Air Venturi AEAC is decoding the Avenge-X in .22 caliber!

[inkjnky]

Efficiency is good


This is all a good share, thanks. My path has been similar.

The .22 barrel has been a real challenge for me to get the performance out of whereas the .25 was effortless by comparison. I too had to warranty out a .22 barrel because of an extra course feeling inside when I pulled patches through. That barrel leaded up really bad and instantly, and I was getting terrible corkscrewing (1 foot groups at 100 yds and 2" groups at 50 yards... a 4/5 at 50 gun if ya know what I mean) with the 25.4 Redesigns seemingly no matter what speed I ran them at... and I clean-ran them with a balanced tune at a LOT of different speeds. I spent 3 hard weeks on it before I threw in the towel and finally cried warranty, lol.

I'm happy to report that my replacement .22 barrel is smooth inside, doesn't hold much lead at all (similar to my .25 barrel) and shoots as it should. It's still really fussy with the 25.4 Redesigns though. The problem is the wind and I think the pellets too to a degree. I was able to stabilize the 25.4 at 100 yards (no corkscrew) at 905 fps, 920 fps, and 930 fps and shoot 10 shot groups reliably at 1.5 inches as long as there was really light wind, like 1-2 mph. And then other times, occasionally shoot MOA at 100 in 5-8 mph winds. Then that accuracy would disappear on me. Pellets? I have to assume some of the issue is pellets and some is that the rifling on the .22 barrels cuts deep into the pellet and grabs the wind. At 50 yards though, I can force the 25.4 to run reliably in 8-10 mph winds by pushing it 930 fps. They kick and scream a bit on the way there but they'll always group at sub .50" for me.

I got frustrated with all of the above and last week, began playing with the 18.1gr at 100 yards in a 3-4 mph wind. She put 10 shots in a smeared 2" group lol. 860-870 fps ran rock-solid-stable all the way to 100 in heavy wind... but they moved sideways quite a bit of course. Go figure.

Now, I'm on to filming slugs. At 100 yards and with a Max power tune, the gun likes the FX Hybrids, the JSB .216 Knockouts, the NSA 23gr, and the Zan 23 and 28gr. Wind that day was like 15-25 mph so I abandoned efforts and will try again tomorrow (Friday).

On the trigger, I just yanked all the spacers and it's been running great that way for all of the .25 Ultimate Tuning Guide video (months and thousands of pellets) and for all of the .22 review (4 weeks so far and tons of shooting).

Steve

Hey Steve I have a quick question for you about the washers on the trigger group. Is there a c-clip on the screw inside of the trigger housing? Can it just be completely unscrewed to remove the washers ? Thanks for all you do sir.

 

[Caliber 22]

 

[bob68]

Finally got the gun going.
Regulator at 2400 psi and HS CRANKED ALL THE WAY IN!...
Speed is approximately 875 fps now. and grouping quite well at 55 yards.

 

[AirShootist]

Really excellent thread, thanks for taking the time to post (that goes for everyone who contributed!).

I'm messing around with a .22 Avenge-X tube version now. Just did a review on it out of box and it performed great with 18.13gr pellets. Next I will try to do a high power 25.39gr pellet / 23gr slug tune video with it. Then I will swap it to a .25 barrel and see what kind of performance I can get on film. Finally, I'll put it in a Saber Tactical Chassis and do a video on "Can you use an Avenge-X for NRL22?" - which should be really fun!

This gun has me kinda obsessed, which is very odd for me to get so excited over a budget gun, but this platform is neat!