Quickie review of lelya for those waiting.

Got on the forum this morning and got fired up to shoot a bit. Grabbed the Lelya charged it from near zero, and just put 3 shots in the same snow hole at 25 yards in the back yard. Then took aim at my favorite 77 yard target in the wet snowy weather which is a 45 degree angle snow bank out the window and over the fence. Could not remember my hold over instantly so i just took a shot at a little exposed twig to establish a target to shoot at, and then put 5 more shots in that same slightly enlarging snow hole all touching one another. These guns are worth the wait just in case anyone was getting anxious. :biggrinn:

Just a little micro review for those waiting on Lelya’s.

The action works and cycles so well with this breech design I initially wondered if Ed should not have made the single load guns all this way. I would take it over a bolt any day. My sample of 1 leads me to believe they are just plain good shooters. Mine is just a joy. I will also tell you the couple of hardest parts of the gun to like and feel are as follows. First is the grip, it is not initially instinctual but does grow on you, it took me a while to not find it a bit odd feeling in my right hand but I now never give it a thought. I think Ed may have designed it this way to make it clean and rugged but still compact rather than a lone grip to snag or break in a small form factor. This grip design for me feels to roll my right hand a bit counter clockwise viewed from the palm and this is a good thing when holding such a short form factor. Just my guess I guess… In the end i think there is a feel I could like better but what I have is quite acceptable after repeated use. Since I am talking about feel I think it is worth mentioning that this is a small gun and with that comes a harder to hold and keep steady challenge, I do consistently find myself trying harder to find something to brace against when shooting it at distance. With that said i am not sure why i shoot it at distance other than it will simply just do it and do it well and I find it to be my go to gun most of the time so it is always close and draws my attention first. !!

The other deal is no actual problem or fault of the gun but more an issue with your pocket book. Scopes… there is just not enough scopes out there that are completely and entirely suited for air guns and even more so with the Lelya. I initially had a Weaver HD, then one of the smaller Hawkes,, then a bug buster type deal and then it happened, the Holly Grail of lelya scopes was offered as a trade by a good friend and super air gun guy, Mark Miller from Louisiana. He is mostly on the yellow but believe me if you cross paths with him, he is very honest, more knowledgeable than most of us combined and maybe shot more rounds too, he has had and tested 100’s of air guns. Anyway we worked out a trade so that I ended up with his slightly used and tested March 1-10 x 24, this is to me the best possible scope available to put on a Lelya. 10x is to me plenty of zoom for a short range small form factor air gun, 10 yard focus is great for the same gun and the scope over achieves in this category. It also is very compact and light weight. the only issue is the cost uggg…

I hope the order comes in soon and have fun with these wonderful works of art. I am no reviewer but maybe someone will take this as a little hold me over until they arrive.