New rifle for me today! Wanted an underlever for a long time, stuff like the tx200hc is not in my budget ATM. There is not a lot of info on this gun, but I found decent deal on 1 and went for it.
It has an 11mm dovetail so I mounted a Williams peep sight on there. So far I like, but have to figure something out for the 2 screws that used to hold the rear sight on there.
1 of the only YouTube reviews took it out of the box and fired it almost immediately. Big cloud of oil mist, and a loud bang. I decided from that I was going to tear it down for a basic lube/tune before shooting it at all. Some good, some bad as you might expect on a budget friendly rifle. No grease on the spring, really cheap rear spring guide, and a fair amount of goop on the piston/ forward of that in front of the seal. The upside the machining inside the cylinder was surprisingly good, did do some removing of very mild burrs around the holes and cocking channel. I ended up heating squaring 1 end, and flat grinding both ends of the spring to improve on the factory work there.
The breakdown of this rifle is not as easy as some others I have done. Mainly do to the trigger block which is installed in a way that you have to hold the spring in place while removing the trigger block out of that rectangular hole in the tube. Makes for less safe operation than it should be. All back together now with moly and tar in the places it should be. A well dressed spring that should be more in line, and a freshly cleaned barrel. I took 5 shots with it just to see what I am working with at this point.
No sighting in has been done, and not broken in. These are the first 5 shots with it ever. Inside in poor lighting with cphp ammo. The first 1 still went off with a good Crack, each of the next 4 were a much smoother quieter shot cycle. Am hoping for some decent weather tomorrow so I can get some chrony numbers. Right now I am optimistic this is going to be a fun rifle to have with the all weather stock, and traditional sights. If anyone else has 1 I would be interested in hearing you experience with the DH.
It has an 11mm dovetail so I mounted a Williams peep sight on there. So far I like, but have to figure something out for the 2 screws that used to hold the rear sight on there.
1 of the only YouTube reviews took it out of the box and fired it almost immediately. Big cloud of oil mist, and a loud bang. I decided from that I was going to tear it down for a basic lube/tune before shooting it at all. Some good, some bad as you might expect on a budget friendly rifle. No grease on the spring, really cheap rear spring guide, and a fair amount of goop on the piston/ forward of that in front of the seal. The upside the machining inside the cylinder was surprisingly good, did do some removing of very mild burrs around the holes and cocking channel. I ended up heating squaring 1 end, and flat grinding both ends of the spring to improve on the factory work there.
The breakdown of this rifle is not as easy as some others I have done. Mainly do to the trigger block which is installed in a way that you have to hold the spring in place while removing the trigger block out of that rectangular hole in the tube. Makes for less safe operation than it should be. All back together now with moly and tar in the places it should be. A well dressed spring that should be more in line, and a freshly cleaned barrel. I took 5 shots with it just to see what I am working with at this point.
No sighting in has been done, and not broken in. These are the first 5 shots with it ever. Inside in poor lighting with cphp ammo. The first 1 still went off with a good Crack, each of the next 4 were a much smoother quieter shot cycle. Am hoping for some decent weather tomorrow so I can get some chrony numbers. Right now I am optimistic this is going to be a fun rifle to have with the all weather stock, and traditional sights. If anyone else has 1 I would be interested in hearing you experience with the DH.
