Zetter Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 (edited) Anyone else thinking "EWWWW what the hell were they smoking" on this? I feel for all the people who were pinning their hopes on something that looked like the .303 as this isn't the answer by a long way. Pic http://www.airgunforum.co.uk/forums/showthread.php/174957-The-new-Daystate-Wolverine-quot-C-Type-quot-with-cylinder Edited February 14, 2014 by Zetter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 *leaves living room to vomit* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSS Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 I like it. It's the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetter Posted February 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 I like it. It's the future. A pretty bleak future then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 What is known as cut and shut in the car world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delburt0 Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 (edited) Mutton dressed as lamb it's a sub 12ft lb pop gun for heavens sake seems a lot to spend on something that is borderline useless , but it's whatever floats your boat I expect, This springs to mind Edited February 14, 2014 by delburt0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_gsxr1000 Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 Not a great fan myself, I would have bought one if it was exactly the same as the .303 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Apparently it's "Ballistic polyester", with a "tactical bipod" . Jeezus wept. I like Daystates, they're some of the best air rifles made, but that looks like a bodge to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnFreeman1310 Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 I like it looks great! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Never seen a stock from MFI before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sle Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Nice bit of kit, overpriced though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Seems the whole gig is about versatility and adaptability of the base chassis (changing from cylinder to bottle etc) . Interesting he was talking about 12 ft lb to 30 ft lb, its financial suicide to do this to an existing 12 ft lb gun in the UK at present but bears plus points if the retailer can achieve it as regards stock at point of new sale. Also means the basic chassis goes to the states with a bottle and higher power meaning less costs to the manufacturer. Are they however thinking towards possible future changes in UK legislation though? If airguns are licenced in Scotland successfully it will likely end the 12 ft lb market there overnight and will England and wales follow?. That said its likely all about the USA market. The picatini rail will allow better forwards bipod mounting no question a fault on many pcp buddy bottle guns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and functionality is most important! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetter Posted February 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 After having a nose at the shooting show today it looks better in the flesh but I still cant work out why they didn't rubberise black the wood stock the way they do for the tactical rifles and it would have matched nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retromlc Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 they are on a roll and just wacking out models to cash in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 After having a nose at the shooting show today it looks better in the flesh but I still cant work out why they didn't rubberise black the wood stock the way they do for the tactical rifles and it would have matched nicely Strangely the air rifle market is all about wood, unlike other rifles were laminates and various synthetics are preferred. It could have something to do with their connection to Minelli the stock makers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Zetter Posted February 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 (edited) Strangely the air rifle market is all about wood, unlike other rifles were laminates and various synthetics are preferred. It could have something to do with their connection to Minelli the stock makers I just thought if you are going to go synthetic for the front why not make the whole thing black even if it means coating the wolverine standard stock the way they do for the tactical variants. I mean they are wood stocks underneath with a rubber black coating. Take you point with air rifles though at the moment synthetic is a bit of a dirty word. Edited February 15, 2014 by Zetter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 As a Daystate Fan I'm a little disappointed cos of the way the Stock is!I thought Daystate would have done a different design to the original Type B Stock but it's the same as Type B with a plastic bit covering the Cylinder. Not for me as I still prefer my Huntsman Classic and Air Ranger rifles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theskyfox Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 The gun looks rather wierd to say the least. As mentioned above, it looks like someone has 'cut n shut' half a wooden and half a synthetic rifle. Horses for courses I suppose...a lot of people don't like the AirArms TDR styling, but ho hum lol. With regards to the Airgun licensing mentioned above in Scotland...do you have any more information on that? It was my understanding that even if Scotland license airguns, nothing will change down South. -Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjpainter Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 The gun looks rather wierd to say the least. As mentioned above, it looks like someone has 'cut n shut' half a wooden and half a synthetic rifle. Horses for courses I suppose...a lot of people don't like the AirArms TDR styling, but ho hum lol. With regards to the Airgun licensing mentioned above in Scotland...do you have any more information on that? It was my understanding that even if Scotland license airguns, nothing will change down South. -Andrew You are correct, Andrew - in theory! The regulations will stay exactly the same south of the border, although my understanding is that, should you live south, but want to shoot on the North, you will need one. There's also a big school of thought that England is using Scotland as a guinea pig. Gun law lobbyists this side of the border will be using it as a test case to see if it achieves its goals - whatever the heck they are - and then make a move to enforce it here as well. We shall see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven b Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 Not for me doesn, t look tha great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryman Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Daystate seem to take the Air Ranger and keep dressing it up and marketing it as a new gun, same with the Huntsman, they are both good guns but i think its time they really did make something new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retromlc Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 the wolverine is new,as the action it the wolverine part,the wood is still in the other style,it's like Beretta, there are so many Silver Pigeon 1 varients now you can't tell them apart,trying to tap into every corner of any market.for resale i think it davalues them all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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