Daystate barrel bands

[Vermin Al]

Are they needed on the Air Wolf or Ranger models ? And, if so, why aren't they fitted by the factory ?

[madcarlos]

hi my new air ranger was fitted with barrel band as standard along with all new daystates now , my airwolf was not fitted with one but when i bought second hand the accuracy was really bad and the first thing i did was fit the barrel band as suggested by daystate and was very accurate once fitted , you may get away without the band fitted if it was stored correctly when not in use and was not bumped in any way but really the band is a must in reality

[Vermin Al]

Thanks for that. I have a new Air Wolf on order and was not sure whether it would come with a barrel band.

[Hurricane]

My AirWolf doesn't have one, and as it out shoots me I see no reason to fit one, but when I read posts of people resting the rifle on the barrel when shooting I do think WTF

[Vermin Al]

Thanks for that.

The pics on the Daystate website do not include a barrel band. So it's a bit confusing whether they now come as standard.

[madcarlos]

daystate told me all new ones comes with them , my ranger did , but also above i think you could get away with one if used and stored correctly , i think ideally tho i would keep mine on ,

[GaleForceEight]

My initial thought seeing one at the range was that the barrel diameter was too thin - instead of fitting a barrel mounted shroud they should perhaps have gone for a larger O/D barrel like BSA or Theoben.

I am guessing that the receiver/breech block design together with the small diameter breech block screws isn't man enough for the job of supporting a full diameter barrel though, and they have to make the parts down to a cost rather than up to a performance, resulting in a setup that is particularly vulnerable to knocks.

(apologies in advance if my thoughts are controversial)

[Rich]

I've had two Airwolfs and both of them were prone to losing zero even if stored in the bag for a week. One secret is not to let the barrel shroud butt up against the action; leave a tiny gap.

One rifle has gone now and the other one sports a barrel band that I put on about 6 months ago and the zero drift problem has gone too.

[adiepie]

Thanks Rich.....

Having got one of Rich's Airwolfs, it doesn't lose ANY zero for me, stored flat in the case, although it was upgraded to FAC!

Strange!!

Adrian

[paul.s]

I bought an Air Ranger last year, the first thing I did was remove the barrel band, this was because I did not like the look of it. I have never had a problem with losing zero.
The wolf/ranger were sold for ages without one, what changed ?

[Vermin Al]

I once had a RWS 500 plus air rifle, similar to the Daystate Air Ranger, and that certainly needed a barrel band or two to maintain zero.

[Rich]

When I tried the Airwolfs for bench rest, any small loss of zero was easily noticed. In bench rest you are looking to take out a pin head at 20 yards, and half a pellet diameter is all the tolerance you can allow.