Other XM1 .177 or Akela .177

[JaceSpace1369]

Hey y'all! I'm pretty familiar when it comes to these two platforms albeit in different calibers.

I owned an Akela .22 for a year or two and took thousands of iguanas, and I have an XM1 in .25 of which I have taken atleast a hundred iguanas now and both are really nice platforms.

My questions is for those who have had their hands on both or either, of you could chike in on your experiences regarding shot count, pellet choice, max/min fpe l, noise, as well as out of the box experiences and if either gun has left you wanting more.

Yes, I have read the pages of members cutting the hammer spring on the Akela for a better shot cycle. And I have read through the comments regarding the XM1 being able to shoot JSB slugs.

 

[EPG]

Akela .177
Basically stock - hammer polished, trigger polished. Stock 3.5” hammer spring cut to 2.57”.

Shot strings attached - slight adjustment to hammer spring preload between the strings.

-Ed

 

[JaceSpace1369]

Akela .177
Basically stock - hammer polished, trigger polished. Stock 3.5” hammer spring cut to 2.57”.

Shot strings attached - slight adjustment to hammer spring preload between the strings.

-Ed

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Thank you Ed!

Damn that's a ton of shots! Have you thought about regulating it to close up the spread?

I saw sub12airgunners video on adding a regulator and bumping the shot from 50 useable shots to 240. Also his spread was only 15fps spread across the 240 shots.

 

[EPG]

My unregulated shot strings have about a 20fps spread across 80 shots in the sweet spot. This is at 18.5 ft/lbs.

Sub12 is a great tuner, but those shot counts are for a sub 12 ft/lb (UK legal) rifle. That’s shooting a 10.3g pellet at 720fps.

There are certain advantages to unregulated rifles - among them being 1st shot consistently and simple to maintain.

This is good accuracy at 30 yards. You won’t notice PoI changes with a 20fps spread when shooting 870-890fps at 30-35 yards.

 

[JaceSpace1369]

My unregulated shot strings have about a 20fps spread across 80 shots in the sweet spot. This is at 18.5 ft/lbs.

Sub12 is a great tuner, but those shot counts are for a sub 12 ft/lb (UK legal) rifle. That’s shooting a 10.3g pellet at 720fps.

There are certain advantages to unregulated rifles - among them being 1st shot consistently and simple to maintain.

This is good accuracy at 30 yards. You won’t notice PoI changes with a 20fps spread when shooting 870-890fps at 30-35 yards.

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True that, I forgot that his was under 12fpe, thanks for the reminder. That is great shot count for that power and pretty good accuracy out to 40yds!

 

[Scotay42]

Xm1 shoots slugs and forward lever. All you need.lol

 

[TN_Yankee]

The Akela is discontinued, but Airgun Revisions will keep them running for a long time.

 

[JaceSpace1369]

Xm1 shoots slugs and forward lever. All you need.lol

Did you akela not shoot slugs? Forward or rear cocking doesn't bother me much. Can you get a good amount of shots from the XM1?

 

[JaceSpace1369]

The Akela is discontinued, but Airgun Revisions will keep them running for a long time.

That's where I'm looking to get one

 

[Scotay42]

That's where I'm looking to get one

I had 2 and neither did a good job with slugs. Both .177. One in .22 did ok with some 217 light slugs.

 

[JaceSpace1369]

I had 2 and neither did a good job with slugs. Both .177. One in .22 did ok with some 217 light slugs.

Thank you!

 

[Perle]

The Akela is a tank compared to the XM1 BullShark ( weight )

 

[JaceSpace1369]

The Akela is a tank compared to the XM1 BullShark ( weight )

Yeah I'm gonna go for the Bullshark, it's only 1.2lbs lighter but I will likely put a 4x prism on it and adding a mod would make it about as long as the akela if I keep the mod full length which I'm sure I wont need to do.