FX Verminator Extreme VS. Daystate Airwolf

[itaylor00769]

Took the 25.caliber Verminator Extreme and 25.cal Air Wolf out to 65 yards today top left FX Verminator and bottom right Air Wolf 10 shots each 

 

[douger]

always like the verminator 

 

[itaylor00769]

I always like FX rifles my first one was a Verminator Extreme thinking I would use the arrow barrel but I've only used it once 

 

[Dairyboy]

Wow that verminator shoots great. Not sure why the Daystate would have those "flyers" though. Gotta ask were you using a mag? 

 

[itaylor00769]

Yes I was using the mag on both rifles and shooting 25gr JSB out of the same tin of pellets 

 

[cmatera]

My Verminator Extreme shoots like that too. Thought about selling it when I got my Warcat. Your target reminded me why I didn’t.

 

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[Dano46]

Nice.. that Verminator is a lazor beam.. just single load the Airwolf and youll get same results.. Red Wolf is no better with the mags.. if u want to hit something or shoot tight groups SST

 

[ackuric]

Great shooting with the Verminator! I'd be curious in seeing you try the Airwolf singe loaded like others suggested to see if it helps. My very first marauder shot like that no matter what I did so I warrantied it, and that was at 15 yards with groups looking equal to your airwolf @ 65...lol

 

[STO]

For best accuracy with an Air Wolf, definitely load pellets using the single shot tray, no magazine. The newer Red Wolf shoots better with a magazine, but again accuracy is notably better using the single shot tray. All four FX rifles I own and all FX rifles I have shot, do very well using a magazine.

Little scary that some airguns are even worse on the mags than FX. My FX throws what I consider to be unacceptable fliers when I run it off the mag, and it clears up as soon as I use the single shot tray. 

Honestly this makes me miss shooting my AA S510. The mag system in that is the best I've yet seen, hasn't damaged a pellet yet, and loads perfectly every single time. :/ 

 

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[STO]

STO - Even more odd; that all four of my FX rifles shoot REALLY well using the magazines. And I have shot them a lot.

I have talked to people in Field Target competitions who stopped using a magazine in their Air Arms rifles due to accuracy issues. It always bothers me to hear of such inconsistencies among rifles, regardless of the brand.

Best guess on that is that either they were short-stroking their cocking lever (not sure if that is possible without looking/checking) or the advancing pawl on their AA guns (it is an external mechanism that rotates the mag, part of the action) was incorrectly tuned and so they were getting improper alignment with the chamber. I've owned precisely one AA gun and three AA mags to go with it, and the magazine system has always been one of my absolute favorite features because it was gentle on the pellets and just as precise as hand-loading if not more so. I never tweaked/messed with the rifle at extended ranges though because, without a regulator, it had about 100 FPS variation across the 80 or so good shots it gave. At the time I bought it, regulators were still relatively uncommon on airguns and everyone was banging on about "self regulating slingshot valves." Back then AA made a world class PCP airgun too, in my opinion anyway. These days I feel like AA has slipped to the side as both their quality has declined and the PCP world has passed them by. That is just my perception though, could be completely wrong. 

 

[sonny]

My Impact .25 loaded the 25grs perfectly I think that's what they was designed for but wouldn't load the 34 heavy's or mk2s until i tuned the mag to fit the wider skirts my bobcat .25 on the other hand loaded all 3 great. Both guns shoot lights out with mags.

 

[bubblerboy64]

With all the sharp eyes looking there should be some explanation for what is causing these problems . Must be some significant misalignment I would think