A few weeks ago, I converted my 480cc bottle / 600mm barrel FX Impact to a 300cc / 500mm Compact. Prior to getting one, I was never crazy about the way the 300cc bottle looked in photos but was pleasantly surprised to find that it looked better in person. The 500mm STX barrel with Superior liner has proven to be a very accurate shooter as well so I had it paired with a DonnyFL Sumo for the last couple of weeks (it was a little too stubby and loud with the Tatsu). Overall length with the Sumo was about 31". Loved the shorter length and lighter weight of this setup but was only getting about 2x 0.25 caliber high capacity mags (i.e. 52'ish shots) between 250bar fills on the 300cc bottle.
So enter the 580cc bottle . . . which required a move to a DonnyFL Koi for bottle clearance. Overall length now is just 0.5" longer than before at 31.5". It's a little heavier and I haven't had the chance to shoot it yet to see how the report compares to the Sumo but the shot count should definitely be way better! I kind of like the looks of this setup and will probably stick with it and use the 300cc bottle with my Leshiy 2.0 whenever it decides to show up! Here are the two setups side-by-side - which do you guys like better?
[Edit: just shot a couple of quick groups with the KOI and, as expected, it's a little bit louder than the Sumo but definitely tolerable. The neoprene bottle cover had to go because wedging it in between the bottle and barrel/LDC pushed the POI up like 5" and opened up the groups. Also just added pics with the shorter Huggett Belita LDC attached.]
So enter the 580cc bottle . . . which required a move to a DonnyFL Koi for bottle clearance. Overall length now is just 0.5" longer than before at 31.5". It's a little heavier and I haven't had the chance to shoot it yet to see how the report compares to the Sumo but the shot count should definitely be way better! I kind of like the looks of this setup and will probably stick with it and use the 300cc bottle with my Leshiy 2.0 whenever it decides to show up! Here are the two setups side-by-side - which do you guys like better?
[Edit: just shot a couple of quick groups with the KOI and, as expected, it's a little bit louder than the Sumo but definitely tolerable. The neoprene bottle cover had to go because wedging it in between the bottle and barrel/LDC pushed the POI up like 5" and opened up the groups. Also just added pics with the shorter Huggett Belita LDC attached.]
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