What a steaming pile of disappointment. Dad got a micro hunter. After shooting my panthera hunter all summer, I was unimpressed by the look and feel of the raw.
Chrono’d the raw. 650fps…and falling. Discovered the bolt probe needed adjustment. It’s threaded, so can be adjusted by turning in or out. Nothing was holding it in place, though. Called tech support who said the probe should be held by blue loctite. No problem. Good to go.
Velocity was still only about 640fps with 18gn pellets. The tech said it wasn’t unreasonable to tune the gun to about 900 fps.
After spending most of an afternoon tuning this thing, couldn’t get velocity above 660. Did get about 750 with 15.8gn and called it good. Increasing reg pressure beyond that point caused velocity to drop. I’m new to tuning Aurguns, so figured it’s just a thing. This one obviously isn’t really meant to be tuned.
Dad hadn’t shot the rifle beyond about 20ft in the yard. Got to the range today to sight in at 50 yds. Found the pellets wouldn’t even make it 50 yards. Velocity continued to slow. A pellet got stuck in the barrel. We quit.
Troubleshooting at home, found the barrel was loose. It came right off in my hand. Got that tightened and all is good again.
Not huge problems, yet frustrating and time consuming. Seems like a qc issue, leaving the shop with loose parts.
I’m not expecting great things from this rifle at 50 yards. My fx, on the other hand, shoots sub moa at 100 all day long.
