FX Verminator MkII review.

[Huntercold]

I was with westy yesterday and he was kind enough to let me have a quick shoot of the new Vermy now i shoot a Brocock concept super 6 so its pretty light anyway, but the vermy was just a revelation absolutly fantastic bit of kit ! shoulders very well too. Only problem i found is the sudden urge to go purchase one ???????????????

[The Ratcatcher]

Good review. I am a fan of the mk 1 verminator and have since steered towards daystates. That said looking at the mk2 verminator I may be swayed to get a cheeky one as my ratting rifle.

[Sammyc90]

Cracking gun now I want 1 ha
Wish list

[bullcelt]

looking at the pics the cocking lever is not able to change sides unlike the mk1 so not so good for the lefty shooters.

[westy306]

One week on, the novelty factor has worn off and I'm getting used to shooting the MkII.

As I reported in my original review, I thought the shrouded barrel was OK, but no where near as quiet as a HW silenced air rifle. I'm still waiting for an answer back from FX about the extra expansion chamber.
Impatience set in and I contacted U.K.Neil about making a custom silencer.

After a few PM's we had dimensions agreed.
I picked this up this morning from U.K.Neil at the Greyhound.
Here's a few pictures:
http://s1197.photobucket.com/albums/...om%20Silencer/
To help others wanting to do the same, here's some useful info:
MkII shroud outside diameter is 28mm (the same as U.K.Neil's standard silencer)
Male thread on shroud is M20 x 1.0mm pitch x 8.0mm thread length (to clear)

I haven't decided what finish to have on it yet, but in terms of silencing abilities, it's spot-on.

Thank you U.K.Neil for a quick turn round and a first class product.

[westy306]

After sorting out the silencer, fitting a bipod was next on my list of things to do.

A FX tube clamp was fitted to the fill cover and a Harris Bipod fitted to it. All looked good; the bipod was as far forward as possible for maximum stability, but....

I had not reckoned on the fill cover being able to freely rotate. There's nothing to stop the rifle, who’s centre of gravity is above this unintentional pivot point, from falling over and either the shroud being damaged by the tube clamp or the stock impacting the bipod!
Fortunately I spotted this issue before it fell over and any damage occurred.

So where to go from here? ASI and FX are now aware of the issue and I’m waiting for a reply. But the engineer in me is full of ideas for solutions. If the fill cover can be locked in the stock so as not to rotate, the standard tube clamp will work a treat.

The current fill cover is retained by one o-ring which provides enough friction to hold it in place.
If the o-ring were to be fitted to a taper with an external sleeve to push the o-ring up the taper a rubber cushioned compression clamp against the inside of the stock could be effected. An o-ring at each end would hold the cover concentrically in the stock bore and the external sleeve could have a nice knurled finish and an internal thread to lock the cover in place. I feel another PM to U.K.Neil may be happening in the morning.
I’ll keep you posted on progress.

[Instant Gymnast]

Ya couldn't just let it lie….Could ya! Looking smart there fella, bell me about the weekend bud. See you and the brood soon.