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More Details Of The Daystate Blackwolf Air Rifle

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Following yesterday’s introduction, today we have more details of the new Daystate Blackwolf air rifle.

To me, one major highlight is the simplicity of the design. Fewer parts mean less reliability issues and easier maintenance.

Based on my own experience in product development, I am also strongly aware that it’s relatively easy to design a complex product using many parts. It’s much tougher to make a similar-performance model with fewer parts. That’s real engineering!

More Details Of The Daystate Blackwolf Air Rifle


So when we take a look at the Daystate Blackwolf Air Rifle parts diagram (above), we see a simple design with – by my counting and without inside information – only around 19 O rings for the bottle gun and 22 for the tube version. (Not including any O rings inside the regulator assembly). That’s sure to please many potential customers…

Then there’s the trigger. As we can see below, it’s adjustable for first stage pull weight and travel. The same is true for the second stage. Plus there’s overtravel (travel after shot) adjustability.

In addition, the trigger post position can be adjusted, as can the trigger shoe.

More Details Of The Daystate Blackwolf Air Rifle


In addition to a variety of wood stocks, the Daystate Blackwolf air rifle will also be available with a “tactical”, chassis stock. The photographs here are of a pre-production version of the stock, but they make clear that the prototype Blackwolf being shot at Extreme Benchrest 2024 was actually this model.

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The Blackwolf will be available with a choice of 200 cc or 300 cc alloy HPA tubes. However, 480 cc and 580 cc carbon-wrapped bottles are also to be available. In all cases, the fill pressure is 3,625 PSI (250 Bar).

More Details Of The Daystate Blackwolf Air Rifle


Of course, Daystate air rifles are known for their beautiful wood stocks. The Blackwolf certainly looks stunning with the traditional walnut stock, as we can see below.



More Details Of The Daystate Blackwolf Air Rifle


Note that the same stock is used for both bottle and tube guns. There’s a forend extension that’s used if a tube is fitted. See the difference between the photos above and below.

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There’s also a “carbon gray” – looks like black to me – version of the stock too, should you like the “stealth” look…

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Another change is the inclusion of M-LOK slots in the underside of the stock, as we see below.

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There’s more eye candy in this video from AoA…

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In the article above I drew this quote. "Then there’s the trigger. As we can see below, it’s adjustable for first stage pull weight and travel. The same is true for the second stage. Plus there’s overtravel (travel after shot) adjustability." When I look at the diagram I am unable to find the second stage weight adjustment.
 
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I guess I missed it. I did not see the correct 0dB moderator shown, listed, etc.
Well today 2/19/25 I called AOA and they confirmed 1/2" threads are at the muzzel.
 
Honestly, I'm surprised Daystate didn't make a hammer-valve principle like Epic Airguns have. Epic Airguns One and Two are a much better and cheaper option to these new Daystates. Disappointed
Do a review, and show them side by side at the range demonstrating how they are much better. I'm sure that I'm not the only one who would be interested in seeing that.
 
Do a review, and show them side by side at the range demonstrating how they are much better. I'm sure that I'm not the only one who would be interested in seeing that.
Of course, currently Epic Airguns doesn't have that much paid promotion, but people are mostly more than satisfied with their products, people post sparingly on forums and on YT, but there are good reviews...
 
Of course, currently Epic Airguns doesn't have that much paid promotion, but people are mostly more than satisfied with their products, people post sparingly on forums and on YT, but there are good reviews...
The root of your statement was that they are much better than the new Daystate's that you were disappointed in. That's why I thought a side by side demonstration would be interesting to prove your point.
 
Ham reviewed the Epic 2 carbine, we will have to wait for the B.W. review. Carbines aren't my thing (I want all the barrel, shot count, and power I can get for my money😍) But a face off between the full length barrel epic 2 walnut stock and Black wolf Walnut would definitely be sweet. I'm sure it will happen somewhere. I don't see either being a poor choice for a high end air gun.
As far as the 250bar fill ....I like it! 4500psi will possibly make you more power and net you some more shots but more stress on your filling gear, seals, etc. Strike one for the Epic.
 
A bit disappointed in terms of the US high power market. The plenum is only 52cc vs main competition Impact being 75cc. The other area would be the barrel not knowing twist rates at a minimum leaves one wondering if anything happened to make this more competitive. A barrel tuner is similar to a guitar in my eyes. A musician tunes his guitar before every performance will we need to tune the tensioner every day to have the right tune? Did the lands in the barrel get reduced to lesson the magnus affect of cross winds? Hoping to hear some good news.
 
Of course, currently Epic Airguns doesn't have that much paid promotion, but people are mostly more than satisfied with their products, people post sparingly on forums and on YT, but there are good reviews...
Unfortunately Epic completely failed on the copy of the balance valve, that's obvious from the first versions. It's nice to see they became a little more original with this latest version. Curious what kind of power the Epic 2 can produce in .30 with a 23" barrel, should be a fun comparison.
 
A bit disappointed in terms of the US high power market. The plenum is only 52cc vs main competition Impact being 75cc. The other area would be the barrel not knowing twist rates at a minimum leaves one wondering if anything happened to make this more competitive. A barrel tuner is similar to a guitar in my eyes. A musician tunes his guitar before every performance will we need to tune the tensioner every day to have the right tune? Did the lands in the barrel get reduced to lesson the magnus affect of cross winds? Hoping to hear some good news.
It has been confirmed the slug barrels are the same as Ghost/Delta platforms 711mm, so twists, choke, etc are probably all the same. Seeing as they will run 17 & 23in barrels as well, I'd bet they are also the same specs. As for the plenum size, I like the way Daystate set it up myself! If raw power is what you want, the extended plenum option is available and I believe about doubles the 52cc size, leaving the impact (a non similar bullpup platform?) behind. With the smaller plenum standard you can tune it down easier and get decent S-P-F.... Good luck doing that with a monster sized plenum. Sadly Daystate does keep gun info close to their chests, hoping Ham will provide most info in their review of the Black wolf.
 
I can only go by the specs of the prototype I was using, it had an 80cc plenum and was fitted with a 23" LW in 1:26. The gun seemed to shoot 50gr pellets well but had to turn the wheel way down to like #5. At full power the gun will easily shoot over 100fpe but with the 300cc cylinder isn't ideal for shot count with maybe like 10 shots. As I was told the gun will be available with 17" 23" 28" barrels with several twist rates available for various calibers. I did have a 24" SubMOA as well that I believe might be offered as an option but haven't confirmed 100%
 
I’m still of the opiinion that they are just nuts on price. I think you should be able to get a walnut bottle 23” for $2500. I mean if thomas can build a custom gun that will give anygun a run for its money if the shooter is good for $4000 then no mass produced gun is worth that much.
 

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