Other Gentle Shot Cycle

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As someone that works on guns, i can´t but agree.
Many that are though seems to be of British origins really?

Got this old BSA R-10 150th anniv in 22cal, the export version.
Spent loads of time on it and these days she´s a "hauler" no doubt but.. Even though a bolt action, with all that brings as far as quirks, the actual shot.. rather powerful seeing what she is and with a trigger to absolutely die for.
That stock BSA barrel in turn loves slugs as you start pushing it, it really does.

But i digress.
Many finer old British made pcp´s sure does the trick. Then keep in mind that most of them were never intended to go beyond 12fpe.
 
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woogie_man said:
I loved the RedWolf when I had it.... still regret selling that rifle.

But currently I would have to say the HM1000x in the MPA Chassis. The added weight make the shot cycle just about dead and the rifle is as smooth as a babys bottom.
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Having owned several TM 1000 and Hmx1000 I’d say that they are “stiff” in comparison to a RW. Unless someone like @Motorhead gets to do their magic on them, then they have a crisp snappy nature. The new Blackwolf is pretty darn silky. I think that the more time spent on precise machining pays off in the gentle cycle nature some airguns have.
 
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duchunter007 said:
I do like the RW looks, from doing some research they seem to shoot well, of course the Alpha/Delta also seem to shoot lights out too!
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One thing about bullpups - you will hear more (action) at the ear compared to a traditional long stock which takes the action forward of your ears a bit.
 
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As far as the actual shot cycle itself, I feel my Crosman 1400 has the deadest shot cycle. There's NO movement from the action when the exhaust valve pops open. The downside to the gun is the heavy trigger. Plus, the more pumps you give it, the harder the trigger pull is.

Now for overall civilized, I would give it to my Daystate MK4. The bolt action slips and slides a pellet in with a mere flick of the finger. On low setting(12fpe)it's as smooth as they come. When on high power, the solenoid driven hammer does start to become noticeable, but the lock time is so fast, the pellet is out of the barrel before you notice it.

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Pea-shooter O.G. said:
As far as the actual shot cycle itself, I feel my Crosman 1400 has the deadest shot cycle. There's NO movement from the action when the exhaust valve pops open. The downside to the gun is the heavy trigger. Plus, the more pumps you give it, the harder the trigger pull is.

Now for overall civilized, I would give it to my Daystate MK4. The bolt action slips and slides a pellet in with a mere flick of the finger. On low setting(12fpe)it's as smooth as they come. When on high power, the solenoid driven hammer does start to become noticeable, but the lock time is so fast, the pellet is out of the barrel before you notice it.
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The Mk4 sounds nice! I “had“ a fully tuned BSA Goldstar that was simply amazing in all categories of a great shot cycle.
 
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As @cavedweller says, there is nothing quite like the action on a RW or AW/DW. I took my RW 25 out the other day with my Vulcan 3 30 to shoot. The Vulcan was tuned by Mr Derrick Wall and it is shooting 63g AVS at 124fpe! To say that I get an arm workout cocking it is an understatement! After getting it sighted in, I did some target work with the RW and it was nothing short of night and day. It is so smooth that if you don't count your shots, you will always cycle one past the last shot. I will say that the Ghost is very good mechanically and also the Wolverine R is very good. The Taipan Vet 2s are also exceptional. Don't have a BW yet... trying to avoid the impulse! :ROFLMAO:
 
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Pfddi said:
As @cavedweller says, there is nothing quite like the action on a RW or AW/DW. I took my RW 25 out the other day with my Vulcan 3 30 to shoot. The Vulcan was tuned by Mr Derrick Wall and it is shooting 63g AVS at 124fpe! To say that I get an arm workout cocking it is an understatement! After getting it sighted in, I did some target work with the RW and it was nothing short of night and day. It is so smooth that if you don't count your shots, you will always cycle one past the last shot. I will say that the Ghost is very good mechanically and also the Wolverine R is very good. The Taipan Vet 2s are also exceptional. Don't have a BW yet... trying to avoid the impulse! :ROFLMAO:
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The BW is on my wish list, but I'll have to wait a bit for that one! The Ghost feels great to me, but I guess I will have to pull the trigger on the RW and/or the BW.
 
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The gun I hate to love, lol, which is a Skout EVO in 22 cal.

Easy to cock and changed over to the left side. No spring tension to overcome but not as refined feeling as the E Wolf's but better than most pcp's.

The E-trigger is VERY good and light and it's superior feeling to the E Wolfs to me and most other pcp's mechanical triggers. It's not super crisp but is predictable once you get used to it.

Shot cycle, yes again VERY smooth. Part of that I'm sure is the heavier weight of the gun. Its hard to describe but I like shooting it more than a lot of guns I've messed around with.

High cap mags to keep on keeping on enjoying the nice shot cycle. Had no hang ups of any sort so far.

There's actually more I like about this gun that I could mention.
On the other side of the coin is it's a moody !@#$ and not without various problems.
Sometimes it fixes its self, yeah that's a head scratcher for sure but working great right now.
 
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