I got the privilege to be a tester on the JTS Airacuda. I was asked what specific model and caliber I would like and I ended up going with a .22 Standard. Haven't shot anything more than a .22 in years now and have zero interest in .25. I also went with the Standard which is not regulated and has a TP adjustment knob on the side.
Gun arrived and was impressed with how it came. Hugged in a fitted black styrofoamish material. Same as like you get from pellet tins ordered from PA, AGD, or UA.
Comes with 2 mags and an assortment of orings for the gun. No manual came with mine, not sure if the production ones will come with one or not. 3000 psi fill guns. Mine has a gauge measured in bar but the production ones will be in PSI.
Gun sits at 42" and 7lbs 1oz. I've gotten used to my short Evol Mini but for a longer gun it feels well off hand.
There's not a piece of plastic on the whole gun that I've found. Everything is metal and seems to be very well built. Even the baffles are all metal. The machining is very nice for a gun of this price point and even more so. Metal mags big plus. The ball detent holding it in is a nice touch on a gun of this price point also. Cocking was shocking on how light and smooth it was.
Trigger out the box seemed heavy and mushy. Noticed it was adjustable and took it apart and saw how it worked. Very easy to get it adjusted to be very light with a crisp reliable break. Also cool to see the sear engagement with the side on so can see where to adjust to get it to your liking.
The stock looks to be a walnut which is nice however I'm not a huge wood guy. A synthetic would be nice not sure if that's an option in the future at all or not but just personal preference is all. Comb sits a little low for my preference also. Not bad as I've had much worse but I can add something to make it where I prefer easily. Stock is pretty thin definitely more of a hunting stock. The wrist of the stock seems on the small side and I prefer guns with a larger and more vertical grip.
Power levels that I saw at 2800psi went as follows.
5 detents so going to call 5 the MAX setting and 1 is MIN. Done with 16gr JSBs
5: 1030fps
4: 980fps
3: 805fps
2: 510fps
1: 410fps
Pretty good spread on power levels. I'm thinking on using it as a lower power gun in the barn so likely power 2 and maybe throw a red dot on it. The TP knob is big in my book and something that really drew me to the Standard over the Max. Super crisp with no play in it and perfectly repeatable.
Besides the ping (which I don't mind) it's a very quiet gun really impressed. I was notified that the production ones will have a depinger. But see no need to have an extra LDC on it.
I haven't done full shot strings as I no longer have my nice Chrono that connected to my phone and I simply don't have the time to try to write down everything after every shot. At least not at this time. Will do some later on I'm sure but not now. Based on what I was seeing though was very consistent shot to shot and seemed to be in a good range on a bell curve as it definitely wasn't a Korean cliff or really low for the first shots.
Accuracy testing I'm still working out. I only have my EVOL Mini anymore and it eats JSBs so that's all I have. So far what I'm seeing is really really good. 2 5 shot groups at 37yds on power 3 on top then backed up to 45yds and 2 5 shot groups on the bottom. That'd be 9/10 under a dime at 45yds and I can't complain! Need to test CPHPs in it and I do also have NSA 20.2gr slugs I should try through it.
Will be updating this as I go and have time. Really gotta say though there was a lot of thought put into this gun for a $320 price point.
Gun arrived and was impressed with how it came. Hugged in a fitted black styrofoamish material. Same as like you get from pellet tins ordered from PA, AGD, or UA.
Comes with 2 mags and an assortment of orings for the gun. No manual came with mine, not sure if the production ones will come with one or not. 3000 psi fill guns. Mine has a gauge measured in bar but the production ones will be in PSI.
Gun sits at 42" and 7lbs 1oz. I've gotten used to my short Evol Mini but for a longer gun it feels well off hand.
There's not a piece of plastic on the whole gun that I've found. Everything is metal and seems to be very well built. Even the baffles are all metal. The machining is very nice for a gun of this price point and even more so. Metal mags big plus. The ball detent holding it in is a nice touch on a gun of this price point also. Cocking was shocking on how light and smooth it was.
Trigger out the box seemed heavy and mushy. Noticed it was adjustable and took it apart and saw how it worked. Very easy to get it adjusted to be very light with a crisp reliable break. Also cool to see the sear engagement with the side on so can see where to adjust to get it to your liking.
The stock looks to be a walnut which is nice however I'm not a huge wood guy. A synthetic would be nice not sure if that's an option in the future at all or not but just personal preference is all. Comb sits a little low for my preference also. Not bad as I've had much worse but I can add something to make it where I prefer easily. Stock is pretty thin definitely more of a hunting stock. The wrist of the stock seems on the small side and I prefer guns with a larger and more vertical grip.
Power levels that I saw at 2800psi went as follows.
5 detents so going to call 5 the MAX setting and 1 is MIN. Done with 16gr JSBs
5: 1030fps
4: 980fps
3: 805fps
2: 510fps
1: 410fps
Pretty good spread on power levels. I'm thinking on using it as a lower power gun in the barn so likely power 2 and maybe throw a red dot on it. The TP knob is big in my book and something that really drew me to the Standard over the Max. Super crisp with no play in it and perfectly repeatable.
Besides the ping (which I don't mind) it's a very quiet gun really impressed. I was notified that the production ones will have a depinger. But see no need to have an extra LDC on it.
I haven't done full shot strings as I no longer have my nice Chrono that connected to my phone and I simply don't have the time to try to write down everything after every shot. At least not at this time. Will do some later on I'm sure but not now. Based on what I was seeing though was very consistent shot to shot and seemed to be in a good range on a bell curve as it definitely wasn't a Korean cliff or really low for the first shots.
Accuracy testing I'm still working out. I only have my EVOL Mini anymore and it eats JSBs so that's all I have. So far what I'm seeing is really really good. 2 5 shot groups at 37yds on power 3 on top then backed up to 45yds and 2 5 shot groups on the bottom. That'd be 9/10 under a dime at 45yds and I can't complain! Need to test CPHPs in it and I do also have NSA 20.2gr slugs I should try through it.
Will be updating this as I go and have time. Really gotta say though there was a lot of thought put into this gun for a $320 price point.
