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... ...THEN, the question arises: increase first or second stage weight? Using the Lyman gauge, I put ~350 grams on the first stage and the remainder (~165 grams on the second). At least as important to me has been to precisely remove any trace of trigger motion with pressure and firing of the seco...

As to McMadCows comment about attaching a cylinder and the immediate rise in pressure in the valve: isn't that what happens every time you fire the airgun? That's a good question that I didn't think about either. Still don't fully understand why PCP guns don't seem to be susceptible to dieseling. A...

The graphics posted by nmondal make clear another (subtle) consideration - the farther from shoulders aligned to the target you are, the more the shooting arm is obliged to swing across the body to align the eye with the sights and target. You now must (1) break the wrist to the right, or (2) rotate...

Another thought for you to consider: If you have have not carefully adjusted your trigger, especially if you have short fingers, a problem can arise. The goal is to get a pull that is straight back and parallel to the barrel axis. If your trigger lacks 3-dimensional adjustment or you have not taken ...

In case it wasn't clear, and caused confusion, my recent post in this thread suggesting putting a blinder on the left eye, then shoot using that eye was a wandering jaunt in the land of levity.

JE

So what you are asking is how to get all the shots in the same hole, preferably at the target center...that's easier said than done and the whole point of the sport. Just do anything, but do it exactly the same, every time. All the other stuff is based on achieving that end...approach perfect repeat...

Thinking on it a bit more, what you don't want to do under any circumstance is to put the blinder on the left eye, and continue shooting with your dominant eye.

I've been reading this forum too long and have been overly influenced by the perpetual wags therewithin.

JE

Same problem, different solution... With conscious effort, and exercises over weeks or months, you may be able train yourself to 'disregard' the primary input from the dominant eye and focus with the other eye, shooting with both eyes open. Hard at first, then becomes very easy and natural in the co...

Some of us cannot find a comfortable, warm, and suitable indoors 10+ meters for an air pistol range. It turns out that a 10 meter air rifle target projects at 5 meters a bull close to the perceived size of the 10 meter pistol target at 10 meters. The problem is how to gauge with acceptable precision...

A while back someone asked about grip finishes. Several suggestions were made and each probably will work well. Here's my take: I bought a new FWB P8x about 9 months ago. I have a thick palm and short fingers and from experience I knew I would need to modify the grip to get the most out of it. I bou...

Back in the Beeman heyday, they made a super big deal about crown design and execution contributing to precision. As the story goes, if the end of the barrel is poorly machined, poorly designed, or damaged, the skirt of the pellet (which is gripping the rifling) leaves the barrel asymmetrically. The...

Speculating on what may be on your mind...how do they charge the SSP between shots without disturbing whatever machinery is holding the pistol? I have a FWB 102 bought new a long time ago, and wondered that myself. Maybe they just buy a 4.5mm paper punch and save a lot of trouble, knowing the pistol...

Pardini K10????

-beveled front sight housing
-rounded grip profile under rear sight
-no barrel shroud
-noticeably flat plane on receiver top
-reciprocal arrangement with Pardini (Pardini uses RWS tin in K12 advertisement photo) ??

Or not.....
JE

Searched <Ragnar Skanaker> via Bing search engine and found reference to his updated book at <https://www.lulu.com/shop/ragnar-skan%C ... 71225.html>. 37$ US. It is the LULU site, but maybe I found a backdoor in that works.

JE

Over 50 years ago, I took a distributive class, Psychology 100. Not much in it worth remembering except the story of how to teach a chimpanzee to do something. Offer a reward for action desired, usually a banana. Create a challenge, and give the chimp a banana if he proceeds positively. But be caref...

____If you shoot 510, or 540, or 560 (fill in the blanks) and are happy with that number, read no further because it will bore/antagonize you___ If you shoot 575+ consistently , you are not reading this forum. Can we agree a prime goal of precision pistol shooting, Olympic or not, is to put projecti...

Sort of a reply to an implicit call to assess the current state of the forum... What keeps you in the game? I bet most of us will admit (proudly) it may be the satisfying internal challenge of doing better than we did yesterday. How can we improve, tapping into that satisfaction and having fun while...

Short answer --- significant but not overwhelming effort involved... Long answer: Based on my experiences with the FWB P34 and FWB P8X cylinders, and the Anschutz CA 2002 rifle, and using the FX 3 stage and FX (Gehmann) 4 stage pumps, consider the following - - pistol cylinders take about 70 - 90 st...

Searching the board for past entries for the TAU 7 (which seems to share design principles with the B96) I found the following from about a year ago: "TAU 7 valve & spring issues / trouble-shooting help". The poster had problems very similar to yours and a thorough fix, including sever...