AirMaks Arms Katran .25 - Full Review and Tear Down - .2513 AVS slugs
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- čas přidán 5. 03. 2021
- In this Video, I will review the New AirMaks Arms Katran in .25 Caliber. I will also go into detail on this airgun's features, "Slugging the Barrel" to find the groove diameter, adjust the regulator and show how well it shoots AVS .2513 slugs at 100 yards.
AVS Slugs can be purchased at www.AVSslugs.com - Sport
Love the look of the shroud! Nice looking gun, thanks for the detailed review.
Out standing shipmate. Press on. Thanks for doing all this testing for us.
This video had exactly what I was looking for. Asked on a few forums about adjusting the reg on my Caiman X but I guess it’s to new & no one what’s to tear into these things yet. No just need to tear it apart again a adjust it then start trying to find some slugs it likes!! Thanks for the informative video!!
Mate, love, and respect all the way from Saudi Arabia, this review is LEGENDARY.
I can't find enough words to thank you.
I just received my Katran X HB from Utah Airguns. What a well built rifle. Love this video since it has given me a huge head start with this rifle. I would note that as I crawled the rifle making all kinds of discoveries, I found something you might have also discovered by now. The stock has a very small hex set screw in the face of flat that mates to the rifle when you lock the stock into place. To take out the slop in the butt, all you do is adjust that screw out a bit. Mine is now where it locks in place absolutely solid but releases easily. 100% agree on everything else; superb trigger, super lite cocking action, beautifully assembled mags, etc. I've only found two things that I found strange or annoying. Annoying is that, as bad and incomplete many airgun owner's manuals are, this one is about the most spartan I've ever seen. Any of you out there thinking of getting one of these, definitely bookmark this video. There is 20x the info in this video than you will find in the manual. The strange thing is that on this long X HP version the manometer is literally directly under the barrel. To read the entire gauge you have to look under the barrel from both sides. This is probably the 4th time I've reviewed this video and now I am wildly anxious to get this rifle out and send some lead. Great video and, so far, a great rifle.
Thanks for the tip on the butt stock
Hey G wolfe, I was going crazy looking for this adjust screw you mentioned. couldn't find. I just saw the folding but stock adjustment screw in a photo online. My gun is a very early version it does not have the set screw to tighten the slop. I will have to drill and tap my own.
Also as a katran XB Hp owner theses rifles are exceptionally well made and are precision target shooters
Thank you for this comprehensive/informative video, great work!
Another great informative video. I've been looking at getting my first .25cal and this one is in the running. This has definitely helped me with my decision. Thanks!
Thank you and Jim glad this video helps
Another thing I like about this katran magazine is it's easy to unload. Just rotate the spring a little and they drop in your hand. This gun is awesome!
Great video. Another airgun to contemplate.
Hey, where ya been? I was beginning to get worried man... I'm so glad you're back in the high life :-)
Thank you for your concern just doing research on slugs.
@@AirVelocitySport Glad to hear you're doing well. Your videos are good, and you put a lot of work into your guns, and the videos. We out here... benefit. So, thanks.
Very nice 👌👍
I just purchased a katran compact. I'll get it in about three days. After watching you disassemble it ..
I decided I liked the way it's made. I have another gun with a folding stock it to has a bit off wobble. But not enough to dislike the stock.
Just loving your video's man. Keep up the very good airgun work!
Greetzz from Holland
Thank you!
Been wondering where you been. I got no notification on this video. Was just thinking about your channel and looked you up and found this video. Anyways thanks for sharing brother. From New Mexico, Stay safe and stay blessed. 👍🇺🇲🤙✌
Your reviews are great. Lots of detail and really interesting and easy enough to understand even for me. All the way from sub12 country England. Can't wait for more. Thanks
Thank you!
Long time no see buddy good to see you back
Thank you!
theyre a mega consistent gun love my standard katran
very nice gun
Very informative video Stephen (steven?, sorry early onset) thank you.
A bit of a faff to adjust the Reg, todays new airguns would seam ( in the main) to be moving towards external adjustment.
AirMaks really do NOT want people touching their Regs.
again thank you.
Great video, has always. I love the detail that you get into. Only you, so far, has had the balls to reset the regulator. AEAC and Shooter1721 both stated that they knew the reg should be changed, but didn't do it, to the Katran and Caiman X they were shooting. Good for you, and lucky us! Quick question for you, your hammer is pushing on the valve at rest, do you plan on free floating it? I find that it usually helps with efficiency.
Best video ever on pcp
Thank you
AVS just subscribed been watching your videos for a while. Love the take downs on guns helps me to know my equipment. My question is on this gun how well will the compact shoot slugs for hunting to say 50yds. Keep up the great videos.
Beautiful design, pity that it will not arrive in Brazil, I would buy it.
You mention you increased FPS. What is your speed ? Is it too fast ? That rifle looks great .
Great video, I always in joy them !!
My first PCP is a marauder and the second one is the FX Mk. 2 , I shoot 1
“ to 3/4” at 150 yards with the FX
, incredible rifle.
hello glad to see you active again. Interesting air gun, I see that an impact appears behind there, could you tell us something about it? everyone end up having one. Thanks for everything!
Thats nice
Nice video, interesting gun. Never heard of it before. Very informative about measuring the chocked barrel and then being able to choose a slug diameter by the groves so you can still shoot slugs well out of some chocked barrels. Also can't believe how much difference such minuscule variances in weight/size can make on groups.
I hate to say it but your sub $300 Liberties look like they out shoot this $1000+ gun, at least from the groups you have posted, the Liberty's also seem easier to tune/get more power from. I am sure the quality and trigger on the Katran is much better and maybe the potential is there to get it to put out better groups. Shot string is very consistent, maybe it just needs to be broken in/couple hundred pellets put through it to tighten the groups up.
It's a very different gun from the Liberty or Avenger. Smaller, lighter and very powerful. I have not even begun to explore the limit of power in this gun. It's at 70 fpe without any modifications. At 6 lbs it easy to carry and shoulder. Yes, the groups will definitely tighten up as the weather gets warmer and the regulator settles in. The barrel is seasoned fairly well. I have about 1000 rounds through it. I will update you by the end of the summer.
Need update
im considering getting one of these and a great vid and please do a review on the rti Prophet 2
Awesome video Steven I was thinking of buying that gun as well but the tube version great shooting i think its the wi d pushing the slugs but still great shooting that gun is awesome thanks for sharing bsafe
Buen trabajo. Muy interesante. Saludos desde España.
gracias
Cool gun. Great video. I have a question if you don’t mind about the Liberty. When I fill the gun it has started to leak air slowly from the fill port. As you may have ran into this issue you may have a easy fix. I took it apart, bought a rebuild kit from Captain O-Ring and they provided an oring that I do not see in the original configuration. I used the oring with the ball and spring and now it takes forever to fill..5-6 minutes🤷♂️. If I loosen the brass screw that holds the spring a little bit it will start leaking again. At the moment with it tight it seems to have stopped leaking but nothing like the fill time it used to have.
AVS, will you make a wooden stock for your Crosman 2240 and a long range accuracy test with & without the stock, Thanks.
Do you know if barrels kits will be available to change caliber?
I just wanted to tell you I have a katran it's heavy. It's in .25 I love it but you say it's light mine is factory tube. And it's front heavy. Good offhand like your saying. Thanks man I love your videos.
I can’t find any dealer who offers the barrel kits. My recent order came without the degassing tool. Were these early features that are no longer available?
I have two candidate rifles that I want to buy for hunting, the first is FX Dreamline the second is Katran LB, both are in caliber 177, which one do you recommend me to buy?
This would be cool to compare it to the new cattel man air gun not regulated though they are new very good made in turkey sold in the USA by a military family should buy one at around 600$ with case or call and ask to review one and compare would be interesting to see what you think. There going to be big on CZcams great priced and customer service.✌️👍👌💯
Great video love what your doing possible to increase power with hummer spring?
I always enjoy your video thanks again for your time and effort on this a question what slugs can you advise me to use on katral LB HP. 22 thanks
Thank you Issac. The .22 cz barrel I have used like the 26 grain Dish base .217 and sometimes .2183 but I can make no guarantees that they will work perfectly in your gun
I would have liked to have seen a lightweight floating hammer. Another featured I have yet to see on any airgun would be the use of pinch bolts (imagine a motorcycle fork triple clamp) used for barrel attachment as opposed to grub screws.
Nice👍👍👍👍
Which of your slugs would work best in the .22 hp version
How do you know what your regulator is initially set at?
Second firing pin seal leak on my katran. Seems to only last 6 or 700 rounds and starts leaking. Can you make me one that won't leak?
Where have you been ? Missing your airgun content !!!
Nice review of this gun. What is your conclusion between the Katran and Taipan or Cricket? Which one is better?
At this point it's hard to compare the three as they're all really good I think the taipan is a little better than the cricket but they're pretty equal .The Katran is a different kind of gun.
@@AirVelocitySport I mentioned these brands since all them are form the same country.. and Czech republic is well known for building great airguns 👌 thanks for your response. 👍
Hi can u tell me how u got 640 out of a 12 gr I’m trying to do the same to my Diana thanks gene
I got another question for you. My katran has a leak and it lost Evey bit of air. As I was trying to fill it with my gxc2 electric pump it won't pump up and I noted that air was coming out my barrel. What could cause this? I also noticed alot of lead particles around the barrel and in the housing as well. And how does the the forend come off this gun?
Did you over fill the gun,sounds like you could of blown the burst disc
How is the Katran holding up to its hype with pellets? Do you think they will mske one where you can adjust the regulator? Is it worth the money? Or is it another gun they are pushing to sell? Thanks! Its intrigueing
It's ok but a little too expensive for what it is now. If they make the folding stock better and add an externally adjustable regulator then it is worth it.
Appears you like the Katran B 25 cal. Thinking about getting one
Unrelated question, do you live on L.I. by any chance ?
Where does it make?
Good information.. just wanted to say a $1,400 pcp airgun should not have a sloppy stock on it.
Yes I agree but I have yet to pick up an airgun in that price range without any issues at all it is a minor issue
I'm hoping Airmaks makes a dedicated slug barrel for my 400mm Katran.
Sir I'm coming to you for answers because your the only one I've saw that knows the katran like you do. I turned my hammer spring in a little then a little more then I turned it in all the way. I loved how my gun shot. Well I've had to back off the spring because it had caused a leak. Think the spring pressure was to much to leave the hammer down. My question to you is where should I look for this slow leak? As it still has a slow leak. It never did before I made the spring pressure higher. I do appreciate and have listened to this class room type video many times. But have not touched my regulator....yet.
My gun to developed a small leak. So what I did was to submerge the entire power plant into a shallow pan of water. What I found was air slowly bubbling from one of the holes near the manometer. I could not understand what that hole with the threads was. I contacted katran and they told me that that is a vent hole for the manometer. The fix was to remove all the air and then tighten down the manometer as best you can replace everything back into the gun and fill and sure enough that did fix my leak
@@AirVelocitySport mine is the 400mm tube. So I'm sure it has that same hole. Sir thanks.
Maybe a slow reg refresh rate on the vertical groups.
Yes, you are probably right on that. Thanks
How do you know the power plenum pressure with factory settings? an how did you measure it? Thanks for the video. I´m thinking about buy one of this machine
Shoot 2 or 3 shot strings and note when the fps drop off. Just read the monometer at that point and you have a close idea of where th
e Regulator is set
@@AirVelocitySport Thanks for the answer. Finally I will pick up LB .25 !!
I see you have a fx impact in the back ground what do you think about it ? I would like to see a video about about how you like it or not ???
Hey Chris I really love the impact but it is hard to get the barrels I'm still waiting on the 22 and 25 kit as well as the STX heavy liners. I will eventually do some extensive testing on the impact all the best
@@AirVelocitySport awesome can't wait Steven thanks buddy bsafe in this crazy world
Thanks Chris you too!
Thought you might have gone for the hatsan factor rc 👍
I really wanted a folding stock but more importantly a regulated gun and very lightweight
😃😃😃👍👍👍
Nice video. You need to stabalize the gun better while shooting.
Also I think the hammer strike is too hard creating a vibration affecting the trajectory when the slug is exiting.
Yes, I could probably do some harmonic tuning to get it even more accurate.
Put some silicone on the stock and let dry.They it will compress when you close.
Thank you I will try that.
What made you decide to purchase this particular gun... I know you like distance...
I was originally thinking of getting the Brocock sniper xr but I wanted to try a new company as the construction seemed good.I love the folding stock and I'm looking for something that I can throw in a backpack while I ride my mountain bike
I see, I know you have a great variety of airguns, but I know you as a budget machine king... Your the guy who can take a average budget pcp and create a monster. I wish you the best with your new gun...
@@AirVelocitySport instagram.com/p/CNpVQmxBs4z/?igshid=zh6dhbr8x35g
how many shots per fill?
At my current power setting of 69.7 FPE it use 3.5 bar per shot. I fill to 270 bar and shot down to 160 bar for a total of about 30 shots
I want to test that 34gr .254 should be very good at 200 yards I already tried 40gr .254 at 150 yards and they are the most accurate I have tried brother, you can see my manufacturer rifle for me with 2 regulators
What scope it is?
Aim sports 4.5-27
No shot string numbers?
Just a few at the middle end of the video. Very consistent regulator worst variance was 12 fps but most of the time it's more like 8 fps 36 grain dish base .2513 at 906 fps
@@AirVelocitySport Ty, I ordered mine on Sat lol!
Hey AVS.
Any chance I could repay you to repair a gun for me?
Big fan BTW
sir how can i get 1 of your pcp airgun ？？
For sale at Utah Airguns
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bin the stock put a gen 1 magpul prs on there
Not sure this receiver will accept the Magpul stocks
By chance do you have a FB page?
Not yet! But I will eventually
@@AirVelocitySport I would like to contact you to ask some questions. I have enjoyed your videos. I have learned a a lot from you.
I don't know I just cant get into spending that much money on an air rifle plus all the extras you end up buying..and the slop in the stock for that kinda money definitely no...the tripod mount needs to be upgraded as well no not on my watch...
I spent ten years certifying nuclear ractor components and in metrology labs and I can tell you that your micrometer stuff is overdone, In everyday use a mic won't vary to any degree due to temperature and only people who certify gauges need stands for their use, and those have a DTI on the opposing anvil. Any mic you're likely to buy will be accurate in your hand with a little practice. No need for expensive overkill.
Thank you for the information.
Sorry fellas about all my wants. But I'd really like a repair manual for my gun. After all it is my gun. My chances of ever sending my gun in to be fixed is slim to nill. I am mechanical and can take it down without a manual. I bought a Harley they make a manual for it. I bought one. I have a Airmaks katran I'm sure they have a repair manual. Get it Airmaks? I Know it will void my warranty. Who cares just make sure we have spare parts. Thanks.
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Are you alive buddy? Get back to your hobby, hope nothing serious is going on that you can't get to making videos? Sending prayers your way.
I’ve also wondered where he’s been ? Hope all is well .
@@michaelh3544 Yeah, I love his how-to videos and reviews. Seems like an all-around good guy. hope he comes back.
The review is far too long and overloaded.
The average person cannot keep his attention and concentration for longer than a few minutes! After that his concentration slips..
My advice :
Keep it short and cut out the bla bla bla since it is distracting from the essential info.
I'm not really impressed by the slug accuracy at 100 yards. I think you should differenciate between
*gun review
*slug review.
Now it's tangled like Spagetti.
Thanks for the advice. I do try to pack too much in one video with as much detail as possible. In the future I'll probable cut the video into two or three separate videos on a more specific topic
He gets a lot of views and shares on air gun sites because he goes into a lot of detail about guns, taking them apart, modifying, shooting/testing different slugs/pellets which are very informative. His viewers like that and it makes his videos unique. If you aren't interested in slug accuracy out to 100 yard then you should probably watch something else and not complain. If you want short quick reviews for lower attention spans there are plenty of other ones out there.