Talonairgun | team-universe | Activity https://talonairgunforum.com/members/team-universe/activity/ Activity feed for team-universe. Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:06:06 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 f065fca9c4227967c9b6cd37006fde9e team-universe replied to the topic hammer/slide question in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/hammer-slide-question/#post-140223 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:43:13 -0400 thats exactly what i wanted to know dyotat……cheers 😀

]]> 17355b46d89e049b15f497f08c1cc2d1 team-universe replied to the topic hammer/slide question in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/hammer-slide-question/#post-140220 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:30:47 -0400 Iv already got a Leupy hammer, and very nice it is too………what i want to know guys is, is your hammer a rattly ride on the barrel or is it a close tolerance ride?

]]> 62c38ec6414d46fe0dfc653dc788405d team-universe replied to the topic Buckle Up Bitches.....Contest Time! in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/buckle-up-bitches-contest-time/page/4/#post-136226 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:36:40 -0400 1. Bullshitters are especially welcome to this forum along with rabbits, pigeons, squirrels etc, infact, anything that can be shot down, grilled, gnawed and picked from between the teeth. Members please note that bullshitters bones are to be spat into the appropriately marked bucket located in the kitchen area of the hunting section.

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]]> 5715f8b40459344578c2652c9ccd4729 team-universe replied to the topic 12 SHOT MAG UPDATE. in the forum Talon/Talon SS https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/12-shot-mag-update/page/5/#post-136033 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:04:55 -0400 quote pablouk:quote team universe:quote WalkonKing:Bob,

We love the brits on this forum. They teach us all kinds of swear words 😀

Bollocks……

Tosspot….

Indeed, we are the Masters of the English language………….Tithead.

]]> 110f94662c85998bf90b7fa2ec1380e3 team-universe replied to the topic 12 SHOT MAG UPDATE. in the forum Talon/Talon SS https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/12-shot-mag-update/page/4/#post-136001 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:16:58 -0400 quote WalkonKing:Bob,

We love the brits on this forum. They teach us all kinds of swear words 😀

Bollocks……

]]> 7ef25a516a4c1cb4e37364650b10c3e4 team-universe replied to the topic 12 SHOT MAG UPDATE. in the forum Talon/Talon SS https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/12-shot-mag-update/page/3/#post-135059 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:16:48 -0400 ……steady guys……..sounds to me like a cry for help………

or an attention seeker, and your giving the poor guy plenty of that………..

but if i can just say something thats making me laugh…………..hes telling us all the cost of everything he supposedly owns…………classy, real classy.

]]> 2b511ac80f7d81ecb2f72b5e50970f1c team-universe replied to the topic Lothar Walther .25 (26" Long Barrel) in the forum Airforce Rifles/Pistols https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/lothar-walther-25-26-quot-long-barrel/#post-133932 Fri, 13 May 2011 08:25:00 -0400 if its any help to u, i have a 24inch barrel on my stealth running at 11.6 ft lbs……………and it works beautifully………so, a 26inch barrel working at the higher pressure that u guys use is surely not going to be a problem at all?

]]> 4050fdb352501d4edd83e61a95c8d73c team-universe replied to the topic got a bsa 18in barrel......but your gonna laugh....... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/got-a-bsa-18in-barrel-but-your-gonna-laugh/#post-132790 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:03:23 -0400 Id take u up on the offer Ewoodie just for the coffee……….the UK seems to be the only place in Europe where u cant buy a decent coffee, mind u, the UK is the only place on the planet where u can get a decent cup of tea! so guys, all round to my place for a cup of tea (and someone please bring a lathe) 😆

Apologies to Tezzla, I will…Read more

]]> 674a002ace30dede13135f9dea95113a team-universe replied to the topic New front stock in the forum Mods/Machinists https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/new-front-stock/#post-132755 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 22:10:40 -0400 looking good 😀 going to make my own stock some day soon, i have some leftover pieces of genuine rosewood in my workshop that iv been saving for knife handles but i think im going to try green micarta now for the knives and rosewood on the gun…….keep up the good work Ewoodie 😀

]]> 97cc22176eb0c0cd8a8b32b89aec5cd7 team-universe replied to the topic got a bsa 18in barrel......but your gonna laugh....... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/got-a-bsa-18in-barrel-but-your-gonna-laugh/#post-132754 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:45:15 -0400 that is the issue Ewoodie, that part of the barrel (for some reason) has not been taken down to the neccessary diameter, this is how it comes to be an unused barrel, all the other machining is done, just not the hammer slide section……….now your going to laugh even more, i said its an 18incher, well, i looked at it today while comparing it to…Read more

]]> 41c16ac8034ae5127ee8bd5be3270120 team-universe replied to the topic got a bsa 18in barrel......but your gonna laugh....... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/got-a-bsa-18in-barrel-but-your-gonna-laugh/#post-132733 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 10:52:50 -0400 hold the phone…..i just remembered that in the next village there is a guy who builds top class choppers , a few years ago he re welded my broken mountain bike frame for next to nothing, so im sure he can turn down the hammer section of the barrel……besides, last time i was there i had an interesting time looking at his choppers in various…Read more

]]> 703d540f5182080020c1425bd9a57d1a team-universe replied to the topic got a bsa 18in barrel......but your gonna laugh....... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/got-a-bsa-18in-barrel-but-your-gonna-laugh/#post-132698 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 21:15:09 -0400 its half brass and half delrin so drilling it out is doable……….when i say wood, i dont mean something like pine…..im thinking lignum vitae which is very dense and heavy or even ebony…..still a daft idea i know, but hey, my homespun silencer made from plastic pipe, rubber doorstops, hair curlers and felt works a treat 😆

]]> ab0917512076f15d10baa9dae2c1d71f team-universe replied to the topic I may be onto something here.......... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/i-may-be-onto-something-here/page/4/#post-131683 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:34:50 -0400 thanks packrat 😀

]]> 59f5a41aec9f947a896dca6d189895c3 team-universe replied to the topic I may be onto something here.......... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/i-may-be-onto-something-here/page/4/#post-131674 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:20:52 -0400 no probs tezzfla, i will upload some pics as soon as i can, iv literally just come home from 2 nights in hospital with a tonsular absess and alergy reaction in my throat, so, non to well at the mo, but il be back in the swing before long 😀

]]> 5b58370a874435d4ab2327b6d649ef80 team-universe replied to the topic I may be onto something here.......... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/i-may-be-onto-something-here/page/4/#post-131422 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:11:40 -0400 :D9inches…. huh……dont forget get mine is 3 tubes in one and with a bit of a tight grip and a steady twisting and pulling motion i can get 14 inches easily 😆

]]> 71499f40f256f42201438b88adff3c58 team-universe replied to the topic I may be onto something here.......... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/i-may-be-onto-something-here/page/3/#post-131374 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:47:37 -0400 it may well do sss………but these bungs im using are about 1 1/4inch long and i get a hunch that this is a useful factor, especially at the muzzle end…..infact i might try see what happens if i remove the muzzle washer and let the pellet exit via just the rubber bung which is where we get most of the noise from 🙂

]]> 462964ece84a4c770a1e479c3d40eb3e team-universe replied to the topic I may be onto something here.......... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/i-may-be-onto-something-here/page/3/#post-131365 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:08:40 -0400 😀 well, i think i now have it sorted……..i shall try to post some pics of the prototype at a later date, but for the moment this is what i have done……..

1. I have ditched the scotchbrite in favour of felt….the difference is VERY noticable

2. I have procured 2 round black rubber door stops, the type with a hole thru the centre so u can…Read more

]]> 0097a849fecb5b4b43d5d74376a28111 team-universe replied to the topic I may be onto something here.......... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/i-may-be-onto-something-here/page/3/#post-131294 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 19:29:52 -0400 😆 i said id report back on my latest configuration…….and the verdict is…..its pants 😆 so, back to the drawing board and hopefully il pick up some felt tomorrow 🙂

]]> c5975348d37212779a3efbdddf8bafad team-universe replied to the topic I may be onto something here.......... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/i-may-be-onto-something-here/page/3/#post-131179 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:11:40 -0400 😆 now thats what im talkin about Powderburner……..nice one, il bet thats real quiet……….

im gonna try the felt Packrat, i just need to go to my mothers on Sunday as she has a load of it………..today (well, just now) i have repacked (around the usual 2inch springs x3) my moderator with firstly 2layers of very fine bug mesh…Read more

]]> 7e95eb8bcaa19bfdee6870eddd11412a team-universe replied to the topic I may be onto something here.......... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/i-may-be-onto-something-here/page/2/#post-131107 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:15:02 -0400 😆 your gonna laugh………today i remade my plastic tube moderator to 2feet long……yes u read it right……2feet……..nothing in it just a bung at the end with a hole in it, again, just to see what happens……well, mouse farts happen…..totally impractical of course but it has told me this…………

1. the noise that is bugging me…Read more

]]> 238782f56faf721ce55bc8396ba98490 team-universe replied to the topic I may be onto something here.......... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/i-may-be-onto-something-here/page/2/#post-131046 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:37:17 -0400 im totally with u there tatsumi, its a case of finding exactly the right density of material…..also, im going to bridge the gap between the end of the barrel to the start of the moderator with some white half inch plastic pipe….it fits tightly over the barrel and if i cut it a mil over length the screwing on of the moderator will sit nice and…Read more

]]> 04ee4c3a0c60c228cb8f472b778fe50e team-universe replied to the topic I may be onto something here.......... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/i-may-be-onto-something-here/page/2/#post-131028 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:34:10 -0400 im beggining to think that Powderburner and Sawtime are correct in ditching the scotbrite in favour of felt…..u can hold a piece of scothbrite tight to your mouth and breath perfectly normally thru it and it seems obvious now that u need something that offers more resistance….iv already tried loft insulation (no good) and i read somewhere that…Read more

]]> 442560521b32853b06e2ae61902e64e4 team-universe replied to the topic I may be onto something here.......... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/i-may-be-onto-something-here/#post-130973 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:15:05 -0400 hey tatsumi, great pics, but to be honest, i have already tried most of the methods you have outlined which did make it quieter but not quiet enuf for me, i think the way forward 4me now is to have made a frame extender the length of which i can determine via experimenting with the length of the plastic tube i am working with at the…Read more

]]> 49a8434b1c9e23af365e22f63582ddc9 team-universe replied to the topic I may be onto something here.......... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/i-may-be-onto-something-here/#post-130954 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:51:40 -0400 encouraging and positive words Packrat 🙂 …………

SSS…….i think that (to all intents and purposes) what i have just cobbled together with my plastic tube etc actually is a frame extender(yes?)……..interesting u describe your report as similar to a nail gun without the nail, if im hearing it right in my “minds ear” id say thats quite…Read more

]]> 599c0c995a85d59a9525145ceb84d5c8 team-universe replied to the topic I may be onto something here.......... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/i-may-be-onto-something-here/#post-130931 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:15:39 -0400 sorry guys, i didnt make it clear that i live in Great Britain and so silencers are totally legal, so no restrictions there, however, as you are probably aware i am restricted to 12ft lbs of muzzle energy, so no im nowhere near going supersonic! (not unless my chrony is malfunctioning 😯 ) so u can see my frustration with the loud crack/low…Read more

]]> b862ac69d2c1058e44ae06960dbd8e70 team-universe replied to the topic I may be onto something here.......... in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/i-may-be-onto-something-here/#post-130913 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:30:43 -0400 hi ninja……no, not the frame, i mean the screw on beancan silencer within which iv tried the washers and springs thing but to no avail, infact tried various configurations and materials to very little effect, hence the above experiment in increasing the silencers length…..but it all also depends on what is considered loud…..whats…Read more

]]> 7e621c1420f2aa1b74a8df554570bc52 team-universe replied to the topic preload versus heavier hammer? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/preload-versus-heavier-hammer/page/2/#post-130697 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:03:08 -0400 I see what u mean PW, and, good for u on finding your optimum setup 😀
Its strange isnt it that each rifle has its own needs in set up………perhaps if they were built to exacting standards “blueprinted” as it were, maybe there would be a setup that would produce the same results from rifle to rifle….ho hum……..

]]> 239cd34246e74b0a2a685a5ca34f3730 team-universe replied to the topic preload versus heavier hammer? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/preload-versus-heavier-hammer/page/2/#post-130524 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:59:45 -0400 😀 Im a rally man myself, having stood in the pissing rain in the dead of night in the forests of north yorkshire and beyond on many an occasion in the early 80s to see the first generation of audi quatro come hammering down a dirt track, sideways at 90mph 😯 always did have me and my mates pondering the issue of the relationship of power…Read more

]]> 17d381537e8f3b5a5ba883a03d7edc5d team-universe replied to the topic preload versus heavier hammer? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/preload-versus-heavier-hammer/page/2/#post-130494 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:59:55 -0400 its not a case of adding more variables powderburner , its a case of highlighting ones that already exist………the temptation for all of us is to first and foremost tinker with the valve, this is the sexy bit, the bit we more easily understand, the bit that gives us men virilty…..oops, i mean power……..all we really want to do is put v8…Read more

]]> 7565a392df219b241481414d44e2b796 team-universe replied to the topic preload versus heavier hammer? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/preload-versus-heavier-hammer/#post-130453 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:45:26 -0400 well moneyshot, i think a weak area is the breech slide, the foremost end of it which as fay as i am aware, a design peculiar to airforce riffles….i dont know but it seems to me that another o ring in the breech slide about half way between the existing 2 would be good….as it is surely not as airtight as it would want to be to perform more…Read more

]]> e0c3f95e814b2bb28f0ff740752082e8 team-universe replied to the topic preload versus heavier hammer? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/preload-versus-heavier-hammer/#post-130386 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:33:03 -0400 sorry if im stating the obvious, but im just thinking aloud really…………….i reckon the most important thing in this issue is the correlation between the hammer spring/weight and, the valve spring……this may not be as easy as it first sounds as there must be many thousands of permutations which can be alighted upon…..maybe a starting…Read more

]]> a5951fa294c85fd5ca006e4093766515 team-universe replied to the topic preload versus heavier hammer? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/preload-versus-heavier-hammer/#post-130288 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:35:51 -0400 in looking at the hammer spring (or indeed any spring) my logic runs thus;
whatever the dimension of a spring, it is designed to work efficiently within set parameters, over compression of said spring and it ceases to operate as it should, so, at this point you should use a spring of a higher strength and start again at that point….etc etc…Read more

]]> 8c5fcbc293961876e0c20c345145bfeb team-universe replied to the topic preload versus heavier hammer? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/preload-versus-heavier-hammer/#post-130278 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:00:26 -0400 well, bearing in mind my question, today, i fashioned a temporary hammer weight out of a brass plumbers washer which fitted nicely to the back of the hammer without interfering with the spring (cant say how much it weighs as i dont have any scales, but im guessing about 9grms) this was glued on using epoxy (just temporary for the experiment!) I…Read more

]]> 1a7c100ab3a4f35506dbbf22ea0e0773 team-universe replied to the topic how do I? (valve stem removal, uk stealth) in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/how-do-i-valve-stem-removal-uk-stealth/#post-130126 Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:24:44 -0400 😀 ok…….got it sorted out…..the problem was that where the top hat screws had contacted the stem, they had left some tiny raised burrs which were stopping the stem from passing down and out through the valve holder, so some gentle rubbing down with some wet and dry and out it came 😀

]]> e753e93ed7f347e20ff2dddfcde4ead8 team-universe replied to the topic how do I? (valve stem removal, uk stealth) in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/how-do-i-valve-stem-removal-uk-stealth/#post-130078 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 22:31:43 -0400 yup, it worked fine 😕 still does, now its back together again without having done the usual polishing etc……i think its an anti taper thing but not sure…..

]]> 246f7b5f0c01c8dceec2fc4169432434 team-universe replied to the topic how do I? (valve stem removal, uk stealth) in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/how-do-i-valve-stem-removal-uk-stealth/#post-130030 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 10:15:02 -0400 indeed stower, all stripped down…..the only thing i havnt removed is the burst disc so maybe its that? anyway, as it is iv given it some mild force and it aint shifting either way , the valve stem that is (incidently its about a year old, so maybe an antitamper feature?) 😕 😕 😕 😕 😕 😕 😕

]]> aedd7d4047a1813f6464abc1489b0523 team-universe replied to the topic AA S410 Questions in the forum Other Guns https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/aa-s410-questions/#post-129800 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:37:02 -0400 check out the airarms owners club forum over here in the uk, lots of guys there to answer your questions plus a rather large technical archive 🙂

]]> a96ff3bf0f3aadd7feea8f2876796efb team-universe replied to the topic anyone considered this? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/anyone-considered-this/#post-129712 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:30:26 -0400 question should be how does my wife do her hair? now that half her curlers are stuffed up the end of my stealth and all her hairspray gets squirted up the jacksy of my spud cannon……i am so grounded…….

]]> 26627d82a551c02eb5745e550356a694 team-universe replied to the topic anyone considered this? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/anyone-considered-this/#post-129709 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:06:51 -0400 update on my post topic………….today i vented the front bushing and, vented the frame under the front handle, making no real difference really. So then i wrapped scotchbrite on the barrel between the 2 bushings, again, not much difference 😕 Finally, using a curler wrapped in scotchbrite infront of the front bushing to the point where…Read more

]]> 5892a6b89f85f0f4a95bcce28d56efd0 team-universe replied to the topic anyone considered this? in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/anyone-considered-this/#post-129273 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:14:20 -0400 dont sweat it…im a bit of a dick myself……..

]]> 93194db1d24cfeea7ac375aa8db90f21 team-universe replied to the topic help needed on uk stealth (talon).........low power issue. in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/help-needed-on-uk-stealth-talon-low-power-issue/#post-129212 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:49:00 -0400 I dont know what the hammer weighs as i didnt specify it as it came with the gun second hand. Its a composit which means the back third of it is brass and the front 2thirds are some sort of dense plastic and its very nicely made.

]]> 3d13ecb236b7534ebf1e9c8d9f9b86d0 team-universe replied to the topic help needed on uk stealth (talon).........low power issue. in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/help-needed-on-uk-stealth-talon-low-power-issue/#post-129206 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:32:41 -0400 I did as u suggested ewoodie, but i did not dare drill out to 5mm so drilled to 3mm instead for experimentations sake, put it all back together again, ran it over the chrono, and………OOPS……….remove the hammer spring in double quick time, take out all my pre tensioning washers, all back together again for a healthy and legal…Read more

]]> c1bcb71ffabb790fa898c9db51f97984 team-universe replied to the topic help needed on uk stealth (talon).........low power issue. in the forum General Chat https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/help-needed-on-uk-stealth-talon-low-power-issue/#post-129182 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:49:53 -0400 thanks for that ewoodie…….no, i dont want to exceed the uk limit of 12 ft lbs, but my current 10.3 ish is much too low…..so off with the valve it is!

]]> f56d05581559ed283a06d7235ffc518e team-universe replied to the topic improving the standard Stealth moderator in the forum Shrouds and Moderators https://talonairgun.com/forums/topic/improving-the-standard-stealth-moderator/#post-129139 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:16:13 -0400 thats really interesting and helpful Hoot, i shall give your suggestion a try 😀

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