I am considering getting a Rainstorm II .30 so figured I'd jump in this thread rather than start a new one. Hope a little more talk about the Rainstorm II .30 is OK For reference, I'm using my .25 Marauder for groundhog hunting. Currently stock, shooting 41 fpe with JSB 25gr., and looking to up my game to the 70+ fpe level and stretch shots out a little further. Is it common for a new RII.30 to come with this gritty trigger? I'm spoiled by my Marauder trigger, and a new gun with a poor trigger is just annoying.Is it really loud? Looks like it has a full shroud? Noise while hunting isn't an issue, but sighting in and checking zero on my home range just don't want a loud report. That shroud doesn't help?
Quote from: wahoowad on March 04, 2017, 06:39:59 PMI am considering getting a Rainstorm II .30 so figured I'd jump in this thread rather than start a new one. Hope a little more talk about the Rainstorm II .30 is OK For reference, I'm using my .25 Marauder for groundhog hunting. Currently stock, shooting 41 fpe with JSB 25gr., and looking to up my game to the 70+ fpe level and stretch shots out a little further. Is it common for a new RII.30 to come with this gritty trigger? I'm spoiled by my Marauder trigger, and a new gun with a poor trigger is just annoying.Is it really loud? Looks like it has a full shroud? Noise while hunting isn't an issue, but sighting in and checking zero on my home range just don't want a loud report. That shroud doesn't help?The RS II shroud will benefit from a small hole drilled at the rear of the shroud near the breech just position the hole so it is centered above the air tube also some people have added a little scotch-brite wrapped around the barrel behind the air stripper. But the best solution is to reach out to Neil Clague for one of his RS II LDC's in your rifles Caliber. The trigger is a surprise because both the .25 RS II that I gave my brother and the .22 that I own both came from the factory with decent triggers . I will admit to a little shine and polish along with some dry bicycle chain synthetic lube applied to all the moving parts of the action. But the trigger was never gritty even when NIB
Did you have to fool around with tuning any internals ? Or did you work on finding the right starting fill pressure ?
After working through the barrel band rail, love it!
If you get a extra spring from Pyrmyd air for the Rainstorm II and cut it to the length in the picture below you can get a 23 shot string [also in the picture below] with a starting pressure of 2600 psi, and the 44.75 JSB's are very accurate at that speed out to 100 yds.
Chris since you have both which do you prefer if you could have just one. Never seen them side by side. I thought the hatsan would be a lot bigger. Thanks for the comparison. Are they both .30 cal. Randy that string looks awesome for a hand pumper. I only shoot 34 gr jsb heavies out of my mrod at 700 fps. That would be a lot more power and almost same shot count. I think even at 800 fps 44.75 grains of lead would still put a hurtin on stuff.
Quote from: Randbo on March 06, 2017, 07:05:22 PMIf you get a extra spring from Pyrmyd air for the Rainstorm II and cut it to the length in the picture below you can get a 23 shot string [also in the picture below] with a starting pressure of 2600 psi, and the 44.75 JSB's are very accurate at that speed out to 100 yds. And get the larger one (spring) and do something similar to shoot something larger (can get close to 900fps with a 60gr + with stock spring). It doesnt get much simpler to have multiple purpose with same caliber.