The Priest Review…
Here’s a link to the Priest review..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN-_Ss42RLs#t=889
Pre-ordered the black/silver in .177.
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wow, going strong at four pages as of this writing, 19OCT2016, of a thread even before the gun is actually out in the hands of excited owners.
Did it happen to other guns as well when they were about to come out into the market?
It’s not very adjustable out of the box, but I’ve got some ideas on how to remedy that.
I doubt we’ll see these in two weeks, I’d be happy if we get them in three weeks. I talked to Matt yesterday and he said they were waiting on a part, “they” being RTI and were expecting the part within ten days. I’m excited as heck to get mine, I pre-ordered in August!
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Don’t remember. Sorry.
I sold it quite a long time ago so can’t check it either.
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SIr Ville you know what size the exhaust port is on your reg in that cricket .25?
Mike
Based on what I have seen and been told by R&L, It doesn’t. Also watching Gregor’s video at the very tail end I noticed roughly 280m/s in .25 with 150bar regulator. That is about 22FPS shy of your 940fps. I wonder if he actually remembered to install the other spring and weight for the 150bar setup. This is certainly something I will find out becuase JSB kings at the 125bar pressure were at 260m/s and I would expect even more than a 20m/s boost at the 150bar range. I am really hoping to find ways to get more power for the soon to be available, or so they say, arrow barrel. As for the setup with pellets… So long as it is accurate in it’s factory form, I don’t much care to change much if any at all.
One thing I am noticing is that RTI’s aims really seem to be maximum possible efficiency in .22. All of the data that I have seen provided by RTI only addresses .22 and Gregor talks about most of his tests being in .22. Also at the 125bar setup there was nearly no variance in the .177 and the .22 in terms of velocity despite a 4 grain difference in the pellets (10.65gr vs 15.89gr). I’d expect the .177 to have run a little hotter so I am left thinking that .177 was a bit of a neglected topic or afterthought for the enginneers. The lack of a specific .177 hammer spring, and the other caliber’s barrel kits lacking a specific spring, I think supports that. I am concerned about the gun’s lack of ability to easily tune for .25 for the same reasons. However they do offer a spring and weight for the 150 bar regulator.
Basically my blood is itching to test this shit out so I think I will shut up for now.
That’s lot of Bars. My .25 Cricket shot 25gr Kings at 280 mps with the reg set at 118 B . Well – different regs …
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Mike
Based on what I have seen and been told by R&L, It doesn’t. Also watching Gregor’s video at the very tail end I noticed roughly 280m/s in .25 with 150bar regulator. That is about 22FPS shy of your 940fps. I wonder if he actually remembered to install the other spring and weight for the 150bar setup. This is certainly something I will find out becuase JSB kings at the 125bar pressure were at 260m/s and I would expect even more than a 20m/s boost at the 150bar range. I am really hoping to find ways to get more power for the soon to be available, or so they say, arrow barrel. As for the setup with pellets… So long as it is accurate in it’s factory form, I don’t much care to change much if any at all.
One thing I am noticing is that RTI’s aims really seem to be maximum possible efficiency in .22. All of the data that I have seen provided by RTI only addresses .22 and Gregor talks about most of his tests being in .22. Also at the 125bar setup there was nearly no variance in the .177 and the .22 in terms of velocity despite a 4 grain difference in the pellets (10.65gr vs 15.89gr). I’d expect the .177 to have run a little hotter so I am left thinking that .177 was a bit of a neglected topic or afterthought for the enginneers. The lack of a specific .177 hammer spring, and the other caliber’s barrel kits lacking a specific spring, I think supports that. I am concerned about the gun’s lack of ability to easily tune for .25 for the same reasons. However they do offer a spring and weight for the 150 bar regulator.
Basically my blood is itching to test this shit out so I think I will shut up for now.
I noted the same in the video and came to the same conclusions, that they were focusing on .22…..which is a large part why I ordered mine in .22. I have enough .22’s around already, but then again, I have enough .177 and .25’s and so figured that the .22 would give me the more bang/buck. I’m a sucker for high shot count anyway and the numbers listed was nice. We’ll see when it gets here. I’m looking forward to it!
Mike
Based on what I have seen and been told by R&L, It doesn’t. Also watching Gregor’s video at the very tail end I noticed roughly 280m/s in .25 with 150bar regulator. That is about 22FPS shy of your 940fps. I wonder if he actually remembered to install the other spring and weight for the 150bar setup. This is certainly something I will find out becuase JSB kings at the 125bar pressure were at 260m/s and I would expect even more than a 20m/s boost at the 150bar range. I am really hoping to find ways to get more power for the soon to be available, or so they say, arrow barrel. As for the setup with pellets… So long as it is accurate in it’s factory form, I don’t much care to change much if any at all.
One thing I am noticing is that RTI’s aims really seem to be maximum possible efficiency in .22. All of the data that I have seen provided by RTI only addresses .22 and Gregor talks about most of his tests being in .22. Also at the 125bar setup there was nearly no variance in the .177 and the .22 in terms of velocity despite a 4 grain difference in the pellets (10.65gr vs 15.89gr). I’d expect the .177 to have run a little hotter so I am left thinking that .177 was a bit of a neglected topic or afterthought for the enginneers. The lack of a specific .177 hammer spring, and the other caliber’s barrel kits lacking a specific spring, I think supports that. I am concerned about the gun’s lack of ability to easily tune for .25 for the same reasons. However they do offer a spring and weight for the 150 bar regulator.
Basically my blood is itching to test this shit out so I think I will shut up for now.
I like the 150 bar, with a .25 I like to reach out there and touch things at 100 yards without having a huge arch,
940 FPS works pretty good with my Cricket.
I thought this gun had a power adjuster? Maybe I need to go back and read again.
Mike
150 bar sounds like a lot to me. I shoot a regged custom bottle gun at 110 bar. It shoots a .25 cal 25.3 pellet 740 fps.
I got a thick skin and broad back. I can take the heat. Just don’t want to clutter a review thread with baseless smearing opinions. I’ll try to keep it objective based on RTI claims, gregor’s video, and soon… personal experience.
I got some good news from R&L. The regulator seems that it will be able to be adjusted but it will have to be done at R&L. So if you are like me and think that 125Bar may be a bit low for .25 but 150Bar a bit too hot then it seems that it can be adjusted albeit not a task for everyone, just let the guys at the shop know what you want before it leaves. Tuning is one of those thing where the end user determines how much needs to be done. I have had concerns about the lack of adjustability of this rifle but it is just too early to tell. The ability to be able to get the regulated pressure adjusted is big news. However it seems that there isn’t a means of hammer spring adjustment built into the mechanism. I’ll just have to get creative in the meantime.
I don’t understand why all the complaints and the nay-sayers that focus on what this gun won’t do or that it is a “copy”. I will be posting about what it can do. I am quite excited about very low profile of this gun.
Don´t let my , or anyone elses opinion , stop you. It may be a good gun. For me though the whole idea incl the looks is a Impact knock-off.
Never jumped onto the Impact bandwagon and won´t jump on this one.
Anything anyone says about the Priest, and have never shot or held the gun in there hands , Its called BULLSHIT ,
I am going to wait until the real life reports come in from you guys that had the balls to put your money down.
Any women buying this gun, The last statement is just a metaphor ,
Mike
Don’t let the nay-sayers put doubt in thy heart! I’ll read your thread with a keen interest
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My personal opinion at this point, which means nothing, is that this gun won’t be in my hands for at least a month. Nov 5 is a Saturday and since R&L has said they will test every gun before it leaves the door they would have to work round the clock just to get some units ready to ship Monday the 7th. I have one on preorder and I can tell you it is very hard to curb my enthusiasm about this rifle.
This gun really seems to bring quite a lot to the table. The full feature list is just unparalleled to any other rifle. Similar to others maybe but wholeisitically it is unparalleled. Like the impact this gun has a very low bore axis. It is even less than the impact but lacks the adjustability and honestly I am for this because I would think most of us are more likely to screw it up rather than to improve it. I just haven’t been able to endorse the impact clone thinking.
I’ll be sure to include if the trigger is metal just for you steeldreams007. I am inclined to think it is based on the set screw it is threaded to hold.