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In today’s video, Gary takes an in-depth look at regulated and unregulated air rifles, and the benefits and downfalls of each. He then asks the question: is a regulated rifle more consistent and more accurate than an unregulated rifle?
This episode features the HFT-500, the Hammerli AR20 and the HW100 from Weihrauch.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Start
0:20 Intro
2:22 What is a Reg?
6:25 The Chrono
12:26 Outside the power curve
15:33 HFT-500 at 30 yards
17:06 AR20 at 30 yards
18:40 Hw100 at 30 yards
20:50 Results
23:03 End
23 Comments
Great video, very informative cheers.
i would definitely agree if you know your rifle you know your curve 👍 definitely would like a better look at that ar 👌
Great video 👍
There’s a good reason why I’ll never sell my HW100. 😉
And yes, Gary. A full review of the AR20 would be great 👍
Both my rifles are regulated, with my left arm. Nice shooting, Gary. 😊
thank you for the excellent video Gary
Great comparison. Would be great to see a review of the Hammerli
Another good one. The only thing I'd say is plain card/paper is better for seeing groups. The splatter targets obscure the hits. In my humble opinion of course.
Good stuff Gary … enjoyed that ..
Excellent and very informative Gary, thank you.
Great video. Why don't you wear glasses when you shoot? I use multifocals and it hasn't given me a problem. and i can use the left eye to see the wind etc. Thank you very much, regards
Thank you Gary for taking the time to produce this test, it was so interesting. Quite an eye opener 👍
Hi Gary great video, however I’d be interested to hear your thoughts. I have an Ultimate Sporter R I haven’t ever tested this theory however I feel I that it is less affected by temperature shift than my non regulated guns, what’s your thoughts?
'settling the reg'… hmm, with my TX200 (hunting) I sometimes forget to warm the spring up (2-3 shots)… and then am not surprised if I miss my first bunnie….
This was some interesting information. Excellent video Gary.
Excellent video Gary. I'm sticking with my HW100. 😎
Very interesting and l’ve certainly learnt something 👍
Great vid.
Comparing my HW100KT and unregulated S510 Carbine, both are capable of equal accuracy if tuned properly.
Mine both achieve a standard deviation of about 2fps with QYS or Bisley pellets.
I really love the extra adjustment the regulator gives me, but if you don't understand how to tune then properly you can put some proper dips and spikes in the power "curve".
Hi Gary
Was thinking of buying air arms HFT 500, for target shooting. Would this be an upgrade on my BSA 10? Which does shoot fairly good. I have seem a lot of guys shooting HFT 500 and s400 MPR FT and other more expensive ones, at my local club. Is it worth investing in one? Great video and very informative, by the way. 👍
Wayne
This is 100% correct, my hft500 I filled to 200bar, by mistake, at 30 yards it was shooting half mil dot low, I dry fired it down to 180 bar, spot on, brilliant gun, I shot 57 ex 60 at Cambridge hft shoot. just wish AirArms would make it in .22
Hey! Thanks for this great video! Which scope are you using?
Two and a half minutes in and I’m thinking… they’ve done studies you know. 60% of the time it works every time.
great vid were you get the fly killer from.
Cheers Gary and albeit my PCPks are regulated, I’d have no issue going forward buying unregulated.
Question: I noted that your chrono (same type as mine) was not close to the rifle muzzle. Is there a right distance or is it chrono dependent? I ask as I guess that the further it is from the muzzle then the velocity of the pellet is on the decrease. If you can answer this I’d appreciate it. Cheers again for all you do. Kris