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You need......a utg single piece mount.

https://www.amazon.com/UTG-Medium-Profile-Airgun-Mount/dp/B002TUSJVQ

Worked flawlessly on my gamo with the 4x32 hunter scope and this mount (until the gamo trigger broke gotta love gamo QC)

Will also absorb extra recoil in theory hopefully preserving your scope.

Your dad's shop compressor is absolutely, without question, incapable of producing 3000 psi, my dude. Shop compressors probably top off at 150psi. What say you, u/sqwirlfucker57?

Pull the scope off your F4 and divert some of that money to a high-pressure pump.

For anything closer than your primary zero.

When you zero in your weapon (let's say at 25 yards, but the distance is technically irrelevant), you have a primary and a secondary zero. That means your pellet will intersect at that elevation at 25 yards, and then again at that same elevation let's say 70 yards. This is because every round that you shoot, be it a pellet gun, or 7mm hunting rifle, is effected by gravity. What this does to your round is make the pellet trajectory travel in an arc.

The easiest way to figure out how much hold under you need is to test it! I'd set up targets at 25 yards and 10 & 5 yards, and then 50 yards. Sight your scope or iron sights on for dead center at 25 yards. After that's done, aim at a target at 10 yards and see how much lower the pellet hits from where you aimed. Do it again at 5 yards, and it will be significantly lower than what 10 yards was. At 50 yards, you may have to hold under a bit, because your pellet is probably still rising, but at 125 yards, you'll probably need some hold over so your pellet won't land too low.

Now just remember where those points are at, and you are ready to go!

But there is something else you can do too, and install this ballistics calculator app on your phone!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.borisov.strelok

Something that it free is Blackmagic Designs Davinci Resolve

I've used this one for the past three years. Paired with a ballistics calculator like Strelok Pro and it's light out.

I'd point you to the one I purchased, but they discontinued it. The big thing you want to have is slope compensation, and here is a budget friendly option for a rangefinder that fits the bill.

Currently, I don't use a stand-alone rangefinder, as my scope has one built in.

I use the Halo XL450. It's perfect for airgun purposes, and has angle compensation built in. Display is a little dim at times, but it's an excellent rangefinder for the price. They're $99 on Amazon at the moment.

DIY Salt pellet: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017362KFG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 . toss the shorter piece. Cut the bullet end of the longer piece. Stuff cotton -> salt-> cotton, tightly. Pump, chamber and shoot quite nicely. I think the performance is very close to Bug- A salt, but the 1322 is way more versatile and can be used for other pellets.

I have one of these, it works ok phone mount but needed to use one of my old phones as the newest one wouldn't stay focused

I have the 3-14x. It also has extended magnification of up to 37.6x, which is lower resolution, but useable. The 5-20x gives you extended magnification of like 57x, but I like a wider view. I also have the same exact setup with the ATN THOR 4 Thermal Scope! 😃

I use a Magpul pic rail attachment for attachment on the airgun receiver, and I use this Magpul style connector for the rifle butt, but I had to drill a hole in the frame to attach it. This gives me a two point front tactical sling that hangs in the low ready hands free.

This scope actually came with a cell phone mount, but I haven't used it. I used the SME WiFi Spotting Scope Camera

Here is the Amazon link for the bird decoys

I took a little bit of yellow acrylic paint and made the beaks yellow, and also put a few speckles on their backs. Not sure that it matters, but it draws them in!

This is a bottom of the barrel optic.

Will it work? Yes.

But you give up so much choosing such a low quality scope. You'll be so much better off choosing a UTG Bug BusterScope at a minimum

This laser might be a good fit for just in front of the lower pic rail. I just installed this on a gun, and for $15 it seems to do a good job.

Pinty Red Laser Red Dot Sight Waterproof Military Grade Low Profile Compact with Rail Mount and Accessory https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N5BWE4P/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_HFTEEV5FVA13DV94QRM5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

No, definitely don't get another digital scope until you own a decent normal optic. Grab a dovetail to picatinny adapter like this one, a couple sets of picatinny rings, and a normal optic like an Element Helix, Vortex Diamondback Tactical, Vectpr Veyron, Ares BTR and you'll be good to go. As long as you reinstall the scopes in the same slots you removed them from, you will be pretty damn close to still zeroed.

Almost forgot. Order a new IR illuminator for your ATN. The one in the box is terrible. I use this one. It's brighter but most importantly, allows you to use rechargeable 18650 batteries.

The JSB Kings 25.39gr are my go to for pellets in my FX. Hasn't been a critter that's walked away from one yet. If your worried about pass through the JSB Hades expand well as do the Polymags (expensive!). The Power Pup is packing quite a bit more heat than my older Dreamline so I would actually recommend going withe the 33.95gr JSBs here.

You'll need oil and replacement batteries (LR44) for the Yong Heng. I use Royal Purple Synfilm Recip. 100 oil. Each bottle is good for I believe 3 oil changes.

You'll also need scope rings. The FX No Limits 30mm rings will work well for the X-Sight. My final recommendation would be to skip the DonnFL that comes with the gun for the additional $50. Take that money and order the larger DonnyFL Shogun moderator. My gun is practically a whisper with that on there.

Here is the link to Amazon where I found them. The loop mount I also got from Amazon. Only a few bucks for all of them, and they’ve worked wonderfully!

So I did a bit of squirrel hunting today using this new fangled collapsible chair.

The verdict: It's pretty damn good, though not perfect.

It's fairly light, and very compact with a built in carry strap. It has a complete base, just like the seat, so it won't sink down in the typical moist forest ground.

I'm 5'10" and 215 pounds, and the seat had no trouble holding me. The chair is rated for almost 400 pounds, but I had no way to test the claim. It's height allowed me to sit with my legs bent around 65 degrees, which makes it easier to get up than if it was at 90 degrees from the fore leg to the thigh.

As great as this seat is, it's not entirely prefect, as it isn't perfectly silent when you move about. But the noise is minimal, so many can overlook this for daytime hunting duties.

I give it a 4.5 out of 5 stars and this is all the better because of its economical price! In fact it's so economical, I bought two, just in case I go hunting with a friend.

After I went out hunting last week it became apparent that I was gonna have to get a support system because of the weight of my gun. I also needed something that could hold my gun as I glass with binoculars, because I would do too much movement switching back and forth.

I bought the field pod max and I bought one of these collapsible chairs and I hope it's quiet enough to use for hunting.

So I was looking at the ATN X-sight.

So the example image they show of the coyote at night...it will only look like that when used with an IR flashlight? Are night vision scopes by themselves pretty weak? Thanks in advance! 😊

DIY salt pellet: this, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017362KFG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1, then cut the bullet end of the longer piece, squeeze a small piece of cotton in one end, then salt, then another piece of cotton into the other end. Very similar performance to Bug A-Salt, but also more versatile.

I keep three knives in my hunting ruck. A D2 Steel Tanto blade, a Kershaw Leek for field dressing game and a cheap 12" dagger that is dull as can be, just in case I have to deal with a pack of coyote.

Never know when you need some sharp steel.

I still have a few knives that I'd like to get, but I think this one will be my next.

Huh? What app can do that? Are you figuring this from a known target height and using the Pythagorean Theorem to figure out the distance?

May be better off investing in a laser rangefinder. Here is one off of Amazon for decent price.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08VDCP5D7/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_ZT47QD3C3BCHHZZ0Z2D0

I’ll start off by saying what I am using is not an upgrade to your Hawke.

Here it goes:

Feyachi RFS-21 6-24x50mm AOEG Scope, Red and Green Illuminated Optics Scope with Range-Finding Reticle 1 Inch Tube https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07SJFRSLY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_5N6F3F6YAGWGSDR6JVWQ?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.pyramydair.com/s/a/AirForce_Self_Centering_Tri_Rail_11mm_Dovetail/427