Before I get started with the gun, I want to say being able to call JSAR and talk with Travis speaks volumes about their customer service! Anyway, on with the gun.
The gun handles very nice. The weight is balanced right about the middle of the fore grip so shooting offhand is very comfortable. A pretty nice feature is that if you want the balance point to shift rearward, it looks like you could add weights inside the buffer tube and have the balance wherever you want; and thats only the beginning of the adjustability of the gun. The cheek riser, LOP, and trigger are solid and all adjustable!
Speaking of the trigger, it came set around 1 pound (as measured with my finely tuned trigger finger) with a nice first stage travel. The first stage comes up against a solid stop and with a little more pressure, it breaks clean.
The cocking lever is super smooth. The spring pressure is really light, so much so that there was a couple times while shooting that I could tell if I had actually pulled the lever all the way back. There must be some Voodoo magic going on with this valve
I asked Travis to send the gun tuned for 20 fpe (as this will be used for American Field Target) with 13.4 gr JSBs. It was spot on! No power adjustments needed. As requested by Travis, I ran through about 2 tins of pellets to get everything settle in before running a string over the chrony. I was trying to count how many shots I got before it fell off the reg but I kept loosing count... Its alot!
I ran a couple strings over the chrony and reported back to Travis, as he was as curious as I was. I felt the results were great for a new gun thats still settling in but Travis wasn't satisfied. He said we were gonna get it to half... WHAT!!! Right now the SD and ES are almost as good as my Taipan Veteran and he is gonna cut that in half! O baby, this is gonna be a fun ride
I was hoping to put up some pictures of the groups at 50 yards but the winds would not allow that to happen. I had alot of horizontal stringing as the winds were gusty, but looking at the lack of vertical changes, I have a feeling that the gun will have not problems being a close to a one holer at 50 yards with multiple pellets.
So far, I am ecstatic with the Raptor. I have a feeling, as soon as the dust settles from the 1st Raptor (and my wife forgets about it), there will be a second one showing up at my door!
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