Greetings Airgun Nation!
I've been plinking for over a decade now and have been perplexed by something, perhaps some of you have some insight.
I have a couple different Daisy 880's and find it to be a nice general plinking air rifle, however my uncle's original smoothbore 880 is a dream shooting zinc. What puzzles me, is how this original 880 shoots with more power than the Chinese made 880's, yet those chinese made 880's can pop like .22 short at full power, yet the original 880 is worlds quieter, powerful & accurate.
Both are equally maintained and both are in top condition.
I'm naturally partial to my American made airguns, but I'm perplexed how the more modern air rifle can be more noisy than the more powerful, older model. My only conclusion is a faster, higher pressure exhaust on the modern model, as well as the modern rifled barrel allowing more excess pressure loss around a non-malleable bb?
Reguardless, Bb's or pellets, the ol' gal outperformes the modern in every way. ^^
Lastly,
Does anyone know if the original Model 25 Daisy shot tube has a better bb-to-barrel gas seal than modern re-productions? I've got an awful lot of void between the inner barrel on my re-production shot tube and am losing quite a bit of power.
Thanks for reading, I must close now as the cola can menace rears its shiny aluminum head once again...
Take care and support your local bottled water resistance!
~Ryan
I've been plinking for over a decade now and have been perplexed by something, perhaps some of you have some insight.
I have a couple different Daisy 880's and find it to be a nice general plinking air rifle, however my uncle's original smoothbore 880 is a dream shooting zinc. What puzzles me, is how this original 880 shoots with more power than the Chinese made 880's, yet those chinese made 880's can pop like .22 short at full power, yet the original 880 is worlds quieter, powerful & accurate.
Both are equally maintained and both are in top condition.
I'm naturally partial to my American made airguns, but I'm perplexed how the more modern air rifle can be more noisy than the more powerful, older model. My only conclusion is a faster, higher pressure exhaust on the modern model, as well as the modern rifled barrel allowing more excess pressure loss around a non-malleable bb?
Reguardless, Bb's or pellets, the ol' gal outperformes the modern in every way. ^^
Lastly,
Does anyone know if the original Model 25 Daisy shot tube has a better bb-to-barrel gas seal than modern re-productions? I've got an awful lot of void between the inner barrel on my re-production shot tube and am losing quite a bit of power.
Thanks for reading, I must close now as the cola can menace rears its shiny aluminum head once again...
Take care and support your local bottled water resistance!
~Ryan