177 Vulcan, Tell me about it????????
any one got a Vulcan in 177
Tell me about it, If I order one I am going to see if R&L will install the new cocking handle on it for me.
Now that’s a pretty big IF, Because I have not heard a word on the 177 Vulcan…
Mike
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I have a 0.177 vulcan from the very first batch. Evgeny got serial No.1, and i got No.3. It has a tremendous shot count and recently I have added the side lever which made it butter smooth. I asked Evgeny to send me the newer gauge and a set of better screws and a cocking bar.
With a 200 bar fill you will get approx 100 shots of 900fps jsb 10.3 gr.
The accuracy tremendously improved to get less then MOA all day long. Please refer to my first report on it
http://www.talonairgun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31730#p320936
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177 is nice but 22 is better IMHO because of being an allrounder.
If you shoot really low power (legal restrictions), indoors (no wind) and probably only paper targets then 177 is fine otherwise the 22 is a better caliber IMHO.
Consider also that the day you want to turn the 177 into a hunting gun with a higher power setting then it will actually give you a lower shotcount than the 22.
:2cents:
Mike I have a hard time picking up .22 pellets with arthritis in my right hand, I can’t imagine trying to pick up .177 pellets.
Thanks Kris
Now the wheels are turning .
Mike
the one sniperqty smashed to the floor to show how robust the Vulcan is was a .177, I have got one too. it is a laser.
thinking about it: I would get a .22 instead and detune it and shoot 15.9s or 13.43 with it if you want it quiet or something. if you detune a .22 to the output of a .177 it would be very similar report wise.
.177s pellets are cheap, but too small. it is 13 shots in the magazine. mine .177 has a nicer stock than the other one, but that is just pure luck.
the .177 has its reg set to 90bar from the factory, so you can utilize a lot more air volume in the cylinder, with other calibres it is just sitting there duck. So lot more shots.
Also a .177 has no spacer only the valves chamber is the plenum so even more shots per filll.
.177s overpenetrate, it is like driving needles down some stuff. if you want to target shoot, many many shots, .177 is fun. but the wind will mess with it, maybe you can try some heavy pellets but in mine 8.44g groups best but I am shooting them at 775fps.
sniperqty is shooting the heavies, you can get very heavy H&N snipers as heavy as a .22 so energy retention can be fine.
polymags shorts group great in mine too. never tested regulars.
Looking at the serial numbers, I don’t think they are many of .177s out there.
airguns opitimize best in .22 calibre in my opinion (power made by unit of air pressure/volume). if you want to kill vermin, go for the largest calibre. target shooting .177 is fine. for really close range I would get something different though so you don’t have to holdover a lot with close up shots. that is because the scope is quite high over the barrel.
I had my sidelever on the .177 (because of the fast cycling and large number of shots per mag) but moved it over to the .25 because the .25pellet is just pain to squeeze into the barrel manually.
I can single load .177 no resistance felt when going into the barrel, and with the old cocking knob you can lock the “bolt” back
it is a shame the maker does not sell individual barrels, pellet probes would be nice to swap around just like other makers allow. calibre swap is not that straightforward if you want to do it 100% right (reg adjustment may be required when you adjust in wide range of output), but unavailability of individual barrels is a limiting factor as it is now.
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This is very good :8:
I’m not against the .177 at all, what I mean is that if you have only one pcp then I think the .22 is the better choice but if you have the spare cash for several high end pcps then I say “at least one in each caliber” 😀