Received the gun in fine condition and fired a few test shots. The fps and trigger let-off were not to my liking, so I made a few adjustments. The pictures below will show what I did.
Starting with mounting the optics:
One technique you can use, if you don't have milling ability to cut new stop groves in the sliding steel bars, is to simply purchase an extended picatinny rail and mount it as far back as possible. The extended rail I had on hand has a 4" extension which turned out to work just fine with the handle fully extended.
The extended picatinny rail gives me about 9 1/2" from butt plate to my scope lens. For me personally this turned out to work just fine as I was now able to get a full picture from my scope without straining my neck or suffering from excessive length of pull. Your mileage may vary, if so, consider buying an extended picatinny rail with a longer/shorter extension to meet your personal needs.
My next adjustment was to the trigger. Veradium Air did not adjust the trigger to ounces of pull. This would be dangerous for some shooters, but adjustment is simple. The front top of the trigger has a hole and a tiny hex screw that adjusts let-off pressure. (the hex wrench that fit measured 0.056mm) Personally, I didn't adjust mine too far because after a few hundred shots the trigger will smooth out and trigger pressure may get lighter. I did move it 1/16th", twice, and found a crisp release that I can live with until I get the gun broken in...then I may lighten up the trigger a bit more. After I made my adjustments, I cocked the gun and slapped it hard from all angles to see if it would discharge. It didn't, so I felt the safety factor involved was just fine.
Next up was velocity. Mine was shooting in the mid 500 fps range with 14.5gr pellets. Too slow for my tastes. The hammer spring adjustment in the back is open access and all you need is a flat blade screw driver. Brian at Veradium Air advised me to go a couple of turns clockwise and use a chrono to measure when I hit max speed before it began to drop off. My gun needed a hair over two turns clock-wise to bring the fps up to 695 fps (15.5 fpe) Considering this gun has an eight inch barrel, you can probably squeeze some more out of it, but until I break it in I'm going to let it stay where it is. Brian advised that 700 fps is likely top end for this gun and I believe he is right, However, I'm happy to say it dropped a raccoon with a head shot at 20 yards later that evening. With a 3X fixed power scope, this is definitely a 25 to 30 yard gun for ground and tree vermin.
Powered up to near 700 fps, it has a moderate bark to it. I put a DonnyFL KOI on it and at full power it made a "pffftttttttt..." sound about as loud as a whispered comment. That's Donny's KOI 1.22" X 7" @ $145.00 and it was a good investment. I do believe you could get by with his Tanto for $99.00 and still have a neighbor friendly report.
This is what it is. An extremely compact gun at an unbelievable price that produces enough power to clear any urban back yard of critters you don't like having around. Veradium Air did a find job of cleaning up the grit, shavings, and industrial sludge inside and the gun is a smooth working piece of equipment.
Accuracy? Well, I'm not the guy to report on that. I'm 77 with not so sharp eyes these days, but I can still shoot minute of squirrel at 40 yards with a clear scope. Someone else needs to show how it groups with various pellets and slugs. Yes...I did shoot a number of NSA 18gr slugs in the gun and they work just fine!
A note of caution I picked up from earlier posts. When you cock the gun, the cocking lever is sufficient for normal cocking pressure, but if you slam it back hard when cocking, you will end up bending/breaking the cocking lever. It's thin to fit flush with the breech. I found by putting my thumb on the rear of the lever, and using two fingers to grasp the far end of the lever, that I could ease it back smoothly (thanks Veradium Air) allowing it to cock and cycle quickly and with very little effort.
Regards,
Kindly 'Ol Uncle Hoot
Starting with mounting the optics:
One technique you can use, if you don't have milling ability to cut new stop groves in the sliding steel bars, is to simply purchase an extended picatinny rail and mount it as far back as possible. The extended rail I had on hand has a 4" extension which turned out to work just fine with the handle fully extended.
The extended picatinny rail gives me about 9 1/2" from butt plate to my scope lens. For me personally this turned out to work just fine as I was now able to get a full picture from my scope without straining my neck or suffering from excessive length of pull. Your mileage may vary, if so, consider buying an extended picatinny rail with a longer/shorter extension to meet your personal needs.
My next adjustment was to the trigger. Veradium Air did not adjust the trigger to ounces of pull. This would be dangerous for some shooters, but adjustment is simple. The front top of the trigger has a hole and a tiny hex screw that adjusts let-off pressure. (the hex wrench that fit measured 0.056mm) Personally, I didn't adjust mine too far because after a few hundred shots the trigger will smooth out and trigger pressure may get lighter. I did move it 1/16th", twice, and found a crisp release that I can live with until I get the gun broken in...then I may lighten up the trigger a bit more. After I made my adjustments, I cocked the gun and slapped it hard from all angles to see if it would discharge. It didn't, so I felt the safety factor involved was just fine.
Next up was velocity. Mine was shooting in the mid 500 fps range with 14.5gr pellets. Too slow for my tastes. The hammer spring adjustment in the back is open access and all you need is a flat blade screw driver. Brian at Veradium Air advised me to go a couple of turns clockwise and use a chrono to measure when I hit max speed before it began to drop off. My gun needed a hair over two turns clock-wise to bring the fps up to 695 fps (15.5 fpe) Considering this gun has an eight inch barrel, you can probably squeeze some more out of it, but until I break it in I'm going to let it stay where it is. Brian advised that 700 fps is likely top end for this gun and I believe he is right, However, I'm happy to say it dropped a raccoon with a head shot at 20 yards later that evening. With a 3X fixed power scope, this is definitely a 25 to 30 yard gun for ground and tree vermin.
Powered up to near 700 fps, it has a moderate bark to it. I put a DonnyFL KOI on it and at full power it made a "pffftttttttt..." sound about as loud as a whispered comment. That's Donny's KOI 1.22" X 7" @ $145.00 and it was a good investment. I do believe you could get by with his Tanto for $99.00 and still have a neighbor friendly report.
This is what it is. An extremely compact gun at an unbelievable price that produces enough power to clear any urban back yard of critters you don't like having around. Veradium Air did a find job of cleaning up the grit, shavings, and industrial sludge inside and the gun is a smooth working piece of equipment.
Accuracy? Well, I'm not the guy to report on that. I'm 77 with not so sharp eyes these days, but I can still shoot minute of squirrel at 40 yards with a clear scope. Someone else needs to show how it groups with various pellets and slugs. Yes...I did shoot a number of NSA 18gr slugs in the gun and they work just fine!
A note of caution I picked up from earlier posts. When you cock the gun, the cocking lever is sufficient for normal cocking pressure, but if you slam it back hard when cocking, you will end up bending/breaking the cocking lever. It's thin to fit flush with the breech. I found by putting my thumb on the rear of the lever, and using two fingers to grasp the far end of the lever, that I could ease it back smoothly (thanks Veradium Air) allowing it to cock and cycle quickly and with very little effort.
Regards,
Kindly 'Ol Uncle Hoot
