I really like these kinds of reviews and you did a great job. One where a real user is fixing all these things the paid reveiwers just overlook. Those rods on the trigger assembly are a problem with all Bullpups and I am sure there are other fixes out there. You have to admit the Turkish have never been known for anything but sub par manufacturing. I thought this was actually a pretty good effort for them. They do get some of the nicest walnut still left on the planet, wich is not much. Thanks for the fixes.
Thanks for the kind words! I can't say I have much of an informed opinion on the quality of Turkish arms overall, but I do also own a Canık pistol that I've been very happy with. This one, I went into it knowing the price was probably commensurate with quality-- maybe not top of the line, but definitely not a waste of money. Given how easy it would be for Crosman to get Kral (or whomever) to spruce up some of these issues, I'm optimistic they'll work out the bugs soon.
@@slingshotlawesq.31 carried Akela along in NM for rabbits and Benjamin bulldog 357 for javelina.We are allowed to use 22 cal or bigger cal for javelina.I figure the Akela would take one with a well placed head shot or heart or lung so but I haven't tried the Akela on javelina.The bull dog penetrated the javelinas skull and exited entering in front of shoulder, breaking a rib and traveling through lungs and liver breaking back and rib on opposite rear side coming to rest in hind quarter. Dropped like a rock :)
@@slingshotlawesq.31 check out my youtube video to see NM javelina and New Mexico desert. Search Javelina (Ollared Peccary) hunting with the Benjamin Bulldog
@@slingshotlawesq.31 I lived in Phoenix Arizona for 3years after high school .Very similar desert to New Mexico just a little hotter ! Ive taken javelina now about every way you can with Native American style bows I build from branch off tree, spear with Lance point I knap from stone as well as old school flintlock , modern rifles and pistols . challenge with air rifle pretty similar to bow or old school black powder guns as you gotta get close .Love it !
Thanks. Nice mods and walkthrough on your thinking. Definitely agree on the quality control variability. I got a couple of the 1st runs of guns and also noticed similar things with the main thing being slop in the trigger rod aft connection point. Since the rod is not on a level plane between the two connection points it was causing the rod to occasionally hang up as it slid up the actual trigger assembly during pull. Your washer/nut to keep things tight is certainly the best approach, but in a hurry, I just wrapped a few winds of wire inside the slot where the rod connects to the aft trigger to raise the rod up a couple MM. This keeps things fairly level and stops the upward creep/jumping that was creating inconsistent break feel. One of the cocking arms was overly loose and needed some tightening to keep it from flopping open. I'm definitely going to look at the lever's pin as you mentioned and the idea of utilizing some strategic foam make a lot of sense. All that said, both guns are tack sharp and fun to shoot. Thanks again for posting, it has been a while since I had the guns out, so your vid was a great reminder.
My .22 AKela was shooting over 1030 FPS. So I cut off about 4 coils off the hammer spring to slow it down. I still have it on full power on the transfer port and I also have all the adjustment left if i want to turn the hammer spring adjuster up higher. That hammer spring is just too strong. Below is my String I shot over the Chronograph. I may do another string with the cut hammer spring turned up a few turns to see how it does. If I do I will post the string here. (Note) Even after removing 4 coils on the hammer spring I can still turn it up 4 turns and get a JSB 18 grain to as high as 950 FPS. Original shot string out of the box Shot count: 36 Low: 861 Hi: 1035 Avg: 956 Spread: 174 STD Dev: 52.7 ++++++++++++++ 14.3 grain Crosman Domed +++++++++++++ 1035 (3000) PSI Start 1030 1032 1023 1014 1011 1007 1007 1004 997 997 984 993 979 979 970 972 965 956 956 953 951 932 932 932 928 912 914 907 891 893 879 877 868 865 861 (1500) PSI Finish New shot string shortened hammer spring by approx. 4 coils Shot count: 70 Low: 782 Hi: 821 Avg: 810 Spread: 39 STD Dev: 10.6 ++++++++++++++ 18.1 grain JSB Below +++++++++++++ 793 (3000) PSI Start 800 793 793 805 798 786 796 810 810 812 807 812 814 814 817 817 814 814 817 817 814 817 821 821 812 819 819 819 821 821 821 819 821 821 819 819 817 819 821 821 821 819 821 821 812 817 817 817 817 817 814 814 814 810 810 810 807 807 798 805 800 800 798 796 791 796 789 786 782 (1500) PSI Finish New shot string shortened hammer spring by approx. 4 coils Shot count: 70 Low: 807 Hi: 875 Avg: 856 Spread: 68 STD Dev: 15.7 ++++++++++++++ 15.89 grain JSB Below ++++++++++++++ 854 (3000 PSI) Start 840 856 858 851 842 856 844 844 861 856 863 858 865 861 865 856 868 854 854 875 849 875 870 854 872 875 872 854 872 868 861 870 854 875 875 872 875 872 868 870 868 861 856 865 861 870 870 870 856 863 849 861 865 856 847 861 847 828 840 847 828 835 840 830 826 823 830 814 807 (1500 PSI) Finish
@@shimasfaris2917 Just remove the Stock and at the rear of the gun use a flat screw driver and turn the screw clockwise a few turns to increase power and of course the oppisite for decreasing power. Its simple to do but if you need a video let me know again and I will make one.
Great video and really informative. It just goes to show what you need to do to bring it up to what it needs to be. You would expect more from Benjamin, even if they are made in Turkey. I think Benjamin should take note of your points, which wouldn't be too hard to solve, and make the improvements that you shouldn't have had to do yourself. I think the pic-rail is a must to sort out. It needs a point of contact at the front to the cylinder to make it more stable for scope alignment and accuracy, even though you say it is accurate. Any Mk2 version will need this doing in my opinion. I have had to spend £200 bringing my Turkish made Retay T20 up to the standard it should have been. It had a ridiculous 11 inch barrel with a 6 inch tube extension to the end of the barrel shroud, plus a regulator that didn't work. I now have a Robert Lane "Lancet" regulator fitted and a new Lothar Walther Polygon barrel. Well done and keep the videos coming. Mark Holding.
Thanks for watching! Yeah, the pic rail is a mess. Not only is it unusable for a bipod because of its tendency to rotate, but because the surface of the stock is not parallel to the barrel, you can't mount a laser or light there and expect it to shine where you'll be shooting, either. I'm sure Benjamin is getting a lot of feedback about the pic rail and the adjustable comb, but I'm not sure there's much feedback on the other issues. I hope they take note, since they're mostly easy fixes. Still, overall I'm very happy with the purchase!
you must be missing the detent ball or spring for your safety, mine is very positive to the point of being hard to operate, but it's getting better with use.
Thanks for watching! I'm sure a missing detent ball is exactly the issue--feels like something must be missing in there. My son has the Kratos and the safety on that is pretty stiff, and it didn't seem worth taking the Akela down further to try and fix it just so it would work like the Kratos. The foam rubber holds it in place just enough so that it doesn't move on its own, but still lets me flick it off and on with my forefinger with ease.
Realize this is old, but if anyone comes across this, there are as couple products from buckrail to address the bipod/floating barrel and the floating picatinny rail for the scope. The rail product is a brace to secure the front edge of the scope rail, and the bipod product is a mount/brace that goes around the end of the air chamber and the shroud in front of the stock and has triple picatinny rails (parts are 3d printed, but solid, not hollow, and well designed/dimensioned and printed/finished, and only $20 ea)
Bit ill agree, the things he is complaining about aren't even an issue for 99.999% of people so the manufacturer don't bother putting that much thought into those areas. It works, use it.
Thing is, I live in a residential neighborhood and wouldn't be able to shoot .22lr lawfully in my backyard. Even if it were legal, I would need to spend another $500 on a supressor including NFA stamp. But if you don't have the same constraints at home, it absolutely would be cheaper going with a .22lr. With $600, you could get a pretty damn nice one like a CZ 457 and have a ton left over for ammo.
Hi. I just purchased one of these last week. Mine shot accurately the first day, but after that it's been frustrating because the POI changes after every 20 shots or so, and I also have frequent flyers too. I think the stock on this gun is gorgeous, but the quality of the rest of the gun is, in my opinion, not worth the $600 price tag. My $500 Artemis P15 is much better quality and literally shoots pellet on pellet at 20 yards. Anyway, back to the subject of this gun. I'm wondering if your experiencing the same issue I'm having with the accuracy, and if so, have you figured out what the cause is and how to fix it? I've gone through the gun numerous times and double checked that everything is tight. I've also re-crowned the barrel. Thanks for your time.
I've also noticed that dropoff in accuracy. I found the barrel gets dirty pretty quickly. Even just after 5 or 6 magazines, patches through the barrel come out black. That may be a factor. Another factor that may just be peculiar to me is the overkill scope. I've been shooting it zoomed in at 24x at 15 yards, and I think the parallax effect is worse at that magnification-- so if I'm not getting my eye in *exactly* the right position each time, the reticle will be off target. I'm going to shoot zoomed out for a bit and will see if that helps.
@@dinobuddy Thanks for the reply. So, I was shooting today, and it appears that my Artemis isn't shooting as accurately as it normally does too. I normally shoot the 18 grain JSB's, but with the price of pellets going up and harder to find in stock these days, I stocked up on all the cheap Crosman premier's I could find and have been shooting the heck out of them at 20 yards. But they are very dirty and apparently the more I shoot them through the rifles the worst the accuracy gets. I just shot a few magazines of the JSB's through both guns today, and the accuracy got better the more I shot them. I think I'll shy away from the Crosmans. Hopefully that solves the issue. Thanks!
@@CountryGuitarChops They could be the issue; they're what I've been shooting recently since they're cheap and readily available. I only noticed how dirty the barrel has been getting, and the dropoff in accuracy, since I started using them instead of JSB's. The JSBs have some slight matte oxidation on them compared to the Crosmans, which are shiny as new. I wonder if the lack of oxidation on the Crosmans causes the surface to be softer and to wear faster in the barrel?
@@slingshotlawesq.31 The Crosman pellets are larger in diameter than the JSB's, and I have a hard time loading them into my Artemis magazines. I have a pellet sizer, and I've run the pellets through it, and they pretty tight and really "scrape" their way through the sizer. I've run many other brands through both my .22 and .25 sizers, and these Crosmans are definitely the most difficult to run through. The other brands run through the sizers pretty smoothly as apposed to harshly scraping through. But regardless, I shot a few more magazines through both guns since I made the last post, and my Artemis is back to shooting pellet on pellet, were as the Akela is still scattering the pellets.
@@CountryGuitarChops you should buy some polish paper and polish the inside of your barrel. Ernest Rowe has a video of the process. If you don’t have a mini lathe you could do it with a patchworm (although it will take exponentially longer). In my experience it can increase accuracy and lengthen the time it takes to foul up the barrel. Worst case scenario you have a unnecessarily polished barrel. I have done this to 5 different barrels and would recommend to anyone trying to increase accuracy.
Pick rail. In the last slot drill a 1/4 hole go about 3/8 inch in to wood ,glue dowel into pic rail . It comes on and off easily but when it is on it doesn’t move.
Got mine and looked at all you listed, mines very tight and smooth. Only complaint was removing the shroud for cleaning it rubbed and scrapped up the other shroud. ugh I thought it was a free floating barrel, it's not cause it sits on that first barrel ring..???!!!
I literally have 1 complaint about my akela and its a problem shared my almost all pcps, you can't touch the barrel on anything or the point of impact shifts.
Put a barrel band on it............... I did and no problem after that. Also any gun that rests the barrel against an object will change POI so never rest on the barrell on any gun, barrel band or not it will move POI.
Great review. I also think that it need some improvements. Did you notice a puff of air coming from the power adjustment knob when shooting, or is it just mine?
Thanks for watching! I hadn't noticed any puff of air from the adjustment knob, but when I've noticed a puff coming from the breech, that's meant I need a new o-ring in the barrel.
I think it depends on one's budget. I've been a big firearms guy until the recent ammo-pocalypse, and I thought a PCP would be a great addition to the collection and cheaper alternative to powder guns. As a first PCP, I think it serves that purpose pretty well. A first PCP has a bit of a barrier to entry (or relative to a new powder rifle, anyway) what with the additional infrastructure of a tank and/or pump, and that's a big commitment up front-- hence my choosing a more budget-friendly PCP such as this. I think it confirms that I'm a PCP guy after all, and now I have no qualms about investing in the hobby. So while it's probably not The One, it's a good introduction to PCPs generally, IMO.
Keep your $600 and save up another $500 to buy an FX Dreamline rifle, and you would not have any of these issues, it will outshoot the Akela too in terms of shot count and accuracy.
I'm sure anything from FX will absolutely smoke the Akela. But for a newbie to PCPs, just putting his toes in the water like I am, $1100 would be a pretty big gamble on a hobby I wasn't sure I'd be committed to. Hindsight being 20/20 and all, maybe I should have invested in something like an FX. But I don't know that an additional $500 to eliminate what are ultimately pretty petty complaints would have been worth it to me.
I saved to extra 500$ for a good scope and bipod... I'll deal with it... FX are great for those serious enough, but not for a few pesky squirrels and birds...
Why are you whispering when trying to do a review or an instructional video? Very hard to hear you even with the volume all the way up on my laptop. Maybe best to do these when everyone is awake or no one in the house? I had to stop after a few minutes. The whispering got very annoying.
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Also when I took the stock off, I put 3 coats of Teak oil on it to protect it for a while. Looks great
Excellent suggestions and tips. Thanks
Hopefully Benjamin engineers are taking notes. Love the bullpup style, hopefully going to buy one soon!
They will be making their own guns if there are Benjamin engineers, instead of resorting to rebranding.🙂
I really like these kinds of reviews and you did a great job. One where a real user is fixing all these things the paid reveiwers just overlook. Those rods on the trigger assembly are a problem with all Bullpups and I am sure there are other fixes out there. You have to admit the Turkish have never been known for anything but sub par manufacturing. I thought this was actually a pretty good effort for them. They do get some of the nicest walnut still left on the planet, wich is not much. Thanks for the fixes.
Thanks for the kind words! I can't say I have much of an informed opinion on the quality of Turkish arms overall, but I do also own a Canık pistol that I've been very happy with. This one, I went into it knowing the price was probably commensurate with quality-- maybe not top of the line, but definitely not a waste of money. Given how easy it would be for Crosman to get Kral (or whomever) to spruce up some of these issues, I'm optimistic they'll work out the bugs soon.
Love my new Benjamin Akela ! Harvested two jack rabbits last couple days while hunting javelina .Head shots drop em fast and no meat damage!
You must be in my neck of the woods... southern Arizona, right? I'm sure the Akela is more than enough for jackrabbits, but how about for javelina?
@@slingshotlawesq.31 carried Akela along in NM for rabbits and Benjamin bulldog 357 for javelina.We are allowed to use 22 cal or bigger cal for javelina.I figure the Akela would take one with a well placed head shot or heart or lung so but I haven't tried the Akela on javelina.The bull dog penetrated the javelinas skull and exited entering in front of shoulder, breaking a rib and traveling through lungs and liver breaking back and rib on opposite rear side coming to rest in hind quarter. Dropped like a rock :)
@@slingshotlawesq.31 check out my youtube video to see NM javelina and New Mexico desert. Search Javelina (Ollared Peccary) hunting with the Benjamin Bulldog
@@duanehopland7506 Oh yeah, the Bulldog seems like it absolutely would get the job done. Watched the video, nice take!
@@slingshotlawesq.31 I lived in Phoenix Arizona for 3years after high school .Very similar desert to New Mexico just a little hotter ! Ive taken javelina now about every way you can with Native American style bows I build from branch off tree, spear with Lance point I knap from stone as well as old school flintlock , modern rifles and pistols . challenge with air rifle pretty similar to bow or old school black powder guns as you gotta get close .Love it !
Nice air rifle and really like that case. Thanks for sharring
Thanks. Nice mods and walkthrough on your thinking. Definitely agree on the quality control variability. I got a couple of the 1st runs of guns and also noticed similar things with the main thing being slop in the trigger rod aft connection point. Since the rod is not on a level plane between the two connection points it was causing the rod to occasionally hang up as it slid up the actual trigger assembly during pull. Your washer/nut to keep things tight is certainly the best approach, but in a hurry, I just wrapped a few winds of wire inside the slot where the rod connects to the aft trigger to raise the rod up a couple MM. This keeps things fairly level and stops the upward creep/jumping that was creating inconsistent break feel. One of the cocking arms was overly loose and needed some tightening to keep it from flopping open. I'm definitely going to look at the lever's pin as you mentioned and the idea of utilizing some strategic foam make a lot of sense. All that said, both guns are tack sharp and fun to shoot.
Thanks again for posting, it has been a while since I had the guns out, so your vid was a great reminder.
My .22 AKela was shooting over 1030 FPS. So I cut off about 4 coils off the hammer spring to slow it down. I still have it on full power on the transfer port and I also have all the adjustment left if i want to turn the hammer spring adjuster up higher. That hammer spring is just too strong. Below is my String I shot over the Chronograph. I may do another string with the cut hammer spring turned up a few turns to see how it does. If I do I will post the string here.
(Note) Even after removing 4 coils on the hammer spring I can still turn it up 4 turns and get a JSB 18 grain to as high as 950 FPS.
Original shot string out of the box
Shot count: 36
Low: 861
Hi: 1035
Avg: 956
Spread: 174
STD Dev: 52.7
++++++++++++++
14.3 grain Crosman Domed
+++++++++++++
1035 (3000) PSI Start
1030
1032
1023
1014
1011
1007
1007
1004
997
997
984
993
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979
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965
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951
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932
932
928
912
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907
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893
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877
868
865
861 (1500) PSI Finish
New shot string shortened hammer spring by approx. 4 coils
Shot count: 70
Low: 782
Hi: 821
Avg: 810
Spread: 39
STD Dev: 10.6
++++++++++++++
18.1 grain JSB Below
+++++++++++++
793 (3000) PSI Start
800
793
793
805
798
786
796
810
810
812
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812
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821
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821
821
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821
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819
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821
821
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782 (1500) PSI Finish
New shot string shortened hammer spring by approx. 4 coils
Shot count: 70
Low: 807
Hi: 875
Avg: 856
Spread: 68
STD Dev: 15.7
++++++++++++++
15.89 grain JSB Below
++++++++++++++
854 (3000 PSI) Start
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844
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807 (1500 PSI) Finish
I found this quite interesting you think you could send me a video on how to adjust tue spring to increase the power 😅
@@shimasfaris2917 Just remove the Stock and at the rear of the gun use a flat screw driver and turn the screw clockwise a few turns to increase power and of course the oppisite for decreasing power. Its simple to do but if you need a video let me know again and I will make one.
Great video and really informative. It just goes to show what you need to do to bring it up to what it needs to be. You would expect more from Benjamin, even if they are made in Turkey. I think Benjamin should take note of your points, which wouldn't be too hard to solve, and make the improvements that you shouldn't have had to do yourself. I think the pic-rail is a must to sort out. It needs a point of contact at the front to the cylinder to make it more stable for scope alignment and accuracy, even though you say it is accurate. Any Mk2 version will need this doing in my opinion. I have had to spend £200 bringing my Turkish made Retay T20 up to the standard it should have been. It had a ridiculous 11 inch barrel with a 6 inch tube extension to the end of the barrel shroud, plus a regulator that didn't work. I now have a Robert Lane "Lancet" regulator fitted and a new Lothar Walther Polygon barrel.
Well done and keep the videos coming. Mark Holding.
Thanks for watching! Yeah, the pic rail is a mess. Not only is it unusable for a bipod because of its tendency to rotate, but because the surface of the stock is not parallel to the barrel, you can't mount a laser or light there and expect it to shine where you'll be shooting, either. I'm sure Benjamin is getting a lot of feedback about the pic rail and the adjustable comb, but I'm not sure there's much feedback on the other issues. I hope they take note, since they're mostly easy fixes. Still, overall I'm very happy with the purchase!
i wish i would have seen this sooner
you must be missing the detent ball or spring for your safety, mine is very positive to the point of being hard to operate, but it's getting better with use.
Thanks for watching! I'm sure a missing detent ball is exactly the issue--feels like something must be missing in there. My son has the Kratos and the safety on that is pretty stiff, and it didn't seem worth taking the Akela down further to try and fix it just so it would work like the Kratos. The foam rubber holds it in place just enough so that it doesn't move on its own, but still lets me flick it off and on with my forefinger with ease.
@@slingshotlawesq.31 The above poster is correct most report the saftey as being way too stiff to the point of people not using it.
Realize this is old, but if anyone comes across this, there are as couple products from buckrail to address the bipod/floating barrel and the floating picatinny rail for the scope. The rail product is a brace to secure the front edge of the scope rail, and the bipod product is a mount/brace that goes around the end of the air chamber and the shroud in front of the stock and has triple picatinny rails (parts are 3d printed, but solid, not hollow, and well designed/dimensioned and printed/finished, and only $20 ea)
Jesus, this guy is expecting a high quality fine piece for a cheap price!
I wouldn't call $600(US) for air rifle "cheap" you can get a pretty dang decent powder burner for much less.
Bit ill agree, the things he is complaining about aren't even an issue for 99.999% of people so the manufacturer don't bother putting that much thought into those areas. It works, use it.
Thing is, I live in a residential neighborhood and wouldn't be able to shoot .22lr lawfully in my backyard. Even if it were legal, I would need to spend another $500 on a supressor including NFA stamp. But if you don't have the same constraints at home, it absolutely would be cheaper going with a .22lr. With $600, you could get a pretty damn nice one like a CZ 457 and have a ton left over for ammo.
@@slingshotlawesq.31 Ammo dirt cheap and limited restrictions, compared to a powder burner. Which I have both.. And the state of CT is a real pain...
@@camyota yes but where can you shot it here in anti gun state CT..
You must have gotten a weird one. I got one when they first released and it's nearly flawless. My safety is overly stiff tho it doesnt like to move.
Thanks for the case info, might work on my Kral Empire X. I like all the pockets for "stuff".
If this isn't enough pockets for a man, God help him!
I bought an Akela for Christmas and I am not having any of the problems you had.Try the warranty.
Hi. I just purchased one of these last week. Mine shot accurately the first day, but after that it's been frustrating because the POI changes after every 20 shots or so, and I also have frequent flyers too. I think the stock on this gun is gorgeous, but the quality of the rest of the gun is, in my opinion, not worth the $600 price tag. My $500 Artemis P15 is much better quality and literally shoots pellet on pellet at 20 yards. Anyway, back to the subject of this gun. I'm wondering if your experiencing the same issue I'm having with the accuracy, and if so, have you figured out what the cause is and how to fix it? I've gone through the gun numerous times and double checked that everything is tight. I've also re-crowned the barrel. Thanks for your time.
I've also noticed that dropoff in accuracy. I found the barrel gets dirty pretty quickly. Even just after 5 or 6 magazines, patches through the barrel come out black. That may be a factor. Another factor that may just be peculiar to me is the overkill scope. I've been shooting it zoomed in at 24x at 15 yards, and I think the parallax effect is worse at that magnification-- so if I'm not getting my eye in *exactly* the right position each time, the reticle will be off target. I'm going to shoot zoomed out for a bit and will see if that helps.
@@dinobuddy Thanks for the reply. So, I was shooting today, and it appears that my Artemis isn't shooting as accurately as it normally does too. I normally shoot the 18 grain JSB's, but with the price of pellets going up and harder to find in stock these days, I stocked up on all the cheap Crosman premier's I could find and have been shooting the heck out of them at 20 yards. But they are very dirty and apparently the more I shoot them through the rifles the worst the accuracy gets. I just shot a few magazines of the JSB's through both guns today, and the accuracy got better the more I shot them. I think I'll shy away from the Crosmans. Hopefully that solves the issue. Thanks!
@@CountryGuitarChops They could be the issue; they're what I've been shooting recently since they're cheap and readily available. I only noticed how dirty the barrel has been getting, and the dropoff in accuracy, since I started using them instead of JSB's. The JSBs have some slight matte oxidation on them compared to the Crosmans, which are shiny as new. I wonder if the lack of oxidation on the Crosmans causes the surface to be softer and to wear faster in the barrel?
@@slingshotlawesq.31 The Crosman pellets are larger in diameter than the JSB's, and I have a hard time loading them into my Artemis magazines. I have a pellet sizer, and I've run the pellets through it, and they pretty tight and really "scrape" their way through the sizer. I've run many other brands through both my .22 and .25 sizers, and these Crosmans are definitely the most difficult to run through. The other brands run through the sizers pretty smoothly as apposed to harshly scraping through. But regardless, I shot a few more magazines through both guns since I made the last post, and my Artemis is back to shooting pellet on pellet, were as the Akela is still scattering the pellets.
@@CountryGuitarChops you should buy some polish paper and polish the inside of your barrel. Ernest Rowe has a video of the process. If you don’t have a mini lathe you could do it with a patchworm (although it will take exponentially longer). In my experience it can increase accuracy and lengthen the time it takes to foul up the barrel. Worst case scenario you have a unnecessarily polished barrel. I have done this to 5 different barrels and would recommend to anyone trying to increase accuracy.
So...why are we whispering??
Truth be told, it's because it's late at night, and I'm on my back porch very close to my neighbor's house.
Pick rail. In the last slot drill a 1/4 hole go about 3/8 inch in to wood ,glue dowel into pic rail . It comes on and off easily but when it is on it doesn’t move.
Got mine and looked at all you listed, mines very tight and smooth. Only complaint was removing the shroud for cleaning it rubbed and scrapped up the other shroud. ugh I thought it was a free floating barrel, it's not cause it sits on that first barrel ring..???!!!
I literally have 1 complaint about my akela and its a problem shared my almost all pcps, you can't touch the barrel on anything or the point of impact shifts.
Put a barrel band on it............... I did and no problem after that. Also any gun that rests the barrel against an object will change POI so never rest on the barrell on any gun, barrel band or not it will move POI.
Great Video , have you tried Buck Rail ? They are add on accessories , would Like to see a video with a review from you thanks
Great review. I also think that it need some improvements. Did you notice a puff of air coming from the power adjustment knob when shooting, or is it just mine?
Thanks for watching! I hadn't noticed any puff of air from the adjustment knob, but when I've noticed a puff coming from the breech, that's meant I need a new o-ring in the barrel.
Two piece rings. THAT’S your scope solution….
Would you recommend this rifle?
I think it depends on one's budget. I've been a big firearms guy until the recent ammo-pocalypse, and I thought a PCP would be a great addition to the collection and cheaper alternative to powder guns. As a first PCP, I think it serves that purpose pretty well. A first PCP has a bit of a barrier to entry (or relative to a new powder rifle, anyway) what with the additional infrastructure of a tank and/or pump, and that's a big commitment up front-- hence my choosing a more budget-friendly PCP such as this. I think it confirms that I'm a PCP guy after all, and now I have no qualms about investing in the hobby. So while it's probably not The One, it's a good introduction to PCPs generally, IMO.
I recommend this gun very highly,accurate,great craftsmanship, and just all around good pcp for your entry level use
Keep your $600 and save up another $500 to buy an FX Dreamline rifle, and you would not have any of these issues, it will outshoot the Akela too in terms of shot count and accuracy.
I'm sure anything from FX will absolutely smoke the Akela. But for a newbie to PCPs, just putting his toes in the water like I am, $1100 would be a pretty big gamble on a hobby I wasn't sure I'd be committed to. Hindsight being 20/20 and all, maybe I should have invested in something like an FX. But I don't know that an additional $500 to eliminate what are ultimately pretty petty complaints would have been worth it to me.
I saved to extra 500$ for a good scope and bipod... I'll deal with it... FX are great for those serious enough, but not for a few pesky squirrels and birds...
do you know where i can get a barrel band?
Way late, but buckrail sells an Akela barrel band with picatinny rails for a bipod/whatever
Why are you whispering when trying to do a review or an instructional video? Very hard to hear you even with the volume all the way up on my laptop. Maybe best to do these when everyone is awake or no one in the house? I had to stop after a few minutes. The whispering got very annoying.
Please.this how is made?
Please. This how is made??
Is it regulated or non-regulated???
Thanks for watching! It's not regulated...unless you count manually turning up the power knob as the tank empties regulating.
Mate…..sell it. You’re obviously not happy with it……many of us are.
Well ur the one who has the scope so dang far up..
U ant got a clue