Talonairgun | bart | Activity https://talonairgunforum.com/members/bart/activity/ Activity feed for bart. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:09:21 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 aac9077ccb59ac61ea812240c04d04d9 bart replied to the topic Crazy idea? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/crazy-idea/page/2/#post-92751 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:48:07 -0400 http://www.amazon.com/Death-Magnetic-Metallica/dp/B00192KCQ0

]]> eb26dc96f813da0105e938804e066d41 bart replied to the topic @#$! pellet tins! in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/pellet-tins/page/2/#post-87772 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:50:47 -0400 I use this:

http://www.gehmann.com/pages-en/detail.php?id=250&headline=Zoom

pretty handy, got two of them
gotta get 200-250 count tins in .22 to use this though

]]> 06c7ee8835051ec0cf2cc69eb6e27ce9 bart replied to the topic chrony string with and without TKO shroud !!!! in the forum Other Guns https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/chrony-string-with-and-without-tko-shroud/#post-84205 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:43:20 -0400 could be a turbulence issue

]]> 073ab86cd30fc1c02fd260624aa00b91 bart replied to the topic Quick Fill mod passes hydro testing.....WHAT?????????? in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/quick-fill-mod-passes-hydro-testing-what/#post-83564 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:08:14 -0400 Now mam, if you don’t mind me saying so, calling Mark ignorant, implying that he’s calling other people a hack, reaching, incompetent, selfish, not concerned for other people’s well being, unknowledgable, unexperienced and unskilled is pretty harsh when he brings up some very very valid points.
In fact, I’m quite baffled why someone would lash out…Read more

]]> 17a87c97a3281668975a2df968b551d2 bart replied to the topic What's your favourite folding knife? in the forum Off Topic https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/what-s-your-favourite-folding-knife/page/2/#post-81372 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:45:29 -0400 quote blodnob:Opinel No8 drop point stainless.
Peels apples real good.

ha! i use that one too, pretty sharp, easy to use and keep sharp, a bit fragile, but incredibly cheap to replace, perfect for casual use
also have a little folder with olive wood handles i bought at a local french market a couple of years ago, sandvik steel, real sturdy, for…Read more

]]> 2fe3fada1ae3ef613eefe45b95956f73 bart replied to the topic Washing Pellets? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/washing-pellets/#post-80089 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:19:38 -0400 some pellet brands have a lot of of lead dust and lead shavings on the pellets, so they’re washed
and lubing pellets reduces friction, giving potentially higher speeds and better consistency
not everyone believes in the benefits of lubing pellets though
washing pellets is commonly accepted as beneficial, but not everyone bothers to do it (i don’t,…Read more

]]> 82c71b01ddfe0a5f4da84bb74bda6806 bart replied to the topic My new to me 80CF Luxfer Air Tank in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/my-new-to-me-80cf-luxfer-air-tank/#post-79693 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:45:48 -0400 Just a tip: on this side of the big water, fire departments use smaller 4500psi carbon fiber breathing air tanks, that they have a big compressor for, plus they’re usually pretty nice guys, especially the volunteer departments
i know a guy in our local department, he fills my tank for free, but i’m sure he’d do it for someone else as well for a…Read more

]]> ebc32913fc70120c4c4babc6050f84f7 bart replied to the topic Why bother with .25 in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/why-bother-with-25/page/3/#post-75567 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:36:31 -0400 somewhere someone once said you need 6fpe at impact to kill a bunny

]]> 822761334c53b1505db9a3200fff462d bart replied to the topic .308 in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/t308/#post-75211 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:26:58 -0400 7.82mm exact
the cartridge is 7.62x51mm NATO

]]> bf04bc00e2d64a6212f76f54bcc2cb70 bart replied to the topic da boy got smoke in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/da-boy-got-smoke/#post-74875 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:50:16 -0400 damn, he’s on fire

i got zapped with a couple of kV from the internals of one of those plasma balls a while ago, fortunately it doesn’t give out that much amperage
hand and lower arm were twitchy for a while though, and it hurt like a bitch

]]> cdf050209e342ae56db96e565a0ab116 bart replied to the topic Delrin head 'discovery'. in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/delrin-head-discovery/#post-74568 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:08:07 -0400 quote sawtime:Top hat towards tank, smaller od slightly tapered to bigger od at the tip.
Breech smaller ID toward the tank and bigger toward the barrel.
Just ever so slight of a taper, the breech still fits over the TH, upon expando, ya get a lock, positive, no leaky 8) 8) 8) 8)

SAW

ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh now i get…Read more

]]> c9c1c4fcfb7aee3b46fbde396b085e2e bart replied to the topic Delrin head 'discovery'. in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/delrin-head-discovery/#post-74477 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:05:39 -0400 if it’s a slight taper, i think the expanding tophat will push the breech away, exactly what he wants to prevent

]]> 1f2501831c764a8c9129adc9800b0459 bart replied to the topic Airgun software in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/airgun-software/#post-74050 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:56:07 -0400 there is a mobile version of chairgun somewhere

]]> e8860b089c1246594edd85ae9399c03f bart replied to the topic can anyone recommend some good reading for me? in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/can-anyone-recommend-some-good-reading-for-me/#post-73769 Fri, 29 May 2009 23:13:49 -0400 that picture (and different angles) was put up as a warning at my college
quite nasty looking from the other side of the headstock

also, it can be used as a kind of ‘find waldo’ pic, except with eyeballs

]]> 5655a3676960f6574cc98b366bf48abb bart replied to the topic where to buy regulator? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/where-to-buy-regulator/#post-73421 Mon, 25 May 2009 12:16:50 -0400 i’m guessing megapascal, pascal is the S.I. unit for pressure, 1 bar = 100000 pascal, so 14 mpa would be 140 bar

]]> 162dd426578ae0b7b63273b2722695ff bart replied to the topic Job's a good'un. in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/job-s-a-good-un-d74/#post-71311 Sat, 02 May 2009 18:26:25 -0400 YOU SHOT IT INTO THE SUN???
did you get the latest blodnob prototype or something? 😆

]]> ea45f7b0697ce1319972dc7173405472 bart replied to the topic grenade launcher for condor in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/grenade-launcher-for-condor/page/2/#post-70344 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:25:01 -0400 I once made a smaller version of that for launching darts, you know, those things you throw at the bullseye, wrapped a tiny bit of cloth around the body for a seal
had to cut down the flights ofcourse
they flew pretty true, but they’re also quite scary if you look at the velocity and weight
also, it’s kind of expensive, since you’ll never find…Read more

]]> 831da1379e5215b92036741363d0a114 bart replied to the topic New Air Bullets! in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/new-air-bullets/#post-70118 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:50:32 -0400 looked into it a bit, they’re available from the factory since last december according to the website, so they’re fairly new
they seem to be a continuation of a pellet produced some years ago by the same company, h&n
the website states the .22 is still being developed but surprisingly, i found some for sale in a webstore from my friendly…Read more

]]> 5720fd661ae2a3683c00c936755f3ce7 bart replied to the topic New Air Bullets! in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/new-air-bullets/#post-70116 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:08:46 -0400 i never noticed those before
how new are they?
this is great, finally a decent incentive to install my .177 barrel 😆

]]> 6e0dab8b5912146bcd7244a4b64ffe1f bart replied to the topic How did you find us? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/how-did-you-find-us/#post-67830 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:26:21 -0400 A couple of years ago I was looking for a PCP airrifle with some kick to it, to complement my hw97k, and ran into the AirForce website. The Condor looked pretty interesting considering the many addons one could put on it, so I started looking around for other people that had one. I found the TOG and was amazed at all the stuff people had been…Read more

]]> 19415f6381d3ccfc562021976ce30109 bart replied to the topic PROJECT GUNNNN!!!! Need HELP! PIC FINALLY ADDED!!! in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/project-gunnnn-need-help-pic-finally-added/#post-67538 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:16:02 -0400 I don’t really see the use of the cheekpiece
the talon tank is already pretty high compared to the scope

]]> 910429f84c70338bfb7ee93132e2f69d bart replied to the topic did the old stealths come eith white bushings or black in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/did-the-old-stealths-come-eith-white-bushings-or-black/#post-67313 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:01:04 -0400 I have an older Shadow. Bottle states December 2001.
It has black delrin bushings

]]> efeb1c85e91bcfe0fe5ad19b4cd7c501 bart replied to the topic Regulated .177 at 1400 psi in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/regulated-177-at-1400-psi/page/2/#post-66642 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:06:48 -0400 Indeed, turbulence can’t vary that bad.

]]> 0073af3dc8d4ed9e2aeedf8b87a2f44e bart replied to the topic Regulated .177 at 1400 psi in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/regulated-177-at-1400-psi/#post-66636 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:40:18 -0400 Just throwing this out there, it’s really just a brain fart, but what if your regulated volume is too small, and the speed of your air/pressure output is dependent on turbulent airflows?
Turbulent airflows are quite unpredictable and random, so that could explain a part of your problems.

]]> cf66b72a82528e217daae66648593ee5 bart replied to the topic New Condor owner from Toronto, Canada.... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/new-condor-owner-from-toronto-canada/#post-65077 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:10 -0400 they’re referring to the infamous inconsistency between air force products 😯
btw, you’re going to run short real fast with only 3 tins 😈

]]> e381162b6c79f664ab15807ce797b5a6 bart replied to the topic ? larger than 5.5 mm ? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/larger-than-5-5-mm/#post-65026 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:55:23 -0400 if it’s the eley wasp, those are available in both .22 5.5mm and .22 5.6mm

]]> 48562065aa595850af0e0e48c5bd5b95 bart replied to the topic silencer for the 12" barrell??? in the forum Shrouds and Moderators https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/silencer-for-the-12-quot-barrell/#post-61670 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:59:38 -0400 well, i suppose it would make a bit of a difference with baffles
if you decide to try out the silencer in a tube thing, try it without baffles first and see if it’s quiet enough for your needs

]]> 804b6ccbe0e2074f73341c56e6403a63 bart replied to the topic silencer for the 12" barrell??? in the forum Shrouds and Moderators https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/silencer-for-the-12-quot-barrell/#post-61510 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:20:32 -0400 silencer mounted:

just adapter:

adapter back:

adapter front:

it’s just a basic type adapter, you could have the back turned in a type of air stripping shape to increase performance
not that you need it, the weihrauch silencer on front makes it quiet enough (it’s just hammer strike you hear)
oh yeah, the weihrauch silencer is…Read more

]]> 66d522530a5a5fb2ad66d0abacc7dd3f bart replied to the topic silencer for the 12" barrell??? in the forum Shrouds and Moderators https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/silencer-for-the-12-quot-barrell/#post-61392 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:53:56 -0400 I have an adapter that slips into the frame like an endcap, with 1/2″ unf threads on the end.
Works like a charm and is really really really quiet.
You have to be careful to get it all lined up perfectly though, mine worked from the first time but it could go wrong.
Why slip something over the barrel when you can have a super large first chamber? 😉

]]> 555aee360150e301b05974046274fd5a bart replied to the topic A Bunch of Math Associated with a 9 mm big bore gun in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/a-bunch-of-math-associated-with-a-9-mm-big-bore-gun/#post-61210 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:19:37 -0400 hehe, i just posted exactly 24 hours after your original post 😯

*edit* btw, my reply only adds refinement to the approximations to get closer to the real world values, they have absolutely no influence on the original purpose of your calculations, which is figure out which components influence the valve action in what way
actually, the main…Read more

]]> 34f0ac58607b1f924c5cb2726614f851 bart replied to the topic A Bunch of Math Associated with a 9 mm big bore gun in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/a-bunch-of-math-associated-with-a-9-mm-big-bore-gun/#post-61209 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:17:57 -0400 first, i feel like a total dork for understanding every word you posted 😆
second, i see some things that can be added to your calculations

– the acceleration is relative to the spring force as you said, but that spring force is also relative to the distance the spring is compressed, so the acceleration changes relative to distance, which…Read more

]]> ac45ff91f112e7d46750c44c53017750 bart replied to the topic Boy Shoots Pigeon In Back Yard in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/boy-shoots-pigeon-in-back-yard/page/2/#post-59942 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:28:36 -0400 It was a wood pigeon, which is big and fat and has big tasty red breast meat.
I love eating them.
I don’t think there are wood pigeons on the other side of the pond. Your loss 😆

On the subject: it’s pretty wacked of that neighbour to call the police on something so normal and damn trivial, and the fact he got convicted and sentenced that…Read more

]]> 20f5a2ee633b4993ad5e827bc96cbd00 bart replied to the topic Please check my numbers in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/please-check-my-numbers/#post-59940 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:10:43 -0400 That’s pretty logical.
Weight is proportional to volume, the volume of say a cilinder is Pi*(radius of base)^2*height.
So if you increase your diameter by 25%, you increase the radius by 25%, so your new radius is 1.25*old radius, square that, and you have 1,5625.
Factor in the extra height as well, and you have twice as much weight.

*edit* these…Read more

]]> 5a2ce5082dd283b24e619d2bd3b5b552 bart replied to the topic deep cryogenic treating of barrel and bushings in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/deep-cryogenic-treating-of-barrel-and-bushings/#post-59513 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:40:45 -0400 I only know cryogenic treatment from it’s application on brass music instruments (I play the trumpet).
In this field, it is used to ‘cure’ the instrument after it has had a repair, or if it’s a rather old instrument. It is meant to ‘resettle’ the molecular structures of the material after it has been stressed, bent or dented.
When a metal gets…Read more

]]> 1a4abb07d06d5d0c7c6cde0ad5d7c439 bart replied to the topic HW97 .20 ... Pellet preference. in the forum Other Guns https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/hw97-20-pellet-preference/#post-58579 Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:01:29 -0400 mine is a .177, and it likes H&N Field Target Trophy very, very much 🙂
don’t know if they make them in .20, that could be a party crasher 😉

]]> 67f4df37c57d9ef381a1b43124d06058 bart replied to the topic A Suggestion...Airforce Bag? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/a-suggestion-airforce-bag/#post-58369 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:29:55 -0400 maybe airforce didn’t, but gunpower did 🙄

]]> 415b710425e5188aaba794b40eb8d69f bart replied to the topic Check out what I got my mom for Christmas in the forum Other Guns https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/check-out-what-i-got-my-mom-for-christmas/#post-58299 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:31:43 -0400 you don’t have to 🙂
carp tend to do quite a lot of sunbathing, near the surface of the water

]]> 2f2f486fba2133ee85d09a1bf7836f8e bart replied to the topic The T.U.R.D Coming ! in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/the-t-u-r-d-coming/page/3/#post-56248 Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:08:46 -0400 You got the hang of it pretty fast 😉

]]> 0c708b55a070eea06c8abef4f1922409 bart replied to the topic New Type of Valve, sounds too good to be true in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/new-type-of-valve-sounds-too-good-to-be-true/#post-53998 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 14:31:03 -0400 I’ve been looking into this type of loading mechanism as well, but I didn’t yet come up with the solenoid.
I’m basically in the same situation as you are, I don’t have the machinery, and even if I did, manufacturing weapons is illegal without a special gunsmithing license, and airguns are specified as weapons.

There’s two things I see when I look…Read more

]]> 976f6c1480dc9bdf4579612402fdb84f bart replied to the topic over seas air travel with air guns in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/over-seas-air-travel-with-air-guns/#post-52717 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:24:25 -0400 limit in germany is 7.5 joules, which is even less, about 5.5 fpe

sucks to be german 😈

]]> 872dd766482bf8d024b43377e9120d57 bart replied to the topic Competition; pick Lama's custom Title in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/competition-pick-lama-s-custom-title/page/2/#post-50723 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:48:37 -0400 I’d go for “An inspiration for birth control”

]]> 2f440b52a9ab93271774e2b1ff67a887 bart replied to the topic well, just over 1/2 way there in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/well-just-over-1-2-way-there/#post-48025 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:50:47 -0400 nothing beats the warm cosy comfortable glow of a wood stove

plus you get warm from the same wood up to four times
the first time when you cut it
the second time when you chop it
the third time when you stack it
and the last time when you burn it

]]> a1ae59f4ca40771217b7f8441def1ae9 bart replied to the topic 50 cal in the forum Shrouds and Moderators https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/50-cal/page/2/#post-47832 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:02:23 -0400 I’ll try to bring some insight.
In moving fluid dynamics, the total fluid pressure can be devided in three components.
These are the static pressure, of which all of us are aware of, the kinetic pressure, and the pressure due to a difference in height.
With our guns, and air as a fluid, the effect of the difference in height is negligable.
That…Read more

]]> c32ed97fe631169217ddba0db102f322 bart replied to the topic Approximate B.C. values for popualr pellets in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/approximate-b-c-values-for-popualr-pellets/#post-47807 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:46:02 -0400 try finding a program called ChairGun
it’s got a pretty extensive BC database, and will provide you with all the data you will need

]]> 493d310eb10d38f5404558341a2a6c0e bart replied to the topic Chrony Time in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/chrony-time/page/2/#post-47747 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:59:56 -0400 well, in theory you could test the standard deviation by putting two in line, firing say 10000 shots and divide the average percentual difference by two
or something in that general area, i barely passed statistics

ofcourse, that doesn’t take into account any offset or linear error, hence the “in theory” 🙂

[edit] also, you wouldn’t know which…Read more

]]> d5c01daf3c1ad7b952e996c1254b65b8 bart replied to the topic Chrony Time in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/chrony-time/page/2/#post-47700 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:45:27 -0400 I have my combro for about 1.5 years now, and it’s still working perfectly on my Shadow, which has a Weihrauch silencer attached to the front cap and shoots at about 30 fpe
I don’t use it that much though, I rarely change anything on my rifle, since it works perfectly for me, so I only check every now and then to see if the performance is still on target.

]]> 4b3db0e2c3fd3816c34800472799e1b4 bart replied to the topic HOW OLD ARE WE??? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/how-old-are-we/page/3/#post-46777 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:00:55 -0400 23 here
I’ve been shooting airguns since I was old enough to aim my grandfather’s diana 25, and sometimes my grandfather’s .410 and 20 gauge and uncle’s 12 gauge, when I was old enough to handle the recoil.
Got some gamo model from my uncle at about 12, and I bought my own first airgun the first week after I turned 18 (legal age to own a…Read more

]]> daa4266b0760f5e3fe245daaed8c73ed bart replied to the topic Frame flex in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/frame-flex/#post-46493 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:47:06 -0400 Yes, both Talon and Condor have frame flex, because they both have the same weak spot in the frame, which is the slot where the breech is, basically where you put your pellet in the barrel.
Because there is so much material removed, the rigidity of the frame is severely reduced in that area.
And it is most definitely a bad thing, the front of the…Read more

]]> 1ee8646c006b32136c2eb9a29f1ab2e4 bart replied to the topic South Africans in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/south-africans/#post-45584 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:33:26 -0400 yay to the south africans for speaking one of the coolest languages ever! 😀

]]> 444775fa94b5f79b69f248f68ad54ebe bart replied to the topic Scope mount for AirArms 410 in the forum Optics/Nightvision https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/scope-mount-for-airarms-410/#post-45124 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:55:57 -0400 yeah, but where do you put the distances?

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