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Offline darryl

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hey Howie,
thanks for the tip. I really need to get a vise before I try to bend the.177 barrel. Meanwhile S/R Industries (Chinese Beeman) is sending me a new .177 barrel, supposed to have gone out today or tomorrow.
You should see how low that barrel was shooting. I tried with two scopes to get the POA to match the POI but there was no catching it. I ran out of adjustment on both even after shimming the rear mounts. I finally pulled out my mouth harp and played some deep-down-don't-nobody-love-me Blues (well in another life I might have played a mouth harp as a bluesman). So I'll wait to see what happens. I told S/R that I'd send the old barrel back. wish me luck.
BTW Howie, nice collection of guns in your sig.
darryl
sorry about your cat Mrs.B. I thought it was a squirrel. Well, one down; eight to go! No Ma\'am. Not funny.

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RE: riddle me this: RS2 shooting way low in .177
« Reply #31 on: June 17, 2010, 04:59:25 PM »
"Riddle me this"?

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Scope's up!! Waaaayyyy up!!
« Reply #32 on: June 17, 2010, 06:05:59 PM »
It seemed to fit my mood. :p I assume you know the history behind the question.   http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RiddleMeThis
Zzyzx, any relation to Mr. Myxyzptlk?: http://www.supermansupersite.com/mxyzptlk.html  just some light kidding, of course.
darryl
sorry about your cat Mrs.B. I thought it was a squirrel. Well, one down; eight to go! No Ma\'am. Not funny.

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« Reply #33 on: June 17, 2010, 06:23:17 PM »
Lets us(you included) know how it shoots. I'm betting it does great.

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« Reply #34 on: June 18, 2010, 01:20:42 AM »
we will! (is that slightly schizophrenic?) :D I don't know if I can keep my little grubbie of the rifle until 5:pm. Another nine hours!
darryl
sorry about your cat Mrs.B. I thought it was a squirrel. Well, one down; eight to go! No Ma\'am. Not funny.

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« Reply #35 on: June 18, 2010, 06:11:21 AM »
Well I could not wait the whole 24 hours. So it was a matter of blind trust when I picked up my model 1073 with the CenterPoint 4x16x16 mil-dot scope and prepared to be Zen-ified. Well I zeroed the windage and elevation adjustments, the loaded in a Crosman Premier Hunting Magnum, ad fired. SUNNUVA***** it's shooting 7 inches low! I run out of elevation adjustment  while vainly trying to get the POA and the POI to merge. Good thing it's the blue Loctite #242. Now back to the shimming thing. Maybe I should check to see of the .22 barrel has a bend to it? Or has that Accupoint high mount bit me in the @ss?
"Just goes to show; it's always something!"   :0
OK back to my Man-Cave ( the basement laundry room).
darryl
sorry about your cat Mrs.B. I thought it was a squirrel. Well, one down; eight to go! No Ma\'am. Not funny.

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« Reply #36 on: June 18, 2010, 06:15:10 AM »
Damn!
Tell Robin and Alfred we said said hey...

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« Reply #37 on: June 18, 2010, 11:25:56 AM »
Holy Way-back Machine, Batman! BeeBeeDubya,I think your age is showing! I know mine is! :D
An update on that scope. I shimmed it, then re-centered the adjustments, and let fly. Better. I'm sure I can get the POA to catch the POI now without running out of adjustment. The rifle shoots very well in.22. It's a ragged one-hole shooter from my indoor nine yard range. Good thing the Centerpoint focuses down to five yards. I'm having fun, but I may join an airgun club for giggles and grins, and long range shooting. What's a model 1073 for for distance-wise? Anyone know?
Darryl
sorry about your cat Mrs.B. I thought it was a squirrel. Well, one down; eight to go! No Ma\'am. Not funny.

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Re: riddle me this: RS2 shooting way low in .177
« Reply #38 on: June 18, 2010, 11:46:04 AM »
i would hope it can do one ragged whole at 9yds. if it aint, there is definetly something wrong. and im not putting down the shooter

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Re: riddle me this: RS2 shooting way low in .177
« Reply #39 on: June 18, 2010, 01:04:22 PM »
Well, I ain't no Annie Oakley, but I do all right! lol! Actually I look forward to some distance shooting. Chip and Dale are mocking me until I get this rifle sorted out, then it's BAM!-ZOOM!_STRAIGHT-TO-THE-MOON!! But maybe I should have taken your advice and returned the rifle for something better. Can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear (and all that). Still it tows Crosman Premium Hunting Magnums at a good, twacking pace. Heck. did I say the scope cost more than the rifle? That's what i get for trolling the Bargain Forums.
darryl
sorry about your cat Mrs.B. I thought it was a squirrel. Well, one down; eight to go! No Ma\'am. Not funny.

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Re: riddle me this: RS2 shooting way low in .177
« Reply #40 on: June 18, 2010, 11:00:04 PM »
Darryl,
Honestly it doesnt matter much what you pay for a rifle they will ALL do great from a good tune...... I picked up one of the rs2's from wally world the 59 bucks too... trust me it may take alittle fiddeling around but you will get it to shoot just fine :)

another good buy from wally world is one of the phantoms they have in .177 my boy picked one up and its a monster for a 80 buck rifle just ask Jay morgan (who happens to be MY dad...) lol I am living a bit north up in Xenia....

Hell let us know we can figure out a place to meet up and do some shooting( we used to shoot in the old mans/my back yards as we where neighbors but I dont know how the new neighbor would like that much LOL.... Would tell you all to come up here but I have not setup a shooting lane yet and need to figure out a backstop

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Re: riddle me this: RS2 shooting way low in .177
« Reply #41 on: June 19, 2010, 04:06:26 AM »
Hi Mike,
Thanks for the offer to go shooting. That sounds like  a trip I would not mind making one day. Maybe we can work something out. :)
As far as fiddling with the RS2, I'm not really set up for doing that as I don't have a work bench. I do have a kitchen counter that ought to be big enough, so maybe I can construct a spring compressor, and do a light tune. The rifle shoots well enough, but could be a bit smoother. It seems to require a tight hold for best accuracy. Mine seems to like the Crosman Premium Domed Magnum hunting pellet. Very accurate, and hard-hitting. The Gamo flat-nosed matched pellets don't do as well in my unit. I want to try Gamo's Predator look-alike poly mags in.22 some time. I have this idea it would make a great little "tank-buster" of a pellet in the RS2.

I'll have to check up on that Phantom. Does Wally have it in .22? I'll check online. Since I sold my R1s some years ago the wife has looked down on the cheap-O Chinese rifles I bought later (B4-2, and B3-1). They are crude, but fun to shoot, if down on power. When I bagged the Beeman she seemed to approve, and even held her tongue when I told her i had a bent barrel. What's in a name?  :D
darryl
sorry about your cat Mrs.B. I thought it was a squirrel. Well, one down; eight to go! No Ma\'am. Not funny.


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Re: riddle me this: RS2 shooting way low in .177
« Reply #43 on: June 19, 2010, 06:20:25 AM »
thanks for the links, Bentong. I already had the trigger-mod document, but the disassembly.pdf is much appreciated. Now I feel assured not to muck it up!   :emoticon:
darryl
sorry about your cat Mrs.B. I thought it was a squirrel. Well, one down; eight to go! No Ma\'am. Not funny.

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Re: riddle me this: RS2 shooting way low in .177
« Reply #44 on: June 19, 2010, 10:37:03 AM »
Darryl,
I dont have the equipment to turn out custom spring guides(no lathe) but if you drag it up here I have a workshop setup, I can do a complete basic tune for you similiar to what I did to my dads Whisper here in this thread
http://www.gatewaytoairguns.com/airguns/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=28003&posts=13&start=1

we can pull her apart and see if the seal needs replaced if its in good shape we can just fix her up with the stock internals and then when/if the spring goes or the seal goes it will just be a matter of swapping them out....

lol the b3's have quiet a following here on this forum they can be tuned into fun little shooters themselves LOL