Hatsan Jet I/II Discussion

[Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58)]

The Jet 1 arrived late last night, but I did un box it.  The box was open, meaning the tape securing shut was cut and one of the flaps on the box was sticking out.  Not sure if that means PA inspected it before sending it and just did a sloppy job of closing the box, or I got a used one! 

It was half filled with air, approcximately 150 BAR, I have not checked it this morning to see if it's still the same pressure.  It is very lightweight and all plastic, or polymer, to include the side lever.  I loaded up 3 magazines, one each with H&N FFT 19.91 gr., JSB 25.39 gr., and some Polymag 26 gr.  I was suprised to see the polymags fit, althoough without much wiggle room, so it will be interesting to see how they feed.  The spring in the magazine is pretty strong, much more so that Crosman magazines, so they should be ample tension to advance the magazine even witht e tight tolarances of the Polymags.

I'm not sure how much shooting I'll be doing this weekend since the temps dropped to 28 this morning, with a windchill of 18!  Hight through Monday are only predicted to reach the high 30's, with the wind chills only reaching into the high 20's, so this Florida boy will be staying inside! 

Today, I'll clean the barrel and top it off with air and see if it holds, and will take a few pictures as well.  It wind dies down and I can muster the nearves to brave the elements, i may through a magzine or 2 down range to see if I can hit the target!  More to come...

[Back_Roads]

 Don't blame you for the delay Paul, I had to sight in a Thor LT on my Recluse, I did that in the balmy basement and not the single digits outside them 40 degree temp changes are bitter

[Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58)]

James, I wish I had a basement to shoot in, but I don't and the Mrs isn't too keen on me shooting in the house, unless it's out the back window of my work room!  But, it's too cold to have a window open, so that's out as well!

I did snap a few quick pics, and it's holding air, so that's a good sign.  It uses the same DonntFL adapter as the AA S510, so these pics show it with that installed.  I do like the large "T: handle on the side lever, it's not as low profile as the side lever on the AP-16, but it's much easier to grab and coc, especially with gloves on!

[Rob M]

looks good , i can see from the breech its not a straw barrel , so thats good news. Mine is " weather delayed "with UPS so im betting it wont be here till monday..

[Back_Roads]

 Any hints that it is made by SPA, or does it seem pure Turkish

[Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58)]

Well, it says "Made in Turkiye by Hatsan" on the side of it!  Unless that's the Chinese translation for Turkey, I'd say it's probably made by Hatsan in Turkey, or at least assembled there.  There are no visible markings anywhere the indicate the parts are from China, but who know these days!

[Spacebus]

Well, it says "Made in Turkiye by Hatsan" on the side of it!  Unless that's the Chinese translation for Turkey, I'd say it's probably made by Hatsan in Turkey, or at least assembled there.  There are no visible markings anywhere the indicate the parts are from China, but who know these days!

I'm impressed that Hatsan seems to have quietly developed a new platform.

[avator]

Turkey adopted its official name, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, known in English as the Republic of Turkey, upon the declaration of the republic on 29 October 1923.


Obviously I looked it up and did a copy/paste.. I'm not that smart.. 

[Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58)]

Turkey adopted its official name, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, known in English as the Republic of Turkey, upon the declaration of the republic on 29 October 1923.


Obviously I looked it up and did a copy/paste.. I'm not that smart.. 

LOL!  Geez, I was really impressed before I read the last line of your post!     Should have stopped after that very intellegent first response!  LOL!

So, back the the review...

A few more interesting observations.  First, mounting a scope to this think is going to be interesting...  The front rail will accomodate a Picatinny Mount or a Dovetail mount, but the rear (behind the breach) will only accomodate a dovetail maount, even though it's made to look like a Picatinny rail!  Also, because the front mount has to go infront of the middle site, it's going to be very difficult, if not impossible to mount a compact scope with out getting really creative with the mount!  You can see the difference in the rails below.  Lastly, the foster fitting did not fit the female fitting on my compressor, it was too fat!  Fortunately, Hatsan included a really nice extented fitting, so I swapped them and all is good!

For now, I think I'm just going to see if I can sight it in using the iron sights and keep it a close quarters/short range shooter.  I have filled it to 250 BAR and now it sits.  It is supposed to be sunny all day today, so if the wind dies down enough for the wind chill to not impact the actual temature, I may go out back and see how it shoots! 

The last shows how I currently have it set up, witht he stock attached and the Tacti-cool Impulse Air Moderator up front!  More to come...

[ranchibi]

Very nice Paul! Congratulations! Hope ya got yourself a shooter! Great looking lil carbine! Keep us updated on things.

[dan_house]

Paul did the LDC adatper come with it or something you had and added it?

Looks good with the can on it

[Rob M]

mines local now , scheduled for delivery tommroow , had no idea UPs was running christmas eve

[Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58)]

Very nice Paul! Congratulations! Hope ya got yourself a shooter! Great looking lil carbine! Keep us updated on things.

Thank you Randall!  I did get a chance to shoot it this afternoon.  It likes the H&N FFT 19 grain pellets!  Below is a target of one 6 round magazine at 15 yards.  This is with te iron sight, shooting from the kneeling position, with no rest.  The group pretty decent, but shoot to the left, and there is no adjustment for windage! 

I did finally work our a scope arrangement that works!  I attached a 3-9X32 Bug Buster on an offset dovetail mount behing the breach opening.  This worked out really well, and the whole carbine is still extremely light weight!  Tomorrow I hope to run it over the chrony and zero the Bug Buster, but till then, here are a couple pics of it's current configuration.

Paul did the LDC adatper come with it or something you had and added it?

Looks good with the can on it

Dan, it did not come with it, but the same adapter that works on the AA S510 works perfectly on the Jet, so I just pulled it from the S510 till I get one specifically for it.  I will say that it is extremely quiet with the Air Impulse moderator!

mines local now , scheduled for delivery tommroow , had no idea UPs was running christmas eve

I hope you get a good one!  Mine has had some hiccups, but it's running pretty good now.  I did loose all it's air after I filled it this morning.  Not sure why.  I refilled it and could hear it leaking out of where the air cylinder screws onto the block.  I removed the air cylinder, put a little silicone grease on the end and threads that screw into the cylinder and reattached it.  I filled it again to 250 BAR and no leak!  I've run about 10 magazine through it trying the iron sights and different red dots and scopes.   I think the Bug Buster is going to stay on it.  The temps are dropping again, so I topped it back off to 250 BAR and will let it sit overnight and see if it holds a full charge.  Please feel free to add your experiences here when you get yours!

[Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58)]

I almost forgot, I did hear back from Hatsan regarding spare air cylinders.  Here's what they said:

The Jet cylinders will be available early next year. The Jet I additional cylinders will be available in black, green, blue, and red, and the MSRP for them is $79.99 each. The Jet II dual cylinders can also be used on the Jet I. Those dual cylinders will also be available in the same colors for $129.99.

Good to know a Jet 1 can be converted to a Jet 2 if you want to...

[gendoc]

very good Paul.... i could'nt hit squat at 8yrds from open sight and 12 yrds with know good scope after correct bore sighting.

[gendoc]

oh well. back to drawing board....

[ranchibi]

Paul! You group better with iron sights than I do with an FFP scope....LOL! 😂 excellent group! Awesome little set-up! FYI....here is a cool inexpensive little scope that has a parallax wheel that focuses down to 10yds with a great IR reticle for 82 bucks....gonna get one for my Prod or....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fire-Wolf-2-7X24-Tactical-Scope-Reticle-Optical-Rifle-Scope-Riflescopes-Hunting/194972022740?_trkparms=amclksrc=ITM&aid=1110006&algo=HOMESPLICE.SIM&ao=1&asc=20200818142055&meid=e05a4e78a65f470c9e7c280036d596d8&pid=101113&rk=1&rkt=12&sd=203487726320&itm=194972022740&pmt=0&noa=1&pg=2563228&algv=DefaultOrganic&_trksid=p2563228.c101113.m2109&pageci=2e612401-d6d4-447a-8190-46fc11e5f6c8&redirect=mobile

[Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58)]

Paul! You group better with iron sights than I do with an FFP scope....LOL! 😂 excellent group! Awesome little set-up! FYI....here is a cool inexpensive little scope that has a parallax wheel that focuses down to 10yds with a great IR reticle for 82 bucks....gonna get one for my Prod or....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fire-Wolf-2-7X24-Tactical-Scope-Reticle-Optical-Rifle-Scope-Riflescopes-Hunting/194972022740?_trkparms=amclksrc=ITM&aid=1110006&algo=HOMESPLICE.SIM&ao=1&asc=20200818142055&meid=e05a4e78a65f470c9e7c280036d596d8&pid=101113&rk=1&rkt=12&sd=203487726320&itm=194972022740&pmt=0&noa=1&pg=2563228&algv=DefaultOrganic&_trksid=p2563228.c101113.m2109&pageci=2e612401-d6d4-447a-8190-46fc11e5f6c8&redirect=mobile

Thanks Randall!  That is a nice little scope, please let us know how you like it!  I have more scopes than I have air guns, so I hate to get another one, but if it's a good one, it may be worth it at that price!

[ranchibi]

Paul! You group better with iron sights than I do with an FFP scope....LOL! 😂 excellent group! Awesome little set-up! FYI....here is a cool inexpensive little scope that has a parallax wheel that focuses down to 10yds with a great IR reticle for 82 bucks....gonna get one for my Prod or....

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fire-Wolf-2-7X24-Tactical-Scope-Reticle-Optical-Rifle-Scope-Riflescopes-Hunting/194972022740?_trkparms=amclksrc=ITM&aid=1110006&algo=HOMESPLICE.SIM&ao=1&asc=20200818142055&meid=e05a4e78a65f470c9e7c280036d596d8&pid=101113&rk=1&rkt=12&sd=203487726320&itm=194972022740&pmt=0&noa=1&pg=2563228&algv=DefaultOrganic&_trksid=p2563228.c101113.m2109&pageci=2e612401-d6d4-447a-8190-46fc11e5f6c8&redirect=mobile

Thanks Randall!  That is a nice little scope, please let us know how you like it!  I have more scopes than I have air guns, so I hate to get another one, but if it's a good one, it may be worth it at that price!

Will do 👍

[Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58)]

very good Paul.... i could'nt hit squat at 8yrds from open sight and 12 yrds with know good scope after correct bore sighting.

You definately got a lemon, John!  Hopefully, the replacement Kral you have coming will be accurate!  I will say that the Jet is extremely lightweight and would have been a great airgun for your grand daughter, but if she's getting the same air gun as her Dad, I think she will be thrilled!