Hello everybody. I just wanted to write about my newest addition. I received my JTS Airacuda yesterday from Airgun Depot. It arrived empty of air so I was a little skeptical that it would hold air, due to the recent posts. Well after cleaning the barrel which was very very dirty, I mounted my Arken SH 4-25 on it. Really big scope for the rifle, but it was just laying around so I put it on. Well aired it up, and popped the first shot. It was low and to the left, at 25 yds. Dialed int the corrections and bingo dead center. Following shots were dead on. I was shooting FX 25.39’s at 907 fps. Two mags shot with those. Next I tried some FX 34gr pellets. They were low as expected and speeds of 850 down to 830 before falling off the reg. I was very pleased ate the results and the way the rifle shot. No clipping with the Donnyfl Sumo either.
Ok now the not so good news.
After about 5 mags, the rifle started leaking air from the foster fill connection. I tried several blasts of air trying to reseat the valve. No good. I tried inserting something to reseat the valve. No good. So I was wondering what to do. Send it back, or try to fix. Well I did the latter. And after removing the end of the air tube, I found no check valve, but a counter sunk screw with one flat side and an o ring. The screw wasn’t tight enough to hold the o ring against the surface. Easy fix, but I thought it was bad to have to fix a new rifle after 50 shots. So I hope this is not the first of bad things to come, but if it holds up, I believe it will be an awesome rifle to shoot. I’ve got numerous o ring kits, so I’m ready for a reseal job “when” if it happens. Thanks for all your posts. May you have unlimited air and ammo,and shoot straight! GG
Ok now the not so good news.
After about 5 mags, the rifle started leaking air from the foster fill connection. I tried several blasts of air trying to reseat the valve. No good. I tried inserting something to reseat the valve. No good. So I was wondering what to do. Send it back, or try to fix. Well I did the latter. And after removing the end of the air tube, I found no check valve, but a counter sunk screw with one flat side and an o ring. The screw wasn’t tight enough to hold the o ring against the surface. Easy fix, but I thought it was bad to have to fix a new rifle after 50 shots. So I hope this is not the first of bad things to come, but if it holds up, I believe it will be an awesome rifle to shoot. I’ve got numerous o ring kits, so I’m ready for a reseal job “when” if it happens. Thanks for all your posts. May you have unlimited air and ammo,and shoot straight! GG
