I received my Avenger this week and just an early assessment but it seems to live up to the hype. It would be nice to know what they adjust it to before it leaves the factory because it has pretty high velocities for all pellets. At this point all I'm doing with it is trying to establish a baseline. How is it adjusted as it leaves the factory so I can put it back there if need be.
Shooting the below pellets I'm getting these velocities with a moderator attached using an adapter I got from donnyfl. I don't even remember where I got this moderator but I'm attaching a picture. The base was a lot longer but I milled it off to fit the airgun I had at the time.
JSB 14.3 1,000fps
JSB 15.89 965fps
JSB 18.13 914fps
JSB 25.39 RD 793fps
EUNJIN 28.5 pellets 747fps
H&N 21.14 Baracuda Match 861fps
JSB Knockout slugs 25.39 762fps
Nielsen .217 19gr. 874fps
The knockout slugs fit tight in the chamber and look like they might be accurate in the avenger. The H&N Baracuda Match pellets also fit tight in the Avenger.
I even tried some H&N Rabbit Magnum Power copper pellets. Well, I didn't really try them. I tried to chamber them in the Avenger and they wouldn't go in. I had to punch it back out using a cleaning rod.
I used the FX radar chronograph and it has a little trouble picking up all the pellets in my crowded basement. In fact it did not read any of the Nielsen slugs. I had to get out the Caldwell to get the velocities for them.
The trigger is not the best in the world and I haven't touched it yet. That's farther down the line. All I want to start with is the baseline adjustments.
One nice thing about filling it using my YH compressor is that it doesn't take much time at all to fill. I haven't gone over 4k yet and probably won't. I'm not going to try to make it shoot like an impact. I think I will tune it strictly for accuracy using the JSB 18.13 pellets out to 50 yards or so. I just shot a few rounds at 15 yards and it seems to shoot as well as my Daystate Red Wolf HP when I first received it. But that is another story of a bushel of lemons.
I'm still waiting on my scope to arrive before I get real serious about testing accuracy but I'm inclined to believe the stories coming out of the early testers. It looks really good. Especially as a "lug around the woods" airgun. Six lbs versus the sherman tank over eight lbs. Gauntlet.
Shooting the below pellets I'm getting these velocities with a moderator attached using an adapter I got from donnyfl. I don't even remember where I got this moderator but I'm attaching a picture. The base was a lot longer but I milled it off to fit the airgun I had at the time.
JSB 14.3 1,000fps
JSB 15.89 965fps
JSB 18.13 914fps
JSB 25.39 RD 793fps
EUNJIN 28.5 pellets 747fps
H&N 21.14 Baracuda Match 861fps
JSB Knockout slugs 25.39 762fps
Nielsen .217 19gr. 874fps
The knockout slugs fit tight in the chamber and look like they might be accurate in the avenger. The H&N Baracuda Match pellets also fit tight in the Avenger.
I even tried some H&N Rabbit Magnum Power copper pellets. Well, I didn't really try them. I tried to chamber them in the Avenger and they wouldn't go in. I had to punch it back out using a cleaning rod.
I used the FX radar chronograph and it has a little trouble picking up all the pellets in my crowded basement. In fact it did not read any of the Nielsen slugs. I had to get out the Caldwell to get the velocities for them.
The trigger is not the best in the world and I haven't touched it yet. That's farther down the line. All I want to start with is the baseline adjustments.
One nice thing about filling it using my YH compressor is that it doesn't take much time at all to fill. I haven't gone over 4k yet and probably won't. I'm not going to try to make it shoot like an impact. I think I will tune it strictly for accuracy using the JSB 18.13 pellets out to 50 yards or so. I just shot a few rounds at 15 yards and it seems to shoot as well as my Daystate Red Wolf HP when I first received it. But that is another story of a bushel of lemons.
I'm still waiting on my scope to arrive before I get real serious about testing accuracy but I'm inclined to believe the stories coming out of the early testers. It looks really good. Especially as a "lug around the woods" airgun. Six lbs versus the sherman tank over eight lbs. Gauntlet.