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system: You are Tim Mcmurray, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Re: CR180".

They wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I just got a CR180. I took it apart and cleaned it up and no more
> leaks so I'm happy. Now I want to know if there is any scope mounts
> available for it. I don't want to dovetail the thing because it's in
> good shape. What do ya have? Do you have any moderator that would fit
> it? She's a little loud for backyard work. Is there any bulk fill
> option for this model?
> Thank you and God Bless
> Michael
> what2deux@earthlink.net
> http://home.earthlink.net/~what2deux/index.htm

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Michael Metcalf wrote:
I think Rick Willnecker or/and Ron Robinson has a mount that is a no
drill/tap arrangement. Can Anybody help?
Later
Tim
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system: You are Mike Maupin, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "RE: I hate to brag!!!  Bu".

They wrote:
>
>    I went dove hunting today with my father and brother and law.
>
>_______________________-
>
>Where do you live where they have dove season in February?  Most places
>I know about have September dove seasons.
>
>Dean Speidel
>
>I dont know where he is but in TN we have a split season and some years

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assistant: Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980210161042.007e77c0@washington.xtn.net>
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At 09:06 AM 2/10/98 -0500, you wrote:
there are 3 seasons. Mike M
Mike, East Tenn Mountains
system: You are George Hardy, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Re: New Toy!!! TLD200".

They wrote:
>-> A minor point:  Most of us use Windows, which recognizes ANSI for
>-> inflected characters like =DF and =C4.  Many programs will handle
>-> ASCII all right.  For example =FC (ASCII) should be the same as =FC
>-> (ANSI), but only ANSI is guaranteed to read correctly all over the
>-> world.
>
>Yes, and also keep in mind that this is primarily the fidonet AIRGUN
>echo.  While as moderator I can deem than ANSI is fine in the echo, I
>believe that most of the BBSs in the world actually are DOS based
>systems, not Windows or Macs.  ANSI or ASCII should be fine, but RTF,
>MIME, and HTML can cause problems on some systems.

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assistant: Message-ID: <3.0.16.19980210134123.35b79e28@mail.rlc.net>
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At 01:21 PM 2/10/98 -0500, you wrote:
I am amazed!  Neither ASCII nor ANSI resulted in correct characters.
My WordStar DOS word processor has not problem with ASCII.
GFH
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system: You are Jim Henry, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to George Hardy about "Re: New Toy!!! TLD200".

They wrote:
-> I am amazed!  Neither ASCII nor ANSI resulted in correct characters.
-> My WordStar DOS word processor has not problem with ASCII.

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assistant: We're really getting off topic here but DOS wordstar, and its clone
VDE, are my favorite word processors!
system: You are Joe Freeman, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Re: New Toy!!! TLD200".

They wrote:
> Actually, we really can do without the extra HTML posting.
> For that matter, we can do without the = signs after
> every line, too.  Just what kind of mail program
> are you using, anyway?

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assistant: Message-ID: <34E03E4A.4F45F91F@freemansoft.com>
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It looks like it probably came from navigator or communicator but it could be
the latest IE or Outlook Express.  he new mail programs let you send email
with
bold,italics, fonts , etc.  By default they send the rich text as an HTML
IME
attachment and a plain text version in the body.  The idea is that folks with
dumb mail readers see the plain text and those with rich mail readers see the
fonts and colors.  The airpower relay munges the headers so that it all gets
converted to plain text which means we get to see the MIME headers and text
formatting.
<joe 'more than you ever wanted to know' freeman>
Palincss wrote:
system: You are Michael Csenger, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Re: Pellet trap?".

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assistant: Message-ID: <01bd35dc$ddb2c600$LocalHost@preinstalledcom>
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I posted that question maybe 2 months ago and have built a trap along those
lines. I made it roughly twice as large but half as deep, using plumbers
putty instead of duct seal. It works well, but is heavier than it needs to
be (hauling it in and out). At 10 yards the putty explodes and tears jagged
holes in the target, so with this warm spell I've been using it at longer
range outdoors. Duct seal is probably stiffer than the putty I used.
But I came up with something easier to build and deal with. I found a
carboard box 3" deep and sized to hold folded newspaper. I stuffed about 5
day's worth into it and used duct tape to seal it shut.
It stops .22 pellets, and to re-use I just tape new targets on top of the
old...helps to avoid craters under the bullseyes. With the putty trap, I
have to pound the stuff down to close up the holes after 100 rounds.
The carboard will eventually give out, but boxes are easy to come by. It
took about 7-8 quarts of putty to fill the other trap.
-Michael
system: You are Jim Henry, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Joe Freeman about "Re: New Toy!!! TLD200".

They wrote:
-> It looks like it probably came from navigator or communicator but it
-> could be the latest IE or Outlook Express.  he new mail programs let
-> you send email with
-> bold,italics, fonts , etc.  By default they send the rich text as an
-> HTML MIME attachment and a plain text version in the body.  The idea
-> is that folks with dumb mail readers see the plain text and those
-> with rich mail readers see the fonts and colors.  The airpower relay
-> munges the headers so that it all gets converted to plain text which
-> means we get to see the MIME headers and text formatting.

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assistant: Well actually all list messages are SUPPOSED to be plain ASCII, as per
the posting guidelines.  Much more efficient and compact, saves
bandwidth!
Jim
system: You are Dean.Speidel@Gemis.Ge.Com, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "RE: I hate to brag!!!  Bu".

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assistant: Message-ID: <174D4F506B76D111A92600805FEAA7726D4F3A@inftwe01misge.motors
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    I went dove hunting today with my father and brother and law.
_______________________-
Where do you live where they have dove season in February?  Most places
I know about have September dove seasons.
Dean Speidel
system: You are George Hardy, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Re: New Toy!!! TLD200".

They wrote:
>Well actually all list messages are SUPPOSED to be plain ASCII, as per
>the posting guidelines.  Much more efficient and compact, saves
>bandwidth!
>Jim
>

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assistant: Message-ID: <3.0.16.19980210124324.34d70418@mail.rlc.net>
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At 09:25 AM 2/10/98 -0500, you wrote:
A minor point:  Most of us use Windows, which recognizes ANSI for
inflected characters like =DF and =C4.  Many programs will handle ASCII
all right.  For example =FC (ASCII) should be the same as =FC (ANSI),
but only ANSI is guaranteed to read correctly all over the world.
GFH
***************************************************************
http://www.ankerstein.org/
The Anchor Stone Building Set (Anker-Steinbaukasten) Home Page
See what makes me tick.
***************************************************************
system: You are Jim Henry, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to George Hardy about "Re: New Toy!!! TLD200".

They wrote:
-> A minor point:  Most of us use Windows, which recognizes ANSI for
-> inflected characters like =DF and =C4.  Many programs will handle
-> ASCII all right.  For example =FC (ASCII) should be the same as =FC
-> (ANSI), but only ANSI is guaranteed to read correctly all over the
-> world.

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assistant: Yes, and also keep in mind that this is primarily the fidonet AIRGUN
echo.  While as moderator I can deem than ANSI is fine in the echo, I
believe that most of the BBSs in the world actually are DOS based
systems, not Windows or Macs.  ANSI or ASCII should be fine, but RTF,
MIME, and HTML can cause problems on some systems.
Jim
system: You are Wmrstewart@Aol.Com, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Re: CR180".

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assistant: Message-ID: <85694a94.34e0ea8c@aol.com>
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On the subject of "no drill mounts for cr180", I believe the "wideview see
through scope mount" made for .22 rifles and airguns will clamp firmly to the
receiver on these guns. Model is WSM .22 if that is still current. Correct me
if I am wrong. These were designed to mount either a 3/4 or 1" scope on
grooved receivers, but will clamp on the air gun receiver to use a 1" scope.
system: You are Jneely@Pobox.Com, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "RE: I hate to brag!!!  Bu".

They wrote:
> >
> >Where do you live where they have dove season in February?  Most places
> >I know about have September dove seasons.
> >
> >Dean Speidel
> >
> >I dont know where he is but in TN we have a split season and some years
> there are 3 seasons. Mike M
> Mike, East Tenn Mountains
>

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assistant: Message-ID: <199802102259.RAA27046@rtpmail03.raleigh.ibm.com>
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On 10 Feb 98, Mike Maupin wrote:
Can you hunt dove with an air rifle there?  I didn't think that was
legal anywhere.
Jerry
--
Jerry Neely
jneely@pobox.com
system: You are Tony Belding, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jim Henry about "weak-side shooting".

They wrote:
JH> I hope it doesn't seem to be FT only but maybe it sometimes seems that

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assistant: way.  Anyway I'd like to hear from ALL airgunners about ALL types of airguns
and airgunning.  Thanks for your post Tony, and keep them coming.
OK.
I noticed something with the R7 when I attempted shooting left-handed.
Bringing the rifle to my left shoulder and aiming it seemed very awkward. It
seemed like I had trouble getting my head positioned properly.  Aiming was a
bit slower.  To my surprise, I hit my targets almost as well as I had when
shooting right handed.
After firing several shots from my left shoulder, my right arm began to tire
from holding up the rifle.  As you know, the R7 is not heavy!  But I was not
accustomed to supporting a rifle with that arm.
    -- Tony Belding <http://hamilton.htcomp.net/tbelding/>
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user: You are replying to Mitch Haley about "Re: Airgun Hunting".

They wrote:
-> I thought that PA was rather unfriendly WRT registration,
-> permits, city attorneys suing gunmakers for making guns, etc.

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assistant: Mitch,
Not at all.  You're thinking of Philadelphia, a tiny anti-gun pocket of
PA.  Luckily state pre-emption law prevents Philly's anti-gun politicos
from denying its citizens the rights that all other Pennsylvanians
enjoy.  As to that lawsuit, so far all they (Philadelphia city
administration) do is talk about it, and I've heard that Philly's mayor
Rendell has been quietly told that if he SERIOUSLY has ambitions to be
governor, he better forget about that lawsuit.  Pennsylvanias
constitiopn affirms the right to keep and bear arms much more strongly
than the federal constitution, stating that "the right to keep and
bearms arms in defense of one's self and the state shall not be
questioned.  Pennsylvania is a "shall issue" state for firearms carry
licenses, and over 600,000 Pennsylvanians have a license to carry a
firearm (sure a license shouldn't be necessary but that's another
battle).  That works out to one license for every 8 households or about
1 in every 30 citizens has one.  that's one reason our crime rate is so
much lower than NJ's!  Although I'm not a hunter, I believe Pa. is the
biggest deer hunting state in the nation, in terms of licenses issued
and deer taken (and we still have far too many)!
Jim
system: You are Tim Mcmurray, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Re: Commercial Announcement             22:40:0002/10/98".

They wrote:
>
> Tim wrote:
>
>         The very first gun I ever learned to fix was the Crosman
> V350/M-1.
> _________________________________________________
>
> I picked up a 3500 at a local gun show recently. I've even thought of
> thru a friend's chrono to see what it'll do.
>
> Any idea what passes for normal FPS performance with a 3500?
>
> Dean Speidel

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assistant: Message-ID: <34E11B62.6D931C05@concentric.net>
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Dean.Speidel@GEMIS.ge.com wrote:
running it
I think anything over 400 is great for this gun. Never seen one break
500. The later pop valve had a smaller port and flowed air more
effectively. A good improvement is to fit a fresh oring on the barrel,
fresh mainspring and the small pop valve and these little suckers would
zing them out there.
Fun Stuff. It makes me feel older than I am to work on these cause I
have been fixing this model for nearly four decades.
Later
Tim
Tim
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13974 Van Ness Ave.                  Tim McMurray
Gardena, CA 90249 USA                mac1@concentric.net
system: You are Dean.Speidel@Gemis.Ge.Com, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

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assistant: Message-ID: <174D4F506B76D111A92600805FEAA7726D4F49@inftwe01misge.motors
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All:
Got my Airgun Review #2 in the mail yesterday.  Had a hard time pulling
myself away to go to work today.  Tom's done another great job!
On another subject, anyone seen Sportsman's Guide's latest catalogs?
He's advertising a couple "BSA" scopes (4X32 and 2-7X32) for about $50
and $60 respectively.  They appear to have parallax adjustment down to
10 meters judging from the picture and he says they're for pellet guns
(as well as .22's, etc.).  I didn't know BSA made (or had someone else
manufacture them with BSA's label) scopes.  I hope they're not those
Bushnell Sportview things in disguise.  Anyone brave enough to order one
and see what they're like?
Dean Speidel
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assistant: Message-ID: <174D4F506B76D111A92600805FEAA7726D4F4A@inftwe01misge.motors
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Tim wrote:
 The very first gun I ever learned to fix was the Crosman
V350/M-1. I was
 9 or 10 and I was totally in charge of fixing all the M-1's,
V350's and
 3500's that crossed the threshhold. These are a fun little
plinker. The
 most common problems we see is low power and the BB's falling
out of
 barrel. The former is basically caused by wear and the later
being the
 result of lost parts and gun falling apart or improperly
assembled.
 These little guns are not precision by any stretch but they are
easy to
 use and are a good starter gun so long as the shooter wears the
proper
 eyewear. Pristine examples of wood M-1's are the most
collectable
 version of this powerplant and can be seen fetching $150 with
original
 box and lit.
_________________________________________________
I picked up a 3500 at a local gun show recently.  Not a pristine
collector's item, but in very nice shape.  Kind of a nice little gun
with surprisingly good wood stock.  I disassembled, cleaned, and greased
it with Beeman spring lube, etc. (and, sure enough, I got it together
wrong the first time and BB's fell out, the second assembly attempt got
it right).  The spring still makes a rinky-dink noise when it's cocked,
but it seems to shoot passably well.  I've even thought of running it
thru a friend's chrono to see what it'll do.
Any idea what passes for normal FPS performance with a 3500?
Dean Speidel
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user: You are replying to All about "Re: CR180".

They wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I just got a CR180. I took it apart and cleaned it up and no more
> > leaks so I'm happy. Now I want to know if there is any scope mounts
> > available for it. I don't want to dovetail the thing because it's in
> > good shape. What do ya have? Do you have any moderator that would fit
> > it? She's a little loud for backyard work. Is there any bulk fill
> > option for this model?
> I think Rick Willnecker or/and Ron Robinson has a mount that is a no
> drill/tap arrangement. Can Anybody help?

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assistant: Message-ID: <199802110055.QAA04125@eskimo.com>
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B & B Supply, 612-724-5230 has intermounts for various guns including the
CR180. Check out Airgun Letter, Jan. '98, page 10, for pics. They go for
about $40. Robinson uses K-Mart type scope mounts on Crosmans. The sheet
metal clamps seem to work well on the barrels, and since there's no recoil
to speak of, they hold just fine. See our old friend Airgun Letter, Oct.
'97, page 10.
system: You are Dean.Speidel@Gemis.Ge.Com, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

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assistant: Message-ID: <174D4F506B76D111A92600805FEAA7726D4F51@inftwe01misge.motors
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Where do you live where they have dove season in February?  Most places
I know about have September dove seasons.
Dean Speidel
____________________________________________________
On 10 Feb 98, Mike Maupin wrote:
I dont know where he is but in TN we have a split season and some years
there are 3 seasons. Mike M
Mike, East Tenn Mountains
__________________________________________________
Can you hunt dove with an air rifle there?  I didn't think that was
legal anywhere.
Jerry
_____________________________________________
Geez, Jerry!  Do you live in New Jersey or something?  I thought it was
legal to hunt with an airgun almost everywhere.  It certianly is O.K. in
Missouri.
Dean Speidel
system: You are Jim Henry, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Dean.Speidel@Gemis.Ge.Com about "Airgun Hunting".

They wrote:
-> Geez, Jerry!  Do you live in New Jersey or something?  I thought it
-> was legal to hunt with an airgun almost everywhere.  It certianly is
-> O.K. in Missouri.

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assistant: In spite of otherwise being a VERY pro-gun state, it's also illegal to
hunt with an airgun in Pennsylvania.
Jim
system: You are Garry L. Teeple, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Re: Airgun Hunting".

They wrote:
>
> Where do you live where they have dove season in February?  Most places
> I know about have September dove seasons.
>
> Dean Speidel
> ____________________________________________________
> On 10 Feb 98, Mike Maupin wrote:
>
> I dont know where he is but in TN we have a split season and some years
> there are 3 seasons. Mike M
> Mike, East Tenn Mountains
> __________________________________________________
> Can you hunt dove with an air rifle there?  I didn't think that was
> legal anywhere.
>
> Jerry
> _____________________________________________
>
> Geez, Jerry!  Do you live in New Jersey or something?  I thought it was
> legal to hunt with an airgun almost everywhere.  It certianly is O.K. in
> Missouri.
>
> Dean Speidel

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On Tue, 10 Feb 1998 Dean.Speidel@GEMIS.ge.com wrote:
Sorry Dean,
It is not legal to hunt any game bird in Missouri with pistols, revolvers,
and rifles.  Only shotguns plugged to reduce capacity to not more than
three shots.
Garry
Mid-MO
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user: You are replying to All about "RE: I hate to brag!!!  Bu".

They wrote:
>>
>Can you hunt dove with an air rifle there?  I didn't think that was
>legal anywhere.
>
>Jerry
>

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assistant: Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980210195037.007df100@washington.xtn.net>
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Jerry, I am not sure about that, probably not, it's dangerous enough with a
shotgun, I can find out if you like. I dont have the new Hunting Regs
pamplet for 98 yet. Mike M.
Mike, East Tenn Mountains