Air Venturi Avenger .22

[Dan H]

I liked the Avenger .25 so much I decided to buy the Avenger .22 .... I have not bought a .22 for a very long time , I got hooked on the .25 for obvious reason's  , but after watching Steve's AEAC video on how well the Avenger .22 shot just about everything ammo wise very well , I decided to get 1 so I ordered my second Avenger from Randy at RL airgun supply , Randy is a great guy to deal with , and he ships same day fast 4-5 days from CO to WA ...    ... if you are looking to buy the Avenger give Randy a call you will be glad you did ....   

I decided to run Steve's AEAC pro tune that he came up with 1800psi reg 2.75 turns out on the HS ...

I also decided to put the CP 4x16x40 that I bought from walmart on sale for 40 bucks... that same day they had CP 6x20x50 for 50 bucks ,so i bought both of them . I went around to other local walmarts , and they were not on sale at those places which I found kind of strange , maybe they were marked clearance on accident for those prices I don't know 

So I started off shooting cheap crosman premier HP's ,and they didn't do to bad at 900fps hitting metal 1 inch spinners almost at will at 50 yards   , then I tried H&N barracuda match 21.14 g ...  they shot 840 fps with the same tune , and WOW ! were they ever accurate tearing a ragged hole out of a dime size circle at 50 yards , I am very impressed how well it shot those H&N's , and I will be testing a bunch more pellet type's  tomorrow ... 

Another thing I noticed on this Avenger .22 was that all the pic rail screws were tight as was the barrel band , on my .25 Avenger those screws were all loose creating POI shift ... so they must be listening to us ,at least I hope they are any way .... so so far so good with around 200 shot's threw the gun working fantastic ...

[ranchibi]

Dan, congratulations! Those Avengers are a lot of gun for the money! Enjoy shooting!

[Dan H]

Dan, congratulations! Those Avengers are a lot of gun for the money! Enjoy shooting!

Thanks Randall ... you are right they are a lot of gun for the money ! ..   I figure i got about 750 bucks into 2 Avenger guns with scopes !  that shoot fantastic , usually  that 750 would be for just 1 gun , and maybe a scope if I was lucky depending on the gun ...     I think the next thing to buy will be molds for pellets/ bullets for the .22 ,and .25 guns ... I like the pellets Wayne has been casting up ,and they seem to shoot fantastic out of his Avenger ... casting your own really cuts the cost down on ammo ...

[MaineJim1821]

Congrats on the new .22 Dan.
I just had my second .22 come in today from R&L lol,i liked the first so much.
The new one will be set up like Steve's Eco tune and left lightweight.
I added 2 pounds to the buttstock of my first one for bench shooting.
It was night time by the time i cleaned the barrel, degassed,scoped  and adjusted but with a flashlight in front of the target at 40 yards got the scope dialed in with JSB 15.89s.
I got forty shots from 3.300-2.200 psi.
Reg is at 1.400 psi and half a turn in on HS.I'll chronograph it tommorow and likely give the HS another turn in,will see.
I hope you have as much fun with yours as i'm having with mine.
There will be some friendly competition between the two ,see which gun shoots better with different tunes.

[Wayne52]

Dan I'm willing to bet that the Hunter Magnums will work fantastic in that gun for sure, I've used them with my Liberty the last couple of hunts and they're phenomenal in it.

[MaineJim1821]

Wayne how easy is it to cast pellets ,with the pins and all?
I have been casting handgun and rifle bullets for over 35 years,but i wonder how hard is it to cast pellets instead?
Tanks,James.

[Wayne52]

James I use the pressure pour method casting with the nipple on my hooded ladle held directly into the sprue plate of the mold, then tilt both simultaneously back and forth. This method fills those tiny cavities great.

[MaineJim1821]

Gotcha Wayne,i'll have to get one soon winter is over six months long up here,would be nice to cast a whole bunch of pellets to feed all those hungry guns.
I  made a miniature benchrest that sits on top of my kitchen counter and i'll be shooting out the kitchen window all winter.
I wanted to get the 17 grain pellet mold but it's no longer listed.
This one should do as well   217-20-RF-CE6 Hunter Pellet  but it's sold out.I'll have to keep an eye on the website i guess.
Thank you for the reply.

[crazyhorse1]

So I started off shooting cheap crosman premier HP's ,and they didn't do to bad at 900fps hitting metal 1 inch spinners almost at will at 50 yards   , then I tried H&N barracuda match 21.14 g ...  they shot 840 fps with the same tune , and WOW ! were they ever accurate tearing a ragged hole out of a dime size circle at 50 yards , I am very impressed how well it shot those H&N's , and I will be testing a bunch more pellet type's  tomorrow ... 

That is how I test accuracy with all my airguns....shooting !" swinger at 35/50 yards....good post on your Avenger....I'm going after one soon....

[Dan H]

James I use the pressure pour method casting with the nipple on my hooded ladle held directly into the sprue plate of the mold, then tilt both simultaneously back and forth. This method fills those tiny cavities great.

Wayne I have casted a bunch of the .40 .45 slugs / round ball , but pellets I really don't know , are you saying you poor lead  into the mold then press some pins in threw the sprue plate holes ?  that make the tail of the pellet hollow ?  I wonder if there is any video's on this ?

[Wayne52]

Dan the pins stay in the mold when you're casting, the different lengths are whichever weight you want from the mold.  I prefer the longest pin on all my pellet molds.

[mrbulk]

Congratz on your second Avenger, Dan!

[Dan H]

Congratz on your second Avenger, Dan!

Thank you !  like you Charlie I couldn't resist ! ....   you know the Dark side say's it's futile to resist !    .... is a SAMROD next ? 

[Dan H]

Dan the pins stay in the mold when you're casting, the different lengths are whichever weight you want from the mold.  I prefer the longest pin on all my pellet molds.

OK ... thanks Wayne ...so those pins come with the mold ? or are they separate ?   

[mrbulk]

Congratz on your second Avenger, Dan!

Thank you !  like you Charlie I couldn't resist ! ....   you know the Dark side say's it's futile to resist !    .... is a SAMROD next ? 

Hey Dan, I almost hate to say this to myself, but ... IF the SamRod turns out to be what I hope it is, I feel I may find myself shooting less and less those "other" airguns of mine, the ones where I still have to cycle through those pesky extra recocking motions for every shot...I know, I know, cries of "Blasphemy!" are resounding all around me already.

But this is mainly because lately I have been watching a lot of airgun hunting vids on Youtube, where you get to watch the actual POI on quarry through a camera scope, and where you see the scope sight picture as it waggles all over the place when the shooter recocks his gun for a follow up shot...wouldn't happen with a true semi-auto gun.

[Wayne52]

Dan the pins stay in the mold when you're casting, the different lengths are whichever weight you want from the mold.  I prefer the longest pin on all my pellet molds.

OK ... thanks Wayne ...so those pins come with the mold ? or are they separate ?   

They come with all the NOE pellet molds.

[Dan H]

Congratz on your second Avenger, Dan!

Thank you !  like you Charlie I couldn't resist ! ....   you know the Dark side say's it's futile to resist !    .... is a SAMROD next ? 

Hey Dan, I almost hate to say this to myself, but ... IF the SamRod turns out to be what I hope it is, I feel I may find myself shooting less and less those "other" airguns of mine, the ones where I still have to cycle through those pesky extra recocking motions for every shot...I know, I know, cries of "Blasphemy!" are resounding all around me already.

But this is mainly because lately I have been watching a lot of airgun hunting vids on Youtube, where you get to watch the actual POI on quarry through a camera scope, and where you see the scope sight picture as it waggles all over the place when the shooter recocks his gun for a follow up shot...wouldn't happen with a true semi-auto gun.

LCS  .30 semi auto / full auto when it gets out will be a beast of a gun....  the .25 is 70 fpe  out of the box,  the trigger is the only draw back , samrod has a  nice adjustable trigger  that's  it's big advantage from what I can see over other semi auto's in that range ....

[Dan H]

Dan the pins stay in the mold when you're casting, the different lengths are whichever weight you want from the mold.  I prefer the longest pin on all my pellet molds.

OK ... thanks Wayne ...so those pins come with the mold ? or are they separate ?   

They come with all the NOE pellet molds.

OK  thanks Wayne ,  I am going to to get those molds like what you have , then slug mold's with sizing die's is the next order for the .22 ,and .25

[Back_Roads]

 There is much information in this gate about casting, there are some videos on the you tube about using NOE molds also, I will try and hunt some down.
https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?board=229.0

[Wayne52]

Dang it sure is tempting to order one in .22 as well, I see a lot of you all doing it.  I do know that being able to adjust everything externally at a whim is a breeze with the gun. The main thing for adjusting the regulator is to degas it first otherwise damage will occur.  So far I haven't read any reports about part failures in these guns yet which is great news. I haven't been checking for parts availability for these guns, hopefully they'll have parts available in the near future I was out in the woods again today with my Liberty shooting 23 grain NOE217-24-RF Meplat pellets.  I only seen one black squirrel but was never able to get it in the cross hairs.  I did zero my scope to 35 yards while I was out. At that distance it's pellet on top of pellet.  In all honesty I doubt I'll start using a lighter pellet in it anymore because with a 4K fill this gun has a lot of shots.