Let\u2019s talk about the trigger. It is an adjustable two-stage\naffair that broke at one pound, 4 ounces right out of the box. The movement was\nsmooth as glass and it broke crisply. The user also has the ability to adjust\nthe cant of the trigger face if desired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cocking bolt requires a strong pull to cock the hammer\nspring and that takes a bit of getting used compared to the toggle style side\ncocking levers on some high-end airguns. The magazine is a rotary spring-loaded\nunit that is easy to load, even with fat fingers like mine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most PCPs on the market these days come equipped with some\nsort of sound moderator. Daystate now makes their own suppressors in-house and\nthe one fitted to this Regal XL is a carbon fiber model that really does its\njob. PCP\u2019s in .177 aren\u2019t terribly noisy to begin with, and this one is an\nabsolute pleasure to shoot because of the low report, adding to the shooting enjoyment\nof this rifle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Regal XL seemed to like most of the pellets I fed it with\nthe exception of H&N Rabbit Magnum II 15.74 grain pellets. Possibly because\nthey are so heavy, I can\u2019t be sure. However, I could not get them to group\nwell. I\u2019m not a great shot by any\nstretch of the imagination; still, at 75 feet I got some good groups. Close\nenough that your confidence should be high in using this rifle for pest control\nwith just about any premium pellet. Predator Polymags 8 grain pellets were\nleaving the barrel at an average of 947fps equating to an energy level of 15.93fpe.\nThey also exhibited the lowest extreme spread between shots out of the group of\npellets used. Rifle Brand Premium Pointed pellets of 9.72 grains went downrange\nat an average of 896fps generating an energy of 17.33fpe. They also grouped\nwell with some shots touching. H&N Baracuda Hunter Extremes at 9.57 grains traveling\nat 926fps produced 18.23fpe although they spread out a bit more. On a windless\nday with a better shooter behind the stock, all of the shots would most likely\nbe touching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just for comparison, light (5.5 grain) Predator GTO lead-free\nwadcutters went zipping along at an average of 1068fps. These light pellets\nalso grouped extremely well making this combination of gun and pellet a\ncontender for indoor competitions where lead pellets are banned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These are definitely airguns you will be proud to pass down to children or grandchildren for their shooting enjoyment (assuming our grandchildren still have the right to own a gun of any type. Support gun rights organizations and vote when the time comes! If firearms are outlawed, airguns will be targeted next. I\u2019ll get off my soapbox now\u2026). The great folks at AofA<\/a> can certainly assist you in obtaining one of these, or any of the Daystate line, to become one of your family heirlooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In part I of my blog on the Huntsman Regal XL you heard me gush about the visual appeal and describe its many features. I gotta admit I\u2019m unashamed to say I\u2019m a fanboy of the Daystate line. So, how did it perform when I kicked the tires? As to be expected with a high-end…»<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4980"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4982,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4980\/revisions\/4982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Huntsman_refilling.jpg\")