EdGun Leshiy full review (after 5 months & 5K pellets)
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OK, just a quick pic of the reticle - it's a good day for that as it's really foggy & rainy so the reticle nicely stands out. It is thin and crisp, yet clear enough for most shooting application (except benchrest maybe, but it's a 6x scope after all). Note that there is a Butler Creek flip-up cover on the scope, otherwise the black rim would be minimal. When illuminated it just turns red (whole reticle, not just section). Illumination is easily daylight usable. There are 6 illumination levels (if I remember correctly) and the scope always use the last setting when turned off and on.
Regarding Butler Creek Flip-Up covers -> tried some and for me the best set is:
OBJ -> size 15
EYE -> size 11
More later during weekend...
Regarding Butler Creek Flip-Up covers -> tried some and for me the best set is:
OBJ -> size 15
EYE -> size 11
More later during weekend...
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WAITING ...... WAITING..... Extremely windy weather yesterday and today... but tomorrow should be better and I’m still in my cabin so still a chance! And also I’ve just (surprisingly) scored an old British classic so need to split my shooting time. At least a bit.
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Long Easter weekend was quite a surprise here weather-wise... woke up in my cabin Sunday morning just to find out everything was covered with fresh snow. Monday was even worse. So didn't shoot too much actually. But now spring finally is coming. So stay tuned for new results with Stalker soon. But now just a quick look at what Easter weekend was like:
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Winter if gone for good! So what about some more Leshiy / Stalker shooting... .177 cal, custom cut barrel (295mm) and Donny's long LDC.
50y with JSB Exact 4.52mm -> the inner circle is 1" diameter so I guess it's half inch at least.
And just for fun the same distance with with JSB Ultra Shock... not terrible for hollow point but I'll stick to Exact (obviously)
50y with JSB Exact 4.52mm -> the inner circle is 1" diameter so I guess it's half inch at least.
And just for fun the same distance with with JSB Ultra Shock... not terrible for hollow point but I'll stick to Exact (obviously)
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If you don’t mind me asking - how did you get a DonnyFL? I’m in South Africa and want to get one, but I see his website states no shipping outside the states...
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Leshiy ‚unit’ can be shipped as it’s not a silencer of any kind. It’s an insert and short tube. Email him and he can probably send it to you. At least he used to send to EU without any issue. Complete moderator (like Tanto or Sumo) is a different story and that he can’t ship.
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Great shooting Piter. So, besides the obvious great groups, what is the veredict on the Stalker? Thanks!
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Great scope for Leshiy. Glass is super crisp, reticle is perfect, parallax is fully adjustable with eithet hand and it looks good. And uses standard AA battery for illumination. Plus it’s a military-grade instrument si can be used in any weather conditions. It’s a very solid piece of gear, no doubt! It would be awesome also for Lelya, which I used to own.
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I think this is some creative wording to help you get your hands on one. I can tell you though it quiets it down significantly. I've tuned mine to about 108 on the reg (Huma) shooting ~ 730fps, and all you really hear is the hammer and impact on target. Tuning is super important, as every one has it's own little sweet spot for noise/accuracy. I've been tinkering with the reg from 120 - 105.
I have a 2nd Leshiy being worked on right now where I cutoff the OEM shroud, and had a 350mm barrel cut down to about 275mm and threaded to accept any of Donny's LDC's. I have the RONIN and Sumo. I'll report back with pics and performance/quietness in a few weeks. The baffle kit that he sells is extremely quiet though... so don't feel you need a proper LDC to be effective... this is that, but just a clever wording to make it available to a larger group of people
I have a 2nd Leshiy being worked on right now where I cutoff the OEM shroud, and had a 350mm barrel cut down to about 275mm and threaded to accept any of Donny's LDC's. I have the RONIN and Sumo. I'll report back with pics and performance/quietness in a few weeks. The baffle kit that he sells is extremely quiet though... so don't feel you need a proper LDC to be effective... this is that, but just a clever wording to make it available to a larger group of people
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How are you tuning the reg specifically to 109? The Huma is marked but it doesn’t have such fine markings. Do you have a Reg tester ?
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I was hoping you found an easier way mate. ??. Was wondering if I should drop the 100 odd quid for the Reg tester for the Huma and if it would really be worth the money.
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From playing around with mine it seems about 80% of the accuracy, or rather the loss thereof, seems to be related to the hammer spring tension and the rather impressive recoil it causes if set too high.
I got one with all three barrels plus the huma fac and huma 12fpe kits. The smaller 2 calibers are 250mm and the larger 350mm.
Been hellishly frustrated with accuracy at the reg pressures many are using.
You can easily enough find the 'knee' at most reg pressures and get good consistency and efficiency, and the barrels are good enough that they'll group well at most reasonable velocities with jsb's. The issue is that at any of the higher reg pressures the hammer spring cocks up everything with its violent smack.
I first tried 4.5mm but it seems to require a bit of a higher pressure on the reg to get any real velocity, maybe because of the disparity between the transfer port size and the barrel diameter? Again the hammer made this unworkable. I have not tried the12fpe huma because of the need to cut down the valve rod.
I've since changed to the 5.5 and initially (without changing the reg- was at 110bar at this point) found the accuracy and efficiency significantly better than 4.5mm but still severely lacking. Was in the region of an inch at 16m.
Settled on 680fps as reasonable for what I need and it seemed to be a good fit for the barrel with 18grainers.
Ran a string and noted a massive spike as it came off the reg. This was at the 'knee' of efficiency for the 10 grain 4.5 jsb's. Ended up knocking the reg pressure down bit by bit until I got down to 85bar. That way I can get a max velocity of 705fps which happens at about 4 clicks from minimum hst, where the hammer strike is nice and gentle. One click down and it's in the perfect spot with an es of about 8fps and pellet on pellet, at least at the 25m that I had access to today, thanks to the lack of any real kick.
Honestly before this it was like a springer, but without any of the weight or length to counteract it. Wouldn't have gone for a pest bird outside of 20m.
I have read on the huma website that some of these things have much stronger springs than others - maybe mine is one of those? I certainly haven't heard others complaining of heavy recoil in their leshiys ruining accuracy.
Nevertheless it's gone from being a major regret to an awesome little gun- tuning is a major ball-ache for someone with as little free time as I have but in this case worth the skew looks from the wife!
I got one with all three barrels plus the huma fac and huma 12fpe kits. The smaller 2 calibers are 250mm and the larger 350mm.
Been hellishly frustrated with accuracy at the reg pressures many are using.
You can easily enough find the 'knee' at most reg pressures and get good consistency and efficiency, and the barrels are good enough that they'll group well at most reasonable velocities with jsb's. The issue is that at any of the higher reg pressures the hammer spring cocks up everything with its violent smack.
I first tried 4.5mm but it seems to require a bit of a higher pressure on the reg to get any real velocity, maybe because of the disparity between the transfer port size and the barrel diameter? Again the hammer made this unworkable. I have not tried the12fpe huma because of the need to cut down the valve rod.
I've since changed to the 5.5 and initially (without changing the reg- was at 110bar at this point) found the accuracy and efficiency significantly better than 4.5mm but still severely lacking. Was in the region of an inch at 16m.
Settled on 680fps as reasonable for what I need and it seemed to be a good fit for the barrel with 18grainers.
Ran a string and noted a massive spike as it came off the reg. This was at the 'knee' of efficiency for the 10 grain 4.5 jsb's. Ended up knocking the reg pressure down bit by bit until I got down to 85bar. That way I can get a max velocity of 705fps which happens at about 4 clicks from minimum hst, where the hammer strike is nice and gentle. One click down and it's in the perfect spot with an es of about 8fps and pellet on pellet, at least at the 25m that I had access to today, thanks to the lack of any real kick.
Honestly before this it was like a springer, but without any of the weight or length to counteract it. Wouldn't have gone for a pest bird outside of 20m.
I have read on the huma website that some of these things have much stronger springs than others - maybe mine is one of those? I certainly haven't heard others complaining of heavy recoil in their leshiys ruining accuracy.
Nevertheless it's gone from being a major regret to an awesome little gun- tuning is a major ball-ache for someone with as little free time as I have but in this case worth the skew looks from the wife!
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