Daystate-If your on the fence?

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jawshunting

jawshunting

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I just received my new Daystate Wolverine HP R (.25 caliber) from AoA. I have not shot it yet and should have waited to post this. However, I cannot contain how I feel about first impressions. I ordered mine with the laminated stock and had the charging handle moved to the left side. I am right handed, but on the bench I like to cock with my left hand and leave my right hand on the gun. Anyway, If anyone out there is trying to decide Daystate, pull the trigger (pun intended). They are a thing of beauty. Fit and finish is superb. One more day at work and then off to the range for a site in. I mounted a Bushnell Engage 4-16X44 scope on it. Happy, Happy so far. I will keep you updated and post a pic soon. Jaws 
 
The moderator I bought was a 0db Silencer brand. A salesman at AoA talked me in to it. He said at a test of several moderators was done at AoA and the 0db was the quietest. I have only owned one more PCP beside the Wolverine and it was an Airgun Technology Vulcan 2. I had a Donny FL Sumo on it and it really did a good job of cutting the noise down. When I received the Wolverine, I dry fired it inside my house without the moderator and it seemed louder than the Vulcan 2. (.25 caliber also). I then put the 0db moderator on it and dry fired it. It cut the sound down a considerable bit but still think it was louder than my Vulcan 2 with the Donny Sumo. In all fairness, I think the test needs to be done outdoors because inside my house there is an echo bouncing off the walls. I will fire it outside and let you know. I can only go off of what I think I hear because I do not have a decibel meter. The Odb Silencer brand is smaller in diameter than the Donny Sumo and is pretty cool looking on the Wolverine.
 
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Dryfiring (shooting with an empty barrel) a pcp’s is NOT a good representation for measuring noise pressure. As there is nothing to ‘contain’ the air and force it through the baffles of a moderator (since rhere is no resistance from a propulsed pellet, only -literally- an open end), the sound of a dry fired pcp will be MUCH louder than when fired with a pellet...
 
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Not to rain on anyone's parade but Daystate buyers should be aware of a flaw which the manufacturer has not addressed. Most guns with the anti-double load feature will suffer pellet probe damage when using the magazine. Daystate says the metal to metal contact is only cosmetic, but in my case and others, it does seem to affect the accuracy. The amount of damage varies from gun to gun. My Renegade's damage is shown below before AOA replaced the probe. Unfortunately, the damage will reoccur if I use the magazine. Actuator pin breakage can also result from the lever strike.

My Pulsar HP also has damage, though less severe then the Renegade at this point and the actuator pin has broken once.

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Below is a diagram I made to demonstrate what is occurring with the magazine:

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Bottom line, check your pellet probe for damage while in warranty.


 
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So my first outing with the Wolverine was today. Nice weather except for more wind than I like for shooting a pellet gun. Anyway I leveled the gun, then leveled the scope and tightened everything down. The Bushnell Engage 4-16X44 is very crisp and clear. I used UTG high ring mounts and like those as well. 2 shots and I'm bullseye at 25. (Got Lucky) I then move over to the 50 yard range which is more open to the wind. The gun is accurate but I honestly believe it will do better with no wind. I only have one brand pellet- JSB Diabolo Exact 25.39. I did not measure groups but I could bing a squirrel in the head at 50 yards.
 
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Jawshunting - congrats on an awesome new rifle. I’m positive you will be extremely happy with your purchase for years to come. 

FWIW, I’ve had my Wolverine R .22 cal for a while now and stopped counting pellets through it at 3,000. If I had to estimate, it has over 5,000 through it without a single issue whatsoever. I’ve never experienced or heard of the pellet probe issue mentioned above. One thing to be aware of is avoid shooting the rifle without the mag or single shot tray in place. The little pin that triggers the mag to index needs to strike something, either the tray or magazine. Without something there for the pin to strike, it can hyper extend and exentually break. This has never happened to me but my shooting buddy had it happen after he dry fired several hundred times. 



The trigger on thr Daystate rifles is excellent. I’m assuming the poster above was joking about that. Lol. 



Congrats again. Get some good weather and post some itty bitty groups with that thing. 
 
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Well after watching the video, I went and looked at my pellet probe. AoA shot the gun roughly 10 shots (not sure with a magazine or not) before it was shipped out. I have shot it about 60 times. So 70 pellets through the gun total. I used the magazine with all my shots because AoA sent me a .177 caliber shot tray which I have to exchange for a .25 caliber. Anyway, I be dang, 70 pellets and the probe has a small mark on it which you can physically feel with a thumb nail. That pretty much sucks. I wonder how bad its gonna get? Will Daystate replace the probe under warranty if it gets too bad? And if I end up having to pay one day to have the probe replaced, how much money are we talking about? I hope that Daystate is working on a remedy to the problem as we speak.


 
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