I just got this .22 wood AVENGER from Pyramid Air. ($429 or $349 for synthetic). The synthetic weighs 6.3 pounds, the wood is 7.3 pounds. The first thing that stuck me was the beauty of the stock. It's finished to perfection. No flaws, and the rounded curves around the egdes are a nice touch. The stipling on the grip and forend is also awesome. This gun has a side lever, externaly adjustable regulator, 2 guages (one for air pressure and one for the reg.), dual rails on top for pickatinny or dovestail scope rings, pickatinny rail underneath for a grip or bipod, sling swivel studs installed, 1/8 foster fitting built into the gun (no fill probe required), barrel band (aluminum), and thick rubber buttplate. It also has a VERY deep dark black finish on the metal. It's noticeably dark, deep, and flawless. The contrast against the light colored wood stock makes this a very good looking gun! 300 bar fill. 2 stage adjustable trigger, breaking consitantly at 1 pound 11 ounces out of the box.
When I went to film my 35 yard accuracy testing: I thought I may have to tune it, but it was shooting 18.1gr FX pellets at exactly 890 feet per second...no tuning required. The regulator reads 2900 bar. I sighted it in with one shot., The next group I shot the first one and hit the bullseye, the next one seemed like a good shot, but I couldn't see where it went, the next shot too. "Am I on the paper?" 2 more shots with the same result. On shot 5 I realized they were going though the EXACT same hole...not even touching the sides of the hole. So the gun put my first 5 shots though the same .22 caliber hole. This qualifies as the best group I ever shot at 35 yards. Then the gun did the same thing again. Then again and again, and so on. Is this an $1849 Cricket 2? That gun was crazy awesome...but honestly, this $429 Avenger shoots exacty the same as far as accuracy. Rick at Airgun Web TV said this gun would be a good value at $650, let alone $429. My opinion is that Air Venturi could have asked $1000 for this gun, and people would have happily paid it. There is NO BETTER VALUE in the airgun world than an Air Venturi AVENGER.
...last thing...It had 3 flyers out of nearly 300 shots. It was one about every 80 shots. 60-80 shots per fill for sure (wasn't counting). Comes with 2 mags and a nice aluminum magnetic single shot tray.
Long story short: here is the 3rd group I shot at 77 yards (18.1gr FX pellets by JSB @ 890 FPS) 16X power on that HAWKE Airmax 30SF scope
Air Tank Pressure Guage is on this side.
The Regulator Pressure Guage is on the side with the Charging Handle
I thought the wood grain showing through the stipling was super cool.
Must have Pickatinny Bottom Rail (see that front sling mount?)
Put some lock tight on those screws if you don't plan to take that rail off.
Safety works as smooth as it looks!!!
Check out the contoured edges on that stock!
Your Dual Scope Rail fits 11mm Dovetail or Pickatinny (21mm?)
Already has a barrel band. ..and it's aluminum! (3D printed barrel bands are a common upgrade people put on thier PCP's)
No fill probe! Hooray!!!
Left: Reg Adjustment Screw / Right: Tank Air Bleed Valve
(empty ALL the air / turn reg all the way in counter clockwise / back out 1/4 turn / air the gun back up / Now you can watch your regulator guage and turn it UP ONLY!! until it gets to your desired reg pressure. NEVER TURN REG DOWN WITH AIR IN GUN)
Full video review coming to my Youtube channel: Airgun Channel, this week.
If you have any groups, stories, tips, mods, or tricks you want to share about your AVENGER, please do! -Nate
