{"id":1454,"date":"2011-07-11T01:04:34","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T08:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2011-06-28T13:12:22","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T20:12:22","slug":"the-50-fp-daystate-air-ranger-%e2%80%93-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/the-50-fp-daystate-air-ranger-%e2%80%93-part-i.html","title":{"rendered":"The 50-fp Daystate Air Ranger \u2013 Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Daystate Air Ranger is a beautiful air rifle.<\/p><\/div>\n

I guess the good folks at Airguns of Arizona got tired of my whining: \u201cHow come you never send me any of the really nice airguns, huh?\u201d (The real answer is that they can hardly keep them in stock. Commander in Chief Robert Buchanan tells me that the most expensive airguns they stock are also their best sellers.)<\/p>\n

So, to quiet me for a while, they sent me a Daystate Air Ranger. Not just any old Air Ranger, mind you, (It\u2019s available in four different calibers: .177, .20, .22 and .25.) but a 50 foot-pound<\/span> .22 caliber model.<\/p>\n

My first impression of it is that it is just flat gorgeous. And this is not just an opinion of one \u2013 my wife wandered by while I was writing this review. She stopped. \u201cIs that real wood?\u201d she asked. \u201cYes,\u201d I said. She said: \u201cAnd a compass in the stock . . . ooh, I\u2019m getting goosebumps!\u201d<\/p>\n

Okay, it doesn\u2019t really have a compass in the stock, but the Daystate symbol — crosshairs through two concentric circles with stars around the perimeter \u2013 really resembles one at first glance. Even without a real compass, you\u2019d have to be pretty jaded not to recognize that the Air Range is a nice looking rifle in a 40.5-inch, 8.6-lb package.<\/p>\n

Starting at the back, you\u2019ll find a soft rubber ventilated butt pad. Forward of that is the ambidextrous, oiled-walnut thumbhole stock. Moving forward again, just ahead of the thumbhole itself, the pistol grip is knurled on either side and finished on the bottom with a dark hardwood cap separated from the pistol grip itself by a thin white spacer. Above the pistol grip on either side is a shelf for parking your thumb while shooting.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the pistol grip, a black metal trigger guard surrounds a silver metal trigger that is adjustable for second stage weight, trigger angle, and first stage travel. Moving forward again, the walnut stock overlaps the trigger guard somewhat. The forestock has a groove on either side that I found quite handy for pulling the Air Ranger down onto my knee while shooting from the sitting position.<\/p>\n

Next, underneath the forestock you\u2019ll find a single allen bolt that secures the action in the stock and black cap that can be slipped off to expose a quick fill fitting (a male Foster fitting) for charging the Air Ranger. Above the quick fill fitting on the left side is a gauge to show how much pressure is left in the air reservoir.<\/p>\n

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Beyond the end of the forestock is a 500cc non-removable air reservoir. Above the air bottle is the barrel, which has a full-length shroud. The aft end of the barrel attaches to the matte black receiver. The top of the receiver has dovetails fore and aft of the breech for mounting a scope. On the left side of the receiver, you\u2019ll find the serial number, the words \u201cAir Ranger\u201d and the Daystate \u201ccompass\u201d \u2013 all in white. (On the right side of the receiver, you\u2019ll find \u201cAir Ranger,\u201d \u201cHarper Patent,\u201d and \u201cDaystate England.) In the middle of the receiver is a slot for inserting a 10-shot rotary magazine.<\/p>\n

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At the aft end of the receiver, you\u2019ll find a black metal righthanded bolt, and, to the left of the bolt, the rotary safety. Flick it up to fire and down to SAFE the action.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s all there is to the Daystate Air Ranger. Next time, we\u2019ll see how it shoots.<\/p>\n

Til then, aim true and shoot straight.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jock Elliott<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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