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Gateway To Product Reviews => Air Gun Mods and Tunes => : Gene_SC January 15, 2009, 09:14:01 AM
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I have been on a roll the last couple months with the mid range to lower end TF air rifles in .177. One I gave to Ed AKA Shadow of Shadow Camo Works. It was a TF-59 which I had moded with a delrin piston sleeve plus a few other tricks..:)
After the TF-59 I bought a TF-49 which I think cost around $65.00 plus $10.00 shipping from Comasseco. I was hoping the TF-49 and TF-59 had the same trigger as the TF-89 which is one great trigger IMO next to the B-26 trigger. On a good note the TF-59 was a Gamo cloned trigger and I was able to fit the GRT-III trigger in it. Now the TF-49 had your run of the mill Chinese mouse trap trigger..:) But was able to do a bit of tuning on it to get a crisp release. Ended up with more free play than I liked but it did turn out very crisp on the break. It is advertised at 800 fps from Compasseco, but the best I could get out of it before the tune was around 720 fps on the average, After the tune I was getting a wopping average of 760 fps with JSB's...:) That is still good for what I plan on using it for. I mounted a Tasco Golden antler 3-9X32 AO scope on it and set up a target at 20 yards with my new Bushnell range finder...:), which I got a great deal on from Optics Planet. Hitting inside 1" circle 7 out of 10 shots. I did not take any pictures of the target because I was testing a customers freshly tuned TF-89 and had used up most of the targets already.
On a special note the cocking effort is less than 25 lbs and is very light weight. It would be an excellent shooter for a youngster or a woman just learning to shoot.
Anyway here is the TF-49 which looks to me like smaller version of the TF-89.
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Rifle looks great Gene,,,, sounds like you wound up with a really nice mid powered shooter.
I looked at them also,, thought about getting one for a good "backyard" gun, plus I just liked the way it looked....
May have to give them another look :)
Glad the gun turned out so good.....
Jeff
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Another diamond emerges from your shop buddy and she sounds just as sweet as the shooter you sent me. The midrange shooters are capable of getting game gang, just got to do your part. I will be giving a review of the shooter that I received from Gene and when the temps rise and critters start moving again she will be headed for the woods to show off her skills. :) Ed