Wolverine Pretty new Wolverine

[wolfmangreg]

Shot FT with one of these last year & for reasons known only to the "do something really dumb" portion of my brain, sold it this spring. Didn't take long to regret it. After selling another rifle recently, found myself in the general vicinity of Baker Airguns & decided it was high time to rectify the situation.
Fellow at the counter was a friend I met at my first match last year, & he was kind enough to let me pick the stock I wanted. Think I did pretty good, but will let the HAM community be the judge:

 

[Eric Brewer]

Verry nice stripes!

 

[Sub 12 airgunners]

That is very nice looks a treat

 

[Lee unsworth]

Extremely nice tiger stripes

 

[wolfmangreg]

She's just as accurate as her older sister was; if the target doesn't fall she's blameless. Fortunately, can still fall back on the "darn wind changed" excuse .
Even shooting the same speed, so once zero was set it was more a matter of verifying dope than obtaining.
Switched to a Revere Safari between the two. Excellent rifle as well, but missed a couple things:
- the extra pound or so of weight makes the Wolverine a bit steadier on sticks for me
- the trigger shoe, in particular being able to adjust the angle

 

[CTAirgunner]

As always Greg, gorgeous rifle! You seem to have no shortage of them!

 

[wolfmangreg]

As always Greg, gorgeous rifle! You seem to have no shortage of them!

Thanks Kevin!

Suppose the laminate would be more practical, & looks good too. But I'm a sucker for pretty walnut.

 

[CTAirgunner]

Thanks Kevin!

Suppose the laminate would be more practical, & looks good too. But I'm a sucker for pretty walnut.

Ditto man! The walnut has a regal, classic look.

 

[Sub 12 airgunners]

I like the Walnut, but this LE does look very nice to i do like the blue

 

[wolfmangreg]

That is spectacular!

 

[Soren Drost]

Really a beauty in blue

 

[Anguillle]

Awsome guns on my wishlist in walnut

 

[AOA ROB]

That is a stunner of a stock.

Rob.

 

[Shortcut]

You picked a good one! Stock is awesome and the Wolverine is a shooter

 

[AZ&WI Ed]

Beautiful air rifle. I bought one last November from AOA (the Forester) and a week later shot my best score at FT, 50/60. Since then I have continued to enjoy the rifle and improve my scores in many competitions from FT, to Benchrest. I did take the trigger sears out of the gun and honed them very carefully on my Japanese water stones keeping the surfaces as flat and perpendicular and at original angles as possible. After reinstalling, adding a touch of white lithium grease, and adjusting the triggers, my scores improved again, especially the off hand targets. Just recently I purchased a chronograph and tweaked the hammer spring so that with 10.3 grain JSBs I’m at 19.5 ft-lbs of energy, 920 fps and with 13.4 JSB redesigns I’m at 800 fps and 18.5 ft-lbs. This is about 40 fps increase and about 1 to 1.5 ft-lbs increase over factory. I also added a spacer I made out of African Black Wood and Black Locust laminations so that the LOP is about 1 1/4 inches longer. The gun shoots very well off hand. I really enjoy shooting this air rifle.

I also purchased a Wolverine in .22 HP and did the trigger job on it as well. It made all the difference in the world for shooting off hand at 100 yds for Extreme Field Target. The triggers prior to the trigger job were not great.

 

[Ronaldo]

Beautiful air rifle. I bought one last November from AOA (the Forester) and a week later shot my best score at FT, 50/60. Since then I have continued to enjoy the rifle and improve my scores in many competitions from FT, to Benchrest. I did take the trigger sears out of the gun and honed them very carefully on my Japanese water stones keeping the surfaces as flat and perpendicular and at original angles as possible. After reinstalling, adding a touch of white lithium grease, and adjusting the triggers, my scores improved again, especially the off hand targets. Just recently I purchased a chronograph and tweaked the hammer spring so that with 10.3 grain JSBs I’m at 19.5 ft-lbs of energy, 920 fps and with 13.4 JSB redesigns I’m at 800 fps and 18.5 ft-lbs. This is about 40 fps increase and about 1 to 1.5 ft-lbs increase over factory. I also added a spacer I made out of African Black Wood and Black Locust laminations so that the LOP is about 1 1/4 inches longer. The gun shoots very well off hand. I really enjoy shooting this air rifle.

I also purchased a Wolverine in .22 HP and did the trigger job on it as well. It made all the difference in the world for shooting off hand at 100 yds for Extreme Field Target. The triggers prior to the trigger job were not great.

What pellets are you using for the HP.

 

[wolfmangreg]

Beautiful air rifle. I bought one last November from AOA (the Forester) and a week later shot my best score at FT, 50/60. Since then I have continued to enjoy the rifle and improve my scores in many competitions from FT, to Benchrest. I did take the trigger sears out of the gun and honed them very carefully on my Japanese water stones keeping the surfaces as flat and perpendicular and at original angles as possible. After reinstalling, adding a touch of white lithium grease, and adjusting the triggers, my scores improved again, especially the off hand targets. Just recently I purchased a chronograph and tweaked the hammer spring so that with 10.3 grain JSBs I’m at 19.5 ft-lbs of energy, 920 fps and with 13.4 JSB redesigns I’m at 800 fps and 18.5 ft-lbs. This is about 40 fps increase and about 1 to 1.5 ft-lbs increase over factory. I also added a spacer I made out of African Black Wood and Black Locust laminations so that the LOP is about 1 1/4 inches longer. The gun shoots very well off hand. I really enjoy shooting this air rifle.

I also purchased a Wolverine in .22 HP and did the trigger job on it as well. It made all the difference in the world for shooting off hand at 100 yds for Extreme Field Target. The triggers prior to the trigger job were not great.

They are fantastic FT rifles!

A bit surprised about the trigger though. Both of the ones I've had have been fantastic. 1st one broke very clean & was safe down to 8oz. Maybe a hair more over travel than I prefer. Second one breaks just as clean but will go down to 5oz, with little discernable over travel. Keeping it at 7oz; below that my trigger finger has trouble getting to the first stage wall without going over

 

[AZ&WI Ed]

What pellets are you using for the HP.

JSB 25.4

 

[Ronaldo]

Thanks, have you tried Rangemaster King 2540.

 

[AZ&WI Ed]

Thanks, have you tried Rangemaster King 2540.

Yes, they shoot a little better than the JSBs. I shoot them when it counts and let the grandkids shoot the JSBs. JSBs are less expensive and the difference isn’t great.