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With a name like that I genuinely thought this thing was an April fools joke or something when I saw the first video pop up on YouTube.

No not really. Few, if any, of the major slugs are inherently superior to the others- it's mostly what works in a certain gun. Like I said, nothing is guaranteed with these projectiles. But try them and others and see what works. The best speed you'll also have to figure out for yourself...

Agreed with the above, however a good starting point would be 25gr H&N HP2 and 25-28gr Zan in 0.218. The factory settings should have 25gr going around 970fps and every one I've come across so far prefers 0.218 to anything smaller. No guarantees though 🤷‍♂️

Ah thanks for the confirmation. I can't stand Dubber so I literally watched that bit that Mubhaur mentioned and missed any other context.

@mubhaur Maybe! I commonly make solid barrels using FX liners for various guns that have come with less than stellar. They work beautifully 👍🏻

Interesting... They still advertise the pro as having superior heavy liners on their official site. Perhaps it's just a thick solid outer barrel negating the need for the carbon fiber sleeve? Just guessing - don't much like the DRS myself.

The older BSA pcps like the scorpion used a reg with a big coil spring in them. They were utter rubbish. Mostly since they weren't vented to atmosphere though, not necessarily because of the spring.

Nope. Electronic solenoid just flings a hammer at the same mechanical valve as the BRK Ghost 🤷‍♂️

I have the uragan 2 and the vet one. The uragan 2 has 8 big grub screw securing the barrel at intervals, with machined flats at those spots. Nothing is going to move that barrel, so I'd say it's much over muchness really. What was said about the metal on metal contact and no barrel orings at...

Yep the only issue it ever really had was the balance valve having the balance chamber sealing o-ring on the valve piston rather than in a groove inside the balance chamber itself. Similar to having a the breech oring on the probe rather than in the barrel breech like is the norm nowadays. It...

https://hardairmagazine.com/ham-columns/balanced-valves-for-pcp-airguns-theyre-here-today/ Not specifically about the uragan 2 one but it's a pretty standard balance valve so this article is probably the best. The uragan 2 hammer is also an SSG type design so there is a link to that in the...

Nope. That spring is totally unnecessary unless you jack the reg pressure up to ridiculous 200+bar levels. A friend tried that and his valve started leaking in no time flat.

The speed on the gun is essentially entirely determined by the reg pressure. The hst just has to be 'enough' to open the balanced valve. The poor accuracy likely relates to more than the velocity though, as all the ones I have set up have shot very well in that range. One issue the ones I have...

I can recrown quite easily, so don't worry about me ;) And I didn't argue the merits of recrowning or altering exit holes of shrouds/moderators. As I stated, it's your apparent unwillingness/inability to tune that limits your capacity to give advice on the quality/worth of rifles and the value...

@Emu I don't understand this though - you're willing to take a drill to the crown, but won't try to tune it or any other rifle? The difference a few bar on the reg or a bit of HST adjustment can make is huge and may well have saved the gun from the crown job. Overall it massively limits the...