Benjamin akela .177

[daddypaddy]

this arrived on monday from AR! i think i got pretty lucky with the stock raffle i haven’t zeroed yet due to work but im excited to be shooting .177 again. last time i shot the caliber was over 20 years ago!

i’ve read a few things about cutting the HS to get more shots on this platform. i do have a few questions to ask
1. what’s the best weight pellet to shoot out of this gun?
2. is it capable of shooting slugs?
3.

 

[Frank in Fairfield]

I was thinking about a .177 Akela as well but what I have been reading is not good.
As with all PCPs in .177, 10.34 JSB/AA pellets.
Slugs, I have no need for and will not comment!

 

[Mike_Lenardon]

I bought the spring kit with it. Used the valve spring but swapped out the hammer spring. With ARs spring I had to use the side power adjuster. Here's the spring specs I used, .062 wire, .44 OD, 2.12/2.18 long.

Super quiet, very accurate, not pellet fussy. I really like mine.
Above was shot with 10.65 baracudas

 

[JaceSpace1369]

this arrived on monday from AR! i think i got pretty lucky with the stock raffle i haven’t zeroed yet due to work but im excited to be shooting .177 again. last time i shot the caliber was over 20 years ago!View attachment 559020
i’ve read a few things about cutting the HS to get more shots on this platform. i do have a few questions to ask
1. what’s the best weight pellet to shoot out of this gun?
2. is it capable of shooting slugs?
3.

13gr without doing any adjustments or cutting. With the hammer spring cut down I had mine shooting 13gr at 820ish and 10gr around 900+.

Mine loved 13/15gr slugs

 

[JaceSpace1369]

I bought the spring kit with it. Used the valve spring but swapped out the hammer spring. With ARs spring I had to use the side power adjuster. Here's the spring specs I used, .062 wire, .44 OD, 2.12/2.18 long.
View attachment 559038
Super quiet, very accurate, not pellet fussy. I really like mine.

The AR valve spring was too violent in mine. It caused a loud twang in the back of my akela and with the AR HS it was almost impossible to shoot without the gun vibrating throughout the whole system.

I ended up putting stock springs back in and cutting the spring to 2.47" but I would recommend cutting to 2.5-2.52

 

[Neu]

Man I missed the boat on those hopefully he has some more at that price. Those are an absolute steal at $200. Or something pops up in the classifieds here.

 

[boscoebrea]

I got the same thing form the same place.,was shooting it yesterday ,30 yards with JSB 8.44 gr.all touching.My Akela does not seem to be too pellet fussy.

 

[Bramezy]

Man I missed the boat on those hopefully he has some more at that price. Those are an absolute steal at $200. Or something pops up in the classifieds here.

same, id like another one again, bought one and sold it and wished I hadn't.

 

[JaceSpace1369]

same, id like another one again, bought one and sold it and wished I hadn't.

I bought mine and sold it as well after putting a hajimoto baffles and a barrel band .

 

[bivy53]

I cut my spring but can’t quite remember to what length. I would agree on just ordering his spring kit. Mine is not pellet picky and shoote 10 gr slugs like a laser.

 

[Mike_Lenardon]

Neu and Bramezy
AR had 177s & 22s a couple says ago. Ya just have to keep looking

 

[nobody1]

I have the Akela 177 too, also from Airgun Revisions.
I had a leak through the Foster fill probe after about a month after buying it.
You have no warranty with the AR guns.

AR did send me a replacement fill probe, part of a kit which contained some other useful parts.

Luckily I can fix my airguns, after many years of learning

The main issue with the..177 is a lack of magazines
I could only find them at Crosman and they cost about $27 each.
The magazines are unique to the Craftsman PCPs, Kral magazines do not fit.