Picked her up ASAP on the yellow a couple of weeks back. I'd been lusting after one of these rifles for quite awhile and when one popped up in .22
I was in the perfect position to pounce on it and pounce I did! I plunked down $500 for her without missing a beat.
I couldn't wait! compact, lightweight, accurate with a high end attention to detail where wood and metal finishing are concerned. After taking care of a fill port / pressure tube end cap issue I've been wringing her out and on one hand I'm rather floored with it's efficiency, on the other I'm not loving the lackluster thump of a gun in the 17 ft lb arena. I'm used to the solid whack and less pronounced rainbow effect in trajectory of a gun closer to 30 ft lbs.
So the question begging to be asked is,.... Can this rifle be made to deliver a dozen or so 25 ft lb shots within a reasonable velocity spread without breaking the bank?
I suppose that I should be thrilled with it's present performance but I'm too corrupted by the performance of virtually everything else in my airgun arsenal. Currently this little gun is delivering an impressive number of usable shots for having such a small reservoir but the whallop just isn't satisfying. I'd quickly agree to a reduced shot count in exchange for higher terminal energy. I knew what I was buying but it took some trigger time to make me realize that this isn't what I want.
What say the forum?............................
Yesterday I shot a 49 shot string with 18.3 gr JSBs that started at 602 fps and ended at 618 fps with an extreme spread of 82 fps. Not exactly stellar performance but impressive none the less for the size of the rifle. If I eliminate the extremes on either end of the string I still have 29 Shots at an average of 671 fps yielding 18.7 ft lbs of energy at the muzzle.
I know that we've got some knowledgeable guys here who can look at these numbers, ask a few questions and tell me what I need to know. I'm all ears!
