...I do not know if it is just mine or they are all like that but methinks it is the nature of the Kral Puncher action...no ping at all and not much slap...
I think you are on to something -- that Puncher line has a superior action. I got the basic model in .22 to keep the synthetic .25 company during Covid lockdown. Same sad story as above. This one even shoots the .22 JSB knock-out slugs well at 60m -- in blustery wind and despite my reluctance to increase the power beyond 700 fps. The stock is gorgeous -- my crappy camera does not do justice to it.
What titillated me even more: they have equipped even this basic line with their match type adjustable trigger blade. Kral nowadays seems to be in the extreme customer satisfaction business.
I also noticed that they have changed the trigger parts in this newest version (produced June 2020): the long seer part has been replaced by several smaller parts. The first stage is now preset at a FX factory like position -- short and sweet, and no adjustment screw anymore. The second stage adjustability remains. I polished the touch points as usual, and made the 2nd stage crisp&feather light.
And finally: the valve stem has the newer all-polymer poppet. Interestingly, also, the valve spring has a smaller diameter than my other ones. It now sits on top of the poppet spring guide, in a 3cm long metal bus they have slid over the spring guide of the poppet.
I wonder if @THammer knows why Kral has done this. The gun shoots great, but this poppet&bus&narrower spring contraption in mine was skewed. The valve spring had slid to the edge of the (unchanged, and thus wider diameter) cut-out inside the valve cap ... I positioned the spring back to the center of the valve cap by inserting a small pvc washer/ring (ID = spring OD).
Sorry, I should have made pics ...
