Daystate renegade

[cumbrianbob]

Anyone got one and what's their thoughts on it please.

[nuggs]

Anyone got one and what's their thoughts on it please.

Had one in .177 and traded in because I couldn’t get on with the big hold over/under because of height of scope on the high rail and also there is no warning whatsoever when the battery that works the trigger mech goes flat ! Not very good when you are on a pigeon ,squeeze the trigger and ....nothing.you could carry a spare with you at all times I suppose but because I didn’t know about the battery life (very short on mine)once it didn’t fire I had to leave my permission early and drive 25 miles home with rifle cocked and pellet in breach because there’s nothing you can do . daystate could have put an audible warning or even a tiny led to let you know ! not very good for a £1200 pound rifle.

[secretagentmole]

Had one in .177 and traded in because I couldn’t get on with the big hold over/under because of height of scope on the high rail and also there is no warning whatsoever when the battery that works the trigger mech goes flat ! Not very good when you are on a pigeon ,squeeze the trigger and ....nothing.you could carry a spare with you at all times I suppose but because I didn’t know about the battery life (very short on mine)once it didn’t fire I had to leave my permission early and drive 25 miles home with rifle cocked and pellet in breach because there’s nothing you can do . daystate could have put an audible warning or even a tiny led to let you know ! not very good for a £1200 pound rifle.

Seeing as there is no anti double load on a Daystate all you had to do was pull the bolt back, remove the magazine and then use a rod to remove the pellet! I know you should not have to, but if you forget to check your charge the day before shooting you have to so carrying a set of cleaning rods makes sense!

[where's it gone]

...... so carrying a set of cleaning rods makes sense!

No it doesn't. These sort of items are kept in the gun assessories cupboard, along with others.

[secretagentmole]

No it doesn't. These sort of items are kept in the gun assessories cupboard, along with others.

So how do you cope with an "Oh dear I double loaded it!" accident in the field then. I always carry a set of cleaning rods with me for such an eventuality. Please note, those who own a Hatsan or HW pcp are exempt!

[nuggs]

Seeing as there is no anti double load on a Daystate all you had to do was pull the bolt back, remove the magazine and then use a rod to remove the pellet! I know you should not have to, but if you forget to check your charge the day before shooting you have to so carrying a set of cleaning rods makes sense!

You’ve got all the answers haven’t you !!!! Carry a set of cleaning rods !who does that ? check battery charge before going !!! All good advice ! But You have to remove the stock on a renegade to get to the battery then remove battery check the power (if you have one of those power checking thingys)put back or replace battery then replace stock and then recheck zero ,because I for one wouldn’t trust remaining on zero once stock bolts and stock have been removed . It’s just poorly thought out by daystate probably to save a few quid . And at £1200 + like I said could have wired in an led or audible warning .

[nuggs]

So how do you cope with an "Oh dear I double loaded it!" accident in the field then. I always carry a set of cleaning rods with me for such an eventuality. Please note, those who own a Hatsan or HW pcp are exempt!

Or a RENEGADE as you CANT double load it ,once rifle is cocked and pellet indexed you can’t load again until rifle has been fired.another thing that use to bug me was if you left safety off for a certain amount of time it use to reset itself so you had to put catch back on and then off before firing again ! Its a safety thing I know but still caught me out a couple of times . I really wanted to like the renegade but too many things niggled me . This is only my opinion and I am sure many love there renegade .I have gone back to a hw100k in .20 .and love it

[secretagentmole]

You’ve got all the answers haven’t you !!!! Carry a set of cleaning rods !who does that ? check battery charge before going !!! All good advice ! But You have to remove the stock on a renegade to get to the battery then remove battery check the power (if you have one of those power checking thingys)put back or replace battery then replace stock and then recheck zero ,because I for one wouldn’t trust remaining on zero once stock bolts and stock have been removed . It’s just poorly thought out by daystate probably to save a few quid . And at £1200 + like I said could have wired in an led or audible warning .

No you check the battery by plugging the charger in and switching on, a green light on the charger means all charged and ready to go, a red light means it needs charging. Not very difficult and as far as I am aware it does not mean the removal of the stock!

[nuggs]

No you check the battery by plugging the charger in and switching on, a green light on the charger means all charged and ready to go, a red light means it needs charging. Not very difficult and as far as I am aware it does not mean the removal of the stock!

Plugging the charger in !!!! To where ? As I said I’ve actually had a renegade and mine never had a charging socket anywhere .I had to remove the stock to get to the battery .

[clunge]

Renegade batt not rechargeable and it would be silly to use a rechargeable batt without a socket to recharge it, as the capacity would be much less.

The manual does not state which type of PP3 to use, though the non-rechargeable lithium (expensive) ones would seem to be the ones to use.

http://www.daystate.com/manuals/Puls...andbook-V3.pdf

[secretagentmole]

Well perhaps people should try listening to the gun.....

Copied from the manual....

"The renegades electronic trigger is
powered by a single PP3 (9volt) battery
which will power the trigger for many
thousands of shots. When the battery
needs changing the rifle is programmed
to release the sear a second time after
the shot to give an audible ‘double click’.
To change the battery it is necessary to
remove the stock.

Does sound a damned pain though, worse than the mk 3!

[MrGrumpy]

Or you could all realise your talking about 2 different guns Renegade non electric Pulsar electric neither can be double loaded
Hi Bob il be back shooting come spring and winter sundays if your free
Now can we all play nice please

[nuggs]

Well perhaps people should try listening to the gun.....

Copied from the manual....

"The renegades electronic trigger is
powered by a single PP3 (9volt) battery
which will power the trigger for many
thousands of shots. When the battery
needs changing the rifle is programmed
to release the sear a second time after
the shot to give an audible ‘double click’.
To change the battery it is necessary to
remove the stock.

Does sound a damned pain though, worse than the mk 3!

Don’t copy from the manual ! Just listen to the people who have had the gun and therefore experienced the problems like myself ! The supposed audible double click on mine was ...well...unaudible .and the many thousands of shots it was supposed to give was well off .The original op asked for info on the renegade and I answered because of my experiences when I owned one ,he didn’t want people who have never owned the gun just giving heresay and paragraphs from the manual as he could do all that himself .

[Dmac1981]

In my opinion the renegade is a great rifle! Really accurate and well built and not had a single problem with mine and as a plus it’s got the same anti double load as the wolverine (I think they share actions). Yes it has a battery that needs replacing now and again but for me it’s worth the odd hassle for a brilliant trigger but if you never want to change a battery it’s not the gun for you and there’s plenty of other options out there but it’s not hard to change it but I would change it straight away as the factory ones are crap by all accounts. I’ve stuck a Duracell in and I’m about 4000 shots in and it’s still going but I carry a spare in my bag just in case (bought a double pack&#128521