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General Discussion To Gateway To Airguns => Airgun Gate => : geiger November 28, 2008, 09:54:02 AM
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hi again.
so a few days ago i've bought a scope (i postponed the CO2 pistol purchase for a later time)...since i was on an extremely tight budget i decided to go for a gamo, specifically the Gamo 4x32 WR. after doing quite some research on the panthers barrel droop i've chosen to rather have a go at shimming the back ring rather than buy an adjustable scope mount. the mount is a gamo one piece TS-250 high.
http://shrani.si/f/2C/HT/WC8xpcf/picture-002.jpg
http://shrani.si/f/31/Xv/1rNWmKlg/picture-003.jpg
http://shrani.si/f/3/CC/3L3YkUeJ/picture-004.jpg
i've made a muzzle weight...well it's not exactly a weight since it's out of aluminum. i didn't like having the front sight on so i changed it to this which looks better and still protects the muzzle from damage.
http://shrani.si/f/x/81/1BASS4RC/picture-005.jpg
if you look closely you can see a shim at the back of the ring...i'v run out of film negatives so i just put a thin piece of flexible plastic foil (don't really know how it's called...i think it's PVC foil)
http://shrani.si/f/2W/oi/4QaGDyQ1/picture-006.jpg
since it's well known that on the panther the mount likes to creep, i first wanted to drill a screw in the front of the mount and put some kind of washer so that it prevents movement, but i was lazy and besides the gamo mount has the stopping pin really near the edge so i didn't bother drilling.
so far i've shot some 200 shots and the scope still seems zeroed in.
the gun still smokes just a tiny bit, like expected...but we'll see how it works after 1000 shots.
so far...i'm impressed at the gamo stuff...sure, it's obviously less polished that the more expensive stuff but for the money i can't complain. for example the original Diana adjustable mount costs almost 4x times more and i've also heard that it doesn't allow you too many height adjustments before the screws go bad.
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Mike thanks for sharing your pictures. That Panther 34 has a great power plant. It has been the bread and butter for RWS probably since the 70's. I have owned a couple of RWS 34's, including the RWS 36 and both are exactly the same power plant. Some of the Chinese have even tried to copy there design. The Panther has been a great addition to the RWS line of medium to high powered air rifles. They are generally very accurate as well and shooting in the mid to low 900 fps range in a .177 cal. I just bought another used RWS 34 just for the power plant in order to mod it into a MODEL 34 MEISTERSCHUTZE PRO COMPACT .177 CAL. It is less barrel heavy than it's predecessors. Good Luck and have fun...:)
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(http://../jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-smile.gif)Beautiful setup, love RWS Panther 34, Happy and Safe shooting......Bill
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thanks guys. :)
one question though...since i'm new to scopes i'm kinda wondering. a scope is zeroed to a particular distance, let's say 40 yards. when you hunt or field targeting...do you make sure you are on the correct distance or do you make adjustments to the elevation or windage? i have to mention that my scope is the most basic one and to adjust it you have to unscrew the caps on the dials to make adjustments...which is extremely unpractical while hunting or making quick changes. do the high quality ones have fast adjustment or some kind of knobs? i'm confused :D
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Geiger,
Your rifle should not smoke after the first 3 or 4 shots. I would keep a close eye on it. What temperatures are you shooting in?
Ronnie
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rabbit - 11/29/2008 2:41 PM
Geiger,
Your rifle should not smoke after the first 3 or 4 shots. I would keep a close eye on it. What temperatures are you shooting in?
Ronnie
actually...yes i know...but there are alot of factors involved here...since the grease injection way back, the stuff did get in the seal and in the end corners of the compression chamber so it might be that is just burning that stuff first. thing is that when shooting the light hobby pellets the gun doesn't smoke, only when i switched to the heavier ones i got some smoke. otherwise i'm shooting at outside temp 10C.
the second time opening it i've used some molybdenum grease but i can't be sure if it does contain some kind of organic oil that is burning off, but there is considerably less smoke than when i've used the high speed bearing grease. after a shoot there's a light haze left in the barrel that goes away in a few seconds. i'll wait some more shoots if it might stop...otherwise i'm really not in a mood to open it a third time :D altough now i have a pretty good working spring press and putting it apart is a matter of minutes.
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Geiger,
If you are dieseling, you can do some major damage in a hurry.
Rabbit
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rabbit - 11/30/2008 6:23 AM
Geiger,
If you are dieseling, you can do some major damage in a hurry.
Rabbit
well...yes, but i don't have too many options right now. it's the damn grease...i can't find a proper one where i live.