DAR Gen II is now available

[Gertrude]

Guys
Just a suggestion.
In my experience  it is highly suggested  to throughly clean the barrel first thing right out of the box, Before firing your first shot.
There is a lot of oils in the barrels from manufacturing (and possible grit).

Clean your barrels and then have fun shooting.
And remember, your new barrels are not even "seasoned well" until maybe 150-200 shots


Your groups should  improve even more once fully seasoned.

After that, there is no need to clean them again until accuracy (or) grouping starts to suffer.

I have well over 2500 shots thru barrels that have only had the first cleaning, and I can still confidently take headshots on squirrels  and rabbits at 75-100 yds.

[Dan H]

Guys
Just a suggestion.
In my experience  it is highly suggested  to throughly clean the barrel first thing right out of the box, Before firing your first shot.
There is a lot of oils in the barrels from manufacturing (and possible grit).

Clean your barrels and then have fun shooting.
And remember, your new barrels are not even "seasoned well" until maybe 150-200 shots


Your groups should  improve even more once fully seasoned.

After that, there is no need to clean them again until accuracy (or) grouping starts to suffer.

I have well over 2500 shots thru barrels that have only had the first cleaning, and I can still confidently take headshots on squirrels  and rabbits at 75-100 yds.

Ron thank you for putting all your time in to the R&D of these guns , it looks like its going to pay off for all of us that buy them ... if they shoot as good as everything else appears to be - we have a winner ! ... in the low cost air guns is my thinking , it has some very nice features for the price  ... GREAT JOB ! 

I cleaned the barrel's on both .22 ,and .25  mounted scopes with pic rail adapters , so we are ready to do some 50 yard testing tomorrow morning at some time  ... 

[Wayne52]

Dan I was under the impression that these guns came with 2 magazines   That's only what someone was saying earlier in this thread, well by the looks of it they sent me one mag in a plastic package and another one that wasn't, the only thing I can think is they must only ship with one mag unless you order an extra like I did

[Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58)]

Wayne, I asked Ryan about the magazines when he called me for payment. Some of the early shipments (those who requested a replacement vice a refund back when they were recalled) got 2, but they only ship with one. I went  ahead and ordered an extra with mine.

[Wayne52]

Well I just did ten shots over the chrony with mine, I didn't quite have it up to 3K however it was about 200 bar when I started.  It's averaging a little over 50fpe which is more than enough, I will be turning the reg down on it because I'd rather get about 45fpe and that will give me closer to 20 shots without a refill.  I'll take it out in the morning tomorrow and sight it in at about 30 yards for starters.

[real7]

Wayne, what ammo were you using to achieve the 50fpe?

[buddyb]

How does the DAR Gen 2 .22 caliber compare to the Sentry 705-9 .22 caliber?

[Insanity]

Well I just did ten shots over the chrony with mine, I didn't quite have it up to 3K however it was about 200 bar when I started.  It's averaging a little over 50fpe which is more than enough, I will be turning the reg down on it because I'd rather get about 45fpe and that will give me closer to 20 shots without a refill.  I'll take it out in the morning tomorrow and sight it in at about 30 yards for starters.

I have mine apart reg is easy to take out and snap ring pliers and flat blade screwdriver to take apart.

[nervoustrigger]

Wayne, if memory serves, my .25 was giving 34 shots at 45fpe with the 34gr JSBs.  Nothing special done to it.  Just set the hammer spring tension to the velocity knee so you should end up with far more than 20 shots. 

[Wayne52]

Wayne, what ammo were you using to achieve the 50fpe?

I was using my cast 26grain NOE Hunters.  When I go out with it I'm going to sight it in with some of the Magnum Hunters I have that are 34.5 grain.

here's the 10 shot string

1. 939.6fps
2. 931.0fps
3. 933.8fps
4. 945.7fps
5. 933.8fps
6. 929.7fps
7. 923.5fps
8. 926.3fps
9. 938.5fps
10. 932.9fps

[Nomadic Pirate]

These DAR gen II are looking real good,

...the wood stock is such a plus vs the competition at the same price range.





I didnt modify your post at all I hit modify instead of quote...

[Insanity]

These DAR gen II are looking real good,

...the wood stock is such a plus vs the competition at the same price range.

Just buy one already.

[Nomadic Pirate]

These DAR gen II are looking real good,

...the wood stock is such a plus vs the competition at the same price range.

Just buy one already.

Nope I don't need one nor I like regulated guns,.....but that don't stop me from praising guns that I'm not planning to get,
It makes me laugh when people only praise or talk about the guns they have like every other one isn't worthy.

[Insanity]

These DAR gen II are looking real good,

...the wood stock is such a plus vs the competition at the same price range.

Just buy one already.

Nope I don't need one nor I like regulated guns,.....but that don't stop me from praising guns that I'm not planning to get,
It makes me laugh when people only praise or talk about the guns they have like every other one isn't worthy.

I can assure you the reg is super easy to remove. I dont plan on reinstalling mine.

[RDB]

How many shots is everyone averaging in .22? 

And is there any room for improvement in efficiency? I e transfer path, lighter hammer? Choke points.

Going to pick one up i I think and tune for 30fpe.

[Wayne52]

I just did a 13 shot string over the chrony with my 36.5 grain NOE slugs

1.   814.3   53.75     7.   810.9   53.30
2.   807.5   52.86     8.   809.5   53.12
3.   809.6   53.13     9.   816.8   54.18
4.   810.8   53.29     10. 819.5   54.44
5.   805.7   52.62     11. 811.3   53.35
6.   804.9   52.52     12. 811.1   53.33

               13. 789.4   50.51

[Nomadic Pirate]

These DAR gen II are looking real good,

...the wood stock is such a plus vs the competition at the same price range.

Just buy one already.

Nope I don't need one nor I like regulated guns,.....but that don't stop me from praising guns that I'm not planning to get,
It makes me laugh when people only praise or talk about the guns they have like every other one isn't worthy.

I can assure you the reg is super easy to remove. I dont plan on reinstalling mine.

That is great !!!
I think every brand should make the Regulator removable.

[Dan H]

I just did a 13 shot string over the chrony with my 36.5 grain NOE slugs

1.   814.3   53.75     7.   810.9   53.30
2.   807.5   52.86     8.   809.5   53.12
3.   809.6   53.13     9.   816.8   54.18
4.   810.8   53.29     10. 819.5   54.44
5.   805.7   52.62     11. 811.3   53.35
6.   804.9   52.52     12. 811.1   53.33

               13. 789.4   50.51

Wayne how accurate were these ?  the NOE 26 hunters I tried today worked well , and will get better with a 100 more or so shots to get the barrel seasoned up a bit ...  these shots were at 50 yards dime size circle ...

[TF89]

Maybe I've just missed it, at what psi does it go off the reg?

[Wayne52]

I just did a 13 shot string over the chrony with my 36.5 grain NOE slugs

1.   814.3   53.75     7.   810.9   53.30
2.   807.5   52.86     8.   809.5   53.12
3.   809.6   53.13     9.   816.8   54.18
4.   810.8   53.29     10. 819.5   54.44
5.   805.7   52.62     11. 811.3   53.35
6.   804.9   52.52     12. 811.1   53.33

               13. 789.4   50.51

Wayne how accurate were these ?  the NOE 26 hunters I tried today worked well , and will get better with a 100 more or so shots to get the barrel seasoned up a bit ...  these shots were at 50 yards dime size circle ...

I still haven't mounted a scope on it yet, thinking about buying another one of the Centerpoints like I put on my Avenger, I think that's a nice scope for sure and it would do the DAR justice.  I may just wait til I get what I want for it before I shoot it at anything.