Thinking of going back to beloved Sumatra.

[Nomadic Pirate]

The past few weeks I've been pondering and going back and forth with the Idea of selling my Evanix air quiver and go back to have a Sumatras quiver,

......but I think with Travis & JSAR getting the Evanix dealership and all the possibilities that that venture will open up I might stick with my current quiver 

[Hobbyman2007]

Pretty sure Travis and friends can come up with an SS valve for the Evanix line . That would just about solve all of the issues . Better efficiency , bigger power and less ES.

[oldpro]

The past few weeks I've been pondering and going back and forth with the Idea of selling my Evanix air quiver and go back to have a Sumatras quiver,

......but I think with Travis & JSAR getting the Evanix dealership and all the possibilities that that venture will open up I might stick with my current quiver 

Ow no you dont! Im already dreaming up some new stuff for the Evanix line up.

[Ribbonstone]

#1. The mag/cylinder really doesn't care how long the pellet is (until it gets freakishly long).

#2. Can make the power you're likely to need.

#3.Although kind of "cowboy", Sumatra does cycle the action without your hands coming off the shooting position, so it is really fast for follow-up shots (only thing as fast is a pump...faster would be a semi-auto).


#4. Then tendto stay consistent about POA/POI...if there is anything ANTI-FREE FLOAGING, the Sumatra is it....which may not make for the ultimate accuracy, but does make for stability.


#5. Would really have to work hard at it to get one to be air-efficient, but that's not really what the rifles are made to do. Are hunters, and the difference between 1.1 FPE/cu in and 1.35 FPE/cu in is basically "rat'sarse" when all you need to do is kill a few critters.

[Nomadic Pirate]

The past few weeks I've been pondering and going back and forth with the Idea of selling my Evanix air quiver and go back to have a Sumatras quiver,

......but I think with Travis & JSAR getting the Evanix dealership and all the possibilities that that venture will open up I might stick with my current quiver 

Ow no you dont! Im already dreaming up some new stuff for the Evanix line up.

Yep, you getting the dealership tipped the balance

[Nomadic Pirate]

#1. The mag/cylinder really doesn't care how long the pellet is (until it gets freakishly long).

#2. Can make the power you're likely to need.

#3.Although kind of "cowboy", Sumatra does cycle the action without your hands coming off the shooting position, so it is really fast for follow-up shots (only thing as fast is a pump...faster would be a semi-auto).


#4. Then tendto stay consistent about POA/POI...if there is anything ANTI-FREE FLOAGING, the Sumatra is it....which may not make for the ultimate accuracy, but does make for stability.


#5. Would really have to work hard at it to get one to be air-efficient, but that's not really what the rifles are made to do. Are hunters, and the difference between 1.1 FPE/cu in and 1.35 FPE/cu in is basically "rat'sarse" when all you need to do is kill a few critters.

Ohhh,...yeah I know Sumatras real well, I had plenty of them

[Ribbonstone]

I have enjoyed your posts....and I don't have a great use for a 5mm  Sumatra in the foreseeable future. Enjoyed them enough to make a  "reverse offer".


(I'd not do this unless you had (1) entertained my reading(2) maybe actually would put it to good (hog killing) use and (3) been pretty much of a constant on the forum.)




So...rather than let it sit and rot (as I've not tocuhed it in 2 years) have a question:

Would you actually hunt hogs (have followed you long enough to know the various airguns you've killed hogs with) with a 40-50 foot pound/ 23gr/ 5mm?

 HAve somthing like 5-6 tins of the long heavy ERunJins(about 23 grains).

It's got the pentration, got the accuracy, got the power to make it's way to the other side(i've not found many critters that will not show and exit hole from a pellet that long and skinny moving that fast).

As stated, haven't touched it in a couple of years...and when it was put away, was put away as a  lower pressure/ 40 - 41 foot pound/ 5mm (which is still "hot" for a 5mm).  Could crank it up to +50 foot pounds,but the shot count was pretty good at 40-41 foot poundfs and I left it there.






Thiose long skinny 23gr. EunJins are kind of freakishly long for a 5mm...but they can shoot well out to +80 yards, even at 3/4ths speed (lets say 40-41 foot pounds) for a nice shot count.




Basically got tired of fixing the "power wheel" (the old ones like this ran a bit differently than the new ones), gutted the wheel system, used a derin collar rahter than a variable collar,  decreases the striker weight, adjusted the striker spring tension, and  left it at about 40-41 foot pounds average.  Can go faster if needed.



Can't swear it's still where I left it 2 years agao,but it's still holding air according to the gauge.  Up to you if you ant to crank it back up to 50 foot pounds/full pressure or not (not really sure how much that would helpin my experice with nutria).

Toss  me a private message....noty talking sale, am just asking you kill a hog with it if you think it is  as viable/ethical option for you. I'm not likely to get outto the hog-killing-fields in the rest of my life, so why not  get it to someone who might?

Lets see if we can get this old  ignored PCP a real  hunting life....for shipping and if you did kill a hog, return of a pound of wild hog-jerkey.

(And I can help with the no-gear other than an oven jerky making).


PM me.

[Nomadic Pirate]

Rib,

that's an incredible offer but there's no way I could ever accept it in good concience.


...And yeah, with the right shot placement that gun would have no problems taking down porkers

[Ribbonstone]

Understand.


The 5mm was a "one trick pony" in a way...was only one pellet that could stand it being cranked all the way up.  Would over-drive the lighter pellets and make long range a real &^^&-shoot.  Never were many 5mm molds/slugs, so the down tuning to keep the "normal" 14.3's at a reasonable speed...and now it's the 13.7 JSB's (or at least they use to be 13.7's when they came in gold labeled tins).

Cranked all the way up, could see 50 foot pounds with the 23gr. EunJin's....I've not shot a critter large enough to stop one inside.