I make up extra BB ammo cases using .38 Special brass and making up my own bullet shaped polymer bullet ends.
Will be getting this one out soon as weather gets warmer...only 40 degrees today and rainy....stay tuned!




Heck move up to the Hatsan Carnivore .30 cal. The flying door knobs! I like that too!John E Davies wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 10:41 amI was really tempted to buy one of those, they get great reviews at the UK airgun websites. I balked because of the low muzzle velocity, smooth bore and, well, teenie weenie steel balls. What kind of accuracy do you get?
Could you load a bb by leaving a bunch in a flat tray and pressing down the cartridge tip? That seems easier than fumbling around picking them up.
One reason I picked a larger caliber (Hatsan Bullboss .25) was that the big pellets are so much easier to handle. That and 40 foot pounds ME!
John Davies
Spokane WA


The difference is like trying to win the Indy 500 in a go-cart. Yes that go-cart may have the skin of an Indy Car but it still has a lawn mower engine.North Country Gal wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:23 amNot to worry about availability of 12g CO2 cartridges. Those have been more available for use, locally, than even pellets.
Forty, as someone who has owned DW revolvers, that is very close in looks, yes. Again, I'm going for a pellet version for accuracy, bt not sure how accurate any of these reproductions are.

Yes John...that is the way I load those BB's by pressing down in a bunch of them.John E Davies wrote: ↑Tue Mar 16, 2021 10:41 amI was really tempted to buy one of those, they get great reviews at the UK airgun websites. I balked because of the low muzzle velocity, smooth bore and, well, teenie weenie steel balls. What kind of accuracy do you get?
Could you load a bb by leaving a bunch in a flat tray and pressing down the cartridge tip? That seems easier than fumbling around picking them up.
One reason I picked a larger caliber (Hatsan Bullboss .25) was that the big pellets are so much easier to handle. That and 40 foot pounds ME!
John Davies
Spokane WA


My Red Ryder can get a 1.5” group at 15’. I shoot at paper next time.fortyshooter wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 10:48 amTook it out yesterday and tried to get some shots on a paper plate target with a 1 1/2 inch center bulls eye. Ha...not much luck from 15 ft. with BB's scattering all over the plate. Didn't remember it shooting so wild. Think I could do better blowing the BB out of a straw! Oh well.

