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barrywhite

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  1. a bit late now but you may be able to solve the crosshair problem by adjusting the eye piece lens . i am assuming you have not tryed this . it is esay to do just rotate the eye piece lens . there is often a locking ring screwed up to the bit of metal that holds the lens , losen the ring and the lens rotates sometime they are just stiff some times they are loose with no locking ring. sometime the front lens on some scopes can be moved in and out by losening the locking rings and set for a different range say 30 or 20 yards which is better for air guns ( dont go for this only if you think you k
  2. OMG another loop hole in the law . If one was to say a little prayer before throwing the spear and if the spear was aimed at the animals neck , how could any one object .
  3. thanks that makes a bit more sense now . If it is possible to make sense of non sense . I guess hunting with a cattie if someone took offense they could get you for cruelty .Yes.I wondered what the law is on spears and the such? Throwing spears? U. it may come under stabbing wild life ..not allowed .. but one may be able to argue the need to maintain diversity of cultures in England Scotland and Wales , so today in the diverse country of Britain hunting with spears should be a must . It will create a rich diverse hunting culture mirroring that of the high st takeaway .
  4. thanks that makes a bit more sense now . If it is possible to make sense of non sense . I guess hunting with a cattie if someone took offense they could get you for cruelty .
  5. if it is a new gun I would shoot a tin of pellets at targets first . To become a good shot with that gun and see how the gun handles , all guns shoot a bit different you have to work out how to hold and shoot each gun .If the gun is not of target or well under powered I would do nothing , just run the gun in shooting it . I have 97k shoots fantastic it has had nothing done to it just shot loads of pellets . I have a bsa lighting . that shot ok for a bsa lighting until the spring broke I tuned it up it now shoots great , but the trigger is still a nightmare . I had a hw 35 from a long time ago
  6. to get closer to 12 ft lbs . You could mess with just the valve and hammer ect but you will use more co2 . T R Robb has all the information, springs ,valves , barrels ect or did have not looked on his site for years .If you want to start throwing your money and time down a hole thats the way to go . I had a steath years ago trying to get it working well bit of a night mare .In the end I got it to shoot fine but the gun had to be set a 10.5 ft lbs with average pellets .With very very heavy pellets it could still shoot at 12.5 ft lbs at some point of the power curve . After tins and tins of pell
  7. The longer barrel will give more power as a rule . If the valves hammer springs ect are the same on both guns you will be fine as for becoming to powerful .The problem you have co2 has different power at different temperatures . You will have to check your guns power when it is warm when. The cost of pellets , chrono , barrel ,time messing about I would leave your gun as is, if you wont more power get a single shot pcp , or a good qualiy spring gun .
  8. the one or two thing I dont like about my verminator mark 1 that are the same on the mark 2 I guess . is the bottle attachment one crossthread and you dead . Also they should have an addapter for pumping up the bottle like theoben or stealth , joining the bottle to the gun to charge it is a pain and then there is all the air loss when you disconect the bottle .on the mark 1 it is easy to loose the mag if you pull out the bolt spindle thing by accident , something i have done in the dark when you load the next shot your mag flys of .I guess that is fixed on the mark 2 . I have solved the mag p
  9. as a quick guide as to how much elastic to use . If you shoot your catty and it slaps your hand and gives you pain , you have to much elastic on your catty , or you are shooting to light an ammo . The excess power is slapping your hand by using heavy ammo it will use the excess power .
  10. Ok you can shoot game with a catapult , pigeons rabbits ect with a bb or lead shot ( smooth rock??? ) You cannot shoot a rabbit or pigeon with an arrow from a sling shot . You cannot shoot a rabbit or pigeon with a bow (crossbow) and arrow . This is my question can you shoot a rabbit or a pigeon with the shoot tek rubber powered bow slingshot thing with a BB . if not why not ? can you shoot a rabbit or pigeon with the shoot tek ar 480 using a BB . it has the accuracy of an air gun and all the power needed to do the job . If not why not ? My thought is realy there is no difference between a bow
  11. thats what i do ..i got 10 of ebay they were crap , the hole in the centre of the pouch was of centre in most of them . If you are selling just pouches and can not get that right what is the piont . so i make my own a bit of experimenting with hole sizes and pouch sizes . Or one could play.. battle field star galactica 10 .. on the new x box 9 for ever instead .
  12. or just normal office bands looped to gether .
  13. have a go cut up some ply wood .tubes are the ezyest bands to make . constrictor knot to tye the pouch all on.. you tube . rolyan orange tube shoots 10mm 9.5 mm or rolyan green more power .
  14. make sure your fork is smooth fill holes with eposy or something rubdown with fine paper , paint or varnish but have no dents or holes in finished fork . they can eat bands fast .
  15. making a pouch . the black widow ones are massive not so good I cut some leather 80mm x 20 mm with scissores . the leather will streach
  16. .............B and Q .................. buy some ply wood , sand paper , fret saw and rasp ( very course sand paper ??? ) . or find a tree make a fork some how . get some rubber off the net ebay ect . get a piece leather . you will need new bands sooner rather than later learn to make your own . As it happens I have lots of off cuts of ply in the man cave. Is there a pattern or is it just cut from the eye so to speak? i looked at catties on the net . i rememered my old ones i made as a kid out off trees . i understand the problems with the black widow style catties for me ( s
  17. .............B and Q .................. buy some ply wood , sand paper , fret saw and rasp ( very course sand paper ??? ) . or find a tree make a fork some how . get some rubber off the net ebay ect . get a piece leather . you will need new bands sooner rather than later learn to make your own .
  18. the trick for me to getting a longer band life out of flat bands is tieing the pouch on . put the bands in a jig of some sort . then when i tie the band on with a thin strip of rubber i do three turns close to the pouch quite firm , then i do three turns up the bands loose , then i do three turns close to the pouch tight and tie of the rap .i do this so when you shoot the catapult and the bands expand near the pouch the rap dosent cut into the flat bands . if i get this correct my bands last i long time .roylan orange or green if you want tubes
  19. not sure whats going on with your gun but i will have go . not sure what you mean by bottle screwing into breech . If your gun works like a stealth . a hammer hits open a valve in the bottle to release air to shoot the gun the problem could be 1 alinement of bottle ..causing valve not to openig enough because of friction 2 air leak .. on opening valve not all air gets behind pellet some leaks out . 3 the bottle dosent go into the action enough ..not alowing the valve to open enough because hammer dosent hit with enough force . but if gun works like a theoben or air arms ect you screw on the
  20. when its cold the bands dont work as well . stretch them out a few times before shooting may help .
  21. a basic blackwidow type . the bands are a bit heavy so you need big ammo . they are ok for a novice . eazy to use no hitting forks or hands . , but for accuracy more old style seems the best (for me) . there will be people who can shoot and love blackwidows . I still have mine from late 70s .I can make what ever bans I wont for it now . light heavy flat or tube .
  22. looks like your it ..waiting for review
  23. I attach mine to the forks .shooting over the top .the bands always wear at the pouch first . I see no piont in tabs . you will also loose a little power with taps because you have a shorter draw .
  24. ply wood , coping saw , sand paper, paint or varnish make what you want .
  25. you tube . if it is wrapped correctly it will last a long time longer than the bands .
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