Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Air Guns Avenger 22cal "Starling Sniper"

Saw these in 22 cal with wood stock and couldn't resist. The wood stock is a nice upgrade from the plastic on my 25 caliber.

Easy 1" at 50 yards with basic Crosman 14.3gr hollow point. I've got the regulator set to 1500 psi, should be around 860 fps or so with the 14.3gr.

Starlings showed up today and this pops them nicely.

kinda looks like a Benjamin Marauder

Yeah, very similar profile.

What bipod and moderator are you using? Need to find a decent bipod without breaking the bank.

Very cool!

Bipod is kind of a cheapy, but works fine for this,

https://www.amazon.com/UTG-Super-Bi...21922440&s=sporting-goods&sr=1-9


Moderator is a Tanto from DonnyFL,

https://donnyfl.com/collections/ldc

How loud is it? I need an air rifle that I can pop ring necked doves around my subdivision without getting the neighbors in a tizzy.

It's fairly loud. If you dial down the regulator to 1100 psi or so it will quiet it somewhat, but if you need it to be quiet, you will want a moderator of some kind.

I ordered one in .22 last week for the same purpose . ! I ordered a one piece scope mount but know I'm thinking it won't work with the magazine ? Do you have a hand pump ? If so how bad is it to pump ?

The one piece base might be a problem for a couple reasons. First, as you said, the magazine, it needs some room. Second, I don't know if the rail slot spacing between the front part and back part, are synch'd up with each other in true picatinny dimensions.....but I kind of doubt it.

I'm hand pumping with a Hill MK5 hand pump. 3-stage pump or something like that. I've pumped up to 4100 or so psi. Not difficult, just takes a little time. Use your body weight. I generally stop at 3600 psi or so, just to go easy on the regulator. Probably no advantage, but that's what I'm doing.

I'm in no hurry to buy a electric compressor. Hand pump is serving me just fine.


Pumping up the 25 cal.

Got it . I'll have a set of two piece rings on the ready !

These are the rings I'm using.

https://www.swfa.com/swfa-ss-tac-30mm-1-rings-6.html

They give plenty of room for the magazine, work for 1" or 30mm scope tube, and don't break the bank. There is also a 'high' version if you are going with a big scope obj bell. I'm using a Hawke Airmax 3-9x40 scope.