.25 Armada

[oneshot61]

My armada arrived yesterday... and I just couldn't leave well enough alone. The color is now oil rubbed bronze metallic and stainless. New valve and parts will go in.. in a few days.

[gendoc]

very nice.....

[oneshot61]

So I had a chance to shoot a string with just the straight factory settings.. and I haven't checked to see where the spring, hammer and vms are set yet. Shooting h&n 31 grain. Straight out of the tin.
783
765 (bad pellet?)
786
785
783
790
785
787
789
785
791
788
786
787
Not sure if that's typical, but pretty flat. I'll get my port opened and valve and mds hammer in next week, get a base line with the 31's , go to the 41 bbt and the 51's. This barrel shot the rat snipers really well as I recall. I'll need a .249 sizing die from noe for this barrel for the bbt.

[Smokehogan]

Nice!  Will have to follow your progress.  I have a .25 Armada on the way, should get here any day.  Curios to see how your mods effect performance.  I'm gonna shoot mine stock for a bit before I try any performance mods!

[oneshot61]

I almost hate to touch it,.. but I have plans;). I shot 20 grain, 31 h&n, 31 grain rat snipers, 41 grain rat sniper rebated boat tails, 43 grain eunjin.. at 35 yards the all went into 1 1/4 without changing my poi. I'm sure things would open up, but it stacked each one in its own holes. Nice barrel.. I'm waiting on some 41 grain bbt before I change the valve and ports.

[Dairyboy]

Looking good! Is this your first Mrod based build?

[oneshot61]

Thanks Dillon... it is my first build on anything. My first air rifle was a a2a equipped mrod with a lothar walther barrel, shot about 65 ft lbs with eunjin, loved rat snipers and was crazy accurate. I bought it that way so I was spoiled from the beginning. I sold it to buy my .25 ace.. which is a beast of a gun right out of the box. That said, I really like the versatility of the mrod platform, and with all the new valves , hammers etc coming out I just couldn't resist. I know I could buy something higher up the chain and just shoot it, but the mrod is like buying a jeep.. and then.. a few parts and there goes the budget  . Even though I'm not machining the parts, there are so many guys making such quality upgrades and I'd never be able to match their skills.. I'm going to make use of their experience and build something I can enjoy. Cothran valves, war valves, mds hammers, shortys dual wound springs, huma reg, speed dial..  I've got quite a stash going on🤠.

[triggertreat]

Enjoy the build!  The Marauders are a lot more fun than the upscale models because you can make them sing yourself without a big fat wallet if you want to.  Even with the great offering from ART, WAR,  Rocker1 and many others, they are still less than half the price of some of the others that don't shoot twice as well either.  Subscribed!

[Dirtbikerick]

Nice gun, congrats.

[Dairyboy]

I absolutely agree Daniel! Your going to enjoy a build! I've had too many  got tired of it for awhile and tried higher end guns...we'll look where I'm at again 3 Mrods within 3 weeks. One wasn't planned but Rocker1 made a good trade offer so that's why it's 3 lol. There so versatile and can go so many different directions with them. Like you said all kinds of hammers and valves and HDDs and aftermarket barrels. No other platform has as many aftermarket parts. Gotta say I love them. But like you said budget can go away pretty fast when you look at a few websites LOL enjoy the build! I'll be following for sure!

[FuzzyGrub]

Nice accents on your Armada.    If you look at Terry's (TerryH?) Armada threads, you will see some "bold" paint schemes.   

[oneshot61]

Nice!  Will have to follow your progress.  I have a .25 Armada on the way, should get here any day.  Curios to see how your mods effect performance.  I'm gonna shoot mine stock for a bit before I try any performance mods!

Sweet! If you get a chance, post your shot string. Wonder if they all leave at the same settings?

[oneshot61]

Enjoy the build!  The Marauders are a lot more fun than the upscale models because you can make them sing yourself without a big fat wallet if you want to.  Even with the great offering from ART, WAR,  Rocker1 and many others, they are still less than half the price of some of the others that don't shoot twice as well either.  Subscribed!

Yes sir! This is going to be a fun journey! Two more parts on my list, bored out gauge block and the new valve when it hits the market. If I don't sell it, I'll try it in the armada. I'm working in Nashville for the next week or so, but thankfully I can test and shoot on my nieces property😀

[oneshot61]

Nice accents on your Armada.    If you look at Terry's (TerryH?) Armada threads, you will see some "bold" paint schemes. 

That's what inspired me to try my hand at mine. Terry did a beautiful job on both of his..WOW!

[oneshot61]

Well... after taking my gun down, installing my regulator, cothran valve, drilling out the barrel port to.187,.. the cothran valve I bought from a guy on the yellow.. leaks. It appears to not be seating properly and I see maybe someone messed with where thevalve seats. Took it out and installed thecwar valve and held air immediately. I used the same o ring seal so I know it's something in the cothran valve. As soon as I put the tank to it air comes out the valve tp. I'm really bummed. Any ideas on maybe how to fix it??

[dmeguy]

Try cocking it. If the hammer is against the valve stem, it may be opening. The Cothran valve takes very little force to open.

[oneshot61]

Yes sir.. I did that ..I'm using right now a war no bounce hammer and I pulled the adjustment all the way back just in case.. no cigar🙄 Even without the hammer in.. it leaks.

[kkarmical]

What are you using to lube the o rings?  You say it looks like the valve seat has been messed with, maybe try re-seating valve seat and if there is an oring in that valve seat, try using this.

[oneshot61]

No orings.. the poppet looks like Delrin?? Seats on brass. I've heard of covering the stem with electrical tape, chucking it into a drill and slowly spinning it to mate the poppet to the seat .. so I may try that. I use silicone grease or krytox on my o rings.

[kkarmical]

I wasn't sure about the valve seat, but to me if you're having to rely on electric tape to seat something properly I don't know seems like a duct tape jerryrig type fix, meaning it's only a matter of time...