New look for the Royale 500 carbine
Did a little work on the Royale today.
It has gotten on ground squirel and a 50 and 80 yard crow in two days, so it deserved a face lift.
It is the same textured outdoor furniture paint I used on my ACI clone stock.
Regards,
Roachcreek
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Hi RC,
Thanks for the scoop on the regulator. The EDgun guys are always exclaiming about the accuracy of that gun and I wondered if their accuracy was related to the regulator and the ‘flat’ profile. I get frustrated with the accuracy I get from my stock Talon SS but it could well be me and not the gun. I’ll keep practicing.
At 100 yards and beyond the 22 is the better choice as far as accuracy, trajectory and wind bucking ability.
RC
I’m with you on the devastating impact of the 500, RC. I’m up to 42 squirrels since April, some w/ .22, but most with the 500 in .25. Frequently, with the 500, I’ll think I missed the rodent when a loud crack of pellet hitting the tree is heard. After the squirrel drops, a majority have shots that have gone completely through the chest and often also through the arm(s). I’ll be posting some pictures in the hunting section soon. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a camera when the 500 nailed a good-sized groundhog, a quick drop.
It’s a hard choice to make, isn’t it? Given Murphy’s Law, a gun will fail when you need it most, like right near harvest. Having two is handy when one is “in the shop”. How do the long range performances compare?
Pellit,
It is not so much an accuracy modification as it is a long shot string.
My 500 carbine has the Elite regulator in it. It was installed by AOA, the 400 has no regulator.
I had AOA put the Elite regulator in as the final step in the shortening of the Royale 500 to the length of the 400. One I cut the barrel and installed a 400 tank in place of the 500 tank, my shot numbers went down and I had to radically dial up the power on the 500 to make up for the short barrel.
That gave me a very short shot string .
I wanted to hit 885-900 with Kings and specified that to AOA. They opened up the ports, installed the regulator and were able to give me a stable shot string of 50 shots inside of the veleocity level I wanted.
It was something that I had to do to get a stable shot string.
A typical Royale 400 or 500 will give excellent accuracy without a regulator, but with one you get far more shots at a much flatter shot string.
Both guns are capable of shooting consistantly in the .3 to .4 range at 50 yards with select pellets.
I hope this answeres your question.
RC,
Do your royales have regulators in them and are the royale regulators worth the extra tab? Make them more ‘accurate’ over more shots on a fill?
I am thinking of painting the Royale 400 also, but getting either a tan or brown textured paint.
I have to put in a sling swivel on the 400’s stock in the next few days, and that requires a lot of material removal and then replacing with Brownells Accuraglas, after that I may paint it.
But I am also back on that band wagon of do I need two Royales, and this time after shooting crows squirrels for two weeks with the 500 carbine, and seeing the difference in impact, I will probably sell the 400. I has such a wonderfuly light trigger and shoots 18.1 grainers better than anything I have ever owned.
RC
As always a stellar job, you are one detail oriented guy!
nice job
Good, clean job, RC. It’ll help keep the guns/calibers straight, too. You could even color-code the magazine top.
Nice RC, that looks pretty nice.
Now you should better paint the magazine to match, so you dont have another senior moment. 😉
I like it. Is it rough like sand paper or just looks like it.
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look’n good!