I purchased a Reximex Daystar .22 during the recent labor Day sale.
The rifle arrived this past Monday and I went to work disassembling, checking parts and making some minor modifications. The most significant being polishing the bore, modifying the trigger to a crisp single stage and cutting the hammer spring to get the rifle's velocity in the range I wanted it to be.
The tune is shooting AEA 18.3gr at 890fps for 3-mags (36-shots) with single digit ES. More importantly, it shoots those pellets like they were 'on a string'! They fly perfectly down-range!
My normal 'Sage Rat' hunting rifle is my 3-decade old Falcon FN19 single-shot .22. It shoots AEA 15.9gr at 890fps. I limit my ground squirrel shots to 50yds with the FN19 and often squeeze a few kills to 53yds. With the new Reximex shooting superior ballistics to the Falcon I decided to push shots an extra 10yds to a maximum of 60yds.
I took the Daystar out for it's first hunt yesterday and it performed as well as I had hoped it would! My long shot was 61yds and many small 'sage rats' were sent to the 'big den in the sky' at 44yds to 53yds! The Daystar was 'sending it' at near perfection with only one miss over 33-shots fired. Mind you, I only shoot from a sitting position, often with a tree or rock to lean against, and using shooting sticks. Of course the laser makes the distance to target known and not a guess (unlike the old days).
In conclusion, if you do not wish to spend a lot on a capable hunting rifle, and you have some 'garage shop' skills, the Reximex rifles are capable.
Reximex Daystar .22 with Meopta Optika5 2-10x42 and Fox 300 suppression.
The rifle arrived this past Monday and I went to work disassembling, checking parts and making some minor modifications. The most significant being polishing the bore, modifying the trigger to a crisp single stage and cutting the hammer spring to get the rifle's velocity in the range I wanted it to be.
The tune is shooting AEA 18.3gr at 890fps for 3-mags (36-shots) with single digit ES. More importantly, it shoots those pellets like they were 'on a string'! They fly perfectly down-range!
My normal 'Sage Rat' hunting rifle is my 3-decade old Falcon FN19 single-shot .22. It shoots AEA 15.9gr at 890fps. I limit my ground squirrel shots to 50yds with the FN19 and often squeeze a few kills to 53yds. With the new Reximex shooting superior ballistics to the Falcon I decided to push shots an extra 10yds to a maximum of 60yds.
I took the Daystar out for it's first hunt yesterday and it performed as well as I had hoped it would! My long shot was 61yds and many small 'sage rats' were sent to the 'big den in the sky' at 44yds to 53yds! The Daystar was 'sending it' at near perfection with only one miss over 33-shots fired. Mind you, I only shoot from a sitting position, often with a tree or rock to lean against, and using shooting sticks. Of course the laser makes the distance to target known and not a guess (unlike the old days).
In conclusion, if you do not wish to spend a lot on a capable hunting rifle, and you have some 'garage shop' skills, the Reximex rifles are capable.
Reximex Daystar .22 with Meopta Optika5 2-10x42 and Fox 300 suppression.
