Air rifles.This is a discussion on Air rifles. within the Broken Arrow forums, part of the Gun Forum category; I've settled on a Benjamin Nitro Piston in .22 cal and if you want to talk about heavy, this thing is surely the winner- I'm ...
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November 27th, 2012, 05:17 AM
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#31 | | Lifer
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I've settled on a Benjamin Nitro Piston in .22 cal and if you want to talk about heavy, this thing is surely the winner- I'm sure there are lighter elephant guns. Anyway, something I couldn't appreciate in the store is the impossible trigger pull, which is as ridiculously long as the gun is heavy. I could adapt to it, but not safely, and I've read hints it may be possible to buy a better trigger assembly. If anyone has info on how to do that, please post!
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November 27th, 2012, 05:55 AM
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#32 | | Automatic Rifleman
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Nice looking rifles and looks really solid. What kind of stock did you get on yours?
Sorry to hear the pull is an issue. I can adjust my trigger pull on my Webley, but it’s quite a heavy hand gun.
I’ve started training my son on how to shoot with it, he’s 14 and can barely cock the barrel. Even I find my wrist getting soar after shooting for an hour.
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November 27th, 2012, 06:08 AM
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#33 | | Lifer
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Originally Posted by Bud64  Nice looking rifles and looks really solid. What kind of stock did you get on yours?
Sorry to hear the pull is an issue. I can adjust my trigger pull on my Webley, but it’s quite a heavy hand gun.
I’ve started training my son on how to shoot with it, he’s 14 and can barely cock the barrel. Even I find my wrist getting soar after shooting for an hour. | The trigger on mine is allegedly adjustable via a screw in the trigger assembly, but that is a lie of sorts. You can turn it back and forth forever and nothing else happens.
Wooden stock with the thumb hole, not as futuristic as seems to be this year's issue. Way more scope than is needed, but better to have too much than not enough. Pretty accurate and not nearly broken in yet. Weight is an issue for off-hand shooting. I do like the nitro piston system over the spring piston I had as a kid- you can keep it cocked with no short or long term loss of power.
EDIT: Supposedly works very well in the cold too.
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November 27th, 2012, 06:16 AM
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#34 | | Old Salt
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Pics!
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November 27th, 2012, 06:29 AM
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#35 | | Lifer
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For years (while gainfully employed) I couldn't post photos, and although I've technically been able for a couple of months now, I have yet to master how to do it. Photobucket or something? Anyway, this is a relatively common production air rifle, you can google image it.
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November 27th, 2012, 06:46 AM
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#36 | | Old Salt
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Maybe a different thread but can anyone talk about the proper care and feeding of these rifles?
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November 27th, 2012, 07:33 AM
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#37 | | Platoon Commander
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Originally Posted by str8shooter Maybe a different thread but can anyone talk about the proper care and feeding of these rifles? | care is (almost) ZERO for spring, PCP, or C02. http://air_guns.tripod.com/air_gun_maintenance.htm
feeding is much like .22LR = find/research what pellet shoots best.
I tend to go with Crosman (heavy) Premiers in my CO2 and RWS/Diana 45 (Spring) .22. For 177, various match pellets (including Merlin Match pellets from CMP) are fine.
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November 27th, 2012, 10:29 AM
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#38 | | Old Salt
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I have noticed the gold plated Gamo pellets really up the fps. No chrono here, but they claim up to 200 fps improvement, and I can hear and see the difference. I think it puts me up near 900 fps at the muzzle.
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November 27th, 2012, 04:50 PM
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#39 | | Lifer
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Originally Posted by str8shooter Maybe a different thread but can anyone talk about the proper care and feeding of these rifles? | It's a good idea to use special oil on the high power versions ('Pelgun oil'), because otherwise a tiny amount of regular gun oil will burn in an explosive manner with each shot, making the rifle noisy and the muzzle velocity unpredictable. Unless of course you want the power boost.
Also, I've had some pellets from the old days go bad on me due to oxydization of the lead- they expand slightly and become rough in texture, seriously affecting accuracy (this can of course also happen with .22LR, or so I read in my research). Probably explains the gold plated versions mentioned above. Which by the way is crazy. Apparently there are gun nuts and then there are airgun nuts. 
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