Talonairgun | langnasen | Activity https://talonairgunforum.com/members/langnasen/activity/ Activity feed for langnasen. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:09:21 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 642c2bcc52b376c10086df1ee9952d2a langnasen replied to the topic When do you say enough has been spent on an airgun? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/when-do-you-say-enough-has-been-spent-on-an-airgun/#post-100832 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:25:20 -0400 When it can reliably hit and kill stuff at 100yds.

]]> 34364e8e3abaa3a4d7ccd79def6d518e langnasen replied to the topic TUNING MY SELPHB VALVE... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/tuning-my-selphb-valve/#post-100514 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:52:51 -0400 quote pablouk:quote LEE IN VA.:Pab, I don’t understand. Why not use the complete Selph valve?

Because the selphb valve body was made too small to fit the tophat in. The oring is too tight on the tp and locks open when trying to fill.

That’s not quite correct. The SelphB tophat fits into the SelphB valve-body just fine but the o-ring locks up…Read more

]]> 66cb185a58ae44d8cf54cfe5cc6a2b09 langnasen replied to the topic NOT HAPPY WITH SELPHB VALVE!!!!! in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/not-happy-with-selphb-valve/page/3/#post-100036 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:51:30 -0400 Thanks guys. 🙂

A base-coat of dark-rust, a coat of Klear floor-polish (I think it’s called Future in the States), rubber-solution stippled on with a sponge, top-coat, q-tip to rub off the rubber, another coat of Klear, a wash of umber oil-paint (very diluted with turps), powders for weathering, that’s pretty much it.

The tracks are after-market…Read more

]]> 2c910901a3ba9166a9cea8bb2babb5c0 langnasen replied to the topic NOT HAPPY WITH SELPHB VALVE!!!!! in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/not-happy-with-selphb-valve/page/2/#post-99899 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:50:51 -0400 quote mamcrackin:quote Langnasen:£73 for a valve body. You mug.

Wow, Lang woke up again… Good to see ya m8.

Heya Mam. 😀

I’ve been working with plastic lately:

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=42987

]]> fec6297330bdb9f0dd3512f9b43b6a6b langnasen replied to the topic Optics planet sucks in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/optics-planet-sucks/#post-99792 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:49:13 -0400 quote 2broke:And the saga continues OP told me via email on 2/13 they could not cancel my order it had been shiped . after 3 phone calls yesterday they sent me a tracking num. It says it was shiped on 2/16 and will arive on 2/22 so not only can they not do there jobs they cant tell the truth now they realy got me pissed . I will never recomend…Read more

]]> eb998d2de607977c824018344b62bcad langnasen replied to the topic NOT HAPPY WITH SELPHB VALVE!!!!! in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/not-happy-with-selphb-valve/#post-99791 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:39:42 -0400 Before anyone says “Why didn’t you make one for him then?”, I was happy to, but not until he was down here in person with his rifle and bottle. On account of being sick to my back teeth with Airforce’s SHITE QC and releasing rifles with varying dimensions, entailing my valves fitting one rifle just fine but not the next and having to be sent back…Read more

]]> dc9ccf5433e2a4f307ad48af661c4655 langnasen replied to the topic NOT HAPPY WITH SELPHB VALVE!!!!! in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/not-happy-with-selphb-valve/#post-99787 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:19:21 -0400 £73 for a valve body. You mug.

]]> f776c651beffb4a1a5fe2a9fe550e7a9 langnasen replied to the topic PM Notifications? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/pm-notifications/#post-91271 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:56:46 -0400 I get email notifications ok.

]]> 5a93e7bc592746a742dc4de8cddca878 langnasen replied to the topic freestanding battery shot! in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/freestanding-battery-shot/#post-90957 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:50:21 -0400 You want to try taking on a car battery when it’s wounded, mad and coming straight at you. I managed to bring it down but we’re talking inches from my shins.

]]> 103cfa565386982468f46664fce343b5 langnasen replied to the topic Is this presidential material? in the forum Off Topic https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/is-this-presidential-material/page/3/#post-90146 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:53:57 -0400 I lived in Japan for years also, and I never did more than tip my head. It’s not expected of gaijin and I was told it makes us look pretentious when we do it. A botched bow to the Japanese is like a limp handshake is to us.

]]> c2728669b429f4d892df711cb56009a3 langnasen replied to the topic Thanks Sean (Blodders). in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/thanks-sean-blodders/page/2/#post-90141 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:36:31 -0400 I think “wanted to kill him” is a bit strong. Set his house on fire maybe. I’m a reasonable man.

]]> bacb0c531967ebff0d33609cc0d4a13f langnasen replied to the topic Thanks Sean (Blodders). in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/thanks-sean-blodders/#post-89965 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:24:04 -0400 quote knifemaker:And top notch work! 😉

He does lay a mean drive I’ve heard.

]]> df017ec4840998d5004b8d2f0e5fc369 langnasen replied to the topic blodnob valve intructions in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/blodnob-valve-intructions/page/8/#post-89519 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:23:32 -0400 Jesus, the way some of you lot go on you’d think these valves were a fucking carburetor. 😆

]]> 8e207be4f121440fbfba1d94f2bc87df langnasen replied to the topic BIG UP TO HOOT !! in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/big-up-to-hoot/#post-88261 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:56:44 -0400 I told ya’ll he was fond of ‘The Package’. 😆

]]> 33331026af68f2892c02c3201e35f49e langnasen replied to the topic Having a standard G/P Stealth uprated to UK FAC Levels? in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/having-a-standard-g-p-stealth-uprated-to-uk-fac-levels/#post-88020 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:31:27 -0400 High-power valve, ditto the spring, heavier hammer, simples.

Getting a FAC out of the retarded scum running this nazi toilet of a country, good luck with that. Oh, you’re an ex-copper, you should be ok then.

]]> 43df73ea4a3951c3e731432119bde01a langnasen replied to the topic SUPER DUPER BIG THANKYOU !! in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/super-duper-big-thankyou/#post-87584 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:38:18 -0400 You’ve gone and made my eyes water.

]]> e0c969705f8bbe89eb40b51d8d09accd langnasen replied to the topic SUPER DUPER BIG THANKYOU !! in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/super-duper-big-thankyou/#post-87483 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:10:58 -0400 He loves the bits but he’s especially fond of Bob’s package.

]]> 834430882cf32771f4e4528c3534b775 langnasen replied to the topic Challenge Accepted. in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/challenge-accepted/#post-87102 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:30:36 -0400 Medical insurance? The NHS will tell you to fuck off.

]]> 01ca756936b9b7f0ccd75b0fd5876a9d langnasen replied to the topic Banned in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/banned/page/2/#post-86974 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:16:02 -0400 Funny coincidence, I’ve been banned from the Bohemia Interactive forums five times today. I’ve had a good afternoon’s entertainment opening new accounts and winding up the moderators, especially after one informed me he’s an “IP expert” and would stop me from doing it anymore.

If there’s one surefire way to beat a moderator it’s by getting him to…Read more

]]> d416bc83052df9d4c0abfb4123c3ffc0 langnasen replied to the topic What do you think??? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/what-do-you-think-d75/#post-86939 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:34:46 -0400 That looks like one hooky bastardised bottle to me. WTF is going on with the machining at the neck-end?!

]]> 38b2067dfa9472369aa708b687e55501 langnasen replied to the topic Can anyone recommend... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/can-anyone-recommend/#post-86870 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:41:32 -0400 quote blodnob:Thats the kind of brotherly love i like to see.
Only 10 month’s to the next party Pab’
Make sure you’re here this time crazy boy.

Make sure your birthday’s not on one of my camping-days. I did attempt a break-out but it didn’t fly. 😥

]]> 66b8e78d08c882f86c5a7714b4e930a7 langnasen replied to the topic Can anyone recommend... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/can-anyone-recommend/#post-86850 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:47:32 -0400 Hang upside-down off something and let go, you long-necked freak. But retract your ears first or they may slow you down.

]]> ab89d12da0dd24c6547a49a1d320475b langnasen replied to the topic A Particularly Nasty Looking Pellet in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/a-particularly-nasty-looking-pellet/#post-85990 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:31:44 -0400 I bought a box of these a few months ago and can confirm they’re utter shite. Six-inch groups at 40yds, and that’s only the ones that actually managed to hit the target-sheet.

]]> e0e0a0d8f23e7dbe601e60b44102d953 langnasen replied to the topic Excellent high speed bullet impact video in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/excellent-high-speed-bullet-impact-video/#post-85692 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:52:28 -0400 Mesmerising. 😀

]]> e67129916fbaa5221dbcd94aef0708f7 langnasen replied to the topic OK I want a Drozd balckbird in the forum Other Guns https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/ok-i-want-a-drozd-balckbird/#post-85332 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:30:22 -0400 quote Tachdriver:Only use Zinc bbs.

Now mine is modded with the battery mod to make it cycle faster and hit harder. On the Drozd forum there is a guy named “Green Dot “. He have went over 1000fps with his but he risks a magazine explosion due to 1300psi regulated air. Believe me, 700 fps is damn fast for a BB.

Hows this for a 30 foot…Read more

]]> 7ec508dadbac978b7594104b72572046 langnasen replied to the topic Scope help!!! in the forum Optics/Nightvision https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/scope-help/#post-85308 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:04:56 -0400 quote newbie:Okay I am in the market for a new scope. I have asked lots of question and done lots of internet research to be even more lost than I was before I started. For every good comment about the ones I was looking at there are just as many bad comments.

I am still leaning towards the Hawke 8-32 x 56 scope. Does anyone on here have this…Read more

]]> bed71d440a746a2b8814d1bfa2019665 langnasen replied to the topic A little Metal work in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/a-little-metal-work/page/2/#post-84870 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:27:10 -0400 quote knifemaker:It would feel good for a while. 😆 But with having a little leo experience, (That’s law enforcement officer for you UK guys,) I’ve spent a little time visiting the penitentiaries around the area. It just isn’t worth the vacation time. Here is what you get. Free food-Free board-free sex.All in places you don’t want.

Hopefully…Read more

]]> 289c944f6328c85b6d6e7fbeeaaab37c langnasen replied to the topic A little Metal work in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/a-little-metal-work/page/2/#post-84769 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:42:04 -0400 quote knifemaker:Short version.

A rich fuck in Killeen TX. had been been trying to buy up all the land around us for years. No one would sell. (He’s a crooked piece of shit!)

He learned that a new airport and college was being built near by through inside information. He had his city council buddy talk the city into taking the land. But…Read more

]]> 64e8533b65c366e01d47712eef0d1628 langnasen replied to the topic Nikko Nighteater 10-50 x 60? in the forum Optics/Nightvision https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/nikko-nighteater-10-50-x-60/#post-84596 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:38:05 -0400 I have a Nighteater 6-24×56 IR and liked it very much in the functionality dept. I went off the look of it’s small turrets though, so I don’t use it anymore (I use a Hawke now).

]]> 256c19b1c0cf366f9eae57aaab0c0901 langnasen replied to the topic How broke is this? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/how-broke-is-this/#post-84489 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:55:20 -0400 quote IMADMAN:quote pablouk:If the delrin seal in the valve is still ok, just push that stem back into the valve!!
Not a very clear pic but just seems you pulled the stem out??

So…. is it normal for the stem to just pull out? There is slight resistance when I put it in and pull it out, this is normal? Sorry for the suck pics my camera is only…Read more

]]> 864d39fcec3662f5b5144126d1472cf4 langnasen replied to the topic material for valves in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/material-for-valves/#post-84376 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:31:41 -0400 I use nylon-6 for mine.

]]> 4e3299faae00c96fce2bc1f28526f160 langnasen replied to the topic Modified my SS today in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/modified-my-ss-today/page/2/#post-84336 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:24:39 -0400 😆 😆 😆

]]> d6211262ae54b897992e89480315afc2 langnasen replied to the topic Tuned condor shotstring in the forum Airforce Rifles/Pistols https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/tuned-condor-shotstring/page/3/#post-83726 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:33:55 -0400 quote maw:Mine’s stock, I have no problems.

I’m guessing that’d be the Condor Hi-Flow then? Effective but fragile, or so I’ve heard. Easy to crumple the side-wall of the stem when securing the tophat. Man needs a ROBUST valve on his shootin’ iron! 😆

]]> 6bb0fc1b1d937f7d83a35b512bcb6cb8 langnasen replied to the topic Tuned condor shotstring in the forum Airforce Rifles/Pistols https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/tuned-condor-shotstring/page/3/#post-83723 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:55:16 -0400 quote Marc:Give it a rest Mam!

I agree with walther. The blodknob valve although very nicely machined is pretty overkill for most applications. You don’t need heavy hammers and heavy springs to get a .25 to 950fps. To much movement in the rifle and your bashing the valve.

I am a fan for using the right tools for the job. Why would one use a huge…Read more

]]> 70f690321515b62f2babe98bbbe4a6bc langnasen replied to the topic $#%&! Udate! in the forum Airforce Rifles/Pistols https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/amp-udate/#post-83644 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:34:46 -0400 Design-flaw you mean? Unlucky mate, that sucks.

]]> 2143de9472cc80ae5000820dfd9eca2b langnasen 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/page/3/#post-83635 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:14:54 -0400 MM, I think that with putting a solid object into the base of a bottle you are effectively leaving the wall as strong as it was previously, assuming you’ve drilled and tapped it professionally and the wall doesn’t bow under pressure (and I think it does not, any bowing takes place in the bottle’s side-walls, area of least resistence?)

Having said…Read more

]]> 02c08febb90241a5c6e012c7893b7ce4 langnasen 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/page/3/#post-83626 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:46:52 -0400 quote WalkonKing:quote Langnasen:Oh yeah, that’s the same gonzo opinion that held I’d be able to make successful valves when all the experts here were basically telling me I didn’t have sufficient machine-tool skills and experience. 😉

You mean regulator 😛 😀

Nah, it was pretty much anything, it just started with regulators. A regulator…Read more

]]> 04aab7c5dff9553bf143be3d9f5b8809 langnasen 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/page/2/#post-83618 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:41:32 -0400 quote MM123522:Thanks Lang!
Thats what this forum is all about.
Sharing and good will!

Mark

Yeah, well you were one of only a handful replying to anything I said with seriousness while the others were just taking the piss.

]]> 8526e246af6f2d94604569d65012c6ca langnasen 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/page/2/#post-83614 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:55:39 -0400 quote MM123522:MaM:

I have been a hobby machineist for 19 years now.
I have 2 lathes, a milling machine, surface grinder, tool grinder, rotary table, superspacer, etc, etc.
I heat treat tool steel in my own heat treat furnace.
I design and grind my own custom carbide tooling.

At work, I design high speed production machinery for a multinational…Read more

]]> b67e38098d8d677f1c9265a0e4a80611 langnasen replied to the topic New to Air-Guns! Please Help! in the forum Talon/Talon SS https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/new-to-air-guns-please-help/#post-83609 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:12:31 -0400 Jason, get just the basic rifle to start with, new or 2nd-hand. A hand-pump will cost you about the same as a scuba-bottle, but don’t be put off a pump. Once you’ve filled the bottle once (at a shop with a compressor) you’ll only need to top it up thereafter, and it’s really no big deal.

Once you have the basic rifle and a means to keep the…Read more

]]> 3b4d3a68411c7f6a746bd71ba59e54bc langnasen replied to the topic Tuned condor shotstring in the forum Airforce Rifles/Pistols https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/tuned-condor-shotstring/page/2/#post-83608 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:00:33 -0400 quote sawtime:and Pab, do you have to machine the breech down as well, cause my Brad vale is pushing at about 273 fps.
Tried all TH settings, no dice, and yes never put the pogo stick sping in and don’t think it is necessary.
Is it all about removal of the PW thing a ma bob?
I think what threw me was a post about some cat with a stock spring and…Read more

]]> 4387e79e04f3979b6a89384e19c1879f langnasen 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/page/2/#post-83607 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:45:13 -0400 One note of possible interest, something called ‘overmatch’ in terms of AP round vs armor. I’d guess that so long as the diameter of the hole did not exceed the thickness of the wall in which it was drilled it would be inherently safe under any pressure for which the bottle was rated.

]]> 0b7fed1f4787a70b8db9183b0ad56c16 langnasen 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/page/2/#post-83606 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:40:34 -0400 An interesting debate. Technically I can see no reason why drilling and tapping a fixture into the base of a bottle would present an inherent danger. I used to be given the same crap over drilling audio input-holes into my crash-helmets. But personally I’d like to see such a bottle over-filled until it failed, and then see where it failed. And I’d…Read more

]]> 364abf4a8391d8fe635f9928b4db9965 langnasen replied to the topic Question about installing new valve in bottle in the forum Airforce Rifles/Pistols https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/question-about-installing-new-valve-in-bottle/#post-83533 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:13:36 -0400 I’ve had about twenty different valves on my bottle and all I do them up with is a pair of long-handled pliers/grips. Once the pressure’s up that valve ain’t going anywhere, so long as it’s been given a decent pinch down onto the bottle o-ring.

]]> f3fb5c67d3d2cd7d0f946117198faf8f langnasen replied to the topic How do you Remove the Air Bottle Mounting Ring? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/how-do-you-remove-the-air-bottle-mounting-ring/#post-83506 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:53:14 -0400 It’s batter to remove the breech via the other end. Remove the barrel, take the knob out of the breech and push the breech past the sear and let it drop free.

]]> 18d5c4135487fc89e3ecad38b1145613 langnasen replied to the topic My New Rifle Torch/Photon Emitting Tube !! in the forum Optics/Nightvision https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/my-new-rifle-torch-photon-emitting-tube/#post-83475 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:50:24 -0400 A flashlight to us would be something that flashes on and off, like a strobe (but slower).

I do, however, use the word ‘gas’ instead of ‘petrol’ and ‘chips’ instead of ‘crisps’. Petrol and crisps are too nancy-sounding for me. I picked up a few americanisms during my years in Japan.

]]> 90ae9656ffdea1f92df351f3c89b5c2a langnasen replied to the topic interesting... in the forum Off Topic https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/interesting/page/2/#post-83468 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:56:11 -0400 quote Yellow Ninja:Just make sure its a quality item…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N4hprpRJhM

Yep, you get a quality temper on a $40 piece of shit.

]]> 726ffac5c8498162b527639ff63318cd langnasen replied to the topic My New Rifle Torch/Photon Emitting Tube !! in the forum Optics/Nightvision https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/my-new-rifle-torch-photon-emitting-tube/#post-83465 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:38:59 -0400 Pretty sweet, huh. 😀 My Fenix is knocking out 180 lumens (the one mounted on my rifle), it lights up an entire football-field space well enough to see and shoot at rabbits from one goal to the other. Hitting one would be another matter of course.

]]> 3deaabf87890e1e0e7343a338b3ce586 langnasen replied to the topic Collection of Condor results with the new Blodnob valve in the forum Airforce Rifles/Pistols https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/collection-of-condor-results-with-the-new-blodnob-valve/page/3/#post-83438 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:33:01 -0400 quote Critter:Without going too radical, it is possible to get the valve to shoot under 45 fpe in a 24in .22 barrel? I am looking for a high consistency setup and my .22 barrel is deadly accurate.

Yes, you use a weaker spring and lighter hammer. With my design you can also use a specific collar. My rifle is currently at 9fpe.

]]> 7eb230db02aead2bd80d3140b8c64b14 langnasen replied to the topic Side Cocker in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/side-cocker/#post-83385 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:26:35 -0400 quote stower1:Been sitting here thinking about how cool that is, no more burs on the frame from the 1/4″ diameter cocking knob, i like that setup.

Bear in mind that the slot doesn’t need to be that wide if you’re using a standard breech. Mine and Pab’s are like it because I used a custom breech on them, the shaft goes right through and has the…Read more

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