Hatsan Factor Sniper Long
- By Racing
- PCP Airguns
- 6 Replies
Of course i did.
Hatsan, for whatever reason, have come to restrict these at the barrel entry and the valve body fwiw.
My critique is mainly practical TBH. If yours is on the money, more power to you. As stated in turn, accuracy is the one thing NOT an issue. It shoots very well, and having ironed out the issues that i HAVE had i use it loads on the rats - even long range.
I´m currently tossing either 40s or 42s (hollow point slugs of course) to the tune of 1000fps+ and then some. Shoots light out on the scaly tails no matter the range really.
However.
There´s several of us that have arrived on about the same thing as far as these units, so i´m very far from alone. Hatsan can no doubt do better. For instance, that reg creep... why?
In turn the external adjustment of the regulator, that in essence falls apart as you even look at it? Why?
Mine wasn´t even put together correctly out of the box, and "sending it back" in this case means that you won´t see the gun for at least 6 months knowing Hatsan. Both the design and the materials involved for that reg adjuster are sub par, it´s that simple.
..and that list goes on.
So no. I do not find the SL a worthwhile piece for those not in the know as they no doubt take work to become all they can be.
Powerful, with a bit of porting and so forth, most certainly. Accurate? Absolutely.
But now i need to pick that regulator apart and polish its innards. As is i have to dry fire like 4 or 5 shots to GET that accuracy. That sure isn´t the way it was intended, and the thing here is that although the SL isn´t an overly expensive piece of kit it sure isn´t budget or entry level either.
If i compare to my Reximex Meta Premium (which by any measure is also as Turkish as they come) it might be the SL can be had more powerful (dunno, haven´t come to dwell on that, yet) but the difference in design and build quality is like night n day.
The Meta is more compact, things actually WORK right out of the box and it features quite a few smart solutions.
Hatsan has, at least as far as i´m concerned, always been known to carry a lot of "motor". No argument there, and what´s more as such Hatsan on a general whole is more budget oriented guns.
Well.
When they now try and market themselves as that they´ve regrouped and the SL is presented as it is.. No. Just no. Not even close.
That is NOT to say that it´s a bad gun.
It is to say that it, IMO, was put into market like a year before it should have been.
Hatsan, for whatever reason, have come to restrict these at the barrel entry and the valve body fwiw.
My critique is mainly practical TBH. If yours is on the money, more power to you. As stated in turn, accuracy is the one thing NOT an issue. It shoots very well, and having ironed out the issues that i HAVE had i use it loads on the rats - even long range.
I´m currently tossing either 40s or 42s (hollow point slugs of course) to the tune of 1000fps+ and then some. Shoots light out on the scaly tails no matter the range really.
However.
There´s several of us that have arrived on about the same thing as far as these units, so i´m very far from alone. Hatsan can no doubt do better. For instance, that reg creep... why?
In turn the external adjustment of the regulator, that in essence falls apart as you even look at it? Why?
Mine wasn´t even put together correctly out of the box, and "sending it back" in this case means that you won´t see the gun for at least 6 months knowing Hatsan. Both the design and the materials involved for that reg adjuster are sub par, it´s that simple.
..and that list goes on.
So no. I do not find the SL a worthwhile piece for those not in the know as they no doubt take work to become all they can be.
Powerful, with a bit of porting and so forth, most certainly. Accurate? Absolutely.
But now i need to pick that regulator apart and polish its innards. As is i have to dry fire like 4 or 5 shots to GET that accuracy. That sure isn´t the way it was intended, and the thing here is that although the SL isn´t an overly expensive piece of kit it sure isn´t budget or entry level either.
If i compare to my Reximex Meta Premium (which by any measure is also as Turkish as they come) it might be the SL can be had more powerful (dunno, haven´t come to dwell on that, yet) but the difference in design and build quality is like night n day.
The Meta is more compact, things actually WORK right out of the box and it features quite a few smart solutions.
Hatsan has, at least as far as i´m concerned, always been known to carry a lot of "motor". No argument there, and what´s more as such Hatsan on a general whole is more budget oriented guns.
Well.
When they now try and market themselves as that they´ve regrouped and the SL is presented as it is.. No. Just no. Not even close.
That is NOT to say that it´s a bad gun.
It is to say that it, IMO, was put into market like a year before it should have been.
Upvote 0
