Looking at getting a second Airgun

[Jerrycup]

If Mike Melick has any of the .22 B-26 left (I believe he said this was in doubt for the future, too), you can have a great gun giving you about 700 fps and real accuracy, smooth firing cycle, solid materials, design, workmanship. I think Mike was shipping these $160 or $170 lube tuned with trigger work that makes the Chinese "Rekord" copy work very well. The B26-2 has a thumbhole stock, and it's a bit more, but it is very nice with the lower comb. His latest announcement said he had four of these that had not been spoken coming in on an old order from distributor.

http://airgunartisans.com/flyingdragon/

With a $70 Centerpoint AO scope and a set of mounts, that's about $260 new and spiffy. Hard to get a better new rifle at the price.

[copotay]

triry - 6/10/2009  3:54 PM

copotay,............just curious about your screen name. cop is obvious,,,otay as in south san diego by chance ?

Lol, not close, but I can see how you might think that, its actually a french term that means "all messed up" tks for asking

Well did not have a chance to get back to the forum after I ordered the RWS 34 P earlier this afternoon. I ended up getting the fiber stock because I realized that the the wood stock had the Monte Carlo style and I am a lefty shooting a rifle/shotgun  but a righty for pistols and handwriting. Wierd huh. I chose the one that was not a combo at Pyramid and only the rifle for now, because I forgot to mention in my original post that I am usually hunting those possums and armadillos in the middle of the night and I have a fishing pond with snapping turtles that are usually eating my fish against the shore when I can sneak up on them in close quarters where the open sights will be more of an assest than a scope.

I really appreciate everyone's input in making my final decision. tks, its great to have a site like this because I am sure this will not be my last rifle.
 :emoticon:

[spark22]

well one thing you should do for that gamo is get a new trigger,just goto the gamo fourm and see what we have all said about the GRTIII replacemant trigger from Charlie Da Tuna it does wornders for gamo's and crosman rifles and is only $32 shipped so fast it only took 2 days to get mine.As far as a good squirrel gun I love my 22cal.Benjamin Discovery it has never missed and never failed to drop one istantly with one shoot all the way out to 60 yrds,I love it so much I will end up getting the Marauder just because it has everything the disco doesn't and can only be twice as good!

[ac12basis]

re the GRT trigger (and similar after-market triggers).
It is a great trigger (I have one on my Gamo Delta), but the trigger weight is reduced significantly, and there is no way to adjust the trigger weight.  Depending on how you shoot this may or may not be an issue for you.  For me on a controlled range and me shooting, not a problem.  But to use it as a trainer/beginners rifle for a kid or new shooter, IMHO the trigger is WAY TOO LIGHT.  There is a safety factor with a heavy trigger.  Similar reason your service pistol has a heavy trigger.  For a field rifle, it depends on the circumstances of the hunt, where the trigger becomes too light.  Keep the parts, and if it turns out to be too light, you can put the original trigger back in.  Unfortunately, the only way to know is to actually install it and use it.

BTW have you thought about using a red-dot sight?  Same zero magnification as iron, but a lot easier to see, especially if the background is dark.

[larspawn]

Copotay,

I have the B26 (MM tuned, custom stock by Howie) and it is smooth and a joy to shoot.  I also have an untuned B25.  I'd recommend either rifle.  Both have really nice triggers, smooth cycling and very accurate.  My B25 is brand new so it is still breaking in but it actually has a bit more velocity than the B26 by about 50-60 fps.  The B25 is shooting around 750 fps with Beeman lasers.  I got the B25 for $140 including a quite bright and clear 3-9 x 40 scope at bestairgun.com  if you buy a couple tins of pellets and spend $150 you get free shipping.  This is an awesome deal on an excellent rifle!

Andy Wong aka larspawn

[lillysdad621]

hands down win... the RWS panther 34 on .22 caliber. german quality, retains its value, shoots stupid hard (730 fps with hunting weight pellets) and it looks so mean.

[copotay]

ac12basis - 6/11/2009  11:42 PM

re the GRT trigger (and similar after-market triggers).
It is a great trigger (I have one on my Gamo Delta), but the trigger weight is reduced significantly, and there is no way to adjust the trigger weight.  Depending on how you shoot this may or may not be an issue for you.  For me on a controlled range and me shooting, not a problem.  But to use it as a trainer/beginners rifle for a kid or new shooter, IMHO the trigger is WAY TOO LIGHT.  There is a safety factor with a heavy trigger.  Similar reason your service pistol has a heavy trigger.  For a field rifle, it depends on the circumstances of the hunt, where the trigger becomes too light.  Keep the parts, and if it turns out to be too light, you can put the original trigger back in.  Unfortunately, the only way to know is to actually install it and use it.

BTW have you thought about using a red-dot sight?  Same zero magnification as iron, but a lot easier to see, especially if the background is dark.

Yes I looked at the red dots and have one on my M16, it works great on tactical entries in low light, I may get one for it and see how I like it. Never thought about the weight either but yes you are right about the trigger, I will have to check it out to see if I like it.

[rkr]

ac12basis - 6/12/2009  9:42 AM

re the GRT trigger (and similar after-market triggers).
It is a great trigger (I have one on my Gamo Delta), but the trigger weight is reduced significantly, and there is no way to adjust the trigger weight.  Depending on how you shoot this may or may not be an issue for you.  For me on a controlled range and me shooting, not a problem.  But to use it as a trainer/beginners rifle for a kid or new shooter, IMHO the trigger is WAY TOO LIGHT.  There is a safety factor with a heavy trigger.  Similar reason your service pistol has a heavy trigger.  For a field rifle, it depends on the circumstances of the hunt, where the trigger becomes too light.  Keep the parts, and if it turns out to be too light, you can put the original trigger back in.  Unfortunately, the only way to know is to actually install it and use it.

BTW have you thought about using a red-dot sight?  Same zero magnification as iron, but a lot easier to see, especially if the background is dark.

Mine was also too light for my taste. I had trouble sensing the transition from 1st to 2nd stage even though I'm  used to match triggers in 10M rifles. I solved the problem by adjusting out the first stage entirely and I'm now quite happy with the trigger.