Any Hatsan Hercules Bully owners out there?

I’m having same issues with mine looks like a shotgun pattern at 50 yards,what caliber is yours mine is a 357.

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I have a 30 cal. I’ve tried the famous JSB’s, the ones Hatsan was using, the vortex, and really no such groupings as my 25 cal Marauder. 



Last night imstarted looking over different guns, on PA, AOA, and I focused on the rifles in the mid range, between $500 and $800, like my Bully. I also targeted the guns that most folks claim “ragged hole groupings”, or “dime sized groups”, and also targeted the 25 calls and up. What I’m seeing is the guns that shoot well, do not have a scope rail tied into a shroud band. Makes perfect sense to me! What was Hatsan thinking? I’ve only been into these PCP’s 10 months now, and at the time, looking at the Hatsan, I really liked the 30 cal, the velocities Hatsan puts out, and I thought a bull pup would suit me well. 



Today i I told myself I probably cannot return it for a full exchange or refund, so I’m going to go on a mission to try and salvage this thing. I started by taking the stock and scope rail off. I prepped and painted the stock and bottle cover a flat dark earth, to match the FDE color on the Monstrum scope. When I reassemble, I’m going to find a way to lock in that bottle cover solid to minimize flex, by maybe using a thin layer of industrial two sided tape, to tape the bottle inside to the bottle cover. This should keep that cover from flexing, and flexing that scope rail attached to it. I also turned down the factory velocity via the hammer spring, by 12 whole turns. This should put me at around 870 FPS for around 16-20 shots on a full fill.



Im gonna chalk this one for a live and learn. Not bagging on Hatsan guns, but I’m going to avoid any rifle from now on that has a scope rail that’s a part of the stock or stock parts. 

Not much help here. I zero'd mine (35 cal) at 20 yards, and popped a squirrel the other day, dead on the money. The scope rail does leave a lot to be desired. But besides the weight, I like my Bully, and my Bullmaster, AT44-10S, Bullboss (2), Sortie and ATP1



oh, wow, Cooter! What did that 35 do to that squirrel? I see what a 25 does, I can only imagine what a 35 does, especially with Hatsan’s velocities

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Painted my plastic stock parts, including the cheek riser that is not shown. When I put it back together tomorrow I have to figure a way to lock that scope rail down better than the factory had it. We shall see.

Bigragu,that’s looking cool can’t wait to see the finished product,I sent mine to AZ to see if he can find out why im having such accuracy issues. 



Barber, Arizona meaning back to Hatsan? If so, Ask for Shane. He is the only guy that I’ve spoken to with, thru emails and phone calls. I believe he also test fired the gun after repair. Now I’m wondering if he’s the only one there, multi tasking! LOL!



im wondering if and when they test guns for accuracy after a repair on these Bully’s if they are using then open sights, or are they actually mounting a scope. 



Today, before I put the stock back on, I’m going thru that barrel and get it spit shiny clean.

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All put together, barrel cleaned, hammer spring adjusted for lower velocity but higher shot count, scope turrets re centered, scope rail and misc screws of that type lock tightened down, moving parts all lubed. Tomorrow we shall see if the accuracy gets better.

Wow that looks Awsome keep us posted if accuracy improved

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Thanks, Barber! I’ve never painted a stock before, so first time. I bought this brand paint called SEM, it’s made for automotive dash boards, hand rests, consoles, pretty mush anything plastic or vinyl on the inside of a car. According to the specs, it remains very flexible. Of course, prep is key. I used the SEM prep product, along with a wipe down of isopropyl alcohol to make sure all oils were gone.



what I think would look even cooler is if I match up the DonnyFL moderator with it, but I’m still leery about trying to paint aluminum. 

Speaking of that moderator, today, as part of putting this gun back together, I wrapped some more material around Donny’s material that wrapped inside, to try and further quiet this rapport down. These Hercules Bully’s are freaking loud without a moderator. I think my 25 cal Marauder, coupled with the Tim Hill moderator and his peek striker, has spoiled me. That Marauder pretty much just sounds like this when fired- PPPFFFFTTT!!!

Did you paint it with a rattle can or did you use a paint gun, just asking because it looks like it turned out real nice and I might do the same thing.

Imold, I mised this question of yours- yes, rattle can SEM brand paint. If you google SEM plastic paint finishes, there is a PDF that has all the specs, application instructions, compatibilities, etc. 



i have ave a place in town called Warehouse Paints, and they have a rack of this brand paint with all colors and prep supplies, made for automotive. 

If you do go with a flat dark earth theme, make sure and bring in whatever your trying to match, cause I learned almost the hard way. 

I have a cheek riser from Magpul in FDE. So I went on to match that, and found a close match. I ended up with the accuracy problems I mentioned earlier, and thought it was the scope(cheap Bushnell trophy). I ordered the Monstrum one shown in FDE, and lo and behold, not the same as Magpul’s FDE. Had to take the scope in to try and match up. It’s pretty close, and depending on the light, yes you can see a difference. I’m not going to sweat the slight tone difference, after all, it is a gun, made to shoot and eliminate pests. Not some piece of furniture made to match curtains, lol.

Jim F.

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Here’s the steps I went thru, first with the Magpul cheek riser, which would have been the ivory color. Bought it, then returned it when the Monstrum scope came in, and settled for the Castella, as it came in at the closest match