I received an inmail message through Airgun Nation from Robert, the owner of AoA. He wanted to chat. So we connected.
In a very straightforward manner, he asked me if I would like to shoot a Delta Wolf. He then asked if he could send me one. It was a difficult decision…lol.
I offered to come out and pick it up because I figured the first date with the D-Wolf should be at Rio Salado. I’ve heard so much about it. I had just accepted a new job and I had a week off. Flights were under $200 from Minneapolis. Rock ‘n’ roll.
My buddy Dan, XS ultimate, was able to get me set up on Rio Salado, through a friend of his named Chris who we shot with for two days. Chris and a buddy had dueling Thomases going at 50 yards. There was a lot of laughing and smiling taking place. It was of course quite windy, especially earlier in the day. Later on it got better, still windy but more consistent.
What an awesome trip. The morning I left home it was 15° below zero in Minnesota. Do you think that’s a good day to leave for Phoenix?
I went straight to a airguns of Arizona. Lauren Parsons had everything ready. She handed me off my new rifle, showed me how to use it quickly, and then invited me out for an evening shoot, of course at Rio Salado.
this allowed me to cite in the rifle get used to it a little bit, so I could be ready to shoot in the morning. Lauren was of course practicing shooting her awesome FT rifle. She let me take one shot. I shot it at a spinner at 50 yards, offhand. She recommended two kill zones of wind. I held approximately 2 inches left. And scored a hit and reset the entire target
…It is an awesome Rifle. I’m switching to my red wolf for field target. I made that decision months ago. Shooting her rifle just reinforced it. Obviously there’s some magic in her rifle if it allows me to hit a 1 1/2 inch circle offhand, in 2 inches of wind, at 50 yards. What a treat! There was no way I was going to even think about taking another shot…
I shot the Delta Wolf offhand at 50 yards at a gopher field target. I hit him in the Killzone offhand three out of four times. And then whacked him right in the forehead on purpose. It was like shooting a laser..Full disclosure, I was kind of leaning against a post. Not the rifle but my side.
By the way. I don’t like black rifles. I don’t like plastic. And I don’t like black metal on rifles…I also don’t like bull pups. And I definitely don’t like magazines.
All of the above is why I currently don’t own either an impact or a Delta Wolf.
but I love my red wolves. And I love the electronics, I love the power, and I love the electronic trigger. So the chance to get a shot at the new more advanced a Delta Wolf… I guess I would have to put up with a bull pup! I just hoped I could single load it, which I did not expect to be able to do. I’ve always felt that rifles should have a Wood stock, they should be long and svelte. To my eyes, the Delta Wolf is just not that pretty… until you’re sitting behind it looking through the scope. I brought a little March 2.5 to 25 with me to mount on the rifle.
In the morning I was approaching hallowed ground. Possibly the most famous Airgun Range in the world.
It was really windy. Pushing the pellets 6 to 8 inches at 100 yards, a foot at times. I decided to see what I could do at 75 yds. I started out shooting the 34 grain mark 2s
75 yard groups:
I was quite pleased and encouraged, so I decided to move out to 110 yards. Going from 75 to 100 is a BIG difference…Going from 75 to 110 is Brutal!
The range is literally scooped out of the desert. It’s very intimidating. Especially when the flags are standing straight across in different directions. And your pellets are moving anywhere from 6 to 10 inches depending on constant changes.
The 110 yard groups.
34 g Windy:
The groups just above ALL have six shots (except the 10 shot group). all of them were blown up by shot number five. The number five shot doubled the size of each group. This happened three times. Each time I went back and shot number six right back into the original group. And keep in mind these misses are a half an inch at 110 yards in heavy winds. But I could’ve certainly shot a screamer numerous times. Candidly, it was a blast.
The target below is four groups shot in a row. One was six shots. Again, I was very impressed. I was holding 6 to 8 inches of wind on every shot.
it started getting a bit calmer in the evening. It was still windy. It was still moving the pellets 4 to 7 inches at 110 yards.
I was running low on the mark 2 34s, So I decided to switch to Kings. I left it on the same setting which was designed for the 34 grain to shoot at 900…So the kings were shooting at 995. And they were magic. I was not able to shoot for very long in the better conditions with the kings, because A youth shooting organization had the range at 6 o’clock.
25g Kings 110 yards:
The first two groups are the first three shots of two different groups. Basically two little tiny cloverleafs at 110 yards. Watching the pellet fly into that hole again and again was really something.
The group above is 10 shots at 110 yards in the wind.
Three times I had three shot cloverleafs. That tells me that the potential accuracy is superb.
watching the flight of the kings through the air was phenomenal. It was beautifully true with no curls, and watching them dive into the hole was cool.
Yes it was great fun! Me with D-Wolf
Dan and Chris and AoA were incredible hosts.
Think about this. The number of settings that I can set up on this rifle are pretty much infinite. I tried one setting, for one day. More to come!
Too tired to proof anymore, so please excuse any typos.
mike
In a very straightforward manner, he asked me if I would like to shoot a Delta Wolf. He then asked if he could send me one. It was a difficult decision…lol.
I offered to come out and pick it up because I figured the first date with the D-Wolf should be at Rio Salado. I’ve heard so much about it. I had just accepted a new job and I had a week off. Flights were under $200 from Minneapolis. Rock ‘n’ roll.
My buddy Dan, XS ultimate, was able to get me set up on Rio Salado, through a friend of his named Chris who we shot with for two days. Chris and a buddy had dueling Thomases going at 50 yards. There was a lot of laughing and smiling taking place. It was of course quite windy, especially earlier in the day. Later on it got better, still windy but more consistent.
What an awesome trip. The morning I left home it was 15° below zero in Minnesota. Do you think that’s a good day to leave for Phoenix?
I went straight to a airguns of Arizona. Lauren Parsons had everything ready. She handed me off my new rifle, showed me how to use it quickly, and then invited me out for an evening shoot, of course at Rio Salado.
this allowed me to cite in the rifle get used to it a little bit, so I could be ready to shoot in the morning. Lauren was of course practicing shooting her awesome FT rifle. She let me take one shot. I shot it at a spinner at 50 yards, offhand. She recommended two kill zones of wind. I held approximately 2 inches left. And scored a hit and reset the entire target
…It is an awesome Rifle. I’m switching to my red wolf for field target. I made that decision months ago. Shooting her rifle just reinforced it. Obviously there’s some magic in her rifle if it allows me to hit a 1 1/2 inch circle offhand, in 2 inches of wind, at 50 yards. What a treat! There was no way I was going to even think about taking another shot…I shot the Delta Wolf offhand at 50 yards at a gopher field target. I hit him in the Killzone offhand three out of four times. And then whacked him right in the forehead on purpose. It was like shooting a laser..Full disclosure, I was kind of leaning against a post. Not the rifle but my side.
By the way. I don’t like black rifles. I don’t like plastic. And I don’t like black metal on rifles…I also don’t like bull pups. And I definitely don’t like magazines.
All of the above is why I currently don’t own either an impact or a Delta Wolf.
but I love my red wolves. And I love the electronics, I love the power, and I love the electronic trigger. So the chance to get a shot at the new more advanced a Delta Wolf… I guess I would have to put up with a bull pup! I just hoped I could single load it, which I did not expect to be able to do. I’ve always felt that rifles should have a Wood stock, they should be long and svelte. To my eyes, the Delta Wolf is just not that pretty… until you’re sitting behind it looking through the scope. I brought a little March 2.5 to 25 with me to mount on the rifle.
In the morning I was approaching hallowed ground. Possibly the most famous Airgun Range in the world.
It was really windy. Pushing the pellets 6 to 8 inches at 100 yards, a foot at times. I decided to see what I could do at 75 yds. I started out shooting the 34 grain mark 2s
75 yard groups:
I was quite pleased and encouraged, so I decided to move out to 110 yards. Going from 75 to 100 is a BIG difference…Going from 75 to 110 is Brutal!
The range is literally scooped out of the desert. It’s very intimidating. Especially when the flags are standing straight across in different directions. And your pellets are moving anywhere from 6 to 10 inches depending on constant changes.
The 110 yard groups.
34 g Windy:
The target below is four groups shot in a row. One was six shots. Again, I was very impressed. I was holding 6 to 8 inches of wind on every shot.
it started getting a bit calmer in the evening. It was still windy. It was still moving the pellets 4 to 7 inches at 110 yards.
I was running low on the mark 2 34s, So I decided to switch to Kings. I left it on the same setting which was designed for the 34 grain to shoot at 900…So the kings were shooting at 995. And they were magic. I was not able to shoot for very long in the better conditions with the kings, because A youth shooting organization had the range at 6 o’clock.
25g Kings 110 yards:
The first two groups are the first three shots of two different groups. Basically two little tiny cloverleafs at 110 yards. Watching the pellet fly into that hole again and again was really something.
Three times I had three shot cloverleafs. That tells me that the potential accuracy is superb.
watching the flight of the kings through the air was phenomenal. It was beautifully true with no curls, and watching them dive into the hole was cool.
Yes it was great fun! Me with D-Wolf
Dan and Chris and AoA were incredible hosts.
Think about this. The number of settings that I can set up on this rifle are pretty much infinite. I tried one setting, for one day. More to come!
Too tired to proof anymore, so please excuse any typos.
mike
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Ups and downs but I doubt that he really had any lows with a smile like that on his face!