Hello, the barrel band is f*cking part of the avenge-x tactical. Here is my story:
I bought avenge-x tactical bottle version with aluminium bottle (rated to 250bar, 17J energy limit in my country) .22 for my 15y son.
We used bipod and no back support (no sand bag, just free hand) on 15m distance. We were not able do get better than 5mm ctc. It was very variable 5-10mm ctc at 15m distance. We tried many pellet brands, cleaning barrel, checked our hands if not poopty... nothing helped. Than I was looking on the gun in our living room and I found it: The bootom side picatinny rail part is very bendable. the Barrel band mounted on it was pulling the barrel down (connection to the shroud is tight, contact with the bottle is loose) and every time it was moved on the bipod it was pushed up and to the sides. So I decided to remove the barrel band. The weapon's zeroing has changed drastically. I made a new scope zeroing at 30m distance when no wind outside. so the barrel was bent before. The accuracy is now impressive.
I have got ctc 2-3mm at 30m with no support on the back of gun, just bipod and my hand on grip. I am average shooter so the ctc with fixed gun at 30m will be unmeasurable. Muzzle speed is just 175m/s - 17J legal limit in my country (limited by transferport), I use JSB exact jumbo 1.03g 5.50mm
For hunting I recommend the Avenge-X tactical carbine with the bottle or the bullpup to increase their autonomy and shot count in .22 or .25 cal. The carbine is very lightweight and short perfect for hunting. If you choose the bigger and deadly .25 cal, this particular airgun loves the AEA center punch 25 grains pellets.
. I am going to share the video here but I want to remind you that is in spanish language not English I am bilingual. Fast foward the video starting from the minute 10:30 to see how this airgun perform with the AEA and the JSB 25.39 grains pellets, he said in the video for the only reason he couldn’t shoot the 8 pellets of his oem mag in the same hole with the AEA pellets whas because that day the wind was very strong. The tune he was using durring the review was the reg set @ 175 bar and was shooting the pellets @ a average speed of 877 fps in the chronograph.
