DAR Gen II is now available

[NHGuide]

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None of the NSA's shot well for me. The 29's shot the best.  What diameter are yours? Mine are all .250"
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the .249  26.8s  at an average of 833 fps
                 250-HS-HP-DB-26.8-325

I now have three boxes to get me through ...oh...June-ish

There's about 5 inches of fresh snow this morning or I'd be out there shooting right now... 

They're saying rain and warm weekend temps will take the snow away so by NEXT Friday, the plan is to be doing REAL testing
I'll post pictures as I can.
I get my second vaccine shot next Sunday (everyone tells me to take Monday off due to how they've felt)... so good weather on Friday and Saturday will be the wish.
IF things work out, I'll post pictures

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Will check the classified...............
Don
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And Don...thanks! 
I want to see how yours does before grabbing his...ALTHOUGH Rod did a nice looking job on his.  and his Mods sound great...probably someone else will jump on his offering before the next two or three weeks are up, but if not...I'll contact him.  I believe it's a good deal, for what he's done with it.

[singleshotcajun]

Mine started getting erratic and was throwing some shots. De gassed and took down the air tube yesterday. I was wrong about the depth I set the poppet spring retaining nut , it was .300” deep. I lapped my poppet and set the nut .200 which is where it was after coming back from factory repair(checked my notes). Backed off the striker spring a good bit after shooting a few wild shots, trying to balance striker and poppet spring. Checked the baffles for signs of clipping and found none. Upon filling it tried to leak out the poppet a few taps cured that. It was way to windy to shoot for groups outside yesterday afternoon so I shot 30’ in my garage off a folding card table and shot some very nice groups albeit short range. The rifle is behaving very well , I’ll try to chronograph it today but I am not chasing speed with this one, good groups and somewhere between 20-25 ft .lbs is sufficient.

[singleshotcajun]

Shot over chrony today. Played with striker spring tension and ended up with a very consistent average of 845 FPS with  CPHP and Crosman Domes both 14.3 gr. This puts right it right in the middle of where I wanted, about 22.5 FT .lbs. Shooting tight groups at 20 yards with no outliers. Back in January I cut the striker spring one coil, puts it 1.700 long and it now sits at .100” deep on the striker retaining nut. Unless something weird happens once again calling it tuned.

[NHGuide]

Shot over chrony today. Played with striker spring tension and ended up with a very consistent average of 845 FPS with  CPHP and Crosman Domes both 14.3 gr. This puts right it right in the middle of where I wanted, about 22.5 FT .lbs. Shooting tight groups at 20 yards with no outliers. Back in January I cut the striker spring one coil, puts it 1.700 long and it now sits at .100” deep on the striker retaining nut. Unless something weird happens once again calling it tuned.

I like it   

sounds like you have it set!

[Insanity]

Have to let us know the shot count when you get around to it.

[singleshotcajun]

Between yesterday and today ,maybe fifty shots from 20 MPA to 10 MPA.Shot  yesterday using loading tray while testing so not a great count. My first five shots today were at the same setting from yesterday ,they were 735 FPS. Should get minimum of forty good shots around 850 FPS, I like to leave 10 MPA in the tube.

[singleshotcajun]

Today I planned to shoot my Pedersoli long range rolling block rifle 45-70 with a new load but woke up at 0100 with leg cramps and stayed up and stayed at home. I am a Millwright/Machinist and am getting too old for that feces. Charged my DAR to 20 MPA , shot forty shots with Crosman 14.3 Domes,  FPS 798.7 STD 3.2 to 15 MPA . I ran out of CPHP 14.3 shooting other rifles last week. I am pretty pleased with the average and shot count with the domes.

[Firewalker]

I'm getting very frustrated with the weather, nothing under 10mph for winds and in the upper 30's for temps, all shooting is inside and I am just plain tired of it... (Put the whine down, Dave!) 

[Wayne52]

I was out in the woods this morning David and it was in the mid 30's here too, tomorrow is supposed to be much warmer, hopefully my AEA 357 Challenger will be here early enough so I can get out with that.  I've got a tin of pellets that I cast up for it ready to go

[tracker1955]

I'm getting very frustrated with the weather, nothing under 10mph for winds and in the upper 30's for temps, all shooting is inside and I am just plain tired of it... (Put the whine down, Dave!) 

You know it will be perfect as soon as you return to work, or you HAVE to go somewhere with the wife or kids.

[Firewalker]

I was out in the woods this morning David and it was in the mid 30's here too, tomorrow is supposed to be much warmer, hopefully my AEA 357 Challenger will be here early enough so I can get out with that.  I've got a tin of pellets that I cast up for it ready to go

I'm limited to temps with bare hands, under 50F I have to glove up and I cant operate the DAR with gloves. 

[Firewalker]

I'm getting very frustrated with the weather, nothing under 10mph for winds and in the upper 30's for temps, all shooting is inside and I am just plain tired of it... (Put the whine down, Dave!) 

You know it will be perfect as soon as you return to work, or you HAVE to go somewhere with the wife or kids.

Good thing I get home at 5! Couple hours of huntin every night would be great! 

[Insanity]

I was out in the woods this morning David and it was in the mid 30's here too, tomorrow is supposed to be much warmer, hopefully my AEA 357 Challenger will be here early enough so I can get out with that.  I've got a tin of pellets that I cast up for it ready to go

Can we say red squirrel burger?

[Dan H]

My .22 Dar is still holding air !  and it shoots lights out hole threw a hole perfect at 50 yards with cphp cheap stuff ! at over 900fps   PERFECT  ! 

and that is a good thing since I only have about 8000 or so of those pellets to shoot up ! LOL ! 

its kinda nice when the air gun gods treat you right , instead of leaking all over you ! 

[NHGuide]

DAN!  it was only a matter of time and elbow grease, that you got it working ... it's been a tough road, but I believe in these rifles.
I think that if they get the supply chain steady and the teeny bit extra that they're trying hard to fix quality-wise, this will be the rifle to beat for the $300 range setup

I like my Avenger and my Coyote but this DAR is definitely my favorite budget .25
If only it had a vertical arm on the cocking lever like the Avenger....

There's always SOMETHING we have to 'fix', isn't there?  80% of the for...for me. 

[tracker1955]

Somebody could make a stem with a slot in it to fit over the side lever, then attach it with set screws.

[Back_Roads]

 I an kinda getting use to the side lever, might be mine has less spring being .177

[Insanity]

Now that I have two side lever guns I really do love them more than bolts.

[Dan H]

DAN!  it was only a matter of time and elbow grease, that you got it working ... it's been a tough road, but I believe in these rifles.
I think that if they get the supply chain steady and the teeny bit extra that they're trying hard to fix quality-wise, this will be the rifle to beat for the $300 range setup

I like my Avenger and my Coyote but this DAR is definitely my favorite budget .25
If only it had a vertical arm on the cocking lever like the Avenger....

There's always SOMETHING we have to 'fix', isn't there?  80% of the for...for me. 

yep ! the DAR IS the Best in the 300 buck range when working good , I had 2 Avengers that both failed with multiple issues , I got a refund on both of them ,and bought the DAR gun's ... The quality of materials is a lot better in the DAR gun's ...

Now I am testing /shooting the AEA Challenger guns .357 ,and .30 bullpup with 32inch barrel ,and both are power house gun's  shooting slugs over 1000 fps brutal out of the box power ...   hammer springs are stiff , a bit hard to pull back , and trigger's are on the heavy side but short pull and predictable once you get used to them ...   

[Insanity]

The DAR is a fantastic gun when you get the leaks fixed if you have said issue. I shoot mine out past 100y when I can hope to do NUHY with it one day.