Benjamin Akela .22

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thammer

thammer

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Got my Akela in last week. I'll try to fit in a full shot string in stock config tomorrow on the .22 Akela. I have lots of orders waiting so this gun is pushed back a little. I did find a 2" piece of 1.25" aluminum round bar scrap which will allow me to modify a Lane reg to work. It will require drilling a vent hole so it's a permanent addition but it would make it regulated and with the new SSG could be spectacular. I've never been worried about the drilled breathe holes so it's a non issue in my book.
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SSG top vs. Factory spring bottom

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No one carries the Empire..... and Kral wont sell direct to me (I aksed :( ).. Biggest draw for me was the center mounted cocking mech.....



Be interested in what you think of the Akela.
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Empire is just coming out of production. No one has them yet. We should see them in less than 6 months is my guess. I have a sample gun coming from Kral. 
 
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The Empire looks good.

The shroud seems a little on the small diameter side for doing any actual decrease in sound reduction.

Wonder of the cocking mechanism is swappable to the other side for a proper right handed shooter?

And last but not least, gotta be under about 29" for more proper bullpup length. The shorter the better.

Mike

P.s. - The Akela also looks good, but who in their right minds designs and builds a rear cocking lever Bullpup/semi-Bullpup in the 21 century ?

It's also way long to be a Bullpup, but it's rather a rear mounted receiver , or semi-bullpup.
 
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From a full 3000psi fill the akela started out 940 peaked at 960 and back to 940 over the first 2 mags using 18.13JSB. By the end of the 3rd mag I was down to 850fps in a steady decline. Wanted to reduce preload so I bored the hammer to a ½" hole as far as I could and not cut the face where the sear engages then bored the hammer spring retainer ½" diameter and .200" deep. Now I'm at 70 shots with the 18.13 from 800-841fps. Shots 71 and 72 from the 6th mag really started to drop. At this power I'm only using 200 psi per mag. I'm sure there's a really good 30fpe tune in there as well. Here's the numbers after reducing preload and no other modifications. 
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Edit: The Hammer Spring Tensioner can still take the preload back to the factory numbers I started at.
 
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