the "Whisper Storm 10X" at the bottom having the largest. It is a very powerful air rifle.
All four of these guns I have here have some form of muzzle suppression with the "Whisper Storm 10X" at the bottom having the largest. It is a very powerful air rifle.