Umarex Gauntlet .25

jdh, I was pretty sure that was the case about the air bottle. Thanks for confirming.

I guess you are into hunting. Myself, all I ever wished to do is paper target shooting. And I have progressed from 10 meters, to 25 yards so far. This rifle is for me to shoot to 50 yards. If I ever wish to go farther, I probably will have to purchase an air rifle that is built for such a distance.

But for now, I am shooting two other rifles until I can figure out how to get this Gauntlet air bottle filled for next to nothing. Got to save every penny I can for my new vehicle down payment, so I can again have transportation. Transportation is more important than shooting the new air rifle. Caley Ann

Jonah, I think I'm the only air gunner in the Morongo Basin. Most people who shoot guns here in the Morongo Basin, shoot powder burners. I eventually will be doing the same, but until I can get my "Real ID', I have to do with pellet guns/rilfes.

I've watched a few videos on this rifle, and many have said the air stripper was cracked and the associated O-ring was too small. I decided to take a look at that area of my new rifle. I was amazed that mine was not cracked, and that the O-ring is very tight. Apparently UMarex has been listening, and re-engineered this area of the rifle so that the parts actually fit, and do what they are supposed to do properly. So far, everything I have looked at seems to have no manufacturing defects. 

I am hoping that the few comments about the regulator being variable lower or higher than the specifications of 1100 PSI, are now taken care of also. My rifle has a serial number of 0518220408112524. So you can look at yours to see if yours is a predecessor of mine or after mine was made.

If my rifle is indicative of a fix on the various problems, then you probably don't need to take things apart. Caley Ann



PS I probably should not have done this, but my experience is that when I wait a year or so for something, price tends to skyrocket, especially when we are probably headed for another recession. I used one of my small bank accounts that I will eventually be closing to purchase a Yong Heng compressor, an extended air/oil filter, a double male quick disconnect connector, and also some lubricant for the compressor. I got all of it for less than $300. So I will now be able to occasionally shoot this rifle. I just do not know how well my 22lr trap will be able to handle the 25 cal led pellets. It really rings when using my Daisy and Hammerli.

I hope so. I shoot my Swiss Arms TG-1 (.177)a few times now and then at my back yard target at 15 yards, and it hits so hard. it shatters the pellet into near powder. This Gauntlet is going to hit pretty hard. Wonder if the pellet will disintegrate also. The lower power Daisy (.177) and Hammerly (.177), just fragment a bit, or flatten. We will see.

The items finally got tracking numbers, but haven't shipped yet. According to EBay, I should have all the items by months end.

I finally got my Gauntlet filled with air. Unfortunately it has a very slow leak. It has lost 500 PSI over the last two hours.

Anyone have a suggestion on why this is happening, and how to fix the problem?



CaleyAnn

Hmmmm!, I had lost pressure on my rifle, but it has stopped now at about 2350 PSI. I am wondering if maybe when filling the rifle air bottle, that the heat I felt is just expanded air, and that its cooling was the reason for the pressure drop.

This was my first fill from the air tank. The rifle bottle was totally empty prior to this fill.

I am going to top off the rifle bottle again, and watch for a few more hours to see if things are stabilized.



CaleyAnn

I finally got this rifle to my back yard firing range. I was worried that the cheap scope I put on it would not be aligned good enough to hit the 22LR bullet trap.

I was wrong. My first shot was aimed at the center of the target. It ended up near the top of the target and significantly left. But it took me only one clip to adjust the scope to where I was nailing the center one inch of the target. I'm pretty happy with only using one clip to get things zeroed in.

This rifle definitely packs a wallop. The bullet trap rang very loudly. I won't be shooting it very often at 15 yards. It is a waste. But I look forward to the day when I have my new vehicle, and can drive down to the local public shooting range to work on 50 yards. CaleyAnn

It's been quite a long time since I ;posted anything. I finally was able to replace my Honda CRV that was totaled by an inattentive driver. My new vehicle is a Nissan Frontier SV 4X4, and so far I just love it. It is more practical than the CRV, and still can hold four people.



On to my experience with my Gauntlet this morning. Now that I have transportation, and the local firing range reopened, I decided it was time to try my hand at shooting the Gauntlet. I set up one of those splash targets at 50 yards. I expected my first round to hit low based on the fact that I had it set for 15 meters. That thought was incorrect. It hit about four inches to the left of the bulls eye. I was so surprised that little adjustment was needed. A larger caliber air rifle, and a couple hundred FPS on the pellet velocity apparently makes a big difference.

Since I hadn't fired very much in the last year, because of the open heart surgery, that car accident, and the Covid-19 problem, and closed firing range, my whole body really wasn't ready for the shooting session. I was tense, anticipating the trigger squeeze, and that kept me from hitting the center two inches of the target. I managed to keep everything in a four inch circle, maybe a bit less on the second go around. First go around was just getting back into things, and getting the scope adjusted.

But I am pretty please. There was one other air rifle shooter, and he took the time to check out the accuracy of my rifle, and to explain what all the knobs on my scope were for. Apparently I was misadjusting the parallax knob, thinking it was the focus knob. DUH!! Shows you what a year does to your memory. He managed a shot grouping a little less than a silver dollar, and that was never having shot this kind of rifle before. So I think the Gauntlet is a pretty nice rifle, especially considering how reasonable the price was.



Am happy to be back shooting. Just hope I can make it every Friday, and hopefully get to the point where I am relaxed, and can hit my target fairly consistently.

The Gauntlet is a great rifle for the price. I started out with .177 caliber, but discovered it is really only good out to 25 yards. You can stretch that to 50 yards, some people told me, but I never was able to hit the target at that range with this small pellet

I have the .25 cal Gauntlet, and I just love it. It is very easy to use. I consistently hit in a one to two inch grouping at 50 yards. Like you, I am relatively new to the hobby.



The only drawback to PCP is the initial cost. If you're a brute, then you can spend the time to pump up your air reservoir, but if you're like me, 70 years young and female, then the only way to go is to spend the money on an air tank and an electric air pump. I purchased an 88 cubic foot air tank and a Hong Yang (?) compressor. I feel it was well worth them investment. It will allow me to support any PCP firearm I may make in the future. Right now I am super happy with my Gauntlet, and of course my Daisy competition .177 rifle, and my .177 Hammerli 850 AirMagnum