Last summer I bought a Crosman 1720T pistol to try .177 because my impact was .25 and it's darn expensive to shoot and really loud! I even bought a Dream-Tac compact in .25 thinking I could turn it down really low but still the sound of the pellet hitting paper target in my suburban yard is just really loud on a quiet night. However I discovered I really love the form factor of the dream-tac compact, I even tried to modify it in just about every way and still like the original configuration the best. However I could not find anyone that has .177 barrel kit in stock so I decided to sell it and order a new .177 Dream-Tac Compact.
I called Utah air and was told 8-10 weeks of wait time, disappointed but at least got my self on the list, then a week later I got an email saying the dream-tac compact has shipped! Shocked and delighted I open it up like a kid on Christmas morning! Right away I saw some minor changes:
- It still has the super light barrel system but really skinny like the STX barrel without shroud skinny. Hardly any room in there for it to act as a shroud and all because people wanted to put on the PP and the gun comes with a PP already installed. Not really happy about that because I've tried PP on a dreamline and even with 500mm barrel it didn't really do much so I'm rather not excited about the new "shroud".
- One thing I do like is the .177 barrel is now 380mm instead of 320mm, this gives it a little extra power to be more versatile
- Cocking lever feels a little different, it feels like it has a bushing installed with a bit more friction, however it is starting to loosen up after few hundred pellets
- It has what look to me 20 MOA rail! that is awesome!!!
- It came with the FX AR grip, it's a bit too skinny/slim for my taste but that's cheap to replace
After I put on a Barra H30 4-12 scope at 19 ozs, sumo moderator, Mission first AR stock and FX 300CC bottle the gun weight in right at 7lbs. That's pretty good but will think of ways to make it a bit lighter, honestly only place I can shave more weight is the scope and AR stock. The mission first stock is already under 6 oz so weight lost there will be minimal, I might do another one of my foam stock since I already have the material and that would save about 5 oz. There aren't too many good scopes out there in 4-12 magnification range with adjustable size focus or even AO with 30mm tube that's lighter than 19 ozs, not sure what to do there for now.
First impression: just like the old one except for the PP, even though it's only adds 1 inch but for some reason made the gun feel much longer. I promptly took off the PP which is why FX got rid of the true super light barrel for and it just felt right! After taking off the PP and put the gun on the Chrony and surprise! speed didn't change at all! Oh well at least I got the 380mm .177 barrel. At the lowest setting the 7.9 crosman hollow point shoots at 680FPS, slightly higher than the 650FPS target but I can deal with it. Overall it's pleasure to shoot, light, compact and just feels great at a proper carbine. At first the CPHP didn't really want to group but after the barrel has been seasoned it's going into the same hole like I expected it to be.
THEN yesterday I tried some 12.5 grain NSA slugs and WOW! at 20 yards the holes were touching(I pulled the last shot), pretty much same accuracy as pellets! Currently it's shooting the 12.5 grain at 750FPS, I probably will crank up the regulator just a little to see if I can get it close to 800FPS but it's shooting so well I'm a little hesitant about changing anything. Will try to stretch her out with the slugs one of these days.
Over all I absolutely love the dream-tac compact! I've looked at many other guns but it simply doesn't have a peer in the price range, only gun think I can think of that might be better than a dream-tac for me would be a leshiy 2. However I'm not a big fan of semi auto and the mag system with tiny capacity, I go through 22 pellets way too fast even with lever action.
I called Utah air and was told 8-10 weeks of wait time, disappointed but at least got my self on the list, then a week later I got an email saying the dream-tac compact has shipped! Shocked and delighted I open it up like a kid on Christmas morning! Right away I saw some minor changes:
- It still has the super light barrel system but really skinny like the STX barrel without shroud skinny. Hardly any room in there for it to act as a shroud and all because people wanted to put on the PP and the gun comes with a PP already installed. Not really happy about that because I've tried PP on a dreamline and even with 500mm barrel it didn't really do much so I'm rather not excited about the new "shroud".
- One thing I do like is the .177 barrel is now 380mm instead of 320mm, this gives it a little extra power to be more versatile
- Cocking lever feels a little different, it feels like it has a bushing installed with a bit more friction, however it is starting to loosen up after few hundred pellets
- It has what look to me 20 MOA rail! that is awesome!!!
- It came with the FX AR grip, it's a bit too skinny/slim for my taste but that's cheap to replace
After I put on a Barra H30 4-12 scope at 19 ozs, sumo moderator, Mission first AR stock and FX 300CC bottle the gun weight in right at 7lbs. That's pretty good but will think of ways to make it a bit lighter, honestly only place I can shave more weight is the scope and AR stock. The mission first stock is already under 6 oz so weight lost there will be minimal, I might do another one of my foam stock since I already have the material and that would save about 5 oz. There aren't too many good scopes out there in 4-12 magnification range with adjustable size focus or even AO with 30mm tube that's lighter than 19 ozs, not sure what to do there for now.
First impression: just like the old one except for the PP, even though it's only adds 1 inch but for some reason made the gun feel much longer. I promptly took off the PP which is why FX got rid of the true super light barrel for and it just felt right! After taking off the PP and put the gun on the Chrony and surprise! speed didn't change at all! Oh well at least I got the 380mm .177 barrel. At the lowest setting the 7.9 crosman hollow point shoots at 680FPS, slightly higher than the 650FPS target but I can deal with it. Overall it's pleasure to shoot, light, compact and just feels great at a proper carbine. At first the CPHP didn't really want to group but after the barrel has been seasoned it's going into the same hole like I expected it to be.
THEN yesterday I tried some 12.5 grain NSA slugs and WOW! at 20 yards the holes were touching(I pulled the last shot), pretty much same accuracy as pellets! Currently it's shooting the 12.5 grain at 750FPS, I probably will crank up the regulator just a little to see if I can get it close to 800FPS but it's shooting so well I'm a little hesitant about changing anything. Will try to stretch her out with the slugs one of these days.
Over all I absolutely love the dream-tac compact! I've looked at many other guns but it simply doesn't have a peer in the price range, only gun think I can think of that might be better than a dream-tac for me would be a leshiy 2. However I'm not a big fan of semi auto and the mag system with tiny capacity, I go through 22 pellets way too fast even with lever action.
