Epic teardown and barrel slugging of epic 2

[rangur1]

My buddy Steve just uploaded 2 great videos on the epic 2. Since there was so much info, it made for an extremely long single video. So we decided on 2 seperate vids just under 30 minutes each. Steve does all the recording and editing work. I don't know how to bring these youtube videos here, But others do. They are under "air velocity sport", Part 1 is the teardown. part 2 is slugging barrels and shooting groups. If anyone can upload them here from youtube, great! Otherwise, check them out and enjoy on youtube.

 

[nervoustrig]

Part 1

Part 2

 

[rangur1]

Nervoustrig, Thank you brother!

 

[Gear_Junkie]

I look forward to watching these. I almost picked one of these up from EdgunWest when he had them on sale, but they don't offer a barrel length that I want. I wish they offered a size between 12" and 21". I want more efficiency than a 12" offers, and I want a shorter rifle than what the 21" barrel requires - bummer. They look like really solid rigs!

 

[Peashooter]

The click ball on my hammer spring adjuster have a tendency to back out, so need to put something on the grub screw thread to "lock " it in place.

PS: the guy pushing out the cross pins in the cocking linkage, there is a reason they are threaded and the rifle come with a long 3 mm bolt, you insert that / screw bolt into the 2 cross pins in the linkage and fish them out the hole in the top.

I would not use names here CUZ it also took me a little while to figure out what the hell that long 3 mm bolt was for.

Adjusting dwell timing on the valve on my .177 700 mm Two, i found going either way a little did not matter much, and going too far was no good.
Too far = 1 mm

So at least on a long Two i find that adjustment a bit flawed, and so i do not touch it
but it is my understanding sub12 airgunner gained a bigger shot count by adjusting that screw, but he also had a compact version.

 

[ChefSparrowRagazzi]

Looked to me like the CZ barrel did a little better.

 

[Peashooter]

A LOT better in my case, ordered with LW but it had big choke in middle 1/4 of the barrel, did not shoot anything well.
CZ barrel in regard to choke is as should be, absolutely none of it in the entire 700 mm length of the barrel.
Still like to try LW barrel, but not buying a #2 barrel just for that CUZ these puppies aint cheap.

 

[rangur1]

Looked to me like the CZ barrel did a little better.

It was difficult to rule one barrel better than the other because we got hit with wind so many times and that location is a gully, subject to horrendous cross wind effect. We would both kill to have an indoor airgun only range. LOL!