WAR Flex Owners?

[YamahaR1]

Pulled out my Flex today in .30 cal and did some plinking with it. It’s been better part of 3 years since I’ve shot it and it still had full tank of air and still held its zero. Was really happy with it, glad I took it out to shoot it. Remember why I enjoy it so much! Any other WAR owners out there that have taken there’s out for a stroll? Just like to here from the other WAR owners if you guys still enjoy yours.
Mine is a .30 cal regulated shooting the 50 grain pellets at 900fps, get around 28 shots before falling off the regulator. Would like to try some of the new slugs on the market with it, maybe something lighter so I can turn down the regulator a bit and bump up my shots per fill.

 

[YamahaR1]

Anyone have suggestions on a good slug to try for the WAR Flex in .30 cal.
Also have A WAR Warp in .25 cal that I’d like to try some slugs in it as well.
Any previous experience of shooting your WAR rifles with slugs would be greatly appreciated, provided they were accurate.

 

[Tinkers2]

I had good results out to 50 yards with the NSA 47 grain .30 slugs with a 20" barrel. My partner now owns the .30 Flex.
.25 I still have and yes it hold air forever. I used to shoot the NOE 48gr HPBT slugs that were very accurate @ 50 yards. No place to shoot further. I would try the a .25 slug 26 to 33 grains in the Warp. If you have sizers in .25 I would go with .250" slugs and try some sized to .249 as the War rifles had a tight choke.

 

[PNW1985]

I have a Flex that is due to be in my hands on Wednesday. I sold it a while back, then it came back to me. I’m sure glad it did. It has the Cobra regulator and a Cothran valve. Unchoked, it is a great slug gun in .22. It was sent off to Brian at Veradium air for a reseal and cleanup. It was plagued with dirty air. Anyhow, I love the Flex. One of my favorite platforms. Here is a picture of it from when I had it and one from the previous owner with its now equipped 700 tank.

 

[Motorhead]

Owned one for years ... there solid no doubt & that Timney trigger is sweet.

 

[YamahaR1]

Awesome so glad to see folks still running them. I was thinking of sending mine of for reseal as well, just to freshen things up as it’s the same o rings from the cobra valve install. What did you get charged for yours to be re done?

I’m going to try those slugs that were recommended (NSA). 99% positive I put a .30 cal barrel that had the choke cut off so I could shoot slugs. Trying to find my receipts for it to verifie though as it’s been a while. My flex was the first batch of 10 that came out from WAR back when they put serial numbers on them.

 

[corny]

These guns tend to have a very tight barrel designed for pellets.

I know seating even the longer jsb pellets requires a significant amount of force on the probe.
They also have a pretty tight choke, my guess is it’s going to be chore finding a good slug.

 

[Motorhead]

Shown as a Warp ( Pistol frame ) tho the "Flex" air tube. Sense then have BOTH frames and runs as a flex.
For a spell had it set up as a .30 using an OEM TJ's 17" barrel. retrofitted a 700mm FX into it and WHOA !!! barrel length matters !!!
See: https://www.airgunnation.com/threads/fx-30-cal-liner-results-pictures-whoa.1123297/

 

[YamahaR1]

Pretty nice, I’m sure it made a big difference with the barrel length added to it. I’ve seen your posts before, believe your are on GatewaytoAirguns as well? Who did the work to get it switched over to the fox barrel?

 

[_CTAIRGUNNER_]

I have always wanted to own one of these, if there was room in my stable theres a couple I have been eyeing in the classifieds. I just can't bring myself to right now, maybe in the future though.

@lisamike92 has owned them too

 

[Chuck-in-Ohio]

I have always wanted to own one of these, if there was room in my stable theres a couple I have been eyeing in the classifieds. I just can't bring myself to right now, maybe in the future though.

@lisamike92 has owned them too

The WAR is definitely worth a try if you have not previously shot one.

The WAR Flex that I owned suffered the fate of being in my collection at the same time as a RAW HM100X. Both rifles were in .25, and the RAW just fit me and my purposes better at the time.
I would not arbitrarily turn my nose up at one even today.

If you ever see a left handed Flex that is colored bright green, that one shot great for me.
One of those that I probably should have kept......

 

[corny]

No question about it…they have great features and considering the time of manufacture. They were well ahead of the pack.

 

[HubenK1Sniper92]

No question about it…they have great features and considering the time of manufacture. They were well ahead of the pack.

They were definitely well built, you could probably run one over with a tank and it would still function

 

[Motorhead]

Pretty nice, I’m sure it made a big difference with the barrel length added to it. I’ve seen your posts before, believe your are on GatewaytoAirguns as well? Who did the work to get it switched over to the fox barrel?

I do 100% of my FORUM shared work on my personal AG's

 

[YamahaR1]

I’ve seen much of your work through the years Motorhead on the forums!

Yeah I would have to agree WAR was a well built rifle for it’s time and had great options. Too bad WAR closed it’s doors, often wonder what they would be up too now!

 

[PNW1985]

Just put some 25.39 gr MRD through my Flex tonight. Regulator is set to 125bar. It just sips the air pushing the Monsters at 960fp/s. Very tight 3/8”-1/2” consistently at 50 yards. This thing is enormous though. Definitely a shoot from the bench kind of gun. I’m looking for some .22 mags for it. The single shot tray is getting old.

 

[Motorhead]

Will that breech and barrel work on a Benjamin marauder

No they will NOT.
War utilized a longer hammer & stroke, so the receiver ends up longer as well.

 

[PNW1985]

I thought I had maxed out the power of my Cothran Valve, Cobra regulated Flex at 52fpe with the 25.39 MRD. I had set the regulator to 2000 psi and the max I could get out of it was 960 fp/s with the MRD. Not sure why I thought that was all she had. Boy was I wrong! Upped the reg pressure to 2500 and she started to growl. I’m sure there is no way the 24” non choked LW barrel would ever stabilize pellets at this speed. Maybe, I’ll check when the weather clears, but I doubt it. BUT, I’d like to throw some heavy slugs through it to see what will happen. Anyhow, not bad for a .22. I think I’ll hold on to this one a bit longer.

33.95 Jumbo Beast: 1015
25.39 Jumbo Monster: 1112
20.2 NSA: 1186
15.39 Hades: 1264
14.3 Crosman Dome: 1313

 

[Motorhead]

Yup .... real flame thrower, tho generally to much for all but the heaviest of projectiles & given a twist rate to stabilize them.

 

[YamahaR1]

Yeah sure is pushing them quickly, too bad they aren’t accurate at those speeds. That’s the fun part with air guns is chasing speeds for desired projectiles!