A tribute to my Daystate Air Wolf .22 Tactical MCT ..so long good buddy

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Having just sold the rifle, I thought I would post a tributes to this amazing airgun as she has been the best airgun I have ever owned. The Wolf was my go to gun and never let me down. Guns came and went but the Air Wolf stayed put. If you haven't shot an Air Wolf, you are missing out. Nothing quite compares to the crisp electronic trigger, instantaneous lock time and dead on accuracy. I hope it brings as much pleasure to the new owner as it did for me. So long good buddy.

Hot as bawls and yet I still managed to pull off a 10 shot grouping of just .53: at 100 Yards (Even blind squirrels get a nut every now and then)

Close up of above grouping with measurements from On Track software


Shooting in the Arizona Desert is both fun but challenging: Heat, rocky, snakes, heat, scorpions, ants, heat and incessant mosquitoes

Some more footage in slow motion footage of the Air Wolf doing what she does best

And some slow motion footage of the Wolf putting the smack down on some reactive targets (Nespresso Pods)

 
I'm sold it since I am no longer into airguns, and decided to sell of my gun and PCP gear. I had lots of fun and met some awesome folks but for me, the PCP ride is over.

I'm now into shooting ,22 LR powder burners. I got myself an Anschutz MSR RX22 with competition barrel for $369 along with a Spectre II silencer from Silencerco for $599 (tax stamp included) and voila, I was hooked. With the silencer, my Anschutz .22LR is as quiet as my Air Wolf with Huggett if not quieter.

I prefer to shoot using the 45 gr CCI Silencer ammo which has a velocity of 970 fps yet still cycles the gun properly. All you hear is the click of the trigger, the round hitting, and the brass clinking to the ground. Hollywood quiet as they say.

Anyway, I plan on using some of the money from my Air Wolf toward the purchase of either a custom KIDD Supergrade with Magpul X-22 stock or a Volquartsen, with McMillan stock. I'm still undecided. The rest of the money will be used towards bills LOL.

Volquartsen .22 LR in McMillan Stock
 
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OMG too funny, I've been shooting Anshutz's .22 Benchrest @ 25 and 50 yds for way too many years to admit and have given up my powder burners to go to PCP.
Just started with the Daystate Regal XL and cannot believe the precision down to 100 bar. Now I'm contemplating an Air Wolf ...can the groupings get any better with an Air Wolf ? Shooting the Midas Lapua got a little too high at 1000 bucks a case...even at that quality there were 1/50 flyers that just disappear with my PCP.
Good luck with the Anschutz !
 
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"pinwheel87"OMG too funny, I've been shooting Anshutz's .22 Benchrest @ 25 and 50 yds for way too many years to admit and have given up my powder burners to go to PCP.
Just started with the Daystate Regal XL and cannot believe the precision down to 100 bar. Now I'm contemplating an Air Wolf ...can the groupings get any better with an Air Wolf ? Shooting the Midas Lapua got a little too high at 1000 bucks a case...even at that quality there were 1/50 flyers that just disappear with my PCP.
Good luck with the Anschutz !
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The Air Wolf isn't necessarily going to be a more accurate compared to the Regal XL as both use the same 16" Lothar Walther barrels. However, the Air Wolf might provide an edge over the Regal shooter in that the Air Wolf uses a solenoid which provides a faster lock time (time between the pull of the trigger and the pellet leaving the end of the barrel) compared to the manual hammer and spring found in the Regal.

The Air Wolf also requires much less effort to cock and load which enables the shooter to both maintain their shooting position and keep their eye on target while cocking and loading of follow up shots. The Regal, being a bolt action, requires significantly more effort in comparison. In contrast, a Regal shooter will need to break their cheek weld and hence take their eye off the target in order to cock and load the next pellet for their subsequent shots.

One more thing, applicable to any airgun, is that you'll find each rifle has it's own unique set of sweet spots in terms of preferred shooting distance. For example, one of my rifles would stack pellets between 25-55 yards, fall apart between 60 to 75 yards, and then tighten up again for shot between 80-90 yards. It's important to identify these sweet spots, especially if you hunt or plan on competing with the gun.
 
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