N/A Are you happy with your Jefferson State Raptor?
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I have one of the first built in .22. It shoots as accurately as my RAW and Taipan Vet2 both in .22. The trigger is excellent and it sports a non choked TJ barrel. I have not shot it in a long time since I believe the reg is leaking and I had recently purchased my RAW back then and now my Taipan Vet. It has a balanced valve and is very fun to shoot. Now that Matt is back I should probably send it to him for some neded TLC and maybe a reg swap.
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Had mine since early 2020 and still use it time to time.
Granted I know these guns inside & out having worked at the factory for a spell back then, had helped in some of the early R&D etc .... There not without there quirks those older / original guns of @ 2018 to 2021 or so.
Factory that built them was a machine shop near Medford OR. and there manufacture was a side business under the same roof. The machine shop closed down and the ownership of JSAR went to the head machinist after business was dissolved.
We do see Mathew ( New owner of JSAR ) time to time at or hanging out at AG shoots in Ashland Oregon and has continued to manufacture them with some nice upgrades curing those quirks the early guns suffered from.
Sadly there is no longer any front man promoting or sharing whats happening on-line etc .... as such there really deep in the shadows being a damn near unknown these days.
Past poor business practices and unresolved issues of previous owner has not helped placing a negative stigma on the brand ... rightly so sadly.
But where rubber meets the road the product performs outstanding once set up correctly and that in itself is where the brand faltered for many who took the bait and got trapped with a gun that fell short of expectations for so many buyers.
I'm super thrilled to own one having played with calibers .177, .20, .22, .25, .30 these past 6 years.
Super powerful & most caliber/ barrel combos accurate to a shooters fault !!!
It these days resides as a High Power .177 cal SLUGGER !!! producing @ 36-40 fpe
with 15 to 18 grain slugs !!! Just an absolute Ice Pick & so fun to shoot !!
1st pic how it looks today ... TI air tube in the HP configuration in .177
2nd pic how it looked early on as a "Mini" in .20 cal
Granted I know these guns inside & out having worked at the factory for a spell back then, had helped in some of the early R&D etc .... There not without there quirks those older / original guns of @ 2018 to 2021 or so.
Factory that built them was a machine shop near Medford OR. and there manufacture was a side business under the same roof. The machine shop closed down and the ownership of JSAR went to the head machinist after business was dissolved.
We do see Mathew ( New owner of JSAR ) time to time at or hanging out at AG shoots in Ashland Oregon and has continued to manufacture them with some nice upgrades curing those quirks the early guns suffered from.
Sadly there is no longer any front man promoting or sharing whats happening on-line etc .... as such there really deep in the shadows being a damn near unknown these days.
Past poor business practices and unresolved issues of previous owner has not helped placing a negative stigma on the brand ... rightly so sadly.
But where rubber meets the road the product performs outstanding once set up correctly and that in itself is where the brand faltered for many who took the bait and got trapped with a gun that fell short of expectations for so many buyers.
I'm super thrilled to own one having played with calibers .177, .20, .22, .25, .30 these past 6 years.
Super powerful & most caliber/ barrel combos accurate to a shooters fault !!!
It these days resides as a High Power .177 cal SLUGGER !!! producing @ 36-40 fpe
with 15 to 18 grain slugs !!! Just an absolute Ice Pick & so fun to shoot !!1st pic how it looks today ... TI air tube in the HP configuration in .177
2nd pic how it looked early on as a "Mini" in .20 cal
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i also have, well my grandson has a .20 cal raptor that the reg failed and has been sitting idle since.
he has several other pcp's that has took his fancy. so the raptor is collecting dust in the vault.
he has several other pcp's that has took his fancy. so the raptor is collecting dust in the vault.
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