Which budget Target pistol to start me off?

[mikehill]

What's the number stamped in the bottom of the grip ? Mine is 1, but I've bought a smaller Ciro one.

[BigEars]

Congrats on the new baby! I'm puzzled by your remark about pressure from the rearmost part of the grip. Try a more relaxed hold and make sure the palm shelf is set right for your hand size & shape.

[Lundy]

Aim straight - thanks -the ten rings site has some really useful reading, not just about grips.

Mike - mine says M.

Big Ears - I have tried a more relaxed grip and it's much better but I think the muscle pad below my thumb is pushed up by the grip, forcing the inside of my thumb nuckle into the underside of the top grip. Yesterday left marks, but today it hasn't.

I will ill persevere for a bit longer until the grip feels more natural -I've never had such an anatomical grip. I m guessing my dilemma will be if I get a Large grip or cut some away from this one.

Next question-the cylinder I fitted needs swapping and I'm struggling to unscrew it , is there something to do to release pressure ? Or have I just got weak hands?

[Bjacobs571]

Weak hands
Try wearing rubber gloves as they will give you better grip. They should not be too difficult to unscrew but you don't need to let the air out before you unscrew them.

[Lundy]

Good news ! Right! Must do more wrist exercises.No rubber gloves, but small sheet of sticky rubber stuff that stops things falling of the dashboard worked a treat, will keep it in pistol case from now on ( doesn't take up much space and doesn't look kinky or like a hit-mans toy box) Cylinder now off.

Bad news :-( the brass fill adaptor doesn't seem long enough for the valve. There is a small hole in the underside of the valve which is not covered by the depth of the adaptor. The quick fill set-up for my BSA rifle has a longer thread which stops the air coming through the small hole.

Am I correct? Why is it shorter than the BSA adaptor? If, so, where do I get a new brass Steyr fill adaptor from? Ideas if I'm not in he right ball park? Half a cylinder of air in No2 won't last 5 minutes!

Thanks

[Bjacobs571]

if you are referring to the length of the threaded portion of the fill adapter which screws into the din thread of your diving cylinder then you fill adapter is a 232bar adapter and your diving cylinder is 300bar. 300bar cylinders have a deeper thread to stop you connecting them to a 232 bar system. You can buy a spacer which fits between the filling adapter and the bottom of the cylinder thread. I made one and best fittings also make one. The other way is to buy a 300bar filling adapter or one which fits on the end of the whip.
http://www.bestfittings.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=637
http://www.bestfittings.co.uk/shopdi...=129&cat=Steyr

[mikehill]

Mine also came with a 232 adaptor, had me puzzled as well Maybe they didn't have 300 bar tanks back then ?