Daystate Daystate Alpha/Delta Wolf groups, tunes and photos.

[engfred]

Very interesting @engfred, like me, you obviously feel a need to improve on the STD design of most guns, There is a lot crammed into the shroud on the AW/DW ! so i may have a look into trying to improve that myself as mine is certainly not as accurate, but I think the barrel is still the main culprit.
The pin probe for the .177 AW is definitely needed, I know DS used one on the .22 not sure about the larger calibres, can't figure out quite why the did that.

My AW is a June 23 gun not sure which chrono carrier it has but it's definitely polymer of some sort.

This is my gen 1 compared to the original holder without airstripper

This is the first Daystate model in Polymer without airstripper at the bottom and the newer Daystate Aluminium type with integrated Airstripper at the top, so still black colour. The first one has got four holes venting to the shroud - but only one large center hole meaning no air stripping.

I Bet your AW has got the aluminium type with integrated airstripper.
But I seen one original Chronograph holder from Daystate that where the air- stripper covers half of the hole like above. And a second newer version where the airstripper edge is further forward - so that the large vent holes are completely free. At least I could loosen the unit with a large round screw driver through the holes. On the other older model I had to use a much smaller screw driver due to the airstripper was on the Chronograph holder on the photo above. But I don't know if the air stripper cone is fixed og it might be adjustable?

But Compared to my P.... Red unit the original looks booooooorriiiiing

 

[engfred]

Can I ask what the reason for the incorporated internal stripper? Did you have accuracy problems with the std setup?

I found that if I added a moderator to the STD shroud I got POI shift and not through clipping which lead me to develop my silenced over shroud which solved my problem, I also ended up making a barrel clamp after talking to an Indian gentleman who made one and this was before Daystate decided to make their own however while they are probably worth it with FAC and a long barrel it's not worth it for the sub 12 version.

I was comparing with Sorens updated DW and his newer AW that just did a better job. I also added the Barrel clamp system a 4-6 weeks ago and that gave a lot of stability to the rifle - It is rock solid now.

I also remembered that Daystate changed O-ring size on the Aluminium Chronograph holders with air stripper and on one the first gen the O-rings were too small.
The circuit board was covered in lead dust after shooting some 1000s of pellets and slugs. And when I removed the shroud it was not tight at all.
The Newer ones has got deeper o-ring groves and a 2mm or 2.2 mm thick O-ring.
It could be your shroud is not properly supported on the Chronograph holder.

If you want you can have my gen. 2 Chronograph holder / air stripper that works fine and is a direct 1:1 replacement if you will pay the freight cost to UK. Then you can test by yourselves.

In the future all my Chronograph holders has to be in REDTUBE Red edition.

Best regards from Denmark

 

[Arzrover]

Thanks for sharing your work here, @engfred...

I went a similar direction after a lot of testing and my final version is this :

I used the factory glass tube and retaining nut plus created a screw in air stripper nut so I could experiment with various orifices for different calibers and projectiles... It was a lot of setup and machining time on my manual machines. The difference is pretty dramatic...
I have 3 different factory chrono frame versions as they tried to address our findings and concerns but still stuffing a lot of air into that little glass tube so gains in accuracy were inadequate for me. Another attempt at stripping more air was a pressed in orifice in the newest frames where mine is threaded in... it seemed to help...
I don't have a 3d printer so mine was machined..
Good work, anyway...☺
Bob