Wolverine New to me .177 Wolverine

[FL22]

Showed up today, purchased it from AoA used. All said and done to my door very close to $1000.

I’m really enjoying shooting it (right now as a matter fact) after I dialed everything in at 25 yards it started raining so I’m plinking at 50y.

I started off with the JSB 8.44 exact itdidn’t like those at all so then I tried H&N barracuda 8 and it was one ragged hole.

The scope I’m using temporarily is a
UTG 4–16 X 44 it was on my HW95. I know I was going to have to find something different but hopefully sooner than later because I cannot deal with the thick crosshairs and Mil dots target shooting for too long.

I’ve been wanting a .177 PCP for quite some time and since the black wolf came along, I felt like it was time to make a move.

This Airgun checks many boxes for me such as inexpensive ammo, long shooting sessions, fully mechanical and regulated.

I like the looks well enough, but holding and shooting it has definitely brought my appreciation to the next level.

Along with a new scope, I’m also going to get a moderator for it.

 

[wolfmangreg]

Excellent rifles, & yours is a beautiful example!
If I were a gambling man, would put down a Benjamin or two that JSB 10.34 will be it's favorite pellet.

 

[FL22]

Excellent rifles, & yours is a beautiful example!
If I were a gambling man, would put down a Benjamin or two that JSB 10.34 will be its favorite pellet.

I have some Benjamin‘s on hand, hopefully I will be able to tomorrow.

 

[Pumacarl]

Always a good looking gun. I remember thinking when I first saw one on the computer I said to myself, "finally an airgun with a bottle that looks good!" Most of the early bottle guns didn't look that great, even if the gun's themselves were excellent. Theoben comes to mind, their bottles were/are ugly to me, but they were really ahead of their time and some of the best ever made too.

 

[Danman]

Congrats on the 'new' airgun! Now, run it over your new chrono and give us some stats! I'd second the 10.34 Jsbs....
Oh and send that rain here plz its so dry i need to start watering some of my trees soon.

 

[Jaabaa]

Looks really nice. Hope it's what you wanted

 

[jps2486]

I bought one on sale at AOA a few months back. Beautiful fantastic rifle! 160 shots per fill and super accurate. I mounted an Athlon Heras 4-20X scope on it. Great combination. I bought two CARM magazines for about $35 which work perfectly. 8.4s shoot 957 fps and 10.3s shoot 899 fps. Extreme spread over 160 shots is 29 with a SD of 4. How good is that?

 

[PaulinMN]

Mine loves the jts 10.4 , the jsb 10.3 were also good. I shoot with the jts because they all weigh the same, where as the jsb very a bit. Mine is shooting at 900-905fps and lazer accurate.

 

[Woogie_man]

Showed up today, purchased it from AoA used. All said and done to my door very close to $1000.

I’m really enjoying shooting it (right now as a matter fact) after I dialed everything in at 25 yards it started raining so I’m plinking at 50y.

I started off with the JSB 8.44 exact itdidn’t like those at all so then I tried H&N barracuda 8 and it was one ragged hole.

The scope I’m using temporarily is a
UTG 4–16 X 44 it was on my HW95. I know I was going to have to find something different but hopefully sooner than later because I cannot deal with the thick crosshairs and Mil dots target shooting for too long.

I’ve been wanting a .177 PCP for quite some time and since the black wolf came along, I felt like it was time to make a move.

This Airgun checks many boxes for me such as inexpensive ammo, long shooting sessions, fully mechanical and regulated.

I like the looks well enough, but holding and shooting it has definitely brought my appreciation to the next level.

Along with a new scope, I’m also going to get a moderator for it.

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Was looking at that rifle, called in and was told it was sold! Glad that it went to someone on the forums here!

 

[pfddi]

I shoot the FX 10.34s in mine and it produces a ragged hole at 50 yards. I'll swap out with some 10.34 Hades for some backyard pest work at under 30 yards and it hits where I'm aiming. Mine's set at 150bar and gets 70+ shots on a 250 bar fill.

I put a Huggett Snipe moderator on my Wolverine and it has been an outstanding moderator for that gun. The only gun I have that is quieter is a Huben GK1 in .22 with a Huma Mod 40. I tested out the sound with a neighbor 35 yards away and he heard nothing!!!

 

[FL22]

Things are getting interesting for my Wolverine and I don’t necessarily mean that in a good way.

Previous owner performed some homebrew modifications to it lol.

Firstly, I watched the video on assembly and disassembly of the gun so that I could understand what was going on and the first discrepancy was there was a grub screw missing from under the hammer retainer screw (the retainer screwis also stripped out). The underlying grub screw prevents the adjuster from moving.

I tried to adjust the power adjuster and I could see the brass sleeve was spinning in the hammer retainer opening… this was after I watched sub12airgunner’s video twice and what I’m seeing happen does not make any sense compared to the video. There’s no way that brass should be spinning.

The hollow brass piece is thread into the hammer assembly on one side and the power adjuster is threaded on the other side when you put in your very long Allen key you have to get through the assembly to engage the power adjuster.

But mine It just spins it doesn’t make any change in power. It doesn’t come apart, but I can see the brass simply rotating and then I saw this grub screw, and I don’t think it’s factory…



If I turn the key, you can see that it rotates like it’s one continuous piece inside.



Sent an email to AoA service department, they are not there this week but it’s definitely going back. It’s still under the 30 day warranty.

 

[wolfmangreg]

Sorry to see you on this run of bad luck. But happy to see you got the Sniper XR up and running.
Someone definitely took the monkey wrench to your Wolverine. Shame really, since those rifles are well known for being tuned & ready to rock right out of the box.

 

[FL22]

So here’s an update for everyone…

I sent AoA an email and explained what I thought was going on with the rifle and Shane sent me a video about adjusting the power on the Huntsman Revere.

He said to use that as a guide with the applicable parts of the video. I watched it and that made sense to me so I re-watched the assembly of the Wolverine R video.

And here’s what I missed, It was just so subtle in the assembly video. He turns the hammer over and then inserts it, blink you’ll miss it. At least I did lol.

So I thought that the power adjuster’s captive grub screw was under the hammer retention screw and it’s not.

I did not disassemble the rifle if I had I probably would’ve seen this, I’m sure. I say that, I know that I’ve been lost in the sauce before .

So between this faux pas on my part and seeing all that Molly lube inside the hammer chamber, which is not in the assembly video had me jumping the gun.

When I put the BSD’s on the Chrono, it was shooting at 750 so I’ll see if I can get things moving in the right direction this weekend.

Anyway, AoA is great and I feel like a knucklehead .

 

[FL22]

I have the stock off and the power adjuster is all good.

I’m going to email Shane back about the stripped out hammer retainer screw.

You can see in the photo where the screw has been rubbing against the stock.

 

[FL22]

I have decided to make the repair myself. AoA is sending me the hammer assembly, I will return the old one that is stripped out. Should be receiving the replacement next Thursday.

 

[FL22]

Just finished making the repair, I also inspected the bottle. Things went smoothly . Hopefully I will have time tomorrow to tune it.

 

[FL22]

Bottle O-ring leaking, I should’ve known better when I looked at it last night. It was flat-ish on one side. I robbed one from my Hill hand pump repair kit.

Next order from AoA will include a full O-ring set.

 

[FL22]

No leaks today , there will be tuning.

 

[Corvid_Hunter]

Very nice rifle. Unfortunately it took a little time, patience and work to get it sorted out.

 

[FL22]

Very nice rifle. Unfortunately it took a little time, patience and work to get it sorted out.

Thank you, now that things are worked out I’m very happy with it and feel more comfortable with maintenance and repair.

Honestly, I think it had me a little intimidated at first it’s definitely not like my Sniper or S510 that I have worked on, I don’t mean that in a mechanical way more intangible.