N/A Who got there Barra 250z in yet....???
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I know of 2 people who have one. One is a member here, the other is more active on GTA. One seems to have gotten a real shooter, the other was not so lucky, but Barra is replacing it for him, so hopefully, the replacement will be a shooter also!
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curious how they are.. seems like I read 40 shots per fill on 22.. I'd prefer the old fashioned rifle configuration over the tactical, but it's very unlikely that I'd spend $1200 on the FX DRS traditional stock..
I've also been looking at the JTS that is supposed to be coming out.. so that would make 3 similar gun designs.. Barra, JTS and FX..
I don't plan on getting one soon, want to see how they get turn out..
I will say that Barra seems to have good customer service and parts.. most CO2 pistols are basically disposable but Barra offers rebuild kits for the Schofield.. and that's how it should be with everything..
Mark
I've also been looking at the JTS that is supposed to be coming out.. so that would make 3 similar gun designs.. Barra, JTS and FX..
I don't plan on getting one soon, want to see how they get turn out..
I will say that Barra seems to have good customer service and parts.. most CO2 pistols are basically disposable but Barra offers rebuild kits for the Schofield.. and that's how it should be with everything..
Mark
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Yea, JTS previewed one at Shot Show that has the over barrel air cylinder and a more traditional wood stock, but haven't heard a thing about it since. It would be interesting to see an honest, side by side review of those two, since they should be priced closer to the same, i.e. half of the cost of the DRS!
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I contacted JTS just after shot show and they said the Stealthhawk should be out this month.
I think Barra has the tan .22 in stock for $440, the other options said pre-order, but not the tan .22, that was on their site
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I have the FX DRS 22cal in 500mm it gets about 30 shots per fill....thats it...it's definitely a great hunting rifle if your squirrel hunting or raccoon because it's so light....but for bench rest shooting...nah... The Barra and JTS might be more of a bench gun now if I gotten the DRS in 700mm then yes...
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That's what I read in comments on YouTube it should be out soon!!! But right now nothing but crickets.....
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From a few YouTube videos I seen I think it's better than the DRS....I have the DRS in 22cal....it's ok... kinda wish I gotten the 700mm. Maybe I would've gotten more shots per fill.....there supposedly coming out with a carbon fiber barrels for higher pressure fill so who knows????
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I like the traditional look of the JTS, the bolt action makes it look more like a traditional rifle then a side lever. I have a DRS in .22 with the 600mm barrel, so it has a longer air cylinder, but I'm still only getting about 2 mags per fill. I watched the Shot Show video again where they were describing it, it says it has an over the barrel plenum and air cylinder, so I wonder if the air capacity is less than the DRS since it's plenum is under the rifle in the fake magazine?
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I got mine Thursday last week.....Tuned the reg to 150 bar using 18g JSb shooting a full mag , FPS around 940 this at 65 yards......Nuf said .
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nice the Barra comes with metal magazine too, instead of plastic.. I wonder if the JTS will get more or less shots.. just looking at pictures from shot show seems like it has a longer pelenium than the Barra so I wonder if it will get less shots.
have any of you tried the jsb monster redesigned 25 grain pellets in drs, or Barra? how about the jsb 34 grain beast pellets?? will they even fit in the magazine,as the beast pellets are so long that they don't fit most magazine
mark.
have any of you tried the jsb monster redesigned 25 grain pellets in drs, or Barra? how about the jsb 34 grain beast pellets?? will they even fit in the magazine,as the beast pellets are so long that they don't fit most magazine
mark.
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Welp, I went ahead and bought one in .22, should have it within the next week. Not a lot of reviews, but the few out there seem to be positive. I like the look of the cylinder around the barrel, I thought my first FX gun was going to be the DRS, but have backed away from that purchase. It’s been awhile since I shot a bolt action, no biggie though. Didn’t see anywhere to buy spare mags, ordered a few extras from CARM as it uses same mags as several other guns. We shall see…
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I thought it had a metal magazine and I read that Barra was going to have even all the parts available yet this year.. so I would think you could directly contact Barra for spare magazines.
Mark
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Couldn’t find them on their site or Pyramids, they’re probably out there somewhere, I’m not the most patient person, besides I like CARM magazines.
I also saw Big Air(?) 15 shot magazine on the GTA, looks like a another good option for mags, 5 more shots than stock mag.
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I just got a 25 cal 250Z . The bolt binds up using both the magazines. It will allow bolt to push pellet into barrel but can't push bolt all the way in so I can drop handle and shoot. It binds so bad I have to wrap a rope around the bolt handle close to the bolt body and forcefully yank on bolt to retract it. I'm thinking it is binding on the metal side of magazine where pellet enters barrel. I would hone that hole a few thousands if I could find out how to disassemble/reassemble the magazine. Loads fine with the single shot adapter.
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It almost sounds like they gave you a .22 magazine instead of a .25. Please post what the problem turns out to be.
I received mine and it had some problems, rather bad ones, and Barra wanted me to just return it, but I just decided to fix it myself. I don't want to re-write everything over here but the HAM website has two threads going in the Barra forum. I have already mounted an Arca Swiss rail in front of the trigger and a pic rail, very solidly, on the fore end.
I won't openly discuss the trigger assembly because lawyers exist, but once you figure out what the problem is, it is an excellent trigger system. I think that is going to be the sore point for most new owners, because they really lawyered it up. If you don't want to learn about triggers and safeties, how to adjust them, how to look at them and determine that they are safe and operating within spec, and which components are made to a ridiculous specification, such that a good setting is impossible (like the lawyer spring on the Marauder as an example) than a lot of the low budget guns will not be for you. That's just my opinion on it, but it does seem to be what most people are not happy with.
I received mine and it had some problems, rather bad ones, and Barra wanted me to just return it, but I just decided to fix it myself. I don't want to re-write everything over here but the HAM website has two threads going in the Barra forum. I have already mounted an Arca Swiss rail in front of the trigger and a pic rail, very solidly, on the fore end.
I won't openly discuss the trigger assembly because lawyers exist, but once you figure out what the problem is, it is an excellent trigger system. I think that is going to be the sore point for most new owners, because they really lawyered it up. If you don't want to learn about triggers and safeties, how to adjust them, how to look at them and determine that they are safe and operating within spec, and which components are made to a ridiculous specification, such that a good setting is impossible (like the lawyer spring on the Marauder as an example) than a lot of the low budget guns will not be for you. That's just my opinion on it, but it does seem to be what most people are not happy with.
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Barra told me, in my correspondence with them, that they do now have spare magazines but they do not have them on their website yet. In fact, because I decided to fix my problem gun, instead of returning it, they sent me a spare magazine.
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