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The Random Ramblings Of An Old Airguner

I finally decided to sell off some of my airguns so I could finance a new Air Arms EV2. I have been wanting to get one for a while now but decided to wait until after the Mk4 version hit the streets to buy one. I have been shooting my AA ProTarget over the past couple months and it kicked up my desire to get the state of the art EV2.

It all started a couple weeks back when I gave my Daystate MakoFT to David Slade at Airgunwerks to go through. I hadn't been shooting it much and it needed some seals or cleaning up. I bought this MakoFT from David about 10 years ago and have shot it from time to time. David had tuned and customized it and boy was it a tack driver! It is one of two rifles that I ever cleaned an FT course with. It fit me like a glove and shot very smoothly.  This rifle was also the same rifle that Beeman used for their catalog pictures back when they offered the MakoFT model.

I told David that if I ever decided to sell the Mako that he would have first rights of refusal. Once he had it back in his hand for a while he decided he wanted to buy it back. This was the spark that started me selling off some of my unused sporter rifles so that I could finance the EV2. 

Over the past year my wife had been laid off and then decided to try to develop a line of custom jewelry to sell on the Internet. We were also supporting my son while he was in college during this time so spare money has been very short. Selling some of my airgun collection was the only real avenue I had, for now, to finance the EV2. I decided to sell an RWS48S rifle, Beeman R7 rifle, RWS 92 rifle, and a FAS604 match pistol. So, I took some photos, posted them on my classified ads page, and within a day had enough money from sales to pay for the new EV2.

The EV2 arrived two days ago and I haven't had time to post about it until now as I was busy setting it up and shooting it. The firing cycle is very smooth and benign. The barrel has a compensator at the muzzle so there is almost no movement when the rifle is fired. The trigger is terrific, I have it setup with a single stage so all I need to do is rest my finger on the blade and just squeeze a bit to release the shot. The stock is so adjustable that it is easy to get the rifle to fit perfectly.

The only issue I have with the EV2 is the scope rail. I shoot over my arm and my position causes me to mount my scopes forward on the scope rail. The extra wide breech opening doesn't allow me to install my mounts where they need to be so that I can move the scope forward. The old ProTarget has a dovetail rail installed as standard so that the mounts can be installed anywhere along the entire length of the breech. I think the EV2 also need a similar dovetail rail.

The is a gentleman in the UK, Barry Taylor, who is working on an adjustable dovetail rail for the EV2. I think I am going to need one of these once he gets them fabricated. Until them I think I am going to have to buy two sets of extended (reach forward) mounts to get the proper scope placement.

So far I am very happy with the EV2. It is only 12 ft. lbs. but the rifle is a tack driver. I haven't had time to shoot groups from a bench yet but some of the groups I have shot from my FT position lead me to believe that it will do the job. Knocking down a 3/4" kill zone field target at 37 yards time after time confirms to me that the rifle performs. I am looking forward to working with this rifle over the coming months to get it completely setup and shooting!