Crown vs Red Wolf?

"Centercut"So, are we comparing apples to apples here? I think we are, and if so, we should factor in price. A laminate Crown is $1999 at AoA, and the walnut is $200 less. That’s fully adjustable for all parameters, but no additional barrel liners. The Red Wolf is $2399, plus to give it equal adjustability to the Crown will cost you another $400. That a delta in price of $800, which gets you a very nice scope, rings, and bipod. Just food for thought. Not a fan boy of either brand, I have a Daystate and an FX.

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Finally someone said the right thing. I returned my Red Wolf when I realized what a ripoff it is. Daystate married a 10-year old paint-ball trigger mechanism to an airgun and decided to sell it for $2399, and you still need to shell out $400 for power curve programmer. Crown has full adjustability for $1599. 

Ford vs. Chevy and everyone knows that Chevy is better! lol. I've been comparing the two and want to buy one of them here shortly. Have been trying to find one used in .25 if anybody has one! The way I see it is that there are those who want electronic everything, those that don't. As far as price goes and how you feel about the stock options... you pay $1599, $1799 or $1999 for the Crown and $2499 for the Red Wolf. Comparing Apples to Apples your paying $1999 or $2499 for the two elite models. However, as Centercut said, to get the adjustability of the Crown you need to pay an additional $400 for the Daystate programmer. That's now $2899 for the Red Wolf. So $1999 vs. $2899 equals a point of diminishing returns for me. I love air guns but I love powder burners too and $2899 will buy you a lot of powder burners or even a great over and under like a Berretta Silver Pigeon. I would love a Daystate, but does $800 buy me that much more than I get with the Crown? Nope. Plus it's $2800... that's quite an initial investment. And... I can buy a Crown new for $1599 because I don't care about the stock configuration. So for me it comes down to $1599 or $2899. With all of that being said, if someone wants to offload a Red Wolf for $1999, get a hold of me. wink wink.Have a great day everyone!

I cannot imagine a Red Wolf being $800 better than a Crown, I have a Crown in .25 and that gun is incredibly accurate. Shoots JSB 34 gr MK2 at 860 FPS. Just silly accurate at 100 yards only because I was able to adjust Crown to shoot.

I cannot imagine a Red Wolf being $800 better than a Crown, I have a Crown in .25 and that gun is incredibly accurate. Shoots JSB 34 gr MK2 at 860 FPS. Just silly accurate at 100 yards only because I was able to adjust Crown to shoot.

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Sounds like your Crown is serving you exceptionally well and your shooting needs are fully being met! That’s great! I’d say just stick with it and enjoy as long as the ride serves you well.

which one has the better trigger ?

for me these 2 rifles are not hunting rifles. so how many ounces got the trigger ? or pounds ??

I hunt with my RW, trigger is as light as you want it to be. It's a damn long gun in HP but I hunt from stands, shacks and benches so it's no big deal for me. If you want a walk around gun I love my WC Compact. As for this topic it's all about what you like and can afford. If you don't see the benefit then don't buy the gun, seems pretty simple. 

We can settle this by showing some 50/75/100 yard groups. I will try to get some groups shot and posted with my Crown. Wish I had a Red Wolf as well to do my own side by side comparison. This would be fun. Both are top tier guns that anyone would dream of owning.

I believe both are same in accuracy.

One has electronic equipment and the other one has extreme adjustability.

But I think daystate sell it's product a little bit expensive. Like when I bought huntsman the HW100 was at the same price but with regulator. Or wolverine 1 and 2 edition have no regulator for that price tag but you can buy FX royal with that money.

Who can afford royal can buy wolverine 2 or that 400 box is not that much for RW or 200 is not much different between impact and pulsar. But we want get best from our purchase, I think daystete shout use regulator for RW and pulsar for more accuracy but they want more benefit so they cut them, also they could make an application for programing the gun but they want extra money. Is pulsar as accurate as impact? or even bobcat? So what is the extra benefit for extra money?

In my opinion RW and crown are two of the best gun but crown is better even if they had same price. Also using this kind of guns for hunting is like going off-road with sports car, you have to put it on sand, rock and wet ground.most of us use them for backyard plinking not wild hunting.

My RW will be used for backyard plinking, targets, spinners, and the occasional pest. I would choose a Wildcat (maybe Pulsar) for walk-around hunting and plinking.

I carefully considered the Crown, but several very negative experiences expressed by some Crown owners gave me some pause.

In addition, I live near AoA, which is the Daystate distributor and warranty service center for the USA. With a 5-year transferrable warranty and being a 45-minute drove from AoA, buying the Red Wolf was a no brainer for me. By most accounts, Daystates have tended to be exceptionally reliable rifles, as well.

If I had bought a Crown and had any issues with it, I would have had to send it to North Carolina for warranty work. And the warranty is only good for 1 year.

So, 5-year warranty with local factory service center vs. 1-year warranty and shipping across the USA and back for any warranty work?

Yes, the RW cost more, in part to cover that warranty. It's also an exceptionally nice rifle - one of the best you can buy. So for me, the choice to go with a Daystate was a very easy choice to make.

That said, I have an itch for a bullpup .25 and I think my money is going to go toward a Wildcat II .25. Only a 1 year warranty, which would require shipping to NC. But after the 1 year warranty is up, AoA will definitely provide local service and repair work on FX for me, as they have the experience, expertise, access to parts, and are the exclusive USA importer for FX air guns.

Between the RW and the Crown... the RW gets the nod from me. Between the Pulsar and the Wildcat II... I'd probably give the nod to the Wildcat because it is lighter, more nimble, and I like the design better.