Daystate Air Wolf Review

Overall Rating

Adjustable power levels
Generous shot count from 500 on low to 70 on highest setting
Unbelievably accurate and quite consistent
Smooth, light , crisp predictable trigger
Beautiful walnut ambidextrous stock
completely effortless cocking
well balanced even with the 500cc bottle
All electronic options are easily set ,reset or bypassed if desired

had to grind down my single shot tray to fit properly
very slight POI wandering
at 39 fpe the gun is a tad loud do to the undersized shroud

Let me add that I have had many pcp's ranging from under $1,000 to over $1,500 U.S. so this is not the first quality gun I've
had the pleasure of testing,shooting or owning...

The gun is a pleasure to hold from the moment you shoulder the gun it just seems to mold to you. I find no problem repeating my check weld with the ambi stock. As I said before I've had many other quality guns but had no idea how much nicer a gun could be until I shot a friends AW, instantly knew I had to get an AW of my own.

Adjustable power : I've tested on the lowest setting at 13fpe +/-
and actually lost count but shot 2 full tins of JSB's so it was approximately 500 shots with the same power as my R-9 but basically inaudible noise wise and no hold sensitivity like on a springer. I've tested at several other power levels as well but the majority of my shots are on highest power level with 21.1 gr. Kodiaks from 900-910 fps and 15.9 JSB's at 1000-1015 both providing accuracy unmatched by anyother gun I've shot..

We're talking sub MOA groups at 50 and 100 yards ...

Trigger: Personally I found it to be better feeling than any other I've tried ,BSA, AA, HW100, Rekord, Prairie Falcon, early Rapid

Cocking: nothing even comes close to the ease of cocking like that of the AW, all you are actually doing is cycling the pellet as the electronics take care of the cocking , unlike all other bolt actions or side levers where your action is pre loading a spring or other mechanism....Wonderful ease / simple

Stock: One of the most beautiful pieces of factory walnut on any production gun. I've got the recently Itallian made stocks which just came out after the first of the year 2008. Wonderful bit of grade 3 / 4 walnut and as a left hand shooter the ambi stock is the finest example of true ambi I have ever found.

Balance: It may be true the AW's with a 400cc bottle probably have better balance but I clearly find this to be very well balanced. Others who have added after market shrouds of larger diameter and longer length may argue the balance of the gun but I find it balances very well.

Electronics: I'm no electronic engineer and I dont need to be the electronics are simple to use if you choose , there is no need to touch them at all if that is your desire, the gun will work perfect on high power with no warning of low air or any of the other fine features. It is said to be weather proff , maybe it is maybe not----I can tell you this any of my guns that cost over 1K
are not going to be out in a downpour anyway...

Had a really tight fitting single shot clip and had to grind it down just a little to make it fit , now I'm handy with tools so it was no big deal to me but for $2200.00 it should have fit from the factory.
No problems at all with the 10 shot clip, works perfectly and I received a free one from Daystate U.K. for buying the gun in January when they had a special going on ..$88.00 value for free

Wandering POI: I had seen some very slight wandering from the gun during 100 yard target shooting sessions , not enough that it had an effect on my group size but slowly over an entire fill the groups rotated from left to right, by loosening the endcap just a little this remedied the problem.

Noise: I initially thought the gun to loud and the shroud rather cheap made but if you consider my other guns shoot at 30fpe and this at 40fpe ...
Once out in the open the noise level is a non issue IMO.

I rate the gun a 9/10 overall just because there has to be guns made that can do something a little better but I have not found it yet..