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It’s a Daystate tradition! Every year the famous British manufacturer produces a collectible, limited edition model. They’re aimed directly at the Daystate cognoscenti, hard core enthusiasts and anyone who loves truly beautiful airguns.

For 2021, Daystate is to produce just 250 examples of this new Red Wolf Heritage Limited Edition air rifle. Yes, that’s just 250 examples will be released for sale worldwide. So if you want one, you’ll need to get in line today!

Fortunately Airguns of Arizona has ordered a large batch for their customers. The first rifles will be shipped from the factory in mid April. So one can be yours in June – with luck!

The advanced second generation GCU 2.0 Red Wolf has been chosen as the base for this new Limited Edition model. It will be available in .177, .22, .25 and .30 calibers.

The Red Wolf Heritage combines bronze and carbon-fibre finishes with matching laminate woodwork. It’s styled to match the company’s 40th anniversary Genus of 2019.

Daystate says the new Red Wolf Heritage reminds shooters that – besides leading the airgun world technologically – Daystate also creates some of the finest looking rifles in more classical format.

The limited edition Heritage model incorporates the very latest updates applied to the Red Wolf in its three-year production. These include the critically acclaimed A.R.T barrel and MCT technology. This allows the Red Wolf Heritage to deliver match-like accuracy out to the most extreme ranges, Daystate says.

Red Wolf Heritage features:

• Limited to 250 rifles, individually serial numbered with Certificate of Authenticity
  
• Ergonomic sidelever operation with Limited Edition lever handle
  
• Ambidextrous, laminated bi-coloured stock with adjustable cheekpiece and 3D adjustable butt pad
  
• Special chequering grip panels
  
• Bronze and nickel plate-coloured action
  
• GCU 2.0 electronics latched to LiPo rechargeable battery
  
• 3 digitally-set power settings
  
• Muzzle Energies available from 12 to 65Ft/Lbs
  
• A.R.T barrel compatible with the latest generation of airgun ‘slug’ ammo like Rangemaster Juggernaut
  
• New, self-indexing 8/13-shot rotary magazine with flip-open loading gate
  
• Single-shot tray supplied
  
• Two-stage electronic trigger
  
• Resettable safety catch
  
• Full length, integral sound moderator with adaptor for second stage silencer and bronze 0dB silencer
  
• Custom hard case
  
• Certificate of authenticity
  

Contact Airguns of Arizona for details of availability and price. They’ll be pleased to help you make your choice…

Today we’re traveling to a small village somewhere in the middle of England. Actually, it’s the quiet medieval village of Eccleshall in the county of Staffordshire. There – if you know where to look – you’ll find an inconspicuous-looking modern building tucked-away. It’s the Daystate factory.

In fact, this is the factory where both Daystate and Brocock airguns are assembled. Let’s look around and see the mouth-watering variety of beautiful air rifles in various states of construction…

Above. Assembled actions are stored in racks prior for leak testing. Stocks are added only at the final stage – just prior to packaging – to protect the beautiful woodwork.

At Daystate, every air rifle is built to order. The customer is indicated on the breech of each gun with a paper sticker. For example the AOFA stickers on these Brocock Commanders indicate that they are destined to cross the Atlantic to Airguns of Arizona.

Then there’s more over here for AoA, too!

At one side of the manufacturing floor, ART barrels arrive. They’re machined ready for installation in the breech/receiver assemblies.

In another part of the floor, trigger assemblies are being assembled by expert technicians at their workbenches. These are electronic triggers for the Delta Wolf.

Below we see some Wolverine HPs being assembled. This, of course, is Daystate’s top-of-the-line, all-mechanical air rifle.

Each Daystate and Brocock air rifle is bench-assembled by a skilled technician. They’re proud of their work, as you can see below!

Each gun is filled with High Pressure Air and then leak-tested for several days. Once they have passed that test, they move on to the shooting test.

Here, every gun is fired over a Chronograph and the targets checked for accuracy. Using Daystate pellets, of course!

A record is kept of the performance of every air rifle, on paper and electronically…

After testing, guns have the stocks added, prior to packing for shipment.

Now, finally, we have the final product! It’s checked-over a final time and boxed together with magazine, instruction manual and all the other goodies you find when a Daystate air rifle like these Pulsars reaches you!

I hope that you’ve enjoyed this Daystate factory tour!

From what I could see and hear, everyone there is doing a great job. They certainly know that Airguns of Arizona is one of their biggest and most important customers – that means that they try their best to ensure that the Daystate or Brocock air rifle YOU buy is as perfect as they can make it!

Now that the new Daystate Delta Wolf air rifle has started shipping, it’s a good time to look at how the advanced, built-in power control system works.

Being electronically-controlled, the Delta Wolf has some highly-sophisticated technology built into it. Of course, some folk are just going to love experimenting with all the options! But if pushing buttons is not for you, don’t worry: there’s minimal need for you – the owner – to get involved in detailed setup. Unless you want to, that is!

To achieve this result, the Daystate Delta Wolf’s built-in power control system is set-up so that every gun is pre-loaded with multiple shooting “profiles”. There’s one for each of the four calibers, two barrel lengths and two weights of pellets. This is incorporated in the factory build of all Delta Wolfs, regardless of the caliber actually you actually choose.

Much of this power control system is actually translated into the operation of the Delta Wolf’s valve, hammer and regulator. Here’s a close-up of the valve, below.

So if you want to go ahead and shoot your new Delta Wolf straight out of the box, you can do so. You just use one of the profiles that’s loaded into the gun.

Should you want to customize your Delta Wolf for your own specific power and pellet requirements, you can do this using the built-in Advanced Shot Settings functionality.

Let’s take a look at how this is done…

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1. Setting Regulator Pressure

The Daystate Delta Wolf is fitted with a HUMA regulator that it factory-set for the power level and caliber as shipped-out. However – as you would expect – it may be necessary to change the regulator set pressure if changing calibers.

Regulator pressure adjustment is undertaken manually by turning this screw at the front of the receiver.

To increase the regulator pressure, turn the screw counter-clockwise. You will see the pressure increase at the top left of the display screen.

To reduce the regulator pressure, it’s necessary to first release air pressure from the gun by unscrewing the HPA bottle. Prove safe, then “dry fire” the gun safely until it’s empty.

Now turn the regulator screw clockwise. The new – reduced – regulator pressure will display on the display screen once the HPA bottle is re-attached to the gun.

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2. Display Screen Basics

When shooting, the top part of the display screen shows actual data for the gun as it is right now. These include the actual regulator pressure (171 Bar), number of shots left in the magazine (8 S.L.) and FPS of the previous shot in the string (848).

You know which shooting profile you’re using because it’s indicated next to the “ACTIVE SET” text in the display. This is NOT shown in the photograph above.

The lower part of the display shows the setting parameters that were pre-programmed and are being used at this time. This includes regulator set pressure (175 Bar), caliber, barrel length and aim Muzzle Velocity.

Here’s how a different profile looks on the screen…

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3. Power Control Set Up

Basic Delta Wolf power control setup is undertaken by sideswiping on the screen to move through setting types, then pressing to register your selection.

As mentioned above, each Delta Wolf is programmed to include factory settings that make up a specific “shooting profile” for the gun. These can be changed by the owner as appropriate using the Advanced Shot Settings capability.

With so many types of pellets available and individual power level requirements, it’s obviously impossible for the Daystate team to program profiles for every possible combination. So – as you would expect – they’ve programmed the pre-set shooting profiles based on their own Rangemaster pellets and slugs.

This does NOT mean that you have to use Daystate pellets with the Delta Wolf. It just means that – if you want to use another pellet type or weight – just set it up using the Advanced Shot Settings capability outlined next.

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4. Advanced Shot Settings

The Delta Wolf features Daystate’s AVT – Advanced Velocity Technology.

Using AVT, you can create, set and name multiple individual shooting profiles for your own Delta Wolf. This includes fine-tuning the hammer stroke and dwell time in microseconds.

This AVT system includes an integrated Bluetooth module to allow for future additional features. Daystate says that this is what makes the Delta Wolf “future proof”.

So that’s an overview of the Daystate Delta Wolf power control system. It certainly looks impressive and comprehensive, as well as being easy to use.

AoA is getting the Delta Wolf as fast as the British factory can make them. So if you want to be a part of this new wave of airgunning, you’ll definitely want to get in line, as they’re selling on a “first come, first served” basis due to overwhelming demand!

As most of you know, the team at Airguns of Arizona are passionate about airguns. They’s also passionate about shooting them. And most of the AoA Team are also very good shots – or better!

Therefore it comes as no surprise that Lauren Parsons – one of the company’s more recent hires – is a world-class Field Target competitor.

So when we mention that the new Daystate Red Wolf Field Target LPR is the ultimate new model for Field Target enthusiasts, you’ll understand immediately that LPR stands for Lauren Parsons Rifle. It’s true!

Lauren explains. “I was looking for a new “traditional” looking Field Target rifle. At that point I had been shooting my Steyr LG 110. Whilst it is a fantastic gun and I have had great successes with it, I was wanting a change. I was looking for something more traditional, but nice. Accurate and WOW!”

“No gun on the market offered that to me straight out of the box”, she continued. “Of course, there always have been custom stocks available for guns and I just wanted something like the Daystate Grand Prix”.

“In fact, I wanted a Grand Prix, and I couldn’t find one anywhere! So Daystate and I got together and designed the gun with every little detail”.

The Daystate Red Wolf Field Target LPR is based on the proven Red Wolf electronic system. It’s pre-programmed with three highly-specific tuned settings and combines the best ART barrel from Lothar Walther with a fixed 300 cc air cylinder.

This makes the Red Wolf LPR geared exclusively for competition target shooting at the highest level.

Just take a look at that custom hand-made stock! It’s a masterpiece by British stockmaker, Warren Edwards.

Lauren helped design the stock and gave input as to what features she wanted it to have. “I wanted the palm rest and the scalloped cheek piece”, she explained. “An accessory rail and a good butt hook is a must on an FT gun”.

The Red Wolf LPR’s combination of scalloped cheek piece and full adjustability creates the ideal head position for almost any shooter.

The grip has been specially designed to accommodate a thumb around, thumb up, or side hand positions. It also uses an adjustable palm rest to cup the shooter’s hand perfectly.

The gray laminate stock is sculpted to create the trigger guard and there’s a cutout for the LCD screen area. The Red Wolf LPR has been fitted with a T-rail, located along the bottom of the stock, to accommodate all necessary accessories for a custom Field Target configuration.

The stock is completed by a Warren Edwards fully adjustable butt hook and adjustable hamster.

Here’s Lauren again: “I absolutely love this gun! It handles so nicely and the electronics are superb. The match trigger is crisp and and the stock fits me like a glove”.

In fact, she’s had pretty good results competing with her Red Wolf LPR thus far!

“My first competition I took it out on was the Arizona State Championships 2019”, Lauren told us. “I won the WFTF class with it. From there, I cleared my first course EVER with this gun in December. I performed really well at the Sonoran Desert Grand Prix”.

“At the Oregon State Championships I again won my class and also shot the overall match high score. I repeated that same performance at the Arizona State Championship with another overall high score”.

So it’s safe to say, this gun can shoot!

Lauren uses 10.34 Grain JSB Exact Heavy pellets in her Red Wolf LPR. That’s what she has found shoot the best out of this barrel.

The basis for the Daystate Red Wolf Field Target LPR is a .177 Red Wolf in standard power configuration. However, it’s fitted with a 300cc tube instead of the 480cc bottle. There’s also some very special custom programming of the electronics.

Lauren gets over 300 shots per fill on this gun so she never needs a tank for a weekend shoot.

In fact Lauren’s have Red Wolf LPR is custom-tuned with three power settings that I need the most. These settings give 11.4 Ft/Lbs, 11.8 Ft/Lbs and 12.4 Ft/Lbs respectively.

So when Lauren travels to a FT shoot and finds that her gun has lost some power due to elevation, she goes to the high power setting. If environmental factors mean she is over the 12 Ft/Lbs limit at a match, she selects the lower power tune.

It’s very simple to do. Because the power setting is displayed on the side of the gun, anyone can see what power setting the gun is using.

“This is the most comfortable gun that I have ever shot and competed with”, says Lauren. “I absolutely love the way it feels and shoots. And – by the way – that’s my favorite Kahles scope on top of it. Watch this space because I will be keeping this one for a while!”

Each Red Wolf LPR includes a single shot tray, magazine and fitted hard case. It’s ready to go straight out of the box, says Lauren.

And guess what? The Daystate Red Wolf Field Target LPR is in stock at Airguns of Arizona right now…