My Red Wolf died.

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Tominco

Tominco

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I spent the whole day shooting, yesterday. At a certain point in the day, I stopped to air up, grab a drink, and removed the moderator for a little testing. When I sat down again, I noticed a large POI change. Each subsequent shot dropped further and the recharge cycle got longer and longer. I pulled the trigger, cycled, and then counted 1...2...3... while pulling the trigger over and over. 3 seconds between shots?! Somethings wrong. 

I took a peek at my screen and this is what I saw,

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Nothing. 

Something was wrong, alright. The battery died! LOL! Don't I feel silly!

In the past, I was always nervous about an electronic rifle because of the battery. How long will it last? How long to charge? How hard is it to get a new one? Stuff like that. That nervousness has, long since, gone away. This is the first time I've run the battery all the way to zero, since the Red Wolf was released. I don't know how many shots it took. All I can tell you is that it's been so long since I charged it, that I don't even know where my original charger is! 6 months? Maybe more? Luckily, the Delta Wolf uses the same battery and has a built in charger. I swapped batts, started recharging, and got right back to shooting. 🙂

Great day for shooting yesterday! 75deg. Sunny, with a moderate & steady breeze all day. I went through over 600 rounds and shot from 15 yards all the way to 270-ish. 

Happy Shooting! 
 
This is why I haven't gone with an electronic gun yet. I've worked in computers for over 40 years and just don't trust them or myself to keep a charged battery on hand. For me, manual is best. . . . .
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What kind of car do you drive? gasoline, diesel, or electric? cuz you gotta remember to refill or recharge all three to keep em going. 

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Related side story: I'm a pharmacist and 15 years ago before automatic refills really got going people would bring us their bottle as a refill request. My favorite was, "I'm out. How long?" and my response "oh this one, we will need to order it, it'll be here tomorrow." Patient: "WHAT?!??! How can you expect me to keep on living my life? I'm going to die! I can't go without this medication." Me: "Well sir, you ran out of this medication last week, if you were taking it like you should be (once a day). Furthermore, every day for the whole month you looked in this bottle and took one out. Just like the fuel in the car you're driving, eventually it will run out if you use it up. How often do you let your car run out of gas?" Silence. Sweet. Golden. Silence. Me: "I'll see you tomorrow sir."

A more airgun-related example. All PCPs need air at some point. 
 
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@saltlake58, I agreed with you. And I do understand that I trust electronics in my everyday life, but we occasionally lose power so I have a small generator. Just don't want any of my guns, air or powder burners to ever rely on batteries. If you're lucky enough to have spare batteries or, another battery gun like the OP than it works. Otherwise? Not knocking the tech, just not for me.
 
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My .22 Pulsar started giving me fits last week. I hadn't shot it for a while, and when I had last put it away it was the tackdriver Pulsars are supposed to be. But last week pellets going all over the place (mostly vertical stringing) and a different sound between shots.

Well, it is an electronic gun, so maybe the batteries are low. Easy to replace so I did it, but same results from the gun.

Sent off an email to AOA's service department and got a response the next day. Check your breech seal o-ring Dummy (well, they didn't actually call me a dummy).

Breech seal was still in place (it is a Daystate after all, not a Brocock), so I just lubed it with some O-Ring Super Lube on a bent Q-Tip.

Back to being a tackdriver, with all my worry from nothing but a dry breech seal o-ring.

These d@mned electronic guns are nothing but trouble!
 
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@TMH, thousands of pellets down range through my Compatto and Bantam HR still on the original breech seal o-rings. I must be lucky?😀
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Just being a little tongue-in-cheek (but I always forget that this doesn't always translate well on internet forums).

I enjoy my Brococks as well, but have blown out one breech o-ring by firing with an open bolt. And it is well known that Brococks can do this (hence the extra breech seals in the little bag when you buy the gun), and electronic Daystates cannot.

No, you are just more careful/prudent than I was that one time. At least it taught me how to replace a breech seal o-ring. A learning experience!
 
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Other than being a convenient charging dock, how's the delta wolf treating you btw? 🤣

On the subject of the battery I must say that on mine (and everyone else I've spoken to that owns one) the USB c charging on the Delta is very slow. Not sure if one of those 100w pd chargers would make a significant difference but I've got a proper ISDT balance charger incoming to use when time is short...
 
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Well.

If we look in perspective, each time we flight in a plane and each time we drive in a highway, our life depends on computers (the one of the airplane or the one of the car).

In the case of the Daystate rifles, if the computer died because of a missed charged batteries, the worst scenario is that some squirrel, rabbit, dove or similar will save the life.

Not too harmful.
 
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Well.

If we look in perspective, each time we flight in a plane and each time we drive in a highway, our life depends on computers (the one of the airplane or the one of the car).

In the case of the Daystate rifles, if the computer died because of a missed charged batteries, the worst scenario is that some squirrel, rabbit, dove or similar will save the life.

Not too harmful.
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I agree, Electro-mechanical, it surrounds us in the everything we do, especially in the process of producing the action and parts of a “mechanical gun”.

Go a step further you wouldn’t have the electricity to turn on your lights at night without this combination.


 
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I understand that it can be hard to accept change. Especially when it comes to things that we are passionate about or things that will affect our daily lives! Horses were a primary means of transportation until the motor vehicle became readily available. I'm sure there were many people dead set against the change and had very valid points as to why the horse was a better option. No, I'm not suggesting that electronic rifles are going to become the new standard. 

I was one of those people that was resistant to changing to an electronic rifle for may of the reasons mentioned by others. But, as I stated above, that nervousness is gone. I've shot a LOT since my last charge. It's not like it died in a month, week, or intense day of training. It took many months of shooting and sitting around before it ran out of juice. Like many, I'm very resistant to change and need to experience the value of new technology, first hand. It's got to prove itself. 

And here's something else.. When the battery did finally die, the screen was no longer showing anything but the rifle was still shooting! It didn't do what I thought it would. It didn't just shut off and that's that. At some point, I'm sure it would have but, there was enough juice left to keep the rifle functioning beyond the ~6 shots it took me to figure it out. 

To each is own. I'm old school. I was brought up doing things manually and I still do. That's what I'm used to and comfortable with. However, I'm no longer hesitant towards electronic rifles. If you are, that's an understandable position. But I can tell you from first hand experience, they last for a VERY long time, they don't just die sitting in the safe, they are reliable, tunable, very accurate, and a pleasure to shoot & own. And, there's nothing like those electronic triggers!
 
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