Its an FX Black Widow I found via RFC forums, and the guy lived super close, so it was even better! Now I just need ALL the rest to go with it I thought it was going to be the synthetic stock, but I was VERY pleased to see it is the Turkish Walnut.

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She's a beauty Jerry!

Cool gun with very cool name Jerry...got a hunch some vermin is gonna hate that widow shooter

There's your name for her right there Jerry. "The Widow Maker."

Haha thanks guys! Yes, I think that is what she will be named: The Widow Maker! Thanks John! Yes...there will be blood...

I shot it twice and she is SWEET! Not as quiet as I had hoped, but I'm sure not complaining!

Get ready for questions guys, When I have money again I will be looking for tanks, fill adaptors, pumps, scopes, pellets, so be prepared!

I missed this post when it was fresh and after we talked today Jerry, I had to see exactly what it was you were talking about. VERY COOL!

Thanks Mike, and thanks for letting me use your Chrony for testing, it saved me and taught me a LOT as you can see in my post!

I initially would shoot from 200 to 150 BAR, and then refill because I thought the velocities would start to fall off afterward. Well I found that I can run through four complete magazines before having to refill, actually ten more if I "needed" to. Thats 32 shots with all four magazines at 32ft/lbs. That really made my day seeing those numbers! Less pumping is always better than more! The previous owner thought it was set at 30 ft/lbs, and being skeptical I had to check the numbers for myself. I was pleased with the power count, but even more pleased with the stats of the shot strings.

Velocities with 18.0 gr unsorted JSBs (all numbers are from 32 shot strings...4 magaines):

5 turns out on air restrictor:

Mean: 894.4 fps
Med: 893.9 fps
St. Dev: 5.20 fps !!!
Power: 31.98 ft/lbs

4 turns out:

Mean: 888.48 fps
Median: 890.97 fps
St. Dev: 8.87 fps
Power: 31.56 ft/lbs

3 turns out:

Mean: 867.36 fps
Median: 868.70 fps
St. Dev: 7.04 fps
Power: 30.08 ft/lbs

My main goal in testing was to find the setting needed to achieve 12 ft/lbs for a local clubs indoor Monday night airgun shoot; as well as the 20 ft/lbs for a field target shoot next weeknd. I got REALLY lucky on the 12 ft/lb number. I had to switch to the lightest pellets I had on hand (15.9 gr JSBs). To achieve that number I have the restrictor 1/8 of a turn from the bottom of its travel, really slow at only 578 fps. I'm glad it is indoors!

On the high end of power, I was planning on turning it down for the sake of efficiency but with the surprising numbers on shot count AND power I will keep it at 5 turns out. I need to go back after that anyway and get more pellets!

I think in posting this it was the last straw and I convinced myself I need a chronograph! Thanks again for letting me use you Chrony! I'm anxious to test out the powder burners when I get one now!

Looks like you got yourself a thumper Jerry!!

Thanks Glen! Now I get to go show a bunch of people I've never met how I have no ability to shoot offhand tomorrow night! LOL No caffiene tomorrow haha.

You've been busy today.

How's that old saying go....That will either kill you or make you a stronger shooter Jerry...most likely kill me Enjoy yourself and have fun...But, let us know your still alive

Somehow I think you'll do just fine Jerry.

Hey thanks guys ! I'm going to go and just have a good time! I think I will do ok, and it will give me more motivation to practce my offhand shooting anyway. Almost ALL my shooting is prone, bench, or sticks...could be ugly tonight . Haha, I will let you guys know how it goes. I have the day off work and class is done...a few hours before it starts so I'm going to go...shoot!

Have fun at the shoot Jerry. As for the chronograph they are mandatory for an airgun shooter as it is really your only diagnostic tool for determining how your gun is working and finding out what pellet types do. I'll admit I bought one for my powder burners originally but I have a couple now and one specifically for my airguns. It makes charting my pellet trajectories so much more simple. You know for those Hail Mary shots into the next county.

Seems like you scored and are one happy camper. Let us know when you get to the field and how it performs. Kudos and thanks for sharing.