Airtech Regal Arrived!!

[andykllhr 91]

I think you're right with your comments lads, I have aspired to own a Daystate since I was 14 when I used to drool over them in airgun world, and when I finally got one it was far from the supergun it should have been. However, for less than £100 and some time with Carl it is what it always should have been, it's now a truly fantastic rifle, light, balanced, really pointable, astoundingly accurate and consistent. I have yet to test the shot count, but it's pointless until I get my gauge fixed on my bottle, but as I can now charge to 210+ bar, I imagine it would be greatly improved from the 82 quoted by Daystate.

Moral of the story, if you've got a Regal, send it to Carl ;-)

Edited April 3, 2016 by andykllhr

[andykllhr 91]

On another note, I also wanted a black cocking bolt for the rifle, the shiny chrome is hardly tactical. After searching around and only finding one on eBay for £36+ I gave Daystate a call, they make black ones for the Regal for £19 posted, bargain

[steg 609]

Be interesting to see some chrono results when you get chance andy.

[villaman 9,983]

So the gauge on the gun does not show how many bar of air you have , is that right

[villaman 9,983]

Bit unfair to say Daystate owners bury their head in the sand Mitch? We bought them for the same reasons you did mate? Truthful answer? I bought Helen a Daystate Huntsman Classic purely on spec because we loved the look of it and the handling and superb accuracy it has and it has never given us cause to regret buying it. It is a really lovely rifle and like David says, it too, doesn't miss a beat

 

If I have a case for genuine reproach it lies less with the Regal I have and more with unscrupulous buggers in the gun trade who conned me for my lack of knowledge with technical tuning aspects and power-curves and sweet-spots. And Daystate themselves. They had my rifle for two months before I asked them when would it be ready. That same day I got an emal back saying it was fixed and retuned to 11.3 ft/lbs. They did little to warrant that amount of time away and I still think the lack of power was nothing more than the inherent power-curve of their valve system.

 

The thing with the air rifle makers is, when they want a favourable review for a new gun from someone, regardlaess of whether it's the monthly Airgun press or Youtube channels, they will ensure the reviewer gets a prime example of that rifle that has been checked, tuned, serviced, doctored and tweaked and set into the finest wood grain stock they had in the place; with none of the faults we, the poor bloody customers have to contend with. You can hardly write or comment negatively if what you've been sent is performing superbly and looks beautiful.

 

Money doesn't grow on trees for anyone. Especially since the air rifle hunting market is not generally in the same financial market league as Purdy shotguns and all.

 

Daystate will learn the hard way that, get stung in this market and you won't be buying another from them anytime soon. "Fool Me Once. Shame On You! Fool Me Twice? Shame On Me!" so no repeat business there. And they need that to survive in the marketplace.

 

When I look at the three superb Weihrauch spring rifles I have just in front of me here, I think, what exactly do these guns lack, that I need to find in another rifle?. Nothing at all. .

Sorry Simon it was bit of tongue in cheek if you know what i mean

[andykllhr 91]

Yes, because of the position of the gauge on the gun, it now only records the regulator pressure unfortunately, but no dramas if you can register through the bottle when filling. I will have to get a new combro, I shot through mine with my about six months ago, I put it to one side and my missus thought it was rubbish. I only realised when I researched getting it fixed, would have only cost me £7, but now I'm stuck with £45+ for a new one.

[pianoman 3,587]

Excellent write-up report Andy.

 

So now, if I have this understood correctly, where currently, I have to carefully fill my Regal to about half-way middle of the yellow band of the rifle's guage, to get 11.3 ft/lbs @160 bar output, you can fill the cylinder all the way to the top of yours and get consistent full-power performance and a lot more shots?

 

If that is so, that makes this a brillianrt rifle now. Especially if you don't have to keep an eye on it as much.

 

I've got about ten tins of Air Arms Field .177 4.51mm which it absolutely loves. I'm thinking might be an idea to use these up before I get mine done by Carl. If the power changes the pellet weight and headsze needed.

 

I just don't want to keep seeing a .177 pellet in the scope, wheezing its way to the target with more trajectory arc and slower than a .22 pellet.

[andykllhr 91]

Providing the cylinder pressure is higher than the regulator pressure (110 ish bar) then you get a full power shot, exactly the same as the hundred or so that preceeded it. So yeah, filling to 230 bar, you can shoot down to 110, which is loads of shots. Well worth doing pianoman, Carl has made the Regal a really top level performer, as I said before, when he was testing he said that accuracy wise it would give top end target rifles a run for their money and it was too good for hunting lol

[airtech 39]

Andy try daystate Sovereign or air arms diabolo express both in 4.52 both worked well in the rifle when I was setting it I found the 4,50 wasn't that good. also when you charge the rifle charge it slow don't just blast the air in. that will bounce the piston in the reg and give you low power for a number of shots. your pressure gauge on the gun is not reading correct the reg is set to 95 bar but the gauge on the rifle reads just over 100 bar these small gauges are really just a indicator just let me know if it is all over the place from the next charge. if it is I will fit a restrictor into your charging valve

[airtech 39]

yes unfortunatly the pressure gauge is tapped directly into the firing chamber on the regal so any fitting of a reg will mean the gauge will only read reg pressure. if you was having a custom made stock i would recomend the guage be blocked off and have a quick fill on the end of the cylinder that also has a pressure gauge like the goldstar etc. your reg is set to 95 bar Andy not 110 as your pressure guage reads

[andykllhr 91]

Thanks Carl, I have some AA field 4.52 lying around so I'll give them a go, I'll try filling slower next time, would be helpful with the gauge on my dive bottle fixed though, think I might have rammed 280 bar in the gun ?