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Now for the Storm!


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OK, you shoot and you hunt, you like wood pigeon, you like roost shooting, but you get fed up with the constant battle of gun barrel versus branches and the pigeons seeing the muzzle poking through and giving full flaps on vertical take off.

You wish you could lose the barrel of your gun. You still want a 2 stage trigger, nice magazine fed action, in fact you would like an anti double loading system, well can I introduce to you the Evanix Rain Storm?

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OK so it looks like something an Imperial Storm Trooper would be clutching. But appearances can be deceptive!

Who are Evanix?

Evanix are a well established air rifle manufacturer in Korea. Due to legislation Koreans find it very hard to get powder burning weapons (harder than the UK), so air rifles are extremely popular. There is a large market and Evanix is one of the, if not the, major supplier. They have already been supplying the UK for a number of years, Webleys Sidewinder and Cobra were Evanix, as were Prestige and Armex. Some people (me included) still have a Venom Sidewinder in the collection and can vouch for their accuracy. The Evanix made barrels have always had a good reputation for accuracy and at least one European gun maker has trialled them in their guns!

OK so what do I get?

A plain brown box with a serial number will confront you. Opening it up will reveal a layer of foam, peel that back and the gun is laying there, waiting to be discovered, along with the instruction manual and a red bubble pack bag containing the magazine and filler probe.

Filling the gun. I had a little problem, air escaping round the thread of the probe where it attaches to the fill line. Some filling probes suffer from this and the answer is a Dowty seal! Fill to 200 bar.

Mechanism.

In the west midlands there is a man who was R&D at both Logun and then Webley, Simon Atkins. He has known the Evanix mechanism or a long time and worked with A C Guns and Evanix to enhance the mechanism. This means a good shot count, flat power curve and reliability. The magazines are very different to the Sidewinder/Cobra, being more like a Super Ten than the HW 100 style of old, I would not say it is an improvement as the old magazines were very easy to load and these can be a bit fiddly. Also there is more to go wrong with these type of magazines, how it performs in the long run will be interesting. The magazine can be slid in from either side and locates securely.

The gun has a fully shrouded barrel, now usually these are about as effective at sound reduction as an echo chamber, but this one actually ruddy well works! Dry firing will give a loud crack, but, like the Vortex silencer on a Rapid 7, shove a pellet in and silence rains, all you will hear is the chink of the mechanism firing!

The sidelever is smooth, no graunching or grinding. I am feeding mine Defiant Ogive 4.52mm and it loves those. Crosman Premier Ultra Magnums are an A C gun recommended pellet. The pellet needs to have a flat back or it can mis feed! I found no problem with the Ogive and will be sticking to that!

Trigger.

There is a 2 stage trigger fitted and you can feel it. However due to the nature of the mechanism, the trigger feels "wooden". Something you get with some bullpups and you soon get used to it. No creep, just a slightly dead feel to it compared to the normal Evanix trigger!

Accuracy.

This is a very accurate rifle. I was getting a cloverleaf grouping at 30 metres on the second magazine (the first magazine was used to zero the scope in).

Power.

Running at 11.5 ft lb.

Shot Count.

I have not shot a full string down from full to empty as Ogives are not cheap pellets. However the reported shot count is over 120 per fill (for .177 and that has been reduced from what was actually achieved by A C Guns).

Handling.

It handles, it may feel odd at first but the barrel being over the action means that it handles exceptionally well, especially in woodland. A few shooters will be concerned about scope height (some 3.25 inches over the barrel), do not be, it seems to work ok! Putting the gun to your shoulder is weird at first as feet of weaponry seems to have vanished. Balance is surprisingly neutral and they have put a cheek pad in to stop frostbite in January!

Cost.

Now the gun is £680 plus delivery to RFD near you or collect from A C Guns.

Edited by secretagentmole
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got to be the ugliest air pistol covered in mechano I have ever seen, :lol::lol: :lol:

 

how well does it shoot and how accurste,

 

in answer to hitting branches with your rifle, carry a saw or some clippers with you or move to a spot where you have a clear view

 

atb Evo

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess , I am glad you like it and that is all that matters , but to me I am afraid I think its pig ugly !

I'm with fenboy on that, that is about the ugliest piece of sprayed/galvanised meccano kit I've ever seen. I can understand shooting it in the woods because it's like the proverbial ugly fat bird, you don't want anyone to see you with it! :lol:

You're a brave man mole!

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I said as I found, I am not paid to sell these nor in any way am I connected to the importer and seller,only in the customer-supplier relationship. I like this gun, the practicality of it and the accuracy. If you like fighting through dense forest with a rifle length HW90 then Rexcernui, you stick to that, I will stick to not having an extra 2-3ft of gun to swing round to get aim!

 

I do agree with the meccano comment, but I quite like that appearance, the drab olive green over black actually works as a sort of camouflage as well!

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Hi SAM, i love bullpup air rifles , i own a Kalbrgun Cricket bullpup in .22 fac at 28 fpe this is great for pigeons,

i do think the storm is ugly but if it works well and suits you thats all that matters.my next bullpup will possibly be

the FX Bobcat in .22 @30 Fpe for use with a Nv scope. the bullpups are great for use from hides, 4x4,s and ambushing points.

atb brian

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