I have a feeling you'd enjoy my .17HMR rifle, Adidas.

Ridiculously loud. Very heavy gun. All stainless with a thumbole stock like this:

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Zero recoil. Supreme accuracy. Shoots sub-MOA groups at 100yds (that's <1" circle at 100yds). The best I could get was a 19mm grouping out of a bench rest.

Quote from: Kijona on May 02, 2013, 10:18:24 PM
I have a feeling you'd enjoy my .17HMR rifle, Adidas.

Ridiculously loud. Very heavy gun. All stainless with a thumbole stock like this:

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Zero recoil. Supreme accuracy. Shoots sub-MOA groups at 100yds (that's <1" circle at 100yds). The best I could get was a 19mm grouping out of a bench rest.

if you handload Kij, ... play with your powder type and amount a little more... higher or lower amount ... and .1 of a grain can count! .. for a .17 cal... regardless of HMR, Remington, fireball etc .. you should be able to get sub half inch groups at 100 yards! , almost a tack driver those things are.. and even more so with your bull barrel

believe or not .. just like Mr Ripley! , my old man used to do a lot of fox shooting in the 70's and 80's with a 17 Rem... when skin prices were $30-40 each .. out to 300 yards .. in between the eyes or at least within skull EVERY time .. you GOTTA GOTTA clean the barrel every 20 shots or accuracy goes awol... but i reckon you can achieve better with your HMR!! 

Quote from: Janx101 on May 02, 2013, 10:29:26 PM

Quote from: Kijona on May 02, 2013, 10:18:24 PM
I have a feeling you'd enjoy my .17HMR rifle, Adidas.

Ridiculously loud. Very heavy gun. All stainless with a thumbole stock like this:

(click for bigger)


Zero recoil. Supreme accuracy. Shoots sub-MOA groups at 100yds (that's <1" circle at 100yds). The best I could get was a 19mm grouping out of a bench rest.

if you handload Kij, ... play with your powder type and amount a little more... higher or lower amount ... and .1 of a grain can count! .. for a .17 cal... regardless of HMR, Remington, fireball etc .. you should be able to get sub half inch groups at 100 yards! , almost a tack driver those things are.. and even more so with your bull barrel

believe or not .. just like Mr Ripley! , my old man used to do a lot of fox shooting in the 70's and 80's with a 17 Rem... when skin prices were $30-40 each .. out to 300 yards .. in between the eyes or at least within skull EVERY time .. you GOTTA GOTTA clean the barrel every 20 shots or accuracy goes awol... but i reckon you can achieve better with your HMR!! 

Kind of hard to handload rimfire ammunition... 

I've found that 50rds is about the max before copper solvent is needed. I also found that this rifle likes the heavier 20gr bullets versus the lighter 15 and 17gr bullets.

Anyone put a gun rack on a GS500?
Is there such thing as a red-neck GS500?

ooops 

sorry Kij, its been so long since i paid attention to rifle stuff.. forgot what it was.. 

however.... the cleaning... i know its a pain in the butt... but just a normal clean 20-25 rounds should improve the accuracy a little... or at least minimise the 'opening up' ... its such a tiny little bore/bullet! ... then again .. any .22 rimfire i have ever owned in the past ... cleaned it maybe every 200 rounds... and then it would regain accuracy.. AFTER about 5 shots!?... so yeah rimfire is different behaviours .. 

barrel floated and bedded?...

not knocking your unit at ALL!!!.. looks like a schweet little piece .. just the benchrest figures surprised me a little ... sorry

Quote from: adidasguy on May 02, 2013, 10:47:58 PM
Anyone put a gun rack on a GS500?
Is there such thing as a red-neck GS500?

I think I saw one of our members with one?

I think I'm part way there to that gun.
The scope looks familiar. I haven't put it on anything yet (obviously).


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OK, what happened to the air gun business?
Seems sites say that as of Jan 4, 2013 they no longer sell fully automatic pellet guns.
What law caused this?
Where can I get one now? Enavix made some nice ones.

Quote from: adidasguy on May 02, 2013, 11:08:49 PM
I think I'm part way there to that gun.
The scope looks familiar. I haven't put it on anything yet (obviously).

Sorry, should've clarified that that isn't my rifle. Just one exactly like mine. I have a Simmons 44MAG scope on mine. Otherwise identical.

It amazes me how some high end air rifles/ airsoft guns are more expensive than similar guns that are real  Girlfriend and I at the range a few weeks ago.

So anybody know the answer regarding Jan 4 and fully automatic air guns? Did our f%$king government ban toys out of stupid fear of one crazy person? Like you're going to take down a bazillion people with a BB gun that shoots only 8 to 12 rounds at a time? The air only lasts for 40 to 50?

anyone know what law took place Jan 4?

No idea why full auto airguns wouldn't be legal as I'm finding some online with no mention of Jan. 4. May be something on the part of Evanix and not the US gov't

Wasn't Jan 4 around the time they were trying to get assault weapons banned? I miss my .22lr cartridges.

I support the second amendment but I don't think it's a good idea for gun owners to advertise what they have outside their circle of trusted friends, unless they're a gun dealer.  Putting a list of all your hardware on the internet is far from the wisest thing you can do, especially these days, IMHO.  No matter how careful you are they can find you through your ISP.  Best of luck to you all and God Bless America.

Quote from: bill14224 on May 03, 2013, 02:55:02 PM
I support the second amendment but I don't think it's a good idea for gun owners to advertise what they have outside their circle of trusted friends, unless they're a gun dealer.  Putting a list of all your hardware on the internet is far from the wisest thing you can do, especially these days, IMHO.  No matter how careful you are they can find you through your ISP.  Best of luck to you all and God Bless America.

When you purchase a gun from an FFL dealer you are required by law to pass a NICS and fill out form 4473. I don't believe the form is turned over the the gov't, but BATF can request/inquire on firearm transactions whenever they like and get your social security #, address, etc. from the dealer. This would be the route the gov't would take to find out "who has what", not scouring message forums filled with liars, idiots, and jerkoffs. Unless were talking about illegal weapons in which case you'd have retarded to talk about owning online.

dont think he meant the govt track the owners down... more like the criminals can...

case about 10 months ago in Australia... fella took a 'brag picture' with his phone of his tidy little collection... and posted it up somewhere... forgot or didnt realise that a lot of phone pictures can have a 'location code' embedded in them... crims knew what to do to get that info out... broke into his house... nicked his collection and made a hell of a mess in the process ..

just sayin 

ohhh, gotcha. Well that's unfortunate.  Hope he had insurance on his guns!

Relieving stress.
25 yards with air gun. 16 shots. Not too bad, I guess.


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Quote from: adidasguy on May 05, 2013, 09:26:00 PM
Relieving stress.
25 yards with air gun. 16 shots. Not too bad, I guess.

Looks good  What you shooting out of it?

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Quote from: adidasguy on May 05, 2013, 09:26:00 PM
Relieving stress.
25 yards with air gun. 16 shots. Not too bad, I guess.

Looks good  What you shooting out of it?

Hammerli 850 Co2 AirMagnum Air Rifle- .177 Cal 754 fps
Stoeger X-Speed Extreme Velocity Domed Lead-Free Alloy Dome Pellet .177 cal 25% Faster
And a nice 3x9-40mm scope
I need to go to a 50 yard range and try to dial in the scope better. Most I can go at home is 30+ yards
Gun uses 88g cylinders so pretty quiet. Like with my bikes, I don't like loud things.

nice grouping on the target. if you want to see it shrink more and are adventurous, drop the trigger group out of your gun and hone the sear a bit to smooth it out. not too remove much material . just take out the rough casting marks. always did this with every new gun a bought since the triggers where crap. got 5 shot groups at 100 yards to go from 2 inches down to 1/2 inch. it will make your shooting more enjoyable than it already is.