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90 FPE .224 Marauder

hey-Hey!!!,
I built a.224 Marauder around a TJ Hornet liner. 27″ barrel, 14″ twist and installed a 53 ci Catalina tank for the air supply. It has a custom valve, and a pull back bolt with a flat face. Firing position leaves no part of the bolt across the transfer port, though an adjustable stop to act as the velocity needle does in the OE valve is next. It shoots 20 shots across about 350 psi with a 15 fps spread centered on 950 fps. Boolits from a Lyman 43 gr mold that turns out to be 45 gr with 2% Tin content alloy. Boolits lubed with 30 wt Bel Ray fork oil. The barrel requires a weight to tune the oscillation, and with a short bit of adjustment tuning I get dime sized groups at 40 yards consistently…:) more work is required to set the weight right where it belongs. This down from a group size between an inch and a half and an inch and a quarter. Weather warm enough to shoot w/o freeing one’s fingertips would be most welcome.
cheers,
Douglas

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really cool ❗

quote Jobobo:

This is what crosman should be making. Nicely done!

It is a wee bit over the top for most with the 53 ci tank. With the Condor’s 500cc tank( on a slightly different Center Line ), it is outstanding, and with weight reduction and redistribution I don’t see why they don’t do it too.
cheers,
Douglas

This is what crosman should be making. Nicely done!

quote maw:

Is it single shot or clip or what

since it is built around a 2563 breech, it runs a 25’s longer magazine. It has a 22’s 10 shot star wheel installed. It has also had the cover relieved to take boolits up to a half an inch long. 10 shot repeater, IOW…:)
cheers,
Douglas

Is it single shot or clip or what

Here you go:

quote maw:

I am not getting the picture not a member of server.

I am not getting the picture not a member of server.

Here is a link to a pic:
http://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?action=media;sa=media;in=2564;preview

For the boolits, I will take some pix of them…currently a TL225-40-RF is also looking pretty good, and fits in the magazine. Those and NOE’s 225107…which weigh a grain less at 39 do pretty well also. Got to do some work with some .224 swaged but they only weigh 30 gr. North American Arms cap and ball ammo…:)
cheers,
Douglas

22 and shoots good, someone I know will be glad to hear that, too bad no pic.

Pics of the bullets too please 😀

Whaaaaaaaaaaat?! NO YOU DIDN’T. Uh Uhhhh, no you didn’t…….lol

Man, post up some pics of that puppy dude.

This is awesome news right here :8:

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