Rainstorm II .30 "Chronicles"

[Prouzy]

It shoots that good, for the price for sure  Ive not attempted the JSB 50gr in this rifle, but my past experience has been te 44.75gr JSB shoot better. However, you never know, so might be worth a try with both. Just ordered a new barrel band to attach a bipod: https://americanairarms.com/product/rainstorm-and-rainstorm-ii-picatinny-barrel-band/

I like using a bipod.

[TleVta]

Last April, P/A had a 20% anniversary sale. I almost bought a .30 RS that day, but the local dive shop closed down and I had to buy a Shoebox to supply my existing PCP guns. Drat!!

I know you like to hunt at close range, but I'd sure like to see how that gun shoots at 100 yards. I don't expect it to be MOA, but still...

[William]

Great job on those tunes Manny, looks like a great all around shooter for sure. I have plenty of PCP's, Sumatra, Sam Yang, Cricket, Daystate, Custom Disco's etc. but looks like the only thing I am missing from .22 to .357 cal is a .30 cal. and the Rainstorm may be next 

Also here is a little info that may be useful to everyone..
I notice a lot of people including myself buy after market barrel bands and such for accessories. Well the only thing that always worries me is those grub screws digging into my air tube and barrel. I found that if I take a piece of weed-eater trimmer line and cut a sliver about a 1/16" to 1/8" long (depending on the clearance under the set screw) and insert it in the screw hole, then when i tighten it down it compresses nicely and firm leaving no marks or gouges on that 3000 PSI tube and holds very firmly.  Just something about a screw grinding into that tube makes me wonder if it is weakening the tube....

William   

[Nomadic Pirate]

Great job on those tunes Manny, looks like a great all around shooter for sure. I have plenty of PCP's, Sumatra, Sam Yang, Cricket, Daystate, Custom Disco's etc. but looks like the only thing I am missing from .22 to .357 cal is a .30 cal. and the Rainstorm may be next 

Also here is a little info that may be useful to everyone..
I notice a lot of people including myself buy after market barrel bands and such for accessories. Well the only thing that always worries me is those grub screws digging into my air tube and barrel. I found that if I take a piece of weed-eater trimmer line and cut a sliver about a 1/16" to 1/8" long (depending on the clearance under the set screw) and insert it in the screw hole, then when i tighten it down it compresses nicely and firm leaving no marks or gouges on that 3000 PSI tube and holds very firmly.  Just something about a screw grinding into that tube makes me wonder if it is weakening the tube....

William   

I think you would like the Storm .30, very easy to play with for sure.

Good thing about Evanix barrel bands is that the are over the fill unit so no grub screws touch the airtube

[Nomadic Pirate]

If I can get a good deal at Pyramid on Black Friday which .30 pellets should I get with it? Never had a .30 before...
I'm not much of a tinkerer so if it shoots as good as what I've read here I'll probably keep it as is.
Sure enjoying this topic...

I would stick with the 44gr JSB, my .30 cal experiance is limited but I found the 44gr better than the 50gr so far,...only other pellet is the Predator and I might get some in the future to check them out.


Hey, I'm not much of a tinkerer either but as you can check on this tread, a few turns on the trigger and you done with that, get a couple extra spring from Pyramyd and cut them to length, honestly the spring change operation is all in all about 3 minutes so you can go back and forth to have the gun as you prefer at the time being.


I'll take pictures of the springs today so anybody can see exactly the length to cut them at.


.....one thing I forgot, with the shorter spring at that -/+ 70 FPE tune and the Neil Clague LDC the gun is pretty quiet, the ping is almost the biggest noise

[Nomadic Pirate]

Here is the pictures of the springs.

the top one is untuched factory 95 FPE
middle 85 FPE
bottom is the -/+ 70 FPE

I lined up all the spring with the coils starting in the exact same spot so you can see exactly where to cut.







Also, I'm getting ready to put sling studs in the stock

[Prouzy]

Thanks for the pics on the springs, very helpful.  Actually, the entire thread is very helpful 

I shot some 50gr JSB today, was a bit surprised by the results. My or may not be worth much, but for some who want to shoot them and not do much to the rifle, pretty good stuff! I will post in another thread not to hijack.  My go to will still be the JSB 44.75 for sure, but always nice to have options!

[LDP]

I believe I will get the RS2 in .30 instead of .25. After watching how this is progressing for you Manny it looks like the better buy. I already have a .25 anyway so a .30 would be the most logical one to get anyway I may have to sell my S10 to speed the purchase up lol. Manny thanks for making a detailed thread on this .30 and I cant wait for the end of the story cause I know there will be a pig or two in a pic and hopefully a video as well

[Rodentor]

Wow... thanks for the new picts! Very helpful.
I'll probably get at least one tin of 50gr, you never know. 

[Nomadic Pirate]

Wow... thanks for the new picts! Very helpful.
I'll probably get at least one tin of 50gr, you never know. 

No problem, that is a good baseline with those 3 springs one covers a lot of options and also the hammerspring plug is adjustable so those springs can be further fine tuned.

Yeah the 50gr pellets are fine and probably good to have around to play with them too

[Nomadic Pirate]

I believe I will get the RS2 in .30 instead of .25. After watching how this is progressing for you Manny it looks like the better buy. I already have a .25 anyway so a .30 would be the most logical one to get anyway I may have to sell my S10 to speed the purchase up lol. Manny thanks for making a detailed thread on this .30 and I cant wait for the end of the story cause I know there will be a pig or two in a pic and hopefully a video as well

Lealand, I really believe you'll enjoy the .30 a lot.

sure hope so, she's getting ready for hunting,
putting the sling studs on so I ca attach a bipod, the new area I'm hunting has big rocks everywhere and it's a spot and stalk dream, a bipod is necessary so I can use those rocks as cover and to shoot off.

[Nomadic Pirate]

Thanks for the pics on the springs, very helpful.  Actually, the entire thread is very helpful 

I shot some 50gr JSB today, was a bit surprised by the results. My or may not be worth much, but for some who want to shoot them and not do much to the rifle, pretty good stuff! I will post in another thread not to hijack.  My go to will still be the JSB 44.75 for sure, but always nice to have options!

looking forward to read your experiance and see pictures

[Nomadic Pirate]

Got the Sling studs in today.

So I can attach a UTG Bipod unit



And Bipod





This Baby is getting closer and closer to her 1st day in the woods

[caperguy222]

Great looking rifle Manny, congrats. I was wondering if you would be so kind as to post the lettering on the head of the bolt that secures the stock to the receiver? I have the rainstorm in 22 cal (the bolt on mine is stamped YFS 012.9). The stock on mine is very loose. Thanks my friend and enjoy your beautiful new rifle. Thank as always.

[Prouzy]

I really like what you did with the sling mount!  I bought the barrel band with the mount, but probably follow your lead on sling mount.  I did not think there was an option for that!

Yup, Im loving this rifle!  http://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=117643.0

[Nomadic Pirate]

Great looking rifle Manny, congrats. I was wondering if you would be so kind as to post the lettering on the head of the bolt that secures the stock to the receiver? I have the rainstorm in 22 cal (the bolt on mine is stamped YFS 012.9). The stock on mine is very loose. Thanks my friend and enjoy your beautiful new rifle. Thank as always.

I had that happening in one of my many Rainstorms in the past, what I did I put a thick Oring between the brass fitting  on the stock and the head of the bolt, fixed the problem right away since I was than able to tighten the bolt perfectly.

[Nomadic Pirate]

I really like what you did with the sling mount!  I bought the barrel band with the mount, but probably follow your lead on sling mount.  I did not think there was an option for that!

Yup, Im loving this rifle!  http://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=117643.0

I have one of those AmericanAirArms barrel bands on my .25 but I use it for mounting lights I don't much like getting a Bipod on the airtube.

This UTG unit (mount and bipod ) is pretty cheap on Amazon, been some times since I got one but I think it was around 30 bucks.

[Prouzy]

I wondered how much pressure it would add to the tube and shroud. I like that the attachment of the rail includes another sling stud so you can have both. Will definitely be considering that!

[Nomadic Pirate]

I wondered how much pressure it would add to the tube and shroud. I like that the attachment of the rail includes another sling stud so you can have both. Will definitely be considering that!

One advice about putting sling studs on since the wood is pretty soft.

After I drilled the holes I get some good glue in the before screwing the studs in, I use Titebond III because it dries stronger than the wood and I never had a stud pull out from many of my Rainstorms.

I guess a Glue like "Gorilla glue" or some Epoxy will do great too

Yes, That's what I like about those UTG units too, you can still use a sling and also you can take them off and put back on in seconds.

[Prouzy]

I wondered how much pressure it would add to the tube and shroud. I like that the attachment of the rail includes another sling stud so you can have both. Will definitely be considering that!

One advice about putting sling studs on since the wood is pretty soft.

After I drilled the holes I get some good glue in the before screwing the studs in, I use Titebond III because it dries stronger than the wood and I never had a stud pull out from many of my Rainstorms.

I guess a Glue like "Gorilla glue" or some Epoxy will do great too

Yes, That's what I like about those UTG units too, you can still use a sling and also you can take them off and put back on in seconds.

Good point, thanks for the advice! I prefer to do things once