Hatsan Jet I/II Discussion

[kbstingwing]

Hey Paulie, Fix the Cant on your scope, I feel like I'm watching an episode of the old Batman TV series....  

[Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58)]

Hey Paulie, Fix the Cant on your scope, I feel like I'm watching an episode of the old Batman TV series....

LOL!  I noticed that also.  Funny thing, when I'm looking at it through the scope, there is no cant!  I need to do some more testing to ensure it's not something wrong with the NV-100...

[avator]

This is the one keeps me from getting a Jet.
It began as an SPA CP1 and grew into a PP800.
It runs a mid to upper 600 fps with 8.4 .177.
I know it's under classed in comparison but it satisfies me.

[Spacebus]

This is the one keeps me from getting a Jet.
It began as an SPA CP1 and grew into a PP800.
It runs a mid to upper 600 fps with 8.4 .177.
I know it's under classed in comparison but it satisfies me.

Same here. My bandit is setup very similar, but regulated for six full power shots sending 20.06 grain 25 cal FTT's at 600+ (chronograph is broken so I don't know exactly). If I didn't already have the Bandit a Jet 1 or 2 would be on order.

[avator]

I don't know.. I also had alot of fun with the process of taking the CP1 through the phases it went through to get where it is now. Tinkering/modding with no certain goal is a very satisfying part of the airgun experience for me.

[FowlerAirguns]

The Hatsan Sortie Magazine arrived today, and I can verify, it does work in the Jet!  In fact, it even works with a scope and the iron sites!  It's only 4 more rounds (10 v. 6), but even those extra few rounds before having to swap a magazine are nice.

I did play with the front site adjustment some, but it is finiky!  I need to place it in a sled on a bench and use a punch and light hammer to gently nidge it one way or the other to get it truely centered.  Trying to push it back and forth with my fingers does not allow for very intricate adjustments.  But I did get it closer.  That's a 2" target shot from 20 yards.  Without the scope and camera, this thing is unbelievibly light and easy to maneuver!  The STO Pugio LCD is also very lightweight and compact, while doing an excellent job of silencing the bark!  Better than the longer Air Impulse I had on it!

I just ordered the Sortie magazine for my Jet 2 in .25 caliber. Be sure to check out my Youtube channel for more tips and info on the Hatsan Jet. @ Fowler Airguns @ Youtube

[scopecreep...]

I'd like to thank all of you for talking me into this while they were on sale. I really thought I was going to make through last year without buying another airgun...

I cleaned the barrel and danced a can around the yard late yesterday afternoon. You'd think that this thing came from Tim McMurray, the sights were dead on. The stock works well and without it's as much fun as my IZH46 except the cans don't last as long.

Today I had time to mount and sight in the red dot. It's a little too soggy here to access my 40 yard range so I made do with 13 yards. I had four shots left in the mag after reaching zero. I picked a new dot, one was a slight flyer and the other three cut center in one slightly ragged hole. Unfortunately there wasn't enough light for the chrono but judging from the damage to the can from the previous afternoon it's hitting harder than my Prod with Crosman 14.3s.

Hearing protection is recommended, it has quite a crack and seems louder than my 30 cal Leshiy 2 with the short 250mm barrel.

I haven't been this pleasantly surprised with an airgun since Tim insisted that purchase his last IZH46.

[Rob M]

I'd like to thank all of you for talking me into this while they were on sale. I really thought I was going to make through last year without buying another airgun...

I cleaned the barrel and danced a can around the yard late yesterday afternoon. You'd think that this thing came from Tim McMurray, the sights were dead on. The stock works well and without it's as much fun as my IZH46 except the cans don't last as long.

Today I had time to mount and sight in the red dot. It's a little too soggy here to access my 40 yard range so I made do with 13 yards. I had four shots left in the mag after reaching zero. I picked a new dot, one was a slight flyer and the other three cut center in one slightly ragged hole. Unfortunately there wasn't enough light for the chrono but judging from the damage to the can from the previous afternoon it's hitting harder than my Prod with Crosman 14.3s.

Hearing protection is recommended, it has quite a crack and seems louder than my 30 cal Leshiy 2 with the short 250mm barrel.

I haven't been this pleasantly surprised with an airgun since Tim insisted that purchase his last IZH46.

agreed its a lot of gun for not much money at all. mines very accurate  but havent gone for any distance yet.. been shooting mostly as a pistol

[Spacebus]

I'd like to thank all of you for talking me into this while they were on sale. I really thought I was going to make through last year without buying another airgun...

I cleaned the barrel and danced a can around the yard late yesterday afternoon. You'd think that this thing came from Tim McMurray, the sights were dead on. The stock works well and without it's as much fun as my IZH46 except the cans don't last as long.

Today I had time to mount and sight in the red dot. It's a little too soggy here to access my 40 yard range so I made do with 13 yards. I had four shots left in the mag after reaching zero. I picked a new dot, one was a slight flyer and the other three cut center in one slightly ragged hole. Unfortunately there wasn't enough light for the chrono but judging from the damage to the can from the previous afternoon it's hitting harder than my Prod with Crosman 14.3s.

Hearing protection is recommended, it has quite a crack and seems louder than my 30 cal Leshiy 2 with the short 250mm barrel.

I haven't been this pleasantly surprised with an airgun since Tim insisted that purchase his last IZH46.

I like your optic, any details?

[Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58)]

I'd like to thank all of you for talking me into this while they were on sale. I really thought I was going to make through last year without buying another airgun...

I cleaned the barrel and danced a can around the yard late yesterday afternoon. You'd think that this thing came from Tim McMurray, the sights were dead on. The stock works well and without it's as much fun as my IZH46 except the cans don't last as long.

Today I had time to mount and sight in the red dot. It's a little too soggy here to access my 40 yard range so I made do with 13 yards. I had four shots left in the mag after reaching zero. I picked a new dot, one was a slight flyer and the other three cut center in one slightly ragged hole. Unfortunately there wasn't enough light for the chrono but judging from the damage to the can from the previous afternoon it's hitting harder than my Prod with Crosman 14.3s.

Hearing protection is recommended, it has quite a crack and seems louder than my 30 cal Leshiy 2 with the short 250mm barrel.

I haven't been this pleasantly surprised with an airgun since Tim insisted that purchase his last IZH46.

I really like that sling set-up, any details on where to source the parts?  How is it attached at the butt stock?

[scopecreep...]

The red dot is a 3 moa Vortex Venom, YMD-3103. I have one on my Prod bullpup and hotrod 2289. Shim the rear between the mount and optics with some aluminum can stock to drop the point of impact. A spring loaded dovetail to Pickitanny adapter keeps it low profile.



Being picky about hardware, a Troy Picatinny QD sling mount/swivel. The sling is a basic Magpul RLS. Both were purchased on sale from Midway, slings were only $7 at the time so I stocked up. Amazon usually has both items however I prefer to buy from Larry Potterfield, he picks up the phone if you ask for him. The cool thing about the sling is the slider allows for easy adjustment if you want go Rhodesian.

The rear is held in place by a loop of 1.8mm braided nylon cord. I'm pretty sure the 1.8 mm cord is stronger the shoe laces of 50 years ago. This works well with the cheek riser in Position Three.  Position Four has room for 550 cord. I have some 1 x 10 mm nylon webbing that may replace the 1.8mm cord or perhaps a little Dremel work on the lower portion of the slot and a fitted Kydex washer to allow for 550 cord in Position Three.

[scopecreep...]

Oops, no way to edit the post above, shimmig the rear of the sight of the lowers the dot and raises the point of impact. Very busy weekend, got my drooper confused while rushing a post. ;-)

[hfenn]

took the barrel and shroud off, the barrel is actually 12mm , the knub at the rear is 10mm.  Theres an oring inisde the barreel to seal the probe.. The entire shroud and barrel assembly come off with 4 screws. Transfer port is pretty big didnt measure it ,,, My windage was off to the left a bit ,, crosman barrels will not be drop in, theyd need a sleeve at the rear, and be remachined,

Mine shoots about 1½" to the left also with the iron sights.  It would have been nice to have a windage adjustment!

I have the Jet 1 in .22 and th2 in .177 and I have the same trouble with the iron (plastic!) sights. I had to put a Center Point red dot on to get sighted. I'm testing pellets now. Both barrels were filthy.

[Houdini]

Hi Everyone and thanks for all the great info on the Jet!

I had a couple of questions I was hoping someone could answer.

1- I just purchased a Jet1 new from a well known store. I was a bit surprised that the air cylinder was a little less than half full when I took it out of the box. Does Hatsan ship with some air in the cylinder or did I get sold a used gun?

2- Sorry if this is a dumb question but I am still new to PCP. A have a AirForce Condor and I use their AirForce Scuba Tank Adapter K-valve, Steel Hose. Can I use this to fill the Hatsan? I thought I could but I cant slip the QD over the Hatsan nipple. Do I need a filling system in a different size?

Any info would be appreciated.

[Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58)]

Hi Everyone and thanks for all the great info on the Jet!

I had a couple of questions I was hoping someone could answer.

1- I just purchased a Jet1 new from a well known store. I was a bit surprised that the air cylinder was a little less than half full when I took it out of the box. Does Hatsan ship with some air in the cylinder or did I get sold a used gun?

2- Sorry if this is a dumb question but I am still new to PCP. A have a AirForce Condor and I use their AirForce Scuba Tank Adapter K-valve, Steel Hose. Can I use this to fill the Hatsan? I thought I could but I cant slip the QD over the Hatsan nipple. Do I need a filling system in a different size?

Any info would be appreciated.

Hey Harry,  I'll do my best to answer your questions, but it is based on my personal experience:

1- I just purchased a Jet1 new from a well known store. I was a bit surprised that the air cylinder was a little less than half full when I took it out of the box. Does Hatsan ship with some air in the cylinder or did I get sold a used gun?

Mine did come with some air in the cylinder, I don't recall how much, but it wasn't completely empty.  Another tip, don't screw the cylinder all the way on, if you do it won't hold air.  I found this out because after shooting it for the first time I went over it ensuring everything was good and snug.  Because I did this prior to refilling, I was able to tighten the cylinder about a ¼ turn.  If you do have this issue, fill the cylinder to max pressure and unscrew it from the gun (it is how swapable on the Jet 1) then just screw it back on until it breaks the seal and air flows to the valve.  You'll know because it will suddenly become very hard to turn under max pressure.  Then just leave it there and you should be good to go.


2- Sorry if this is a dumb question but I am still new to PCP. A have a AirForce Condor and I use their AirForce Scuba Tank Adapter K-valve, Steel Hose. Can I use this to fill the Hatsan? I thought I could but I cant slip the QD over the Hatsan nipple. Do I need a filling system in a different size?

You should have received a Female Quick Release Foster Fitting with the Jet 1.  I found the Quick Disconnect Forster fitting I had on my compressor would not fit the Male Foster Fitting on my Jet 1.  I ended up replacing it with the one that came with the Jet (it's was much nicer, being the elongated style) and that fixed the problem for me.  The new Quick Disconnect has a slightly larger ID to fit the Hatsan Jet Foster Fitting, but I have found it works with all the Foster Fittings on all my other guns as well with no issues.  So, I would just replace the Female Quick Disconnect you have on your Charging Station with the one from Hatsan and you should be good to go...

Hope this helps, and enjoy your Jet 1!

[hfenn]

Hi Everyone and thanks for all the great info on the Jet!

I had a couple of questions I was hoping someone could answer.

1- I just purchased a Jet1 new from a well known store. I was a bit surprised that the air cylinder was a little less than half full when I took it out of the box. Does Hatsan ship with some air in the cylinder or did I get sold a used gun?

2- Sorry if this is a dumb question but I am still new to PCP. A have a AirForce Condor and I use their AirForce Scuba Tank Adapter K-valve, Steel Hose. Can I use this to fill the Hatsan? I thought I could but I cant slip the QD over the Hatsan nipple. Do I need a filling system in a different size?

Any info would be appreciated.

1. Both my Jet 1 and Jet 2 came with about 1000 psi. Every PCP I ever bought came with some air. I think this is from the factory or retailer test (my opinion).
2. The female Foster on my Guppy whip would not fit the fill nipples, however, I had an AirVenturi adaptor on hand that fit the male threads of the supplied fill assembly so I installed the Hatsan one on that and am good to go.
By the way, the female fitting supplied on the whip of the GX CS1-I pump fits the Hatsan nipple. I'm using it to fill the Jets, it only takes a few minutes to top them back off after shooting a couple of mags.
Hope this helps.

[Houdini]

Hi Everyone and thanks for all the great info on the Jet!

I had a couple of questions I was hoping someone could answer.

1- I just purchased a Jet1 new from a well known store. I was a bit surprised that the air cylinder was a little less than half full when I took it out of the box. Does Hatsan ship with some air in the cylinder or did I get sold a used gun?

2- Sorry if this is a dumb question but I am still new to PCP. A have a AirForce Condor and I use their AirForce Scuba Tank Adapter K-valve, Steel Hose. Can I use this to fill the Hatsan? I thought I could but I cant slip the QD over the Hatsan nipple. Do I need a filling system in a different size?

Any info would be appreciated.

Hey Harry,  I'll do my best to answer your questions, but it is based on my personal experience:

1- I just purchased a Jet1 new from a well known store. I was a bit surprised that the air cylinder was a little less than half full when I took it out of the box. Does Hatsan ship with some air in the cylinder or did I get sold a used gun?

Mine did come with some air in the cylinder, I don't recall how much, but it wasn't completely empty.  Another tip, don't screw the cylinder all the way on, if you do it won't hold air.  I found this out because after shooting it for the first time I went over it ensuring everything was good and snug.  Because I did this prior to refilling, I was able to tighten the cylinder about a ¼ turn.  If you do have this issue, fill the cylinder to max pressure and unscrew it from the gun (it is how swapable on the Jet 1) then just screw it back on until it breaks the seal and air flows to the valve.  You'll know because it will suddenly become very hard to turn under max pressure.  Then just leave it there and you should be good to go.


2- Sorry if this is a dumb question but I am still new to PCP. A have a AirForce Condor and I use their AirForce Scuba Tank Adapter K-valve, Steel Hose. Can I use this to fill the Hatsan? I thought I could but I cant slip the QD over the Hatsan nipple. Do I need a filling system in a different size?

You should have received a Female Quick Release Foster Fitting with the Jet 1.  I found the Quick Disconnect Forster fitting I had on my compressor would not fit the Male Foster Fitting on my Jet 1.  I ended up replacing it with the one that came with the Jet (it's was much nicer, being the elongated style) and that fixed the problem for me.  The new Quick Disconnect has a slightly larger ID to fit the Hatsan Jet Foster Fitting, but I have found it works with all the Foster Fittings on all my other guns as well with no issues.  So, I would just replace the Female Quick Disconnect you have on your Charging Station with the one from Hatsan and you should be good to go...

Hope this helps, and enjoy your Jet 1!

I appreciate all the help.

Rat Sniper - I just tried the new  quick disconnect that came with the hatsan and it fits my Condor. The problem is that the QD on the AirForce Scuba Tank Adapter K-valve is a female and the Hatsan is a male. Is there a adapter I can use? I am a bit lost.

Any help appreciated!

[Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58)]

Harry, Can you post some pictures of the two adapters you're talking about?  Seeing them will help me understand what you have and I 'd be better able to see if I know of a solution.

[Houdini]

Harry, Can you post some pictures of the two adapters you're talking about?  Seeing them will help me understand what you have and I 'd be better able to see if I know of a solution.

Here you go. Hopefully this helps!

Thanks again.

[Rat Sniper (AKA: PaulT58)]

The easy fix is to get one of these to attach to the Hatsan fitting and then just attach it to your fill whip: