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Initial thoughts of new Vulcan .25

Been away since last week visiting my son and as it works out my new Vulcan shows up the day I leave.
Anyway got home late last night and opened her up.
The first thing that struck me was the compact size.
Grabbing ahold of the gun it felt solid, nothing shaking around that is for sure.
While the grain of the stock is plain I thought it nice looking. The finish is finE on mine. No bubbles or dust in the finish that I could discern.

I was hoping the fill nipple would be the same as Cricket but atlas that was not to be.
After getting the fill nipple on my air tank I filled her up to 250 bar.
Loaded the magazine as I wanted to shoot a few in the dark just to hear her.
The spring twang is the most noticeable thing. Muzzle report not bad at all.
It does take a little effort to seat the pellets on the forward stroke.
This morning I used Cro mag. pellets to sight her in and they seated easier than the JSB’s.

I mounted on my 10X Hawke Sidewinder this morning in Burris 30 mm Signature rings. A well proven scope that has sat on quite a few high end PCP’s.
Set out a shoe box at 25 yards and the first shot was dead center and 8″ low. Not sure were the cross hairs where mechanically but was happy to see that.
Gave the up a good mount of twist and nailed the letter I was aiming at.
Moved her out to forty and had to adjust L a bit and she was right on.

Had a empty solid 55 gallon drum setting 70 yards away and shot it leaving a mark.
Shot three at that mark and had a tight cluster two mils low. Shot three more and they all grouped right in with the other three.
I was shooting standing and hurried off the corner of my house and in no way very stabile but there is no doubt this is accurate gun.

I shot a magazine through my chronograph and got a average of 869 fps. 14 fps.
All this shooting was quick and ugly style.

I wouldn’t call this gun back yard friendly if you don’t want your neighbors to know you are shooting something.
But it is not loud especially considering the power and compact size.
I know why there is a topic on the spring twang now.

I thought the trigger pretty nice. The maker could of spent some time shapening/rounding the corners a bit but it is fine.
It is pretty light with a Short first stage.
I’ll likely mess with it but as it came it is pretty dang good.

The magazine is straight forward in loading and insertion. No complaints there.
The side cocking is fine but is no side lever. There just isn’t any mechanical advantage with the slide bolt but shouldn’t be a issue to manly men.
Could stand a longer knob with more threads in the cocking piece but certainly usable.

I came away feeling this gun is a keeper.
Haven’t proved the accuracy from a good rest but every shot went where expected. Can’t wait to have time to ring her out.
The case the gun came in is nice for shipping but not big enough with a full size cope mounted.
I saw that it will shoot four mags,36 shots without dropping off the reg. at 150 bar per the book.
For the size, I am good with that.
I think this gun will be a awesome truck and hunting gun.
I have more enjoyable guns to empty pellet tins with. But none that combine the compact size, power, and other attributes specifically in .25.
Two year warranty as well.

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quote pretbek:

Does 12″ long combined with 16-18X magnification exist?
I’m not knowledgeable enough in $800+ scopes, but that seems like a challenging combo of requirements.

It does but you’ll be paying dearly for it. Both of these fits your criteria but both are $2K+.

March Tactical 3-24×42 FFP 12.4″ 22.6oz 10 yd parallax
Leupold Mark 6 3-18×44 FFP 11.9″ 23.6oz

This is actually a good review for high-end scopes.

Tactical Scopes: Field Test Results Summary & Overall Scores

Yes. It does. My Wife regularly uses my 12″ Finnish Viper.

quote Family Man 811:

I looked at that scope b4 going with the Falcon 5.5-25…I can’t bring myself to settle for a 50 yd min focus on an air rifle when a good share of my shots end up far shorter.. same reason I didn’t go Vortex..saving 3-400 bucks over Vortex was a plus too. Really want a compact at 12 in length or less with min of 16-18 X zoom illumination and FFP with an MP type reticle..but can’t find one around my $800.00 budget

Does 12″ long combined with 16-18X magnification exist?
I’m not knowledgeable enough in $800+ scopes, but that seems like a challenging combo of requirements.

Thanks for the heads up Sir Ville. Will have to put that one on my short list.
I just tightened my hammer spring one full turn.
Dang, those are little holes to find something to fit. Ended up using two sharp tipped wood screws with a third for a lever.
Not ideal but worked.
Went out and shot a few over the chronograph.
The JSB 25.4’s went from 870 fps. to 920 fps.
The JSB 34.9 Heavies went from 750 fps. to 835 fps.
Kinda surprised the Heavies gained more than the standards.
But that is what my chronograph tell me. Shot 5 shots of each.

I looked at that scope b4 going with the Falcon 5.5-25…I can’t bring myself to settle for a 50 yd min focus on an air rifle when a good share of my shots end up far shorter.. same reason I didn’t go Vortex..saving 3-400 bucks over Vortex was a plus too. Really want a compact at 12 in length or less with min of 16-18 X zoom illumination and FFP with an MP type reticle..but can’t find one around my $800.00 budget

quote FVA:

Did a little shooting last night an continue to be impressed by this rifle.
The Barracuda Extreme Hunters cork screw like crazy. First pellet I’ve seen do that in this rifle. Love the look of these pellets but haven’t had any rifle shoot them well. That would include Daystate,Edgun,Cricket, and FX.

That is sad news. I really like the Extreme Hunters. They shoot very well out of my Logan S-16. I was hoping they would do well in the vulcan so all I would need was 1 pellet type for both. My logan is .22. I wonder if the Extreme Hunters work well in the vulcan .22.

Here’s a surprisingly good Chinese scope – with German Schott-glass: http://scvector.biz/Productshow/items/SCOL03.html
I just received mine and it’s – by far – superior to Falcons and Sidewinders. Cost under 400 USD incl freight with UPS , the Mormon carrier 😉

Did a little shooting last night an continue to be impressed by this rifle.
The Barracuda Extreme Hunters cork screw like crazy. First pellet I’ve seen do that in this rifle. Love the look of these pellets but haven’t had any rifle shoot them well. That would include Daystate,Edgun,Cricket, and FX.
The heavy JSB’s shoot extremely well. My chrono only tells me 760 fps. but they shoot surprisely flat to 100 considering that sedate launch.
Standard JSB’s shoot very well as do the Benjamin domes.
This is a great rifle.
Thinking I want to upgrade the 10X Sidewinder to something with a little more optical horsepower and mil adjustments. Been shooting quite bit just before sun down and the hash marks can be a little hard to make out against the target.
Going to have to try adjusting the hammer spring to see if I can get the 34 gr. heavies going faster.

Harry E. Potter.

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quote eelect:

Uncle is that you on Yellow Hepotter?

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Yeah hepotter is our Great Uncle Hoot: ‘er

Uncle is that you on Yellow Hepotter?

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Of course he does.

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quote Hoot:

:hoot:

Will one of you ignorant son’s of Bitches answer my question….please!

Someone has to own a .25 Vulcan, and have some idea of whether the power is maxed out or not.

Kind regards,

Uncle Hoot:

You want a Vulcan don’t ya you old bucket-head

quote Hoot:

:hoot:

Will one of you ignorant son’s of Bitches answer my question….please!

Someone has to own a .25 Vulcan, and have some idea of whether the power is maxed out or not.

Kind regards,

Uncle Hoot:

Uncle Hoot.
I’m sure power can be adjusted to much higher. But that would mean taking a perfectly shooting gun and tearing it apart to answer your question. I guess nobody at this point is willing to do this. I’m not touching mine. Is blazing accurate the way it is.

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quote Hoot:

:hoot:

Will one of you ignorant son’s of Bitches answer my question….please!

Someone has to own a .25 Vulcan, and have some idea of whether the power is maxed out or not.

Kind regards,

Uncle Hoot:

You can squeeze more power out of it by readjusting the reg and the valve. The usual way ..

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