in doing a sear for a new gun I always consider all the options that are out there. I guess everyone does the same?
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Well I think I have witnessed the same with RAW. A guy in our club got a 30 cal. A very very nice looking gun but it was not shooting great at 50 yards. I have a Daystate regal with no tune, done nothing to it out of the box. 3 years it shoots the same I have no need for a tune. He paid 2200+ with the options and it might need something because it can't outshoot a .22 at 50 yards."Marksman3006"I have owned both RAW and Daystate. If you get the RAW.....based off my experience......be prepared to send it to a tuner. The gun I got was not tuned properly and I personally drove to RAW headquarters to pick it up in person. It was a .25 HM1000X LRT. I put 3 tins of pellets through it. The fps spread when new was 50fps. Like from one shot to the next. All over the place. I kept shooting it and it got better......but never came close to what all 3 of our daystates did out of the box. That would be a pulsar, wolverine b hilite in .22, and wolverine C in .177.
I have to admit the RAW was built very well.....but no better than the daystate. The magazine on the daystate is definitely better. For the price......I personally feel you get more with the Daystate, unless you need a regulator. Then RAW all the way.
I have been thinking about getting another RAW in .22 despite my first experience. If I do.....I will be prepared to send it to a tuner. Part of me wishes I had kept the .25 LRT and just sent it off for a tune......but it was too loud to truly be backyard friendly. Im sure the .22 and .177 would have been more than quiet enough. Please no bashing my post......this is real first hand world experience here.....that cost me alot of money. Had I been patient I could have got that .25 LRT shooting lights out I know. But Martin told me it was a "one holer" in person when he handed it to me.
Again......putting my neck out here. This is my first hand experience and not heresay.
The shots that were within 10fps at 50 yards were one holing and damn near pellet on pellet. It showed promise and needed a tune.