Took a chance on a skyhawk refurb

[Malsonb]

Long story short; bought a .25 skyhawk last year. The best it would do was 2" at 12 yards.

Sent it back for refund. Bought a walther reign. Same thing! Back to sender!

PA had a refurbished .25 cal skyhawk and I thought maybe I could win the barrel lottery. 

I shot 10 shots under a dime at 40 yards. I can live with that.

 

[Long_Gun_Dallas]

Vey nice  

 

[Vetmx]

You need to immediately proceed to the nearest place that you can buy a Powerball ticket. You could be on a roll.

 

[scubajeeper]

That’s a fine group, I guess third time’s the charm. Congratulations 

 

[Roachcreek]

Buy a lottery ticket.



Roachcreek

 

[orion]

Has someone added an aftermarket barrel to the P15?

 

[jarmstrong]

$24.64 each CARM magazines, you will want these, factory mags suck

https://www.carm-magazines.com/detalji_proizvoda.bea749b373e34da8a8224ad643f240f5.magazine-for-artemis-smk-spa-p15-diana-skyhawk-air-rifle-25-cal.aspx

congratulation on the excellent buy with the refurb, I have a P-15 with a LW barrel because my factory barrel was a piece of (don't step in that)

it is the ugly gun in my avatar

 

[Raden1942]

I love the p15 and Skyhawk guns. They are light, handy and in my opinion the best ergonomics for hunting in my small blind. Unfortunately that barrel lottery is preventing me from getting one and spending the cash to put a LW on it puts me in a price bracket that would purchase a fine gun right out of the box. Maybe I will find one used with a LW barrel on it. Glad you got a good one. I'm super jealous. 

 

[Gear_Junkie]

Congrats on the barrel lottery. I bought a .177 and .22 and they both had crappy barrels. I bought a known good .177 barrel from another member here and had a CZ barrel machined for my .22. I beefed up the trigger linkages in both guns, added HUMA regulators, and replaced the o-rings with better quality ones. Both guns are now very accurate and a pleasure to shoot. I also bought enough of the odd spare parts once I found out that these were discontinued.

 

[Malsonb]

Sometimes you get lucky. I like the skyhawk because of the looks and feel. The magazines are junk so I will buy some carm mags for it. I will purchase a huma reg for it. I am now looking for a sling for it. May do a single point. 

 

[orion]

Sometimes you get lucky. I like the skyhawk because of the looks and feel. The magazines are junk so I will buy some carm mags for it. I will purchase a huma reg for it. I am now looking for a sling for it. May do a single point.

What scope are you going to use?

 

[Keyman62421]

Same here. I bought a LW barrel from Jefferson State. $300. So now I have $700 + - . I could have bought a higher priced gun. On the+ side. I have a LIGHT, SHORT, ACCURATE hunting and plinking gun. Out to 70 yrs a real shooter. I don't think I'd part with it.

It is SPA P15.

 

[bf1956]

That walnut Sky Hawk is 1 good looker for sure! Oh and what are the chances that the P12 action would drop in to that walnut stock?

 

[Malsonb]

I have a burris 3×9×40 droptine rimfire on it. My first skyhawk I checked on the barrel jsa offered but they no longer make it.

 

 

[MBG]

Has someone added an aftermarket barrel to the P15?

Yes I have 2 custom built, the 177 has a CZ barrel and I have a full length LW choked on my .22, both lazers

 

[Malsonb]

Hopefully my barrel holds up. Be nice to be able to get ahold of a drop in lw barrel. As long as the Chinese reg and the barrel holds up it will be my go to pester. The walnut stock is what intrigued me with skyhawk. Knowing I can buy a huma reg for it will make me keep it.

 

[MikeVV]

The Skyhawk has one of the nicest looking bullpup stocks of all bullpups on the market.

I'm not a fan of the rear cocking lever. Yes, I know that's it's an older designed gun.

Mike

 

[Scotchmo]

When I first got my .177 Skyhawk, it had a creeping regulator. So I would take take a shot to reset the reg if it had sat for more than a few minutes. The reg got better after a year of use. Reg was eventually stable enough so "warm up" no longer needed. I changed the barrel out early on for a LW choked poly. It is now my most accurate/favorite FT rifle. I got it with the really nice laminated stock. I eventually wanted a shorter LOP, so I made a new stock. I did not want to cut up the original in case I ever wanted to return it to factory configuration.