Hunting with daystate redwolf

[whitetail17]

Ok, whats the procedure to use for hunting with this electronic rifle. I don't know how many times I have been pesting and squeeze the trigger and nothing. Then put safety back on then off then it fires.

I understand the gun times out to save battery but sometimes I will have this scenario. Gun has been in case. Open case , put safety to safe. Open bolt and load pellet, put safety to fire position. Maybe 30 seconds goes by. Squeeze trigger, nothing. Put safety back to safe then back to fire. Squeeze trigger, gun fires.

What am I missing?

 

[DHart]

One thing to check is that your battery is well-charged. Some have suggested doing a recharge each month, if the gun is used regularly.

I find that moving the safety from fire to safe and back to fire brings the gun electronics to life pretty much instantly.

 

[LTU-013]

 

I have kind of similar problem with Pulsar.

If I'm going out for target shooting, no problem at all, if I'm continuously using rifle.

Safety on, safety off - it works every time, but if I'm leaving gun for day or two:

No shot at all or just light pfff and no shot, would be not at big deal, re-cock and it's ready again,

but sometimes I see a chipmunk or squirrel, grab gun run outside, have perfect aim....pfff just little bit of air

????

 

[JCD]

Been digging on this myself. Trying to imagine being on the FT line and pulling the trigger to no result. Best reference I've seen is actually in the manual. They say is a 5 min delay but I think mine acts in like 3 min or so. They call it 'auto-safety feature / power save'. Manual says to cycle the safety switch off (if it was left on) then back to on.

 

[Guest]

Hello-

Safetys are only good if they are used:

1-Safety on until time to fire.

2-Thumb safety off and fire, when ready.

3-Re-engage safety.

4-Prepare for next shot.

Folks who walk about with the safety off, when not actually firing, are folks risking an accidental discharge, injury, or death. I know a man who thought he had the safety engaged, on his rifle. He leaned the rifle against a fence and prepared to climb over the fence. While he was climbing over, the rifle slid down along the fence, The trigger snagged on some brush, and the rifle discharged striking his hand. Had the safety been on he could have avoided a great deal of pain and embarrassment. 

This works well, with my Red Wolf.

Kind regards,

641

 

[JCD]

641

Not going to argue with any of that but you'll have to admit that failing to engage the safety is the least of the errors the guy in your example made. Although it was probably the most obvious in retrospect.. I have more guns without safeties than with and I know how to be safe with them... having a gun 'go to sleep' on a timer is a problem in my book. I'll add the safety toggle routine to my FT line prep so it's an easy fix for me and not worth any more than this. If I were a hunter, I'd be looking for a different gun. Just a different perspective.

 

[Skip-in-WV]

My Airwolf and Panther beeps and turn themselves off if not shot for 10 minutes. Off the back on. Ready to go. Might have an option in programming mode to turn off this feature?

 

[DHart]

641

Not going to argue with any of that but you'll have to admit that failing to engage the safety is the least of the errors the guy in your example made. Although it was probably the most obvious in retrospect.. I have more guns without safeties than with and I know how to be safe with them... having a gun 'go to sleep' on a timer is a problem in my book. I'll add the safety toggle routine to my FT line prep so it's an easy fix for me and not worth any more than this. If I were a hunter, I'd be looking for a different gun. Just a different perspective.

JDC... yes, just a quick toggle of the safety brings the gun to life immediately, if it has gone into sleep mode.

As for hunting purposes, even though I have and love my Red Wolf .22HP, I would choose a smaller gun for applications requiring a lot of moving about and activity. Pulsar, Bantam Sniper, or Wildcat MkII perhaps. Daystate Regal would be sweet, as well, if a traditional format is desired. 

Red Wolf, especially the HP version, is a lot of long gun to be wielding about in a quad, side by side, Jeep, or walking around in the brush. But it sure is awesome with a rest, where moving about a lot isn't being done.

 

[Hookster]

It is a lot of gun to walk about but out the front of a side by side I do every weekend. Use an atlas and rest it no problem. Just need to be careful when moving about. I was hesitant at first and stuck to the FX Compact for the ranger hunts but not anymore. It loves to ride along and shoot. 

 

[Spray1Mark]

I dont see the Redwolf as having a safety, it's just on or off! swich the gun on and pull the trigger, it fires without cocking, so if you had left a pellet in the gun the night before you could be in trouble!

I don't think the working of the gun is good at all for walked up hunting. I would only switch on and load via the single shot tray when ready to take the shot!

 

[Guest]

Hello-

my Benelli Black Eagle pheasant gun is much longer than the HP Red Wolf, and it has been all over Walworth County, SD when hunting pheasant. This includes in, and out of all types of vehicles when hunting section lines.

Kind regards,

641 

 

[PerkyVal]

Seems that there needs to be a software solution offered by Daystate. 

 

[Guest]

Daystate considers it a safety, Breech parts 29, 30, etc.

 

[dgiannandrea]

LTU-13, the pfff is likely caused by the regulator's reservoir bleeding off, but you probably already knew that.


Regarding all the other comments about living with electronics, I'm glad I was able to resist a recent ad for a Daystate MkIV that I really (really!) wanted to play with. But that gun needed a home with an avid shooter, not my occasional pesting.

 

[DHart]

So... some folks are fine with the very long length and heavy weight of the Red Wolf for hunting. In an off-road vehicle, the length and weight is partially mitigated. If the long length and heavy weight works well for you, then I say by all means do it and enjoy!

For myself, I would MUCH prefer a significantly shorter form-factor and lighter weight for moving about, especially when carrying this rifle around for an extended "on-foot" hunting endeavor. It is a very large and heavy gun! To each his (or her) own preference.

I truly love the Red Wolf... if I don't need to carry it around a lot! Fantastic rifle. Especially from the bench.

BUT, I would much prefer a Pulsar, Bantam Sniper, or Wildcat MkII IF I needed to carry the rifle around for any extended period of time.

 

[Spray1Mark]

The Redwolf in Walnut "feels" much lighter to me, probably just my imaginiation.

If I want to carry a rifle/vehicle I just use an AR15 with a dedicated .22RF barrel 12.5" long and surpressed, very quiet indeed, very short, very light, mine comes in at just over 5ILBS, plus a dedicated NV or Pulsar 50HZ thermal unit.

Redwolfs are bench only for me.

 

[DHart]

The Redwolf in Walnut "feels" much lighter to me, probably just my imaginiation.

If I want to carry a rifle/vehicle I just use an AR15 with a dedicated .22RF barrel 12.5" long and surpressed, very quiet indeed, very short, very light, mine comes in at just over 5ILBS, plus a dedicated NV or Pulsar 50HZ thermal unit.

Redwolfs are bench only for me.

Mark... Yes, Red Wolfs are pretty much bench for me, as well. And awesome at that!