It's that time of year again gents. For those that don't know, January 18th is the official "tell Daystate how to run their business" day. An annual event where good people everywhere suspend all Daystate love for a day to tell them what they are doing wrong.
I believe it is actually a public holiday in Finland and Nigeria but with this being America, we all still have to go to work unfortunately.
The focus for this this year is the same as the last 5 years unfortunately as the message still isn't getting through:
Daystate, put regulators in all of your guns already!
I feel a more personal connection to this holiday this year because I wanted to buy a Wolverine B. I want a gun with Daystate quality fit and finish with a nice figured walnut stock and polished metal exterior components devoid of any imperfections etc.
I want to like the Wolverine but all of my research is showing me that it is about as efficient as a 1987 Yugo running on "alternative fuel".
I keep reading from people who spoke directly to the company about this, that Daystate thinks that: the additional shots that a regulator would deliver is not worth the extra cost. Really? Not worth the cost? Not worth it to who?
Reality check Daystate. Have you seen the price of your guns? If Gamo can give us a regulated bottle gun for $300, you can throw in a reg for that $2,000 because, at that price, we don't want to compromise on anything. It's the customer's privilege to decide how many shots per fill is enough.
That's right! We want the best gun possible. We all like efficiency and more shots per fill because filling air guns is a tedious interruption to our fun.
What is the point of wasting all our air filling up a 500cc or 480cc bottle to only get 65 shots?
A Taipan Mutant can do that with a fraction of the air and for a fraction of the cost.
It's time to drop the delusional message of "all the performance of a regulator without the hassle of a regulator". It's simply and obviously not true. The sling-shot hammer is not a reg and it doesn't perform like one.
Or "a regulator is just one more component that could go wrong". This coming from the company who installs electronic components in their guns that need software updates and new batteries every couple of years... I think we can just about manage changing a few regulator O rings at 5 year intervals...
Don't get me wrong. I am broadly a Daystate fan. I wish other companies would follow their lead and start using nice wood and a high quality finish etc. There is a lot they right. If I didn't like their guns, I wouldn't care about their lack of a reg.
I want a Wolverine but when I find myself wasting time trying to research how hard it is for me to do a diy altaros reg install on a $1600-$2000 air rifle, I have to stop myself and say "what are you doing???". I shouldn't have to do any DIY on a gun in this price range.
Daystate is not about "what's enough". It's about "how good could it be".
I believe it is actually a public holiday in Finland and Nigeria but with this being America, we all still have to go to work unfortunately.
The focus for this this year is the same as the last 5 years unfortunately as the message still isn't getting through:
Daystate, put regulators in all of your guns already!
I feel a more personal connection to this holiday this year because I wanted to buy a Wolverine B. I want a gun with Daystate quality fit and finish with a nice figured walnut stock and polished metal exterior components devoid of any imperfections etc.
I want to like the Wolverine but all of my research is showing me that it is about as efficient as a 1987 Yugo running on "alternative fuel".
I keep reading from people who spoke directly to the company about this, that Daystate thinks that: the additional shots that a regulator would deliver is not worth the extra cost. Really? Not worth the cost? Not worth it to who?
Reality check Daystate. Have you seen the price of your guns? If Gamo can give us a regulated bottle gun for $300, you can throw in a reg for that $2,000 because, at that price, we don't want to compromise on anything. It's the customer's privilege to decide how many shots per fill is enough.
That's right! We want the best gun possible. We all like efficiency and more shots per fill because filling air guns is a tedious interruption to our fun.
What is the point of wasting all our air filling up a 500cc or 480cc bottle to only get 65 shots?
A Taipan Mutant can do that with a fraction of the air and for a fraction of the cost.
It's time to drop the delusional message of "all the performance of a regulator without the hassle of a regulator". It's simply and obviously not true. The sling-shot hammer is not a reg and it doesn't perform like one.
Or "a regulator is just one more component that could go wrong". This coming from the company who installs electronic components in their guns that need software updates and new batteries every couple of years... I think we can just about manage changing a few regulator O rings at 5 year intervals...
Don't get me wrong. I am broadly a Daystate fan. I wish other companies would follow their lead and start using nice wood and a high quality finish etc. There is a lot they right. If I didn't like their guns, I wouldn't care about their lack of a reg.
I want a Wolverine but when I find myself wasting time trying to research how hard it is for me to do a diy altaros reg install on a $1600-$2000 air rifle, I have to stop myself and say "what are you doing???". I shouldn't have to do any DIY on a gun in this price range.
Daystate is not about "what's enough". It's about "how good could it be".