Other Where is the Production - Red Panda?

[SpiralGroove]

Where is the production version of theKarma - Red Panda ........ which won many 100 yard bench rest tournaments this Summer?
The guys at DonnyFL were going to get it out by years -end?
Was this just a Gimmic ......................

 

[cosmic]

Waiting for China I guess..

 

[Trucker3573]

Pretty sure it’s not a gimmick. Maybe they are concentrating on their other model (forget it’s name). It’s a switchable bolt action/ semi auto. PJ Clark has done several videos on it. He said those are coming to customers within 2 months. No mention of the panda yet though but I’m sure it’s on its way.

 

[dens228]

Never even heard of it......
I'll have to look this up.

 

[oOmpH]

On IG they mentioned availability late '23 to early '24

 

[cmatera]

Maybe the Red Panda and RTI Mora will come in on the same ship.

 

[Trucker3573]

Guarantee not a gimmick

 

[SpiralGroove]

I didn't really think it was a gimmick, but after all the shooting fanfare, these guys haven't said anything for months.
Christmas would have been a great time to sell the Red Panda ........... or at least create momentum about when it will be available.

 

[dens228]

I didn't really think it was a gimmick, but after all the shooting fanfare, these guys haven't said anything for months.
Christmas would have been a great time to sell the Red Panda ........... or at least create momentum about when it will be available.

I think this entire industry has a history of missing expected arrival dates by a very wide margin.......................

 

[SpiralGroove]

Maybe nobody's actually anticipating a 18lb gun w/o scope after all ...........

 

[Airgun Al]

With their history of wins, I bet these will be sought after, and in high demand.
Now this $2000 offer, will make them even more difficult to obtain!

 

[darylm]

Maybe nobody's actually anticipating a 18lb gun w/o scope after all ...........

Exactly! Not a very hot commodity outside of the few dudes shooting bench rest at RMAC and the Pyramyd Air cup

 

[Chukar60]

Maybe nobody's actually anticipating a 18lb gun w/o scope after all ...........

Tough to generate much sales volume off of that. Not a huge amount of strictly pro and semi pro bench shooters out there

 

[Trucker3573]

I think there will be more demand than you guys think. You don’t have to even compete to be a “bench shooter”. I bet there are a large number of people that shoot mainly off the bench. I am included in that and a mega heavy gun is exactly what you want. People that buy it I’m sure will have other gun(s) to fill the light weight need.

 

[SpiralGroove]

Yeah, they're likely going to produce two versions of the gun; a heavy weight -> EBR version and a lighter, less niche market offering.
I think discerning shooters notice the difference in what this stout air gun offers when shooting at 80+ yards.
Most higher end guns are lasers at 50/60 yards.

 

[Centercut]

Hopefully the production models are as good as, and have the same barrels with the same extensive prep as the prototype models. I think they’ll be very good, but let’s not forget just how great a shooter Thayne Simmons is, and make sure you have lots of .30 pellets to support his method of 200+ sighters per card, and ten loaded magazines to keep things moving without delay.

 

[SpiralGroove]

I'm sure his talents are excellent, but 200+ sighters per 25 shot card. There is a time limit - right?
Jezz ....... his shooting methodology maybe half the solution for other challengers?