I ordered a Snowpeak .177 P35 on Monday evening and received it today. Krale is very fast!
Background:
I have had a Diana Skyhawk in .25 for about 3 years. The reason I bought it over the less expensive P15 was the stock. The Skyhawk stock is the best fitting bullpup stock (at least for me) of any bullpup that I have tried. Plus the Skyhawk is the lightest bullpup I have used.
The Skyhawk was an interesting journey. I lost the barrel lottery. Had to re-barrel with a custom LW barrel and solve a lot of smaller problems. Vetmx replied to a picture I posted of the stock barrel that “Cannons on shipwrecks from the 1800’s have nicer barrels”. Once I put money and effort into it I had a very nice bullpup that was fun to shoot.
Lately I have been moving toward .177 airguns because I don’t need larger/more powerful pellets for the shooting I’m doing now (20 to 60 yards – mostly steel and paper targets). Decided to buy a .177 P35 and put it into the Skyhawk stock.
Today:
Unboxed P35. Moved P35 action to Skyhawk stock, put air into it, mounted scope and cleaned barrel. Tested trigger pull - it averages 2.8 pounds (about same as the stock Skyhawk/P15). Sighted in scope, then shot 21 rounds of JSB 10.34gr pellets to determine initial tune and accuracy. Velocity is in the ballpark but need to play with hammer spring adjuster to see if I can reduce extreme spread. Accuracy at 30 yards was not good. 11 rounds at about 1.1”. I had hoped for better accuracy out of the box but anticipated worse based on my experience with my .25 Diana Skyhawk.
Shot count: 21
Low: 898
Hi: 919
Avg: 904
Spread: 21
STD Dev: 5.2
Main difference between the P35 and the Skyhawk/P15 is a picatinny scope rail and forward cocking lever on the P35. The cocking lever seems less substantial and not as smooth as the rear cocking lever on the Skyhawk/P15.
Intend to use my experience with Skyhawk/P15 to tune and fix any issues with P35. With luck I will not have to re-barrel the P35. More to come over the next few weeks.
Background:
I have had a Diana Skyhawk in .25 for about 3 years. The reason I bought it over the less expensive P15 was the stock. The Skyhawk stock is the best fitting bullpup stock (at least for me) of any bullpup that I have tried. Plus the Skyhawk is the lightest bullpup I have used.
The Skyhawk was an interesting journey. I lost the barrel lottery. Had to re-barrel with a custom LW barrel and solve a lot of smaller problems. Vetmx replied to a picture I posted of the stock barrel that “Cannons on shipwrecks from the 1800’s have nicer barrels”. Once I put money and effort into it I had a very nice bullpup that was fun to shoot.
Lately I have been moving toward .177 airguns because I don’t need larger/more powerful pellets for the shooting I’m doing now (20 to 60 yards – mostly steel and paper targets). Decided to buy a .177 P35 and put it into the Skyhawk stock.
Today:
Unboxed P35. Moved P35 action to Skyhawk stock, put air into it, mounted scope and cleaned barrel. Tested trigger pull - it averages 2.8 pounds (about same as the stock Skyhawk/P15). Sighted in scope, then shot 21 rounds of JSB 10.34gr pellets to determine initial tune and accuracy. Velocity is in the ballpark but need to play with hammer spring adjuster to see if I can reduce extreme spread. Accuracy at 30 yards was not good. 11 rounds at about 1.1”. I had hoped for better accuracy out of the box but anticipated worse based on my experience with my .25 Diana Skyhawk.
Shot count: 21
Low: 898
Hi: 919
Avg: 904
Spread: 21
STD Dev: 5.2
Main difference between the P35 and the Skyhawk/P15 is a picatinny scope rail and forward cocking lever on the P35. The cocking lever seems less substantial and not as smooth as the rear cocking lever on the Skyhawk/P15.
Intend to use my experience with Skyhawk/P15 to tune and fix any issues with P35. With luck I will not have to re-barrel the P35. More to come over the next few weeks.