As the title says, I received my Tequila Gun, gun this evening. Only put 4 pellets thru it just to verify all is working from the trip. The packaging was a little light duty.
After a general inspection, the part to part fit-up is VERY nice. As good as any other high end gun on the market. The anodizing of each detail is a little off. Some parts have a light shine and some parts have a more flat finish. Not a huge difference, but it's notable.
The gun feels very solid. Slightly nose heavy, but all Govt. .45's are !
The cocking lever is solid, if not a little snug in the locked position. It's got two detent balls holding it in its closed position, so it takes a shove to open it. The way that it's designed is nice, in that, if you squint hard, the thumb lever looks like a hammer on the firearm version. A very simple cocking mechanism. Only a light mechanical advantage lever, so it's a tug to do the full cock. But the way that it's designed, you use both your first two fingers AND your thumb, so that helps.
The pressure gauge in PSI, yes, on the end of the air cylinder. That's fine with me being in PSI, I was born and raised in the USA, ! The gauge is only a 1/3d sweep face, so accuracy isn't it's long suit. The fill port protector sleeve is a full ring or sleeve. It rotates for port access. Won't fall off.
What you can see of the trigger, it's similar to the Govt. firearm, .45, solid in the frame/receiver. Very little unwanted movement. It is a two stage pull. I have not done any adjusting at this point. As unpacked, the first stage is short, but noticeable. it comes to a definite, second stage wall, and then a fairly nice release with little creep. The pull is a bit hard, though short, and not too objectionable. Even at just four shots tonight, it's easy to get use to. I'll probably do some adjusting to see if I can lighten the pull some. It's a straight back pull, (no rotation), just like on the firearm.
For you "safety snobs", the safety is done very nicely. It is pushed into the "fire" mode, by pushing on the firearms magazine release button on the right side. It's a solid feel, probably a heavy ball/spring assembly. Not exactly quiet, but VERY positive. The push to safety is a button head fastener just opposite of the release button. It's a stainless fastener with a red sleeve under it on the left side. Very obvious what condition the gun is in.
The gun has a Picatinny rail on the barrel sleeve. It's been machined down the center for, I assume some weight removal. I attached a Holosun HE508T with no problem. There is a short two tooth, Pic. rail on the bottom of the receiver/air cylinder. On one hand, it seems sorta like a waste. BUT, for a few dollars more there is a full length picatinny rail that attaches to the short rail on the gun. Flashlights, Lasers, and yeah, even bi-tripods !
Speaking of the barrel sleeve, there is a mitigator, muffler, suppressor, silencer, and I suppose yeah, a moderator, 1/2-20 adapter bolted to the sleeve. The gun comes with a nice thread protector.
The magazine is a BEAST. Its Daystate/BRKish looking in the basic design, but does not open. The body is heavy walled stainless steel. Don't know the what version of stainless. The spring is...well...a bit of a workout. You rotate the inner disc/drum, and drop the pellets onto the oval hole in the back side of the magazine. Simple enough. But yeah, the spring can hold up a garage door. Definitely takes a little work. But...it's very smooth in its action. IThe magazine is held in the receiver by two small detent balls on the back side. There is two rubber o-rings to keep it from rattling. The magazine goes in from the left to right until the two detent balls locate it solidly.
The gun comes with iron sights. They are somewhat interesting. No need for white paint...there's no place to put...the paint ! The rear sight has a hole in each wing, and the front sight has a single hole in it. Interesting. I suppose one could insert light collecting plastic into the holes if desired. The front sight folds down. I'd guess for some basic protection. There's a small magnet in the blade to hold it in position. The rear is height and windage adjustable. OR, both are removable if you like with a simple set screw, (no "grub screw" worms here) loosening.
The grip panels are very ice. Have a lot of character to them. Don't know what the wood is, but it's fairly dark. It "appears" as though that firearm grips will fit. The basic shape of the panels are just like a Govt. .45 panels. I haven't taken them off to verify yet. There is also an interesting, one piece, hollow, hex pattern, very light, 3D printed grip available. Pretty interesting part.
While the gun will come to you with various "tune's" adjusted before shipping, yes, there is a hammer spring screw just above the beaver tail. The factory tunes can be seen here -
That's about as deep as I've been into as of now. A few things that I want to verify and play with in the next couple of days, along with some shooting.
So far, so good. No major complaints
Pictures tomorrow
Mike
P.s. - no paper instructions as of now. The max. pressure is printed on the right side of the gun. No information about trigger adjustment.
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@AirNGasman
. I swapped the 0DB Tactical (bottom photo) for a Huggett Astile (first two photos). The Astile is quieter than the 0DB to my ears and can be shortened. Which look do you guys prefer?
