dan_house Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Escargot? > > after even a relatviely slow pellet/BB, there's > enough left to cook? Yes, but you have to remember to remove the BB before you eat it... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------by Roose Hurro - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Sounds good.... Given your pieces are custom, it's good to know they have been made this way. If something goes wrong with a "company" made gun, you know they'll still be there (hopefully) in the future, should anything need service and/or repair. Being a one-man business, I imagine returning a gun for service thirty years from now would be... how shall I put this?... impractical. Nice to hby Roose Hurro - Gary's Galleries
I was a bit curious about that red slug, myself... so, this is a coating applied by boiling the slugs in some concoction or other? I've always liked the copper-plated rimfire stuff, so I don't have to handle bare lead. You know, a coating to keep lead contamination at bay. Is this what the red coating does, along with being a possible lubricant? Sounds that way. ---------------------------by Roose Hurro - Video Library
Jerry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Roose, > I'm wondering why you think the .32 would require > only head shots on squirrels? I'm going to guess > that it is because any other shot would destroy so > much meat that it would not be worth cooking the > remains... Yes, that is my thought... besides, head shots are a challenge! ---by Roose Hurro - Gary's Galleries
Ahhh... so the barrel unscrews! I didn't know it would do so, I figured it was solidly mounted like most gun-barrels I'm familiar with. Nice, to design it that way, for ease of maintenance. Thanks for the info, Jim. Gary, I take it the Rendezvous is made the same way? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------by Roose Hurro - Gary's Galleries
Rotorhead... I do believe I've heard of slug guns that have a bit of rifling just at the muzzle, or something to that effect. I know a lot of different methods have been used to impart spin to bullets/slugs, but it's been some time since I've read up on the subject. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------by Roose Hurro - Gary's Galleries
barnespneumatic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tag on here it answer what's become a FAQ for > e-mail. > > Yes ... this series of rifles makes it much > simplier to change calibers. One rifle could be > set up to easily accept different barrels. The 58 > rifled to 62 smoothy is a nice change. 58 to 45, > 32 is a fine change.by Roose Hurro - Gary's Galleries
Beautiful carbine... fantastic color anodizing on the aluminum bits. If you ever do come up with a BB pistol, wrapped in an aluminum shroud, I can't help thinking not only of all the possibilities for engraving, but what you could do when it comes to anodizing the shroud parts. Just imagine nearly an entire gun, the same color as the aluminum bits on this carbine... not only a work of art, butby Roose Hurro - Gary's Galleries
Nice vids... shame about the 'puter. I did pretty much the same thing with an old frigde, years ago, only with a .22LR pistol, just to see if the bullet could punch through both sides of the fridge. Nope, but it did punch through the one side, and stop on the other side, on the inside of the fridge. Can't remember for sure, given age and time, but I think I did recover some bullets from that eby Roose Hurro - Video Library
Slugging is usefull, even though Gary made this barrel, because each barrel made is really unique, in and of itself, and having an accurately formed and measured slug gives a starting point for experimentation. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------by Roose Hurro - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
rotorhead Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Roose, > > Good luck with your search. Perhaps one of the > multitude of CO2 semi-autos will suit you, I > haven't had a chance to handle any of them myself, > the only airguns I've got now are the IZH-46 and a > Beeman R-7. > > I do remember an article about one of the early > Ruby Roose Hurro - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Rotorhead, Thanks... I've seen both of these, before. I've also wanted a Drozd, but have just not been able to come up with the money. Or have, but found something else to spend it on, like a 1938-made Winchester Model 61 (my last major purchase... traded an Uberti Remington 1890 and some cash for it). However, the Drozd is a bit bulky for the purpose, and I was on a site selling them, wherby Roose Hurro - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Gary, Looks like you have quite a list... frankly, I wasn't thinking it would be so long! Thanks for the list, now I can do a little digging of my own, when I have the time. I imagine each and every one of these has a specific use? And am I right in my assuption that your listing of "Spring Wire High Carbon Steel" means you make your own springs, as well as everything else? I'll also needby Roose Hurro - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Rotorhead, You have a point, there. Problem is, whatever Crosman XXX you choose, it's gonna look like a firearm clone, and it's gonna have lots of plastic in it, not wood and real, quality steel. Something to shoot, and when it breaks, buy another. No, I was thinking a lifetime purchase, even if it cost four-figures. And yes, I liked that Victory! Though I've also looked over the Appolosaby Roose Hurro - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hi, Gary... Everything looks good, to me. As for interests? Well, last night I watched a video interview with the president of Henry Repeating Arms, Anthony Imperato. At one point, he picked up a bar of barrel steel, and explained how it came from Ohio (amongst other things)... immediately, I thought "Toledo Steel". So... that got me to thinking about what I've read on your site. All theby Roose Hurro - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Neat... that Yukon 2 makes quite a crack! ---------------------------------------------------------------by Roose Hurro - Video Library
Gary, Thanks for the chuckle. I figured you'd say something to that effect. Funny thing is, I've seen custom rifles made in .22 Rimfire, guns with five-figure prices made to shoot cheap ammo at small things. But I get your point. My Daisy 188 cost me less that $15, but returned a fun factor way above its original cost. So, $20K for a BB pistol? If I had the cash to spare, I'd be tempted.by Roose Hurro - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Gary, Great to hear from you... don't know whether you remember, but I'm the guy on StraightShooters who gave you the idea for a falling-block PCP, and felt happy to see you run with the idea. Though sorry he didn't have the finances available to take one of the five offered slots, back when they were available. Ahhh, well.... Anyhow, yes, small lead ball is fine. My option of smoothboreby Roose Hurro - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
I know this is probably odd, given the big-bore nature of Gary's work, but, for some time now, I haven't been able to find my Daisy M-188. That little spring-piston gun has been the most fun gun I've ever used... I probably had near 20,000 rounds out of it, and it was getting tired. Still, with a rated performance of 215 fps, it did the job without excess fuss, and with a spring piston's naturaby Roose Hurro - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum