Alpha/Delta Wolf Delta Wolf .177 HP L - EBR Fun

[Soren Drost]

At my private range again doing some more testing with the Daystate Delta Wolf .177 HP with the longer prototype barrel

I have added the prototype barrel, which also fits my BRK Ghost .177 HP, so therefore no chrono in this barrel - Does not matter in the Delta Wolf as I use the custom setup

 

[wolfmangreg]

Awesome shooting Soren. 75m is a long way for the 10.3 grain pellets, the prototype barrel is clearly performing well- so is the shooter!

 

[Soren Drost]

Awesome shooting Soren. 75m is a long way for the 10.3 grain pellets, the prototype barrel is clearly performing well- so is the shooter!

The prototype barrel is performing very well And the shooter had one of his better days

Will give the different pellets around 13 gn a go as well Will probably have better performance at 75 and 100 yards

 

[Lee unsworth]

Your range is so cool soren . Glad the prototype is shooting super

 

[Soren Drost]

Your range is so cool soren . Glad the prototype is shooting super

Love being out there A nice calm place in the country

 

[wolfmangreg]

@Soren Drost,

Can you share any details regarding the prototype barrel (length, twist, rifling etc)?

Understand if you're obligated to keep mum on the details until Daystate/BRK are ready to release... just curious.

 

[Soren Drost]

@Soren Drost,

Can you share any details regarding the prototype barrel (length, twist, rifling etc)?

Understand if you're obligated to keep mum on the details until Daystate/BRK are ready to release... just curious.

It is a longer 28” barrel and that is all I can tell at the moment, since we are still testing and tweaking in all calibers

The extra length of the prototype barrel did add 60-70 FPS to my existing setups for the original barrel and it likes to shoot especially slugs at higher velocities (960 to 1025 FPS)

With pellets, you can turn down the regulator quite a bit to get down to the velocity needed and thereby get a better shot count and a very steady and smooth shot cycle

 

[wolfmangreg]

It is a longer 28” barrel and that is all I can tell at the moment, since we are still testing and tweaking in all calibers

The extra length of the prototype barrel did add 60-70 FPS to my existing setups for the original barrel and it likes to shoot especially slugs at higher velocities (960 to 1025 FPS)

With pellets, you can turn down the regulator quite a bit to get down to the velocity needed and thereby get a better shot count and a very steady and smooth shot cycle

Thanks Soren!

 

[Soren Drost]

Thanks Soren!

No problem and not much technical info, sorry

But this barrel is looking VERY good so far !

 

[wolfmangreg]

No problem and not much technical info, sorry

But this barrel is looking VERY good so far !

By the looks of those targets, I would agree!!

No worries on the technical info, suspected as much & don't blame them for not wanting to give competitors a heads up on R&D work.

Heck, while I love Daystate rifles, they're famously stingy with technical info even for their commercially available products! Still fuzzy on the details of my .22 RW HP barrel... going to slug it for twist rate when I need to remove for deep cleaning to satisfy my curiosity. Having too much fun with it right now though

 

[Soren Drost]

By the looks of those targets, I would agree!!

No worries on the technical info, suspected as much & don't blame them for not wanting to give competitors a heads up on R&D work.

Heck, while I love Daystate rifles, they're famously stingy with technical info even for their commercially available products! Still fuzzy on the details of my .22 RW HP barrel... going to slug it for twist rate when I need to remove for deep cleaning to satisfy my curiosity. Having too much fun with it right now though

Always fun and nice with some little optimization projects

Your .22 HP barrel should be polygonal and maybe 1:17 twist ??!?

 

[Centercut]

Soren, will you be coming to EBR this year? I'm not sure anyone has ever shot a .177 at the EBR Main Event. I did see a well known shooter bring a .177 to a 100 yard event a few years back, and he discovered what it was like bringing a knife to a gun fight.

 

[Soren Drost]

Soren, will you be coming to EBR this year? I'm not sure anyone has ever shot a .177 at the EBR Main Event. I did see a well known shooter bring a .177 to a 100 yard event a few years back, and he discovered what it was like bringing a knife to a gun fight.

I am not going to EBR this year .177 in that desert wind would be quite a challenge for sure and would also include a ton of luck !

 

[wolfmangreg]

Always fun and nice with some little optimization projects

Your .22 HP barrel should be polygonal and maybe 1:17 twist ??!?

Thanks for saving me the trouble

My guess wasn't far off- thought that the HP were all polygonal, & knew 1:17 was typically the twist of choice for .177 & .22; just wasn't sure if that applied to the HP barrels.

 

[Soren Drost]

Thanks for saving me the trouble

My guess wasn't far off- thought that the HP were all polygonal, & knew 1:17 was typically the twist of choice for .177 & .22; just wasn't sure if that applied to the HP barrels.

That is the barrel that I have in my Red Wolf .177 HP and it shoots the JSB KO 13.43 gn and also ZAN 13 gn very well out to 150 M or 164 Y

 

[CTAirgunner]

@Soren Drost seems to be the king of small slug shooting, every time I see results of his I am envious.

 

[Soren Drost]

@Soren Drost seems to be the king of small slug shooting, every time I see results of his I am envious.

Thank you very much I have been shooting slugs in .177 for over 4 years now - Way before they got commercially available

I used to swage my own 16 gn and 13 gn slugs using die sets from GMI Engineering

 

[baranjhn]

I look forward to official information being released about the barrel

 

[Soren Drost]

I look forward to official information being released about the barrel

I have no idea about the timeline for release, sorry

 

[Aussiegav]

Soren thats a cool bag rider stand you have there does it have a name and where can I find one?