A friend loaned me a Quackenbush .25 cal air rifle

[lloyd-ss]

Sometimes we are truly blessed.     I had been mentioning on a particular blog that I needed to try out a PCP built by Dennis Quackenbush. I must have sounded pretty needy because one of the regulars volunteered that he had quite a collection of DAQ airguns and asked if I wanted to borrow one or two?       Well that decision took about a half second.

So I now have a .25 cal DAQ air rifle with a beautiful walnut stock and a freshly polished and blued barrel.  The pictures do NOT do it justice.

I hooked up my hand pump to see how much air was in it and the check valve cracked at a little over 2000 psi. I set up the chrony and tried a few pellets.

30.1gn barracuda 1009fpe and  68.1fpe.  35.1gn Eunjin 956fps and 71.2 fpe        Yikes!    Really tuned for high power, and loud to match.  I think it holds about  250cc of air.  I really want to shoot a string across the chrony and see what it does at that power level.  Then a scope and off to the range.

[rsterne]

It looks a lot like my Quackenbush .308 Exile.... Keep us posted....

Bob

[lloyd-ss]

It looks a lot like my Quackenbush .308 Exile.... Keep us posted....

Bob

It could very well be an Exile with a .25 barrel and breech.

[grumpy]

What a beautiful gun. Hoping one day to get may hands on one of DAQ's guns. Please let us know more about what you  think of it.

Grumpy

[rsterne]

From Dennis' website....

The Knave was a .25 cal. rifle.  The rifling twist was made so the rifle could handle the heavier 27-32 gr. pellets.  This rifle was capable of launching the 27 gr. pellet nearly 1200 f.p.s.  At this velocity, the pellets wouldn't group 1" at 100 yards.  Accuracy was made right by detuning the rifle (to under 900f.p.s.) for use with pellets or to use solid projectiles by using cast lead firearms bullets.   This wasn't due to the rifling twist, for I tried different twist rates to make sure.  I believe that the air blast was so powerful that it distorted the pellet's skirt.  This is another case of not standing still, I was experimenting with a .308 cal. and the .308 caliber's performance was head and shoulders above the .25's.  The .25 was discontinued in favor of the .308.

....so I guess it would make sense that they would look similar.... They are all from the "Outlaw" series.... He only made TEN (10) of the Knave .25 cal Outlaws....

Bob

[Rescue35]

Lucky!

[turbonoma]

I recently converted an "Outlaw" .25 cal pistol with a TKO ldc into a handy carbine.

[lloyd-ss]

Turbonoma,  Nice set-up.  Gives you two nice guns.   How effective is the TKO on that?

Bob, Thanks for the history lesson.  So he passed on to the .308.  50% more cross sectional area can make a big difference.

Thanks all,
Lloyd-ss

[turbonoma]

These air guns are very loud as you have found out. I spoke to Mike over at TKO and told him what I needed and he came up with a very effective solution. I highly recommend his services and is a swell guy to deal with. I will be adding a sling to mine so I can carry it in the field easier.

[CO2 Freak]

I'd love to shoot or own a DAQ .25 or .308 

[MustangMike]

lloyd a tko is deff worth every penny

[pindog2000]

Whats tko website

[Butcher45]

Any updates on chrony strings/accuracy?  It's rare to see a DAQ put thru it's paces online.

[lloyd-ss]

Any updates on chrony strings/accuracy?  It's rare to see a DAQ put thru it's paces online.

Chris,
Sorry, not yet.  I did take it to the range two weeks ago, but I brought a couple of other airguns, too.  At the last minute, I asked a friend of mine from work to go with me.  He had been laid off from there a week earlier so we were doing as much commiserating as shooting.  The PB folks at the range were quite interested in the DAQ.  All was going well until my buddy got a pellet loaded sideways in the barrel. Darn.   I had no safe way to clear the breech at the range, so I brought it home.

So yes, a bunch of excuses.  And now I have a DAQ .357 pistol to try out, too.  Not enough hours in the day, but it is on the list!

[Butcher45]

Excuses?  Not at all.....sounds more like good reasons from here. 

Looking forward to your review!