Aircudas long term field testing

[Nomadic Pirate]

My goal for this 2 guns is to get the Standard to 60 FPE for hog hunting and the MAX to 30 FPE for backyard pesting/protection

[Outer_Rondacker]

I agree. Barrel twist rate? Choked?

Per Travis ...

.22 cal ... 5.46 bore, 5.62 groove 1-17.7" twist

.25 cal ... 6.29 bore, 6.46 groove  1-17.7 twist

Got confirmation ... Choked

In this video around 11:52 He says the barrels are un choked to shoot slugs.Can someone clear this up.

Originally unchoked but now running a choke. Other small changes will happen as we prepare for production to start

Would be nice to keep track of all the changes made from the ones tested to the ones that hit the market. I am not saying changes are going to affect the buyer's market, but it would be nice to know if things are changed from what is tested. Why did you guys change the barrels if you do not mind me asking? Im sure it was to make them better.

Not to speak for Travis or JTS ....
IMO these rifles are NOT monster power makers and knowing for most slug shooting purposes you want a BIG POWER PCP to get them shooting fast enough to really be beneficial.  Leaving you to realize these are PELLET RIFLES and suited as such to shoot pellets !!  Said .. most pellet rifles do better overall with choked barrels.

Again JMO ...

Thanks for posting that.

[Dairyboy]

Seeing that threaded barrel makes me real happy! Such a nice design. Like Cole mentioned, only guns I know with that are Taipan Veterans, AAA EVOLs, and also Edgun R5 series. What do all those guns have in common??? No POI shifts as barrel is held securely to the breech. I love that this gun has that.

[pat585]

My SPA M16 (outlaw) that i bought back in 2018 also has a threaded barrel. It's a nice feature and i wondered why other manufactures don't use it more? I like that i can remove the barrel without having to take off my scope.

[Nomadic Pirate]

Today I'm gonna test the shorter stronger Rainstorm .357 spring in the Standard and see where the power is.

[Motorhead]

Manny,
Remember the hammers weight as delivered is pretty light and reason for was confirmed by Travis being >12fpe tunable for some foreign markets.
More than spring rate ... WEIGHT added will help you the most IMO.

[Nomadic Pirate]

Manny,
Remember the hammers weight as delivered is pretty light and reason for was confirmed by Travis being >12fpe tunable for some foreign markets.
More than spring rate ... WEIGHT added will help you the most IMO.

How can I easily ad weight ? ....maybe get a bunch of steel washers ?

[TroyHammer]

Manny,
Remember the hammers weight as delivered is pretty light and reason for was confirmed by Travis being >12fpe tunable for some foreign markets.
More than spring rate ... WEIGHT added will help you the most IMO.

How can I easily ad weight ? ....maybe get a bunch of steel washers ?

I'll send you a 15gr brass tophat today. 

[oldpro]

 putting a heavy spring can cause the hammer to smash into the back of the valve damaging the valve body.

[Nomadic Pirate]

Ok then, I'll stop everything and wait for the weight from Troy,....standby

[Nomadic Pirate]

OK since I'm on standby with the Standard, I just tested the MAX and she is shooting the JSB 25gr at 730-750 fps,

Next I'm going to fill her to 200 BAR and do a full chrono string

[Motorhead]

OK since I'm on standby with the Standard, I just tested the MAX and she is shooting the JSB 25gr at 730-750 fps,

Next I'm going to fill her to 200 BAR and do a full chrono string

Not to sound like some sort of ECHO ... Echo ... echo   
Same thing if looking to juice it up in power. factory spring only gets you so much and more spring does not help that much    some MORE weight again is what ( Thus Far ) both myself and Troy have realized and shared on some of the other JTS threads running right now.

[Nomadic Pirate]

Yes, waiting for the 15gr weight from Troy to resume testing on the Standard,....already took the Evanix spring out, never actually even shot it once with it.

[Nomadic Pirate]

Ok here we go,

Filled to 200 BAR
I think the regulator is set around the 140 BAR mark and you will see the spike in velocity around shot 45.

I then stopped when the velocity was back around 750 fps and the gun was down to 90 BAR


This is with 25gr JSBs

732
742
747
745
752
740
740
749
742
747

749
741
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755
742
752
747
752
754


748
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757
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766
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766
789......guessing off the regulator
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Here I stopped and pressure was 90 BAR

[oldpro]

 drop the regulator pressure a bit and your golden

[Nomadic Pirate]

drop the regulator pressure a bit and your golden

Yeah, that's what I figured,....110 BARish ?

What do I have to do ? .......I have zero experience with regulators

[Franklink]

Seeing that threaded barrel makes me real happy! Such a nice design. Like Cole mentioned, only guns I know with that are Taipan Veterans, AAA EVOLs, and also Edgun R5 series. What do all those guns have in common??? No POI shifts as barrel is held securely to the breech. I love that this gun has that.

Yeah Dillon, that is the feature I'm most excited to see on a budget friendly gun like this. An experience with that .177 barrel project I've been working on for the Vet from a few days ago illustrates my point. Swapped out the barrels and the very first shots from the new .177 barrel were perfect on the horizontal and about 1/2 a mil high @ 30 yards. And that's mostly because the .177 is going so much faster than the 25.4gr .22 was. That's with zero scope adjustments. A threaded barrel/breech can only point to one place when everything is all snugged up, assuming good machining on the female and male threads.

As long as the machining tolerances hold for the production models to what Scott says he's seeing, I think this is going to make the budget friendly portion of the market VERY VERY VERY pleased with accuracy and consistency.

[Wayne52]

If these guns are choked I don't want one.

[Firewalker]

If these guns are choked I don't want one.

That's what he said, both are choked, made for pellets.

[brewbear]

An option for after market un chocked barrel would be great!