My take on the Streamline .25

I suspect that the Streamline will become very much like the Daystate Regal XL. One of the go to rifles that becomes an old friend reliable, trusted, and long appreciated for all the reasons you state.
One of the tools no matter how old that you come back to time and again because it works so well. Now if they would fix the damn magazine!

I have a .22 soft touch syn. and love it. It is hands down dead accurate. I have shot better with it than some $1500-2000 rifles that I used to own. My Dad bought a syn. .25 and it was too light for the recoil and was hard to shoot accurately. We returned it. Nice rig enjoy.

Macloaded,

I noted that you 'had your eye' on a Huntsman, you will not be sorry if/when you buy. I purchased mine in March and probably have 1500 rounds through it at this point between backyard pest control & target shooting, and weekly indoor range target shooting. AEAC is doing a review shortly ( today or tomorrow ) of the Daystate Huntsman Regal with the new regulator. I would watch that one closely as Steve gives excellent reviews; very thoughtful and insightful. This review and others may help you with your decision to purchase at some future date.

I have a .22 cal Regal XL ( no chrono yet ), but I am using JSB 15.89 and JSB 18.1 grain dome shaped soft lead -- pretty sure they both are made for this gun, or so it seems. The specs say that it will shoot between 28-30 footpounds with the right pellets. Deadly accurate for squirrels, and I had mine zero'd and test fired by AoA at 20 yards prior to shipping it out. I have NOT changed the turrets on the Leupold 6.-5-20 X 40 MM EFR scope since it was zero'd by AoA, and I have no need to "yet" for my application. Most of my pest control is 35 yards or less, with most squirrels being taken at 15-25 yards "in season." Have taken raccoons and possums as well, but shot placement has to be exact or close to perfect for one shot with those animals.

I get about 40-45 shots filling to 230 bar and when it gets down to 110 bar, I refill or occasionally I will top off at 130 bar or above. Mine is unregulated and since I have no Chrono, I am not sure of shot spread. I have a pretty good idea of FPS with my pellets, but until I personally Chrono the gun, I am just assuming I am getting what others have gotten with their Regal XLs. I have seen some You tube reviews and it appears that the shot spread is pretty tight for being an unregulated airgun. It will be 100 times better with the new Huma regulator I believe, if you buy into the hype. We'll see after the AEAC review.

p.s. I am just the opposite of you. I have the Regal and now I have "my eyes" on the Streamline or Dreamline in .25, so I will be watching your posts for hunting. Good luck!

Tom



PM me if you want to discuss at length by phone if you want, but I am sure you will be very pleased with the gun. 

The Streamline is an excellent gun. I don't mind the magazine at all. It locks the action open when empty, which the Wildcat does not. 

With the Wildcat, unless you keep track of your shots or pull the mag to see if there is still a pellet in there, it's possible to fire a blank or even worse, double feed.

Right? Like you could chamber the last pellet and then pull the mag to check if there are pellets left in it. When you find the mag empty, your first reaction might be to insert a fresh mag.....that's how you can double feed.

That's why I have no gripes with the Streamline mag.

Oh.....put a DonnyFL suppressor on it if you want or need it to be nice and quiet.

I am very happy with my Streamline 25. I knocked a lot of squirrels clean over the rainbow bridge this last winter. Like you, I am willing to deal with the length, unless i am hunting dense woods. Then a bullpup makes sense. The Streamline's trigger is superb, the side lever action is silky smooth, and the magazine's advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Shot count is more than enough for hunting. Enjoy your new rifle!

Yes, the trigger......first rate!!! Better than the trigger on my Wildcat due to direct action rather than through a linkage.

Love my Streamline! Took a lot of squirrels, chipmunks, and took my first groundhog with it today at 70 yards. I also have a Wildcat MKII, but the Streamline is one I grab most of the time. 

Not hijacking Macloaded's post, but you guys are all making me get the "Jones'" for a new Streamline .25, that I cannot afford or justify right now. Not sure the admiral is thinking of buying this big of a gift for the forthcoming Father's Day?? In any case, I was very close in choosing the Streamline over the Regal XL, so Macloaded you have great choices here!

Good luck with whatever you buy.

I surely am loving my new .22 Streamline in walnut. It’s great all the way around but the accuracy and consistency are the hit!

I get 60 shots but refill at 55 since that’s 5 magazines at 11 shots per magazine. It has a DonnyFL SUMO on the end for stealth. In the picture is a SWFA 12X42 but my Hawke Sidewinder has been returned so now I have 20x mag sitting on top of it.

Hi Macloaded! I am glad you chose a Streamline because I personally believe it is one of FX Airguns finest achievements. Like you I have the .25 caliber version with the walnut stock. In your post you asked for any tips or tricks which may help you get the best out of your rifle...so I will tell you about what I have done to my Streamline and why. 

Just so you understand why I did some of these things I will explain that I like to push things to their limit or to failure just to see what gives. Early on I discovered that the JSB Heavy MKI and MKII 34 grain pellets were much more accurate at long range than the 25.4 grain Exact Kings. Like you, my rifle shot the 25.4 Kings at 900 ft/s, but the 34's shot 100 ft/s slower, so I decided to see if I could set up my rifle to shoot the 34 grainers at 900 ft/s also. To accomplish this I removed the factory regulator and replaced it with a Huma regulator that is more easily adjustable, and learned how to adjust the hammer spring tension to accommodate a higher regulator setting.

My Streamline is currently set up to shoot the 34 grainers at an average velocity of 910 ft/s, which equals approximately 62 foot pounds of energy versus the 46 fpe it had when it was new. It has an extreme spread of just 6 ft/s between the highest shot and the lowest shot, which equals a standard deviation of 1.6 ft/s. Of course my shot count suffered badly due to the higher regulator setting so I figured out how to get more shots out of my rifle by replacing the factory air gauge with a Wika gauge that is rated to 315 bar. This allows me to fill my air tank up to 300 bar instead of the 230 bar limit for the factory air gauge and regulator. It turns out that the Huma regulator will withstand the additional pressure whereas the factory air gauge and regulator will not. By filling her up to 300 bar I get 42 full power accurate shots before she falls below the regulated pressure setting, and at 50 yards she will stack one pellet on top of another. The accuracy of the 34 grainers at this velocity is astounding! I got the idea to try this because on the air tube it say it is rated to 340 bar...and I have been doing this now for many months without any air leaks or other problems whatsoever. 

I do not hunt anything with my air rifles, I only shoot at paper targets so I truly didn't need to go to the trouble of setting her up to shoot at this level of power...I just wanted to see if I could do it. One benefit is a slightly flatter trajectory and a greater point blank range. For a 1" kill zone my point blank range is from 15 yards to 55 yards...which means that my point of impact is not more than 1/2" high or 1/2" low of my point of aim for that distance. That equates to not having to hold over or hold under, or fiddle with the elevation turret to take a shot at anything from 15 yards to 55 yards, which is pretty sweet for you hunters who many times need to take a fast snap shot at game or not get to take the shot at all.

I regularly shoot with a friend I met from this forum who recently acquired a used Streamline from another member. He asked me to show him how to set up his rifle the way I did mine and of course things being what they are, he is able to shoot his Streamline just that little bit more accurately than I am able to shoot mine! His eyes are 32 years younger than mine, but he also has an uncanny natural ability to excel at everything he does. He goes here by the name gaberossi and I know he would welcome any questions you may have to ask him concerning his new Streamline or the way it is now set up. 

The last thing I did to my Streamline recently was to replace my Athlon Midas 2.5-15x50 IR MOA scope with a Sightron 2.5-17.5x56 IR MOA scope...only because I like the floating dot at the center of the Sightron reticle better for target shooting.

Your Streamline is set up fine for what you are using it for and you will probably never want to change anything, but these are some tips and tricks for you in case you ever do! And of course you would have no interest in having the most powerful and accurate air rifle in the whole of Scotland now would ye?

All the best, Chuck

By the way here is a picture of the floating center dot reticle in my new Sightron STAC 2.5-17.5x56 IR MOA scope. It is supposed to focus from 10 yards to infinity...but it will actually focus crystal clearly from 4 yards to infinity! The dot becomes red when illuminated. The picture is from an online magazine article. Best regards, Chuck

Good job Chuck :yes:

Hi Chuck,

New to this forum, but finally joined after many interesting reads. Yours most current! Seems you nailed it with your set up. I always wondered why most seemed so content to shoot medium weight pellets sub 900 fps. Being able to shoot the heavies with a better bc and high ft/lbs sounds logically better- assuming you stayed with or GAINED long range accuracy. Didn't know the pressure gauges could sometimes be switched out for higher fill pressures of the air cylinder. okay, before I ramble on- thanks for a great informative read!

Jonathan

Thanks Jonathan,
Yes I also wondered why not shoot the 34 grain JSB Heavy pellets at around 900 ft/s same as we shoot other lighter pellets at that speed. So I figured out how to make my rifles do it to see what would happen and was extremely happy and surprised with the results. Same with filling to higher pressures... I had a Wika gauge in my parts box from a previous experiment and wondered if it would work and can't tell you how thrilled I am with the results of this experiment! I routinely fill my Wildcat and Streamline up to 300 bar and have been doing so for quite a long time now.

Shooting the MKII upwards of 900 ft/s improved my long range accuracy dramatically. People tend to think about their rifles muzzle velocity rather than the pellet's velocity at the target. Eg., 34 grain pellets flying out of the muzzle of my rifle at 900 ft/s are only going 674 ft/s at 100 yards...if they leave the muzzle at 800 ft/s they are only going 613 ft/s at 100 yards. That 60 ft/s difference in velocity makes a big difference at 100 yards. I think the Streamline has to be the easiest air rifle to work on, so there is good reason to install an adjustable Huma regulator and set up the rifle to shoot the 34 grain pellets at their optimum intended velocity of 900 ft/s! Just my thoughts on it...
Best regards, Chuck

Hi Mac,
If you decide to switch out your gauge I recommend you order a Wika from CSG.com: http://www.csgshop.com/product.php?id_product=248
They are currently out of stock but I spoke with the owner yesterday and he says he will have them back in stock in about two weeks. The procedure is a no brainer...just use a very thin 11mm open end wrench to remove the fx gauge and then simply screw in the Wika and install the dust cover. If the dust cover does not go down all the way just remove the gauge and sand down the "nipple" a little and screw it back in until the dust cover seats all the way. Here are a couple pics of my Streamline and my Wildcat with the Wika gauges installed.
Best regards, Chuck