Greybeards Gripes

Well,  there it is.  A .22 caliber Tech Force (Chinese made) single stroke,  spring air, underbarrel cocking, 1/4 inch at 25 yards,  air rifle.  (With Chinese made, Winchester branded, 4x air rifle scope)

Also, just in front of the rifle is the impressive looking but very poorly performing Tech. Force 3x to 12x air rifle scope that actually came with the rifle.  The Tech Force scope was very clear,  but would not hold it’s point of aim,  for more than two shots.  (It sure caused me a raft of trouble).

NOTES ABOUT the Tech Force Air Rifles:

1. Throw away the included Tech Force scope
2. Tighten mounting and attachment bolts regularly
3. Try a variety of pellets to see which one shoots the best.
4. Clean the barrel thoroughly before shooting it the first time.  Do not use a brass brush,  plastic brush only.
5. Throw away the iron sights that came on the gun

Bottom line,  now that I’ve spend hours of time debugging the darn thing,  it’s a decently accurate and hard hitting air rifle.

~~GB

It’s been a busy holiday weekend,  but I managed to find time to install a new Winchester branded (Chinese made) air gun scope on the Tech Force air gun I’ve been working with.

To make  long story short,  both set’s of original sights on the gun were CRAP.  After installing the 4x Winchester branded scope,  I was quickly able to sight the gun in at 25 yards,  and shoot near one hole groups.

I hear a pile of pancakes calling,  more later.

~~GB

Ok,  the data is in;

The Tech Force 3 to 12x scope that comes on some Tech Force air rifles, is a piece of crap.    Veiwing my previous posts on the subject (of the rifle and the scope),  you’ll see that the Tech Force .22 caliber rifle I purchased was trouble from the beginning. 

Long shooting sessions and lot’s of pellets, drew me to the conclusion that the rifle itself is somewhat accurate out to about 10 yards (it starts to vary considerable after that).  The Chinese made scope, branded Tech Force,  that came on the rifle turned out to be the major offender. 

Using the scope I couldn’t get the rifle to print reliably even at ten yards,  so I pulled it off,  and sighted in the iron sights.  As stated with iron sights,  it shoots fair to middlin, out to about ten yards.  (kind of sad, considering the cost of the gun)

After pulling the scope off the air rifle,  I installed it on a known good shooting .22 caliber (cartridge) rifle,  a Ruger 10/22.   Today,  testing the gun/scope combination from a machine rest at 25 yards,  I could get the scope dead on for about two rounds,  then the point of impact would start moving around in relation to the point of aim,  opening up to about 6 or 7 inches after about 10 rounds.  Not Pretty, but pretty much the same behaviour as on the .22 air gun.

The dang thing is clear as a bell,  (it just won’t hold a point of aim)  it’s new home will be riding around in my truck,  (without a rifle),  I suppose it will make a pretty fair utility glass for when I want to get a closer look at something.

Moral of the story;  STAY AWAY from ANYTHING labeled TECH FORCE!!!!!!!!!!!

~~>GreyBeard

I’m over half a century old,  and have owned three new refridgerators.  The first new one was left with the first house we sold,  the second,  left with the second house we sold.  Both were 15 to 20 years old and still running.

Our current home,  came with a 20 year old refridgerator.  Noisy,  but it was still running.   The wife decided we needed a new one,  something a little bigger, prettier, and quieter.

Yeah well,   it’s a bit bigger,  and a sight prettier,  but,  how about longevity?  This nice new Kenmore from the Sears store made it precisely 2 years and 5 months before blowing out it’s computerized brain.  (It’s also just as noisy as the old one)

So,  I call Sears and order an extended warranty at $240 per year.  Repair bill number one,  came to $400 with labor! (so the warranty covered itself this time)   Who’d a thunk you’d need an extended warranty on an appliance that SHOULD last a minimum of 18 years??????

Guess I better get busy and send out that extended warranty order on the wife’s 1 year old washing machine too!

So to answer my own question,,, NO!!!!!!!!!

Building all this tech stuff into washing machines, refridgerators, etc, etc,  is  a huge and expensive (to the consumer) Mistake!!!!!!!

Given my druther’s,  I’ll keep my PC,  but get the computers off of my Truck, my Bike, my Boat (doesn’t have one), and most of my household appliances!!!

~~GB

“Let’s ban all guns today” at Balleye’s Boomers”

Today,  I read that our gang of anti-gun polititions now want to apply the RICO Racketeering Statutes to Federal Firearm Law.  We can thank the creepy NY Senator Charles Schumer,  and the very creepy New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg for this sick and unconstitutional idea.

In short this legislation,  now titled S.77, expanding RICO,  would do the following (and much more).

• Wipe out any protections against new punitive lawsuits, that were ended by the enactedment of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act of 2005
• Make passing a familiy heirloom (firearm) to a family member across a state line,  a federal felony,  involving not only your family, your gun club and any other like minded organizations you belong to, including the NRA.

This is yet another example of the “dirty pool” being played by anti-gunners!!  This, even after March 9th when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued an epochal ruling “that the Second Ammendment, actually protects the Right to Keep and Bear Arms for INDIVIDUALS“!

~~GB 

Been out of circulation for a couple of day’s now due to another nasty head cold. 

But Glenn Bartley is on the job:

“What if gun’s were outlawed tomorrow?”

http://ballseyesboomers.blogspot.com/2007/05/what-if-guns-were-outlawed-tomorrow.html

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