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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Picture Gallery » Happy Birthday to Me! Goto page 1, 2  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic  Happy Birthday to Me!   Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:54 am rsterne Moderator Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 2998 Location: Coalmont, BC After a couple of months delay waiting for the dealer to get them back in stock I finally got my BAM B-28 in .22 cal.... The gun is gorgeous and to my surprise was 6 oz. lighter than the 8 lb. advertised weight.... With the Hawke Airmax 3-9 x 40 AO scope and a medium height one-piece mount (thanks AirGunEric) the total weight is an ounce under 9 lbs so I'm a very happy camper.... I removed the stock sights and made an aluminum "brake" to cover the sight groove and act as a cocking handle.... The scope has the Hawke MAP-6 reticle which should give me aim points from about 7 to 75 yards.... Bob _________________ Dominion Marksman Silver Shield - 5890 x 6000 in 1976, and downhill ever since! Airsonal: Too many to count!   Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:57 am oddtodd Silver Status Member Joined: 30 Dec 2008 Posts: 2029 Location: Richmond, IN USA Happy birthday Bob!!!! And you got yourself a fine little beauty there. Happy shooting!! _________________ Airguns: Two starlings talking "Larry, did you hear that? Larry?? LARRY!!!!"   Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:48 am broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands I wish I got presents like that for my birthday. I'm jealous, but congratulations anyway! I'm looking forward to your lengthy posts considering this subject! _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 2:33 pm Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA But, but, er, - it's a springer! Not a single valve - how will you cope? Kidding aside, it's beautiful. Now let's see some charts and graphs, or at least pictures of dead bunnies. _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:14 pm rsterne Moderator Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 2998 Location: Coalmont, BC Thanks for the birthday wishes, guys!.... much appreciated.... 62 and counting.... Tried this beast this afternoon.... shot about 10 pellets to sight it in and then tried some groups with 4 different weight JSB exact pellets.... It prompty shook the scope mounting rail loose (twice) in a total of about 40 shots.... .... It's now nice and tight with blue loctite on the locating screws and I'll let it harden until tomorrow before firing it again.... I ran about a dozen dry patches through the barrel before the first shot before they came out clean.... No dieseling even on the first shot which was a pleasant surprise.... I haven't tried anything except the JSBs so far and the gun is far from broken in but here are the results so far: JSB Exact RS 13.4 gr: 757 fps - 17.1 FPE (yeah, they were slower than the 14.3 gr).... JSB Exact Express 14.3 gr: 771 fps - 18.9 FPE JSB Exact 15.9 gr: 750 fps - 19.9 FPE JSB Exact Heavy 18.1 gr: 735 fps - 21.7 FPE As you can see, at least on a brand new gun.... there is a definite trend to higher energy with the heavier pellets.... I'll try the 25.4 gr. JSB Exact Monsters after the loctite sets.... and a whole bunch of other pellets as well.... Bob _________________ Dominion Marksman Silver Shield - 5890 x 6000 in 1976, and downhill ever since! Airsonal: Too many to count!   Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 5:50 pm donec Senior Member Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Posts: 836 Location: central Texas Pflugerville area Congratulations Bob on your birthday and your great present.   Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:54 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho so you're how old bob? 39? looks good! makes me want to sell my tech force 89 and get one. sure would piss my wife off since she bought it for me for my b-day 2 years ago. is the trigger metal? Last edited by sniper on Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:56 pm; edited 1 time in total _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:55 pm rsterne Moderator Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 2998 Location: Coalmont, BC Quote: 62 and counting Bob _________________ Dominion Marksman Silver Shield - 5890 x 6000 in 1976, and downhill ever since! Airsonal: Too many to count!   Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 6:58 pm sniper Silver Status Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 3752 Location: Star, Idaho i know. just razzing. _________________ I believe in gun control, If there's a gun around I want to be controlling it.......   Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2010 12:22 am 1377x Member Joined: 03 Mar 2010 Posts: 38 Location: upper midwest usa congrats & happy birthday!   Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 3:03 am Mark5043 Silver Status Member Joined: 12 Apr 2009 Posts: 1379 Now that's a fine looking BAM....Happy birthday Bob!...a few days late.Been away from the computer..   Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 3:04 pm fritz Silver Status Member Joined: 25 Nov 2008 Posts: 2444 Location: New Jersey- outside of Philadelphia Congrats Bob. Now how does the gun shoot? _________________ "I never set out to be wierd, it was always everyone else who called me it" -Frank Zappa Speed is impressive, accuracy is deadly. It's not that I'm not a people person, it's just that I'm not a stupid people person.   Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 5:12 pm oddtodd Silver Status Member Joined: 30 Dec 2008 Posts: 2029 Location: Richmond, IN USA Yeah bob, cmon! write up on the new gun. Pretty please?? _________________ Airguns: Two starlings talking "Larry, did you hear that? Larry?? LARRY!!!!"   Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 10:55 pm rsterne Moderator Joined: 15 Jan 2008 Posts: 2998 Location: Coalmont, BC Been busy grouse hunting (with my PCP carbine, 11 so far, 2 today) and helping around the motel.... hope to get back to pellet testing tomorrow.... I have about 40 different types to try.... Bob _________________ Dominion Marksman Silver Shield - 5890 x 6000 in 1976, and downhill ever since! Airsonal: Too many to count!   Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 11:29 am Alstone Moderator & Site Supporter Joined: 01 Mar 2007 Posts: 4139 Location: Linconshire, ENGLAND Happy Birthday Bob and a very nice birthday present to boot! 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