Even with building a house for my daughter, cleaning up the yard for fall, and company work, I still managed to complete annual maintenance checks on two more rifles this weekend.
I would have had three done until I somehow pulled off the connector from the wires that supply power to my Red Wolf while removing the battery. Another topic for another time, while I absolutely love my Red Wolf, and it is probably and technically the most accurate rifle in my stable, this is the 2nd "electronics" related issue I have had. I don't think I would buy another electronic rifle, given all of the great "manual" rifles I experience nearly every day. Which is a great lead into......
I pulled my Daystate .25 Caliber Wolvering R HP Forester out of the vault and cleaned the barrel. It wasn't very dirty. Next I check the scope mount screws and made some torque adjustments. The stock screw was solidly tight and everything else appeared as it should - no surprise.
Next, I pulled some AA 25,4 grain pellets out of the vault. As previously noted in a post my made after setting this rifle up, it actually shot the 25.4 pellets slightly better than the 33.95 JSBs. I did test a total of five .25 pellets and even a few slugs. The 25.4s tested the best by a significant margin.
I set my target up (see below) for the 18 yard close zero verification and chrono work, and to my surprise, the first shot was about 1/2" right - must have been the scope screw work. But after less than a half dozen shots, I was back on track.
While I have +/- 30 air rifles in my vault, if I could only have one pcp, this rifle would be it. Not only is it beautiful to look at, it is consistent and solid in every regard. Never any surprises, no real adjustments ever needed, and deadly accurate. It has a shot count of around 60 shots before it drops off of the reg.
As you can see below, the two ten shot groups at 18 yards indoors averaged .16" c-t-c - nearly one hole.
I then moved outside to wind variable wind conditions of +/- 10 mph at crossing at a near perfect right angle. The distance was 83 yards. I had previously and meticulously dialed this rifle into shoot via clicks. The first shot went right the the approximately 1/8" white center, even in the wind conditions. The groups were incredibly consistent and even in a 10 mph wind averaged less than an inch.
Pulling back to 52 yards in the same wind, the groups did tighten down, though not as much as I expected.
You will see one shot that I didn't include in the group calcs as the first shot at 52 yards, I still had the scope clicks set to 83 yards. I hate when I do that.
The most amazing thing about this rifle is the consistent size of the groups as evidenced by the target below. I would hate to be a squirrel on the other end.
This rifle is ready to go and accept about any challenge.
If they made one in a different color stock, I would buy the same rifle again though in .22.
Enjoy. DZ
I would have had three done until I somehow pulled off the connector from the wires that supply power to my Red Wolf while removing the battery. Another topic for another time, while I absolutely love my Red Wolf, and it is probably and technically the most accurate rifle in my stable, this is the 2nd "electronics" related issue I have had. I don't think I would buy another electronic rifle, given all of the great "manual" rifles I experience nearly every day. Which is a great lead into......
I pulled my Daystate .25 Caliber Wolvering R HP Forester out of the vault and cleaned the barrel. It wasn't very dirty. Next I check the scope mount screws and made some torque adjustments. The stock screw was solidly tight and everything else appeared as it should - no surprise.
Next, I pulled some AA 25,4 grain pellets out of the vault. As previously noted in a post my made after setting this rifle up, it actually shot the 25.4 pellets slightly better than the 33.95 JSBs. I did test a total of five .25 pellets and even a few slugs. The 25.4s tested the best by a significant margin.
I set my target up (see below) for the 18 yard close zero verification and chrono work, and to my surprise, the first shot was about 1/2" right - must have been the scope screw work. But after less than a half dozen shots, I was back on track.
While I have +/- 30 air rifles in my vault, if I could only have one pcp, this rifle would be it. Not only is it beautiful to look at, it is consistent and solid in every regard. Never any surprises, no real adjustments ever needed, and deadly accurate. It has a shot count of around 60 shots before it drops off of the reg.
As you can see below, the two ten shot groups at 18 yards indoors averaged .16" c-t-c - nearly one hole.
I then moved outside to wind variable wind conditions of +/- 10 mph at crossing at a near perfect right angle. The distance was 83 yards. I had previously and meticulously dialed this rifle into shoot via clicks. The first shot went right the the approximately 1/8" white center, even in the wind conditions. The groups were incredibly consistent and even in a 10 mph wind averaged less than an inch.
Pulling back to 52 yards in the same wind, the groups did tighten down, though not as much as I expected.
You will see one shot that I didn't include in the group calcs as the first shot at 52 yards, I still had the scope clicks set to 83 yards. I hate when I do that.
The most amazing thing about this rifle is the consistent size of the groups as evidenced by the target below. I would hate to be a squirrel on the other end.
This rifle is ready to go and accept about any challenge.
If they made one in a different color stock, I would buy the same rifle again though in .22.
Enjoy. DZ