Another Canterbury airgunner
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Topic: Another Canterbury airgunner
Posted By: Nagogx
Subject: Another Canterbury airgunner
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2017 at 5:54am
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Hi all. Just came across the forum. Had an old Cometa V as a kid and recently decided to get back into it. Few years in between as I'm now mid fifties lol. Anyhow.I bought a gamo whisper from trademe and found it had plenty of power but inaccurate (might have just been me). I decided to upgrade and got a Diana 350 n tec in .22. Very nicely made gun and am slowly getting the hang of using it. I do have a question : using online air gun calculators I get a fpe rating of 38, using 18grain pellets at the guns fps of 975. This seems rather high. Can it be correct? Surely Im missing something here. |
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Posted By: nunga
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2017 at 7:30am
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Hello and welcome! Did you put that through the chrony? or are you just going on whats on the box? ------------- 2nd place HP springer - WFTF World Championships 2014 |
Posted By: Pauly5
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2017 at 9:32am
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Yes often gun specs are over rated. If you don't have a chrony, there are some apps for your phone that will work. Haven't used one but others have. ------------- |
Posted By: Nagogx
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2017 at 9:50am
Hi. Yep, just going off the specs on the sellers website. So clearly it's probably producing way less velocity, especially with the heavier pellets? |
nunga wrote:Posted By: nunga
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2017 at 10:24am
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that would be correct, they get their specs from the lightest pellets they can find then probably add 10% for good measure :) I would say realistically it is probably putting out 7-800 fps tops and with heavier pellets probably even less. I dont know of anyone here that owns one to confirm that either way tho. Like paul said, maybe get an app for your phone, it might not be 100% but it would give a general idea. But they are a good rifle and you will enjoy shooting it regardless of its power, it will still have more than enough knock down power for bunnies and possums. ------------- 2nd place HP springer - WFTF World Championships 2014 |
Posted By: xyon
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2017 at 4:02pm
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Hi, Welcome. I'm in Canterbury too (West Melton). I have a Diana 52 side lever, which is my favourite air rifle. It gets 18 to 24 fpe depending on the pellet type. ------------- --- My favourites springer - Diana 52 PCP - FX Wildcat III |
Posted By: Flub
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2017 at 12:07am
| My 350 n Tec is doing around 19fpe from memory with heavy pellets. Sorry but I last checked it about a year ago. |