Show off your air rifle!!!

[Mack The Knife]

Thanks for the pic.

That's an interesting method, though one that would be more difficult to control in terms of exact pressure every time.

[Basu]

Dear John Doe,
After a long time I get a food for thought .
Please bring in total details of chopping barrel/choking/sound increase/effective length of barrel etc.
For better understanding , attach some foto.

Basu

[mooppan]

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Here it goes my toy..with my an another toy ..butt painted and wax polished for some rugged .camouflage look.
Cheers.
Ranjith Raghavan.

[airgun_novice]

Ok so here is what I can "show"
Air Arms Alfa Prop .177 pcp pistol
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Hey Kshitij, that's a good one for silhouette shootout, which FF2003 was planning to start out but could not get on with. Have you tried it at any competition in MH ? How does it group ?
regs
A.

[Basu]

Dear mooppan,
Is this the same AR that you designed and prepared for yourself ?
Wow.....your other toy is surpassing the glamour of your small toy......

Basu

[mooppan]

Dear mooppan,
Is this the same AR that you designed and prepared for yourself ?
Wow.....your other toy is surpassing the glamour of your small toy......

Basu

Basu sir,
Exactly the same, its been almost 4.5 years now. Woking flawlessly. And the common thing between my toys , both are rugged and my favourite. Nowadays the AR is in its bag only. Plinking got just diverted for angling. And he is our buddy pair for the journeys across Kerala for the crazy angling trips. You wanna see some pics...?

Cheers,
Ranjith Raghavan.

[Basu]

Dear mooppan,
When you talk about angling , it takes me down to memory lane of boyhood, when during rainy season I used to do angling by cane made fishing rod.
We in Kolkata , hardly have any opportunity.

Basu

[kshitij]

Ok so here is what I can "show"
Air Arms Alfa Prop .177 pcp pistol
IMG-20141124-WA0007-1.jpg

Hey Kshitij, that's a good one for silhouette shootout, which FF2003 was planning to start out but could not get on with. Have you tried it at any competition in MH ? How does it group ?
regs
A.

I have not participated in any competition yet. As for the grouping, heres a 5 shot group that came with test certificate:

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Placed a .177 falt head for reference.

[moulindu]

well here is my collection

From top
IHP 35 with TTI kit 11.8 fpe (sold)
AA TX 200 FAC detuned to 10.5 fpe with AA 12 fpe spring & Nick Gibney derlin internals topped it up with hawke varmint scope
SDB 23 detuned to 2.5 fpe

[Basu]

@kshitij- I am speechless having seen the grouping.

@moulindu- Obviously the centre one is the best and in a class of its own.
But you seem to have done enough on IHP too.
Hope you give equal attention to the little baby as well.

Basu

[kshitij]

@kshitij- I am speechless having seen the grouping.
Basu

@Basu,
My original reply to AGN was going to be "it groups better than we can shoot" but then thought the image will be able to better explain that

[Big Daddy]

IHP 35 with TTI kit 11.8 fpe (sold)

Moulindu,
I'm sure you got the TTI kit when it's designer was alive.
He used to tell me of its development and how it would revolutionize the Indian air rifle experience (IHP being the bench mark then). How did you find it? Did It really make a significant difference?

BD

[airgun_novice]

@Basu,
My original reply to AGN was going to be "it groups better than we can shoot" but then thought the image will be able to better explain that

[vidhya007]

My SDB Artemis with Scope (Gamo 3-12 X 50 APO)

[moulindu]

Moulindu,
I'm sure you got the TTI kit when it's designer was alive.
He used to tell me of its development and how it would revolutionize the Indian air rifle experience (IHP being the bench mark then). How did you find it? Did It really make a significant difference?

Yes i think i did the right thing 3 years back by installing TTI kit in my ihp which transformed it to a consistent powerful gun. No way to measure velocity that time other than android app, gave audio clip to Basuda & found out that energy was around 11.9 fpe. both of us were pretty dodgy about the reading, but on repeated tests got same result. Basuda too agrees that its by far the best result from any ihp.
later bought combro chrony & found few readings more than 12fpe, so rest assured powerwise best thing that can be done to any ihp is TTI kit hands down. i feel bad for the new enthusiasts for missing out on the opportunity of getting TTI kit nowadays.
According to me the single most DIY that can transform your average rifle into good rifle is a nice trigger job. However crappy the gun is if it has a nice predictable trigger its shootable. Even if you have HW or AA guns with worthless trigger it will be nightmare.

@moulindu- Obviously the centre one is the best and in a class of its own.
But you seem to have done enough on IHP too.
Hope you give equal attention to the little baby as well.
Basu

Tried my best with your inputs to keep it accurate & desirable, but i am sure the new owner will have a wonderful time with it
And for the little baby got some trigger tuning job set for this puja, planning to get it down to 800gms.
regards Moulindu