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250Z V2 250 z .25 cal impressions from a first time pcp purchase

None of the critters you wanna hunt will notice the IR… been hunting with a DNT Zulus now for 6 months and my 250z is called the “Desert Wraith” for a reason. She collects souls at night
That's name is slick as bear 💩 bro. Now I gotta think of what to call mine.

Maybe Charlene because sometimes I go full Gomer pyle?😂 Ill figure it out.

I know these rats are nesting somewhere in the loft here, but so are all the barn cats, so thermal is off the table. Ill look into that Zulu a bit more, probably start saving for it this next year.

Im hoping if I can get this thing spot on, I can hand it to my old lady and bring her with for a night and let her go ham(but we'll see how that goes.) on some of these things. I know she absolutely despises pigeons, so that would be an easy sell.
 
That's name is slick as bear 💩 bro. Now I gotta think of what to call mine.

Maybe Charlene because sometimes I go full Gomer pyle?😂 Ill figure it out.

I know these rats are nesting somewhere in the loft here, but so are all the barn cats, so thermal is off the table. Ill look into that Zulu a bit more, probably start saving for it this next year.

Im hoping if I can get this thing spot on, I can hand it to my old lady and bring her with for a night and let her go ham(but we'll see how that goes.) on some of these things. I know she absolutely despises pigeons, so that would be an easy sell.
Hahaha Charlene is an excellent choice.


Let me be very clear there should be no reason why you don’t describe this thing as a “laser” as long as you give it a good tune. It’s not hard. Find a good speed and use the hammer spring to make little adjustments until you see the fps spread drop to 5fps or lower. Anything less than 10fps is fine but 5 or less is better.

I took my girl to shoot once and she hit a can first try at 80yards. Just shoot it off the hood of my car with a bipod.

Just be patient. Give it a little elbow grease love when can and shoot as much as possible. In my experience this gun needs breaking in. Shoot like a man possessed and you’ll see the whole gun get better and smoother.
 
Hahaha Charlene is an excellent choice.


Let me be very clear there should be no reason why you don’t describe this thing as a “laser” as long as you give it a good tune. It’s not hard. Find a good speed and use the hammer spring to make little adjustments until you see the fps spread drop to 5fps or lower. Anything less than 10fps is fine but 5 or less is better.

I took my girl to shoot once and she hit a can first try at 80yards. Just shoot it off the hood of my car with a bipod.

Just be patient. Give it a little elbow grease love when can and shoot as much as possible. In my experience this gun needs breaking in. Shoot like a man possessed and you’ll see the whole gun get better and smoother.
Bro, no doubt. Question about the zulus though, im seeing v1, v2, lrf non lrf options. I don't plan on shooting past 100 yards for pests, maybe hey guys, check this out, on a beer can, would you say there's a need for the lrf?

I kinda do shoot like a man possessed, I've burned through almost all my pellets, one tin of hornets left(not a fan really. Just think they're way too light) its super hard to not want to just go out and shoot this thing. Its genuinely a fun sport, and a super useful pest control tool.
 
Bro, no doubt. Question about the zulus though, im seeing v1, v2, lrf non lrf options. I don't plan on shooting past 100 yards for pests, maybe hey guys, check this out, on a beer can, would you say there's a need for the lrf?

I kinda do shoot like a man possessed, I've burned through almost all my pellets, one tin of hornets left(not a fan really. Just think they're way too light) its super hard to not want to just go out and shoot this thing. Its genuinely a fun sport, and a super useful pest control tool.
Groundhogs are easy pickings with the Barra 250Z around here. It's snowing and they haven't hybernated yet either!
 
Groundhogs are easy pickings with the Barra 250Z around here. It's snowing and they haven't hybernated yet either!
Don't know where you got groundhog, but buddy I sure as 💩 wish I was there! Around here we have squirrels, gray mainly, trash bandits, opossum(i love them though, so I really never take em) pigeons, rats, mice and starling. Last night I got home at midnight,(i live in an apartment with the family) and I kid you not, right across the street, yotes started squealing a yapping in the woods like nobody's business. I was wishing I had a moderator and a zulus sooooo dang bad.

I love working the pigeons here, because they actually taste pretty decent munching on grain. I'd love to see what ground hogs taste like though. 🤔
 
Bro, no doubt. Question about the zulus though, im seeing v1, v2, lrf non lrf options. I don't plan on shooting past 100 yards for pests, maybe hey guys, check this out, on a beer can, would you say there's a need for the lrf?

I kinda do shoot like a man possessed, I've burned through almost all my pellets, one tin of hornets left(not a fan really. Just think they're way too light) its super hard to not want to just go out and shoot this thing. Its genuinely a fun sport, and a super useful pest control tool.
Bro once you stretch the legs on the barra I promise you’ll want to go past 100y. At the beginning of the summer my dream was a 100y kill and by the end of the summer I no longer shot squirrels at less than 100y because it no longer felt “sporting.” Basically it was too easy. Plus if you’re a nerd like me you’ll have fun diving into the ballistics.
 
Don't know where you got groundhog, but buddy I sure as 💩 wish I was there! Around here we have squirrels, gray mainly, trash bandits, opossum(i love them though, so I really never take em) pigeons, rats, mice and starling. Last night I got home at midnight,(i live in an apartment with the family) and I kid you not, right across the street, yotes started squealing a yapping in the woods like nobody's business. I was wishing I had a moderator and a zulus sooooo dang bad.

I love working the pigeons here, because they actually taste pretty decent munching on grain. I'd love to see what ground hogs taste like though. 🤔
Groundhogs are thick as thieves in Missouri. Missouri grizzly bear as i affectionately call them! Haven't ate any of them but I sure as heck kill them as they rip and tear up the outbuildings on my property.
 
Bro once you stretch the legs on the barra I promise you’ll want to go past 100y. At the beginning of the summer my dream was a 100y kill and by the end of the summer I no longer shot squirrels at less than 100y because it no longer felt “sporting.” Basically it was too easy. Plus if you’re a nerd like me you’ll have fun diving into the ballistics.
Im so ready to build out my Lil AZ area, just for the yotes and jack rabbits. The cotton tails here can get in pretty good at my Mas greenhouse, but she 'likes the bunnies, they're cute.' Until shes not looking. 🤣🤣🤣
 
Homie, I'm polishing up the barrel getting ready! Ill have this bad boy dialed by then, and a plenum slapped on too! Bring the dirty .30 and we'll have a ball! 👍
LETS GOOOOOOO… the karma is about to get a 28” Lothar barrel swap with the polygonal rifling. Should be getting a significant power boost from an extra 4” (story of my life 😭😂😂)…. And the LRF Zulus… she’s gonna be a serious death dealer.
 
LETS GOOOOOOO… the karma is about to get a 28” Lothar barrel swap with the polygonal rifling. Should be getting a significant power boost from an extra 4” (story of my life 😭😂😂)…. And the LRF Zulus… she’s gonna be a serious death dealer.
You got a better story than mine homie!🤣🤣🤣🤣

I totally see what you were saying about distance using i.r.

Im going to be setting set distance 'stages', because now, I don't need the lights to see what I'm going for.

I definitely gotta get some dialing to go using the slugs, but the smack, yeah. 100% worth it. Had to turn down the regulator to stop the aggressiveness of the pass through. I think its thanks to just throwing in some 37 grain zans, and plinking. Totally sold on why people would want to hunt with these.
 
LETS GOOOOOOO… the karma is about to get a 28” Lothar barrel swap with the polygonal rifling. Should be getting a significant power boost from an extra 4” (story of my life 😭😂😂)…. And the LRF Zulus… she’s gonna be a serious death dealer.
Pushing 33g zans at 915 with the br modular shoosh tube. These guys are so thick I made it 15 steps before it legit skittered out in front of me.

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I don't know tons about the v1 of this gun, or the tunability.(lacking cronograph). But, v2, straight out of the box, WITH ONLY PELLETS(30.8G H&N)



I would give the accuracy a 7/10. I don't know much about the barrel issue, and if it mainly affects slugs, but I have no complaints with accuracy. I say 7/10, the 3 is on me, and my lack of familiarity with this pcp.



The trigger, stock, untouched from the box, 4/10. For me personally, I would say blade trigger, not great, for what I prefer. But, v2,(v1 may have been the same, im unsure) could certainly be cleaned up(I'll be polishing and buffing once the trigger kit arrives, so that I can upgrade all components of the trigger system at once.) Out of the box, it feels somewhat squishy leading up to the wall, and slightly gritty at the break. This just may be specific to this one air rifle in particular, but it's getting fixed ASAP.



Loading/cycling mechanism: I'd say compared to where I'm coming from, it's a solid 8/10. Magazine capacity of the .25 caliber, id love to see a higher count. I will certainly be buying aftermarket mags that accommodate that. Bolt. Love the bolt action, buuuuut, would far prefer a less 'toy' feeling bolt. Its action is okay, out of the box, and has smoothed out slightly(450 pellets in) but the knob feels small, a more substantial one would give a much more secure, and sturdy hand feel if that makes any sense.



Grip: 6/10 at a retail of almost 500 bucks, thumb rest. I know, and fully acknowledge that they are interchangeable, but cmon, kick in a removable thumb rest. And the stock, let's goooooooo! We can't say "mil spec and interchangeable" but then wink and put out wild threads. Yeah, let's hammer that out by v3 please, not for my sake, but for future customers sake. BR stock is 100% going to go on this air rifle, exceptionally quick.



V2 hammer spring(unknown/unable to rate) at this time, lacking a chronograph, i amount unable to rate the tuneability of this current version. I do have the slugs power kit on its way, and will be going to the hardware store to purchase varying springs, and multiples of them, to interchange, and cut, until a desired combination is achieved. Out of the box, and untouched, pellets seem to fair quite well(regulator is set slightly over 2200)



Regulator/consistency 9.9 out of 10. I at first, was checking to see if I had any regulator float, or creep every shot(first 100 pellets, yes, obsessive i know) first shot after topping off Crack a little higher/hotter it seems, but I'm hand pumping for now, and immediately after, I'm telling you, the speed at which these rats drop, it's like clockwork. Every one is the same. No more putting 2 pellets in one because the hot shot didn't hit where I was aiming.



Noise, woof, first pcp, let's start with that. And I was advised a tanto or ronin, but I'm also a curiously impatient person. Yeah, you for sure will want a moderator. The .25 has some bark to it. I get one rat, the rest kinda scatter and freeze, and as soon as I Crack off the next one, they scurry off for about 10-15. 8/10 on the noise. Redeemed by the threaded end.



Shot count: 10 out of 10 in my books. This is all totally subjective. I run 2 mags, and pump it back up with a hand pump while I let the rats come back to the kill zone I got set up. (2 2x12's making an L shape with hay ang grain scattered on top. I've got 3 around the loft/ ground level) and I can do 3-4 rounds of the sets before I top off. Which let's me get a snack, Gatorade, soda pop etc.



All in all, id say so far, this v2 is(fresh out the box) a solid 7.5 out of 10 with pellets. Lots of potential, and seeing all the goodies I may hold out and buy another one later version, when things like the stock thread pitch etc are addressed.



A word to those buying this pcp, as their first. Buy a compressor. Once you sight in your optics, you're going to find it very very shootable, and get tired real quick of pumping it up. 😅
If I had known, they would ship me a V1 instead of the newer V2, I would not have ordered the 250Z. If I had to rate it from 1 -10, I would have to give it a 4. Two Inch groups at 50Yards, not acceptable. Trying to get a response from Barra about upgrading the V1 to the V2 and replacing the barrel.
 

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