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I take your point – you only need to worry about things that might wear out. I watched oldgoats video showing the removal and adjustment of the R3 regulator. Seeing the inner guts actually relieved some of my concerns. OG made it look easy. but there was a moment there with the broom stick that had me worried. The regulator and air valve on the R3 are really clean – machined metal that almost looks polished, tight fit, machine shop porn.
well let me think. essentially no warranty/factory backup( look how long it takes to even get one, not to mention no dealer network) vs. 3 year warranty with full factory/dealer backup. tough choice-NOT!!!! i don’t buy a gun to fix it myself at the kitchen table when it breaks(assuming i can get the parts, since i am not a machinist). if(when?) Ed ever gets the twin problems of export and dealer network/support solved( and i really hope he does), i will happily add 1 to the collection.
I have one and the thing is, that it is very simple construction rifle and very easy to take apart and parts very well made. Even if Ed does give up on production, which is unlikely, the part can be duplicated by a good airgun tuner or machinist. The way I see it, only moving parts are in danger like valve stem or plastic valve spring guide but you can order them through Tony for now and I think they’ll fail only after thousands of shots like everything mechanical does fail.
I use mine mostly for hunting so the thousands of shots will not come for a long time for me but I know that some guys shoot theirs a lot and go through a lot of pellets in a short time 🙂
I have no experience with Edgun but do have a .22 wolf and it is a great shooter. Strikes me as 20% heavier than the specs say it is (Would have an edgun but didnt want to wait more than a year to get one). The biggest disadvantage to the wolf is that if it breaks there is no way you are going to take it apart and fix it on the kitchen table and repairs can be very expensive. Guys here are taking their edguns apart and when they put them back together they still work. I would rate the edgun infinately more repairable compared to the wolf. The nagging concern in the back of my mind with regard to edgun is that if Ed ever gets hit by a bus or throws in the towel and says he has had it dealing with the Russian export authorities then part availability could become a real problem. I am not aware of any failures but I would want to buy spares of key components, and I am not talking about o-rings. Just saying. I have lusted for a edgun so long that the wait has given me time to wonder “what if”.
Thanks guys, I am wanting to shift up to a .25 and right now it is between the Air Wolf MCT and the Ed Gun both in .25
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Here is the info.
http://edgun.ru/en/doc/about.php
Tony is the US importer.
Are you really sure that you want more info?
It will end up costing you a lot of money but, it will be worth every penny!
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well let me think. essentially no warranty/factory backup( look how long it takes to even get one, not to mention no dealer network) vs. 3 year warranty with full factory/dealer backup. tough choice-NOT!!!! i don’t buy a gun to fix it myself at the kitchen table when it breaks(assuming i can get the parts, since i am not a machinist). if(when?) Ed ever gets the twin problems of export and dealer network/support solved( and i really hope he does), i will happily add 1 to the collection.
Why all the bitterness?
EdGuns are being imported into the US now that the export problem was solved. And prior to the sudden change of things in Russia the flow was fine and without trouble… Tony is a good guy and has not been problematic on the US side of things like the Germany issue for Zocloco.
I am currently in the process of buying a made in the USA rifle and it’s taking many months. If I wanted mass produced I would have bought what anyone can buy and get within a week. Custom batch rifles take time and have issues, i’m sure you have experienced this with pb rifles, in fact some of the pb rifle makers out there are three years out right now…
And I think you missed the point regarding the easy fixability of the EdGun against the very hard to fix aspects of the AirWolf…
Or shall I put it another way, what would you rather have to fix in a pinch a crazy complicated four valve Ferrari engine or an ultra simple chevy v8? Yeah, get the point of the post above now?!
Do you really want to send your rifle back to Europe to get ‘factory’ fixed by Daystate or would you rather be able to fix it in town or on your own..?
Hmmmm…
Tony has fixed and done parts support for rifles that were damaged by owner negligence and I believe he sent out the parts for free. Somehow I don’t think Daystate will even come close to matching that.
It’s fine to criticize the issues that have been occurring but at least take the time to get your facts straight and post a semi objective assessment of the situation, you act as though you’ve been ripped off by EdGun and you haven’t. And even the guy who has been waiting a year (with part of the time being spent in locations that PROHIBIT the import of any airgun) is far more understanding than you are…
I’m going to email Tony and Ed so if you ever decide to order an EdGun they deny you the privilege, you don’t deserve to own one with all the shit you blow out your ass over this. 😀