Air Venturi Avenge X owners - is it worth upgrading from the original avenger?
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I'll have to look into Arken a little more serious, I need to get something for the Avenge x.
Looks like a nice set up, how do you like the .30 cal in comparison to the smaller calibers? How many shots per fill?
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I have not yet had the opportunity of being able to use a .30 caliber rifle, so I could not make a much more exhaustive comparison vs my others .22 and .25 cal airguns. But according to all the information I have collected, apparently this caliber offers some advantages over the smaller ones, because his ammunition, being heavier, the wind does not affect its trajectory as much as the lighter and smaller calibers. As for the number of shots offered per fill in this particular rifle, since they come with a 500cc capacity carbon fiber air bottle offers 60 shots per fill.
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When the avenger came out it had the same crappy poppet valve like the liberty. After a few thousand rounds it would start leaking and there was no replacement. Air ventury has improved on the rifle that Nova made in that way but the plastic receiver is a total turn off for me. I bought a used impact MK2 and if I can just not mess with it it will last me the rest of my life. I don't believe the same can be said for the avenger. I can buy every last part for the impact. Try that with any of the chicom or Korean airguns.
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The biggest complaint that users have of this high-end FX rifles is that unfortunately they require a lot of constant maintenance in order to function well. In fact, these days I was talking to the gunsmith who repair all the FX airguns that are sold locally here on our island during their warranty period and outside of it who also tunes and modify them, and he told me that he had gone hunting with a friend of his who had bought an FX Pantera .30 caliber completely new. However the very first day it was used it suddenly leaked air and he had to change all the orings to fixed, and told me that there were two of them that gave him a lot of headaches due to how this particular rifle was designed.
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I do have to say, the Oring in the bottom of the regulator bore is a real PITA to remove. It's easy to replace by installing the reg piston and spring washers that line up perfectly with the Oring groove.
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Like I said I had an avenger in .22 cal and put over 12,000 pellets through it. no leaks. no issues. Do you have real world examples for leaks or are you just throwing numbers out?
I honestly have a hard time when someone says that an air rifle will last the rest of their life. I mean you can make anything last forever with enough money. But that's the point. Besides the exponentially higher initial cost, the maintenance and parts long term for an fx rifle is going to be far and above what I'm willing to pay. I'm not offended if it doesn't last me a lifetime, I can buy 6 avengers or 4 avenge X's for the price of an impact. By the time it does completely die, I can get a new one when there are advancements to airguns. Airguns are improving by leaps and bounds. By that time I'll have gotten my moneys worth in shots. Sure you'll have your impact, but there will be something that comes along that can out perform it for a fraction of the cost. If you have money to burn, more power to you. I'm on a budget myself unfortunately and have to be careful with money. Am I super excited it came from China? no, but most things are these days. Unfortunately that even includes a large number of American flags. I'd be interested to know if any of the higher end rifles have any parts from china.
How many pellets have you had through your impact? Have you had any issues?
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If you don't mind me asking, are your scopes a 50mm objective on your avenge X's? I found a scope here locally I might get, but I'm trying to decide on ring heights. I want it as low as possible (I usually like a high comb).
You wouldn't happen to know the height in inches for your rings on one of your Avenge Xs would you? If I had that, your objective, and tube sizes that would help a lot.
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I'm talking about when they came out. AV got them to start offering replacement poppets and then got Nova to change it to delron material. When the avenger first came out you couldn't get any replacement parts at all.
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All the scopes I use on my rifles use the 50mm lens. Now that said, if you decide to buy a scope that has a 34mm diameter tube like the one that comes with all the Arkens model SH-4 second gen first focal plane that are my favorites, then they will have to be installed with the high rings that are 1.45” tall. Because they offer enough space to be used with the high-capacity 16 shot magazines that the new Avenge-X come with. If you make the mistake of installing any of these scopes with the medium size rings, unfortunately, you will not be able to use the high-capacity magazines because there is not enough space (I learned this the hard way). However, if you decide to install a scope whose tube does not exceed 30mm in diameter like the one that all Hawke model vantage come with in this case, regardless of whether you install it with a medium-sized rings, there is enough space to use them with this high capacity oem magazines.
Another advice that I always offer to all the users of these rifles specifically the .22 caliber is to use them with a aftermarket magazines, since sometimes the pellets get stuck between the barrel and the oem magazines but this issue only exists in some of them not in all. However, I have also noticed that the accuracy of their shots improves a little more when they are used with these magazines, which are an improved version over the oem ones. I have tried both the Carms which are manufactured in Croatia as well as the Maples which are manufactured in Canada, and from my experience with both I can conclude that the Maples are superior in all aspects. I am sharing some photos where one of my Arken scopes appear next to the Hawke so you can compare the difference in size between both, which as you can see are practically the same but the Arken is a lot more heavier. Also some photos between the aftermarket Carm magazines and the Maples and another one that shows the difference in height between the low, medium and high Arkens scope rings, and one that show what happens when you tried to use one of this Arkens scopes with the 34mm tube with the medium size Arkens rings with the high capacity oem magazines (there is not enough space).
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I am sharing in this thread this very interesting new review about the standard Avenge-X with the synthetic stock in .25 cal in the Utah Airguns shop indoor shooting range, out of the box without any kind of tunning done to the reg neither to the h/s. This proves once again how extremely accurate these rifles are despite having a relatively low budget friendly price…
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Id only upgrade if i wanted the bottle for the increased shot count, and the ability to change out calibers
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I also want to do the same with my rifles, but it will depend if Air Venturi decides to change the style of the extremely ugly bottle they use for this purpose….
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ya not a fan of how the new bottle looks hahaI also want to do the same with my rifles, but it will depend if Air Venturi decides to change the style of the extremely ugly bottle they use for this purpose….
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Just wondered how you made the hammerspring screw more easily adjustable on your tactical stock?
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Very nice collection of rifles brother! Looking good.This are my four babies in one of the pics the first gen wood stock avenger is in front and in another in the middle of the pack. If some of you only used to shot your rifles in your backyard and live in a very quite, peaceful and private neighborhood like mine I strongly suggest to use the most efficient moderators available in the market to silence them as much as possible. Currently I am using a DonnyFL Sumo in my Kalibrgun cricket II tactical .60 .22 cal, another DonnyFL FX in my Avenge-X classic .22, a DonnyFL adapter with a Buck-Rail 3D printed moderator in my first gen avenger .22 cal and a Huggett snipe standard in my other Avenge-X classic .25 cal newest addition. If anyone is curious about which of this moderators silences them the most definitely it is the Huggett snipe standard by far…
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I have an Umerex Origin .25 , it's the Air Venturi Avenger without a reg. It's accurate but I don't care for all the plastic they use .
The Gamo Urban is made in the UK and all metal except for the moderator and stock. You never hear of issues . I would put it a step above in quality for the price range. Solid bsa barrel keeps its poa consistent.
The Gamo Urban is made in the UK and all metal except for the moderator and stock. You never hear of issues . I would put it a step above in quality for the price range. Solid bsa barrel keeps its poa consistent.
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Yes I have both of them avenger in wood stock the x is the tactical version and I like it a lot better it seems to be a bit more accurate the barrel likes well I say likes it will shoot slugs better than my averager but I still have not found a slug that is close to as accurate as the jsb exact jumbo monster both of my guns will put those in the same hole at 50 yards all day long
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