No and they ain't flashlights. They are .177 air guns. I haven't received them yet, but I bought them off of gunbroker. They are both said to be like new in box. The Beeman Panther was a store demo model. Got pretty good deals on each is why I bought them. And the other Beeman .177 I had finally broke on the inside. It won't cock anymore. I'm guessing the spring finally broke.
Ruger Blackhawk .177
Beeman Silver Panther .177
I have a lot of fun shooting these things.
And they are very accurate.
Here's an old target I kept for a souvenier from my old Beeman GS1000 that finally went caput.
I shot a shot at piece of board at 10yds and used the first pellet as my target. That's 5 shots using RWS R10 pellets. A top of a Bic ink pen will cover that group.
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Nice looken guns. Always fun shooting air guns. Miss mine.
Here is something I picked up last year for night hunting predators...
Bmag 17 Winchester Super Mag & topped with my Coyote Light night light. Got to love it!
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You got me. I was ready for a flashlight.
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That's a nice gun.
I have 2 Marlin 17HMR's.
One of them I have shot 4 shots out of 5 at 100yds into about 1/4" ctc. I have shot several 5 shots groups at 100yds that a nickel would cover all 5 shots.
I used to have a Cooper 57LVT 17HMR that I paid around $1300 for. It shot a .375 5 shot group at 100yds if my memory serves me well. I think a dime would cover all 5 shots.
Quote from: CASH on January 21, 2014, 08:45:42 AM
You got me. I was ready for a flashlight.
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I actually quit buying flashlights.
I went to flashlight therapy and am now cured. :TooFunny:
Ok I told you guys wrong. The .375ctc group was with my Suhl 150 benchrest 22lr. I'll show a photo of each. The Cooper 57LVT is on the left and the group from my Suhl 150 is on the right. Both groups can be covered by a dime. This was at 100yds.
Nice.....
I'll show you boys a photo of one of the toughest targets to shoot at 50yds. It was called the Black Death target. It's a 1/2" circle with a dot in the middle. You have to put 5 shots inside the white 1/2" circle at 50yds without touching the black on the outer edge of the target. I did this with a Cooper 17HMR 57LVT. The smaller diameter of the 17HMR bullet makes it easier. It took me a few tries but I did it. Didn't try it much after this. I know my Suhl 150 22lr would have easily done it a many of a time had I tried it. It would shoot 5 shot groups almost in the same hole at 50yds. But still this Black Death target with most guns is a hard feat to do and to max - what they call defeating the Black Death.
I'll show you guys how accurate the Suhl 150 22lr was I used to have. The best it has done was 5 shots around .050ctc at 50yds. I have the photo somehwere. At 25yds the Suhl 150 would shoot bullet hole through bullet hole. The target below at 25yds most would call me a liar if they didn't know anything about a Suhl 150 East Germany gun. I think mine was made in 1972 or 1973. I later put a custom Benchmark barrel on it. But it only shot a little better than the original factory Suhl barrel. I did shoot the .050ctc 5 shot group with the Benchmark barrel I mentioned above. But this 25yd 5 shot .021ctc was shot with the original Suhl barrel. A guy by the first name of Jim in Alaska measured that 5 shot group at .021ctc for an avg. You can see the 3 measurements he took. He told me at the time it was the smallest 5 shot group he has ever measured at 25yds. I sent it to him to measure, and I had him send it back to me to keep for a souvenier.
Quote from: CASH on January 21, 2014, 08:45:42 AM
You got me. I was ready for a flashlight.
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Haha, I was going to reply with the same !
Quote from: captin_hook on January 21, 2014, 10:58:03 AM
Quote from: CASH on January 21, 2014, 08:45:42 AM
You got me. I was ready for a flashlight.
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Haha, I was going to reply with the same !
LOL! Same here.
Glad I fooled you boys.
Here's a later model Suhl 150-1 on gunbroker that was made in the 1980's. They still shot very well. But not as good as the original Suhl 150 made in the 1970's or so the story goes. These guns have no safety. Triggers can be adjusted down to 2oz. I made mine actually around 1.5oz but that was too light and it would sometimes go off closing the bolt. So I brought it back up to 2oz. These were strictly target guns.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=388464731
Most guys take them and put them in a bedded McMillan stock like this one and put a Hoehn or Harrells tuner on the end of the barrel to make them shoot even better.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=388995852
Ok that's enough on the Suhl 150's.
I can't wait to get my pellet guns.
Ricky ought to get a kick out of this group. I was wrong on it being in the .050ctc range. But .076ctc is still a super of a 5 shot group at 50yds. And it may even be smaller than that. That was what I got. I would have to let an expert score it who knows how to measure better than what I do. But I would say I am in the ball park. I found it and thought I would share. This was with the Suhl 150 Benchmark custom barrel at 50yds. That's probably about 1/6th the surface area of a dime to put that in perspective.
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Those are some pretty sick groups.
Be honest with me..Is that coyote light worth the price ?
Sent from West By God Virginia.
Quote from: captin_hook on January 23, 2014, 08:32:29 AM
Those are some pretty sick groups.
Thanks.
My son has shot some pretty good ones with the Suhl 150 as well. He was like 15 at the time.
Here's some more groups that you boys should like.
These were my son Brandon.
That bottom group is 50yds. Pretty good for a 15yr old kid.
And here's some more I will post I shot.
This was the very first 5 shot group I shot with the gun and the original Suhl 150 factory barrel at 50yds. The guy I bought it from in Michigan said it was a tackdriver and he didn't lie. I paid $1250 for the gun and I later put a lot more money into it than that. But it was fun for awhile. I sold the gun for $2300 and took a loss.
And here's a few more good ones.
This 5 shot 25yd group may even be smaller than the other one I posted. The hole from the backside of the target is actually a cleaner smaller hole than the other one I posted on here that was .021ctc.
Hell Brad, I could do that with my sling shot and a marble :funnyturkey:
Quote from: Philippe on January 24, 2014, 01:28:52 PM
Hell Brad, I could do that with my sling shot and a marble :funnyturkey:
Taking second to you would be quite a honor though. :you_rock:
Do they kick much?
Quote from: guesswho on January 24, 2014, 04:06:43 PM
Do they kick much?
Nope. All you feel is the jarring of the spring pushing the piston forward and back to it's uncompressed state. They do make a little noise. About like a 22 short. But not wuite as loud.
I just got the Ruger Blachkawk. I shot it with open sights already. It's pretty fast. I'm waiting on the Hawke rings to get here and I'll be putting a Bushnell Trophy turkey scope on it. Then we will see how accurate it is. That first shot through it sound louder than a 22lr. LOL! But it settled down some after that. It looks like a brand new one.
Well the Ruger Blackhawk looks to be a shooter with the RWS R10 pellets. I shot a piece of cardboad off my deck which is 14ft high roughly at the level the gun was on the top rail. I aimed at a piece of cardboard I had lying flat on the ground about 8yds out. Had I been shooting at a level target the 5 shot group would of been one small hole. I'll show you a picture. Think of the camera as my gun barrel. And remember this was not a super steady rest and I was standing up using the top deck rail for a rest. But if you think of this cardboard laying out flat on the ground about 8yds from you and your shooting from a elevated 14ft high position well you should get the drift what I am saying. But it's just too windy here to shoot very far and too cold to stay out very long.
Here's a few better ones since I stood the target up. I shot these at 8yds from an elevated position off my back deck. I even put 4 in a group smaller than this first one in the picture below, but the 5th one went astray. I would say these are about .200ctc approx.
Well I just got this from the Fed Ex man. Got a 4-12X-40mm Bushnell Banner on it already. This thing is one serious air rifle. It's loud, too. But it should settle down after a few hundred pellets. I know it has to be shooting way over 1000fps with the RWS 7.7gr pellets the way it is popping after the shot. Loud as a 22mag probably. I'll sight here in probably tomorrow. It's way to windy today here.
Here's a picture to show you boys. Just like a new one out of the box.
Well I had to shim the rear scope ring with a piece of say .008 cardboard paper that I cut out to fit inside the ring. The pellets were still hitting low on my scope setup that worked so well for the other Beeman air gun I had after I had the elevation dilaed al lthe way up. I got her about on now. But I can already tell this gun is going to be more accurate than the Ruger which I knew it would. I was shooting in a heavy wind at about 20yds and still grouping pellets very close.