Had to be in Columbus Saturday afternoon, & used the opportunity to hit @Baker Airguns when they opened. Wanted to see their brick & mortar, plus knew they stocked a couple of candidates for my next .177- rare opportunity to get my hands on them & check out the things you can't on a website, forum, or YouTube review.
Long story short, a new Daystate Wolverine R came home with me. Always liked Daystate's sub-20 fpe offerings, but had nearly dismissed the Wolverine based on the one thing I wish would've been different about the Huntsman Regal & Huntsman Revere I used to own- to get a decent cheek weld, was restricted to using as a single shot only, and to ~42mm-ish scope objectives. Could see the Wolverine stock (comb in particular) is a bit different from the Revere from photos, but didn't know if it was high enough. The forthcoming Safari version of the Revere would solve this with an adjustable comb, so that was certainly on my radar.
Mike Gann greeted me & let me check out a few guns, & I was immediately liking the Wolverine. He offered to bring in his personal Wolverine to see how it felt scoped, and as luck would have it, he's using the exact scope I'd planned to add to my next .177. Nice, weight & balance are just what I want, &... the stock comb must be a good bit higher than on the Revere, because it lined up well even with that big ol' scope. That's all it took- I am weak
Set out to test some pellets today- JSB 10.3, JSB 13.4 original Monsters, & JSB 13.5 Monster redesigned. The 13.4 OM did ok but were clearly 3rd best, so won't bore you with those. The 10.3 & MRD were neck & neck after one 5 shot group each at 50 yards, both of which made me pretty dang happy. As you might have guessed, wind was a total non-factor.
To see if I could get some separation, alternated the two pellets for two 10 shot groups each. As an aside, this is a small but effective case study of why 10 shot groups are a better indicator of what's really going on with a rifle/pellet combination than 5 shots, which can fool you a bit. Sized opened up as expected, but still very pleased with the results from both pellets.
The 10.3 showed better, but the difference is small & likely within the margin of error introduced by the real wild card in all of this- me.
Rolling with the 10.3 right now for practical reasons; have ~7500 of them vs a half tin of MRD. Eventually though, think more testing is warranted. Don't know enough about the game of field target to say if it's better to have the flatter trajectory of the 10.3 or the better BC of the 13.4, if all else is equal. All else equal being key- more groups on paper under controlled conditions (benched, no wind) may produce a clear winner.
Like the title says, it's a good problem to have!
Long story short, a new Daystate Wolverine R came home with me. Always liked Daystate's sub-20 fpe offerings, but had nearly dismissed the Wolverine based on the one thing I wish would've been different about the Huntsman Regal & Huntsman Revere I used to own- to get a decent cheek weld, was restricted to using as a single shot only, and to ~42mm-ish scope objectives. Could see the Wolverine stock (comb in particular) is a bit different from the Revere from photos, but didn't know if it was high enough. The forthcoming Safari version of the Revere would solve this with an adjustable comb, so that was certainly on my radar.
Mike Gann greeted me & let me check out a few guns, & I was immediately liking the Wolverine. He offered to bring in his personal Wolverine to see how it felt scoped, and as luck would have it, he's using the exact scope I'd planned to add to my next .177. Nice, weight & balance are just what I want, &... the stock comb must be a good bit higher than on the Revere, because it lined up well even with that big ol' scope. That's all it took- I am weak
Set out to test some pellets today- JSB 10.3, JSB 13.4 original Monsters, & JSB 13.5 Monster redesigned. The 13.4 OM did ok but were clearly 3rd best, so won't bore you with those. The 10.3 & MRD were neck & neck after one 5 shot group each at 50 yards, both of which made me pretty dang happy. As you might have guessed, wind was a total non-factor.
To see if I could get some separation, alternated the two pellets for two 10 shot groups each. As an aside, this is a small but effective case study of why 10 shot groups are a better indicator of what's really going on with a rifle/pellet combination than 5 shots, which can fool you a bit. Sized opened up as expected, but still very pleased with the results from both pellets.
The 10.3 showed better, but the difference is small & likely within the margin of error introduced by the real wild card in all of this- me.
Rolling with the 10.3 right now for practical reasons; have ~7500 of them vs a half tin of MRD. Eventually though, think more testing is warranted. Don't know enough about the game of field target to say if it's better to have the flatter trajectory of the 10.3 or the better BC of the 13.4, if all else is equal. All else equal being key- more groups on paper under controlled conditions (benched, no wind) may produce a clear winner.
Like the title says, it's a good problem to have!
