Benjamin akela .177

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this arrived on monday from AR! i think i got pretty lucky with the stock raffle 😁i haven’t zeroed yet due to work but im excited to be shooting .177 again. last time i shot the caliber was over 20 years ago!
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i’ve read a few things about cutting the HS to get more shots on this platform. i do have a few questions to ask
1. what’s the best weight pellet to shoot out of this gun?
2. is it capable of shooting slugs?
3.
 
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I bought the spring kit with it. Used the valve spring but swapped out the hammer spring. With ARs spring I had to use the side power adjuster. Here's the spring specs I used, .062 wire, .44 OD, 2.12/2.18 long.
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Super quiet, very accurate, not pellet fussy. I really like mine.
Above was shot with 10.65 baracudas
 
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daddypaddy said:
this arrived on monday from AR! i think i got pretty lucky with the stock raffle 😁i haven’t zeroed yet due to work but im excited to be shooting .177 again. last time i shot the caliber was over 20 years ago!View attachment 559020
i’ve read a few things about cutting the HS to get more shots on this platform. i do have a few questions to ask
1. what’s the best weight pellet to shoot out of this gun?
2. is it capable of shooting slugs?
3.
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13gr without doing any adjustments or cutting. With the hammer spring cut down I had mine shooting 13gr at 820ish and 10gr around 900+.

Mine loved 13/15gr slugs
 
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Mike_Lenardon said:
I bought the spring kit with it. Used the valve spring but swapped out the hammer spring. With ARs spring I had to use the side power adjuster. Here's the spring specs I used, .062 wire, .44 OD, 2.12/2.18 long.
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Super quiet, very accurate, not pellet fussy. I really like mine.
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The AR valve spring was too violent in mine. It caused a loud twang in the back of my akela and with the AR HS it was almost impossible to shoot without the gun vibrating throughout the whole system.

I ended up putting stock springs back in and cutting the spring to 2.47" but I would recommend cutting to 2.5-2.52
 
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I have the Akela 177 too, also from Airgun Revisions.
I had a leak through the Foster fill probe after about a month after buying it.
You have no warranty with the AR guns.

AR did send me a replacement fill probe, part of a kit which contained some other useful parts.

Luckily I can fix my airguns, after many years of learning :)

The main issue with the..177 is a lack of magazines
I could only find them at Crosman and they cost about $27 each.
The magazines are unique to the Craftsman PCPs, Kral magazines do not fit.
 
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nobody1 said:
I have the Akela 177 too, also from Airgun Revisions.
I had a leak through the Foster fill probe after about a month after buying it.
You have no warranty with the AR guns.

AR did send me a replacement fill probe, part of a kit which contained some other useful parts.

Luckily I can fix my airguns, after many years of learning :)

The main issue with the..177 is a lack of magazines
I could only find them at Crosman and they cost about $27 each.
The magazines are unique to the Craftsman PCPs, Kral magazines do not fit.
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When I got my .177 from AR I got one Mag and its a Carm brand. You can get Carm or Maple mags for the Akelas and they are much better than the stock ones. I believe AR sells Carm mags in 177
 
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