I think Daystate make more lemons than most. Considering they are in the top tier of airguns they should not release sub standard products which they have done now for a few years. Every model has complaints of leaks, poor quality workmanship and low power.
I got a regal last month..I swear beavers could knaw out better quality metalwork. Test certificate said 11.6 with 8.4gr 4.52 daystates..I used the same pellets, 5 different batches and power was under 10.4! That takes the piss. Its fine now after I did the work myself, Didnt fancy sending it back and waiting months for it to be returned only to be worse with extra scratches. Another note against the design of these, there is a mix of imperial and metric screws on them, bloody nightmare to work on without rounding out the cheap cheese cap heads they have used. Why couldnt they use stainless screws on the bolt instead of the hardened cheese black ones for the sake of looks?? I've pretty much changed every screw on it for less than 5 quid.
Dont get me wrong, I do like the rifle now I have sorted it, but it should have been perfect out of the box for £800+