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PAG AIR WOLF Shroud Reviews!
Air
Ranger: First with PAG Shroud
Review!
June 25 2007 at
9:15 A |
Donnel
Emerson |
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I promised Steve
Ballew at Pomona Airguns (PAG) a review so here it
goes. A couple months ago I bought the .22 Air Ranger
from Mike Gervais (great guy to do business with). I
quickly crowned her with a Bushy 4200 and tested her
in my basement. It sighted in great, but it seemed
loud - a definitive cracking POP!. My basement poles
would ring after each shot, but I thought maybe the
confines made it artificially loud. I do have an AZ
shrouded .25 pushing 55 ft lbs and compared it. There
was no comparison... Bottom line for me, the Rangers
factory shroud was anemic looking and performed just
as poorly. I called Steve Pomona and discussed my
quandary - he never machined a shroud for a Ranger,
but seemed excited at the prospect. He said lots of
people were inquiring about an after market shroud and
mine and an Air Wolf would be the first ones. So I
shipped it off with the anticipation of Christmas once
again. You guys aren't kidding - this ultimate pursuit
of perfection is a never ending addiction  ,
but I digress.
It took a while to get back, but again Steve was
custom fitting. He tells me all the measurements are
locked in so any new ones would be much quicker and
the parts are being batched together.
Below are some pics: There's the .25 Rapid just above
the Ranger. (couldn't help myself) The Ranger's
factory shroud is lined up so you can see Steve put an
extra three and a half inches on its length. The
factory diameter is .875" (7/8") where Steve's
is 1.25". For me it's a much beefier look and a
better match for the gun over all.
Daystate
7/8" Factory shroud placed next over Steve's for
comparison.
Now for the
litmus test. I took her over my friends house to
stretch her legs where we can shoot out to 115 yards.
A tall order for a gun I'm just getting to know, but
she came through! Within 10 minutes we were hitting
soda cans with relative ease at that range! NO
clipping here. She is a shooter, and I think a better
one now with the shroud. The whole setup is stiffer
and basically mutes any inherent harmonic problems in
the small barrel. Oh, I almost forgot - She only talks
in whispers now. )))))))
Nothing sexier than a beautiful girl - who's quiet.
Below are some more pics to illustrate Steve's
workmanship. Sorry if some a blurry.
The matt black
finish seems durable and I love how he got the shroud
machined down to the action block at the same angle as
the factory. - Top notch all the way.
In my humble
opinion, a shroud is a must for this gun. If Steve
couldn't do it, I wouldn't have kept it. Not only does
it look awesome - it sounds like it should, like it
isn't even there.
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.22
Airwolf finally!
July 13 2007 at
12:30 AM |
Linstun Lee |
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Yes,
its finally here!
I recieved it this afternoon from Steve at
Pomona Airguns.
The gun is flawless, no scratches, chips . The
wood is very nice with good grain details. Steve
told me that these batches were the best he has
seen so far.
Steve's shrouds are just awesome. Both on my new
Airwolf and my Rapid MK2.
Now for my 1st impressions on the .22 40ftlb
wolf:
The bad news of the day, was that I did not have
any high scope mounts. So my Bushnell Banner
6-24X40 Mildot would not clear the shroud. I
ended up scoping my wolf with a Winchester 3-9
X32 scope. And sighted her in at 30 yards.
This gun is far from 40ftlbs, try 35ftlbs to be
exact. The best it could shoot the .22 21 grain
Kodiaks was 860 FPS. I really wished that it
could shoot it at least in the 900 range.
This is also something Steve at Pomona told me
before hand. That "some guns were either
35-41 ft.lbs.".
My gun has absolutely no issues. I truly believe
that alot of it has to do with Steve's sturdy
shroud. No clipping issues, electronic glitches,
nor any harmonic dilemas.
Also, I have not encountered any barrel problems
as well. Shot a full 2 tins of Kodiaks already.
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The electronic
adjustements are easy to operate. And the electronic
trigger feels good. Now is it better than the Rapids?
Hmm I give it a 50/50 tie. But give props for Theoben
in making a trigger just as good without electronics
though.
My wolf with the shroud is 43.5 inches long. Steve
made my shroud 3 inches instead of the norm of 3.5
inches.
This gun is whisper quiet just like my other Rapid
steve shrouded. If you guys plan on getting a wolf.
Buy it from Steve PAG, and have Steve put one of his
shrouds on it. The stock shroud is trash IMO and there
are just too many problems with them period.
The bolt on the wolf is nice. Since there isnt a
hammer in this gun, theres no tension whatsoever. I
like this bolt a little bit more than the Rapid's.
I want to be able to mount my Bushnell Banner scope on
this gun. Steve has sent me taller mounts and I should
recieve them this tuesday. So I will put the rest of
the test on hold.
So far I really enjoy this gun, you know me, I like
having variety. And the Airwolf is a must in ones
collection. Just make sure to get one with Steves
shroud though.
SP
Some pics:
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