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Pyramyd Insyder at SHOT Show 2018 - Part 2

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The Pyramyd Insyder was all over SHOT Show 2018 scouring the floor for the latest air rifles and air pistols from cutting-edge airgun manufacturers like AirForce, Benjamin,...

Diana Stormrider PCP Air Rifle

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If you've wanted your own PCP airgun but the price has held you back, the Stormrider gives you a budget-friendly PCP that lives up to Diana's name...

Pyramyd Insyder at SHOT Show 2018 - Part 2

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The Pyramyd Insyder was all over SHOT Show 2018 scouring the floor for the latest air rifles and air pistols from cutting-edge airgun manufacturers like AirForce, Benjamin, Diana, Hatsan and RAW.

Pyramyd Insyder: SHOT Show 2018 -Part 2 Video Transcript

Hey guys we're here at the Air Force booth SHOT Show 2018 looking at the new Texan Carbine. This guy's going to be available in 308, 357, and 457. 24 and three-quarter inch barrel, I'm very excited to try some air bolts in this. You know we put together our own little Texan carbine on the Insyder a few months ago, but this is gonna be from the factory ready to go. Another new announcement on the Texan line, you got the SS coming in 308 and 357 as well, in addition to the 457 that we've already looked at. So very cool new stuff from Air Force but there's more, let's check it out.

Hey guys, so still at the Air Force booth, here's the new big announcement. Rapid air weapons out of Tennessee so that means we are going to be seeing American-made, and these are currently American-made, but American-made rapid air weapons guns through Air Force. On top of that, they are also offering the rapid line which harkens back to the old Theobin days in England. These are available in 177 all the way through 35 caliber. These are some of the finest built guns you will find anywhere in the world. Powerful, accurate, they do just about whatever you want to do, they got a ton of features. You got carbon shrouds, electric shrouds, carbon bottles, different stock configurations. This is going to be one to watch for in 2018. Very excited about this one. We're gonna head out onto the floor and see what else we can find. That's about it from the Air Force booth, we'll catch you in a few minutes.

Alright guys we're here at the Crosman booth 2018 Shot Show. One of the big new things they got coming out here, this is the Benjamin Traveler Compressor. This is going to be able to fill your guns from 0 to 4,500 psi, it is capable of that. For those of you guys with the higher fill pressure guns, they're telling me this does a Marauder from zero to full in about eight minutes or Discovery in like three and a half. So you have the compressor itself we can see, got a filter, a gauge here, you obviously got your quick disconnect on the end of the hose, looks like we got fan cooling. Guys this looks pretty simple, this is going to be plug and go. So definitely one we're gonna keep an eye on here in 2018, the Benjamin Traveler Compressor. We got a couple other things here at the Crosman booth to check out, stay with us.

Got the Benjamin Fortitude here. This one has sent a few waves through the industry when it got announced. A very exciting new gun from Crosman Benjamin here. So basically what we're looking at guys, you're looking at a Maximus stock, looks like a Maximus Discovery trigger and air cylinder, except there's a regulator inside, so you're talking about getting very consistent and also a ton of shots. They're saying up to 70 or 80 and 22 caliber which is really impressive, and then it looks like we have basically a Marauder top portion of the gun here so. Breach in shroud assembly as well and they're talking about a retail price point of $300 on this guy, so this is definitely going to be out there to contend with the Stormriders and the Gauntlets of the world, and obviously bearing that Crossman Benjamin name, we're expecting it that it's going to be very very good, very reliable. 3,000 psi fill, so a little bit different than our Discovery or our Maximus here, but featuring that same trigger. We know what we're gonna get out of this guys, but I can't wait to test it. This one's gonna be one to watch. Very lightweight gonna be really durable. This gun may very well take that $300 price range by storm here. Very excited to see what this gun can do.

Alright guys last thing we're gonna check out here at the Crosman booth, this is the new mag Fire. This is a multi-shot break barrel so Crosman's coming to that party as well now. This is actually really interesting. So you have a kind of pistol grip in traditional almost AR M4 style buttstock here with a deep forend which is kind of interesting as well, make offhand shooting a little bit easier, but really the meat and potatoes of this gun guys, is this multi-shot mechanism. So you're gonna break the barrel down, and then when you get it back up, you are actually going to work this bolt-action system here on a ten round magazine, looks like a Marauder mag to me. So that's gonna be very interesting, certainly a lot quicker follow-up shots than you're gonna get out of a traditional break barrel. We're very excited to see this one come through. This one we didn't even know about beforehand, so it should be a very exciting product in 2018. We're gonna definitely test this one out for you on the Insyder guys, stay tuned.

So sadly we did not make it to the Hatsan booth with enough time in the day to spare. That said Hatsan's got a bunch of new products that we definitely need to take a look at. So on top of three new guns that we're gonna cover here, they also had a compressor, as well as a couple hand pumps. They really come out with a full line of HPA equipment here which is really exciting to see from Hatsan. That said, the three guns are gonna want to look at here, the Hercules Bully, the Flash, and the FlashPup. Now the Flash that you're seeing right now very impressive little guns, six pounds they're saying up to 40-foot pounds in 25 caliber and somewhere in the mid to high 30s and 22. We're gonna have one of those on the Insyder to review for you guys soon which we're really excited about, but they also came out with that FlashPup that you're seeing now so basically same action just set in to a bullpup stock, and then you got the Bully that is a bottle version of the Hercules in a bullpup stock. This thing is going all the way up to 45 caliber, tons of shot count, and they even told us that they're gonna make the cocking effort easier on it, which was a big complaint on the original Hercules, so we're really excited to see these new guns from Hatsan in 2018.

Hey guys SHOT Show 2018, we're back with Pyramyd Insyder. We are at the Diana booth, some very cool new stuff from Diana and Germany. This is the Skyhawk, their bullpup gun. Now it's a little interesting, I know this might look familiar to some of you guys, this gun is actually going to be fully assembled in Germany with a lot of upgraded features, obviously, you can already tell this is a Manelli stock. They're gonna have a couple different stock styles, a couple different action finishes, but I can tell you this is regulated, should be very powerful, very quiet. I'm really looking forward to checking this one out. Nice new bullpup offering from Diana and also for those of you that are hardcore about getting a fully German made gun, we have the P1000 Evo 2. Now this is going to come in a couple different stock configurations, should be very very accurate, I believe it's like a twelve or fourteen round magazine. Beautiful looking wood on these guns here and of course they're gonna be very accurate, regulated, very excited to see these in 2018.

Hey guys back at the Diana booth, the Bandit pistol. This is going to be one to watch for in 2018. You have a PCP pistol, this is totally very comfortable, ambidextrous, so left-handed right-handed shooters, not gonna have a problem with this, this is going to have a magazine, as well as a single shot tray that you see here. We got the target site option here but with an 11 millimeter dovetail, looks like this comes off no problem, so you're going to be able to mount an optic on it, and I'm hearing that they're gonna have a lot of updates for this as well going forward, including a suppressor, and probably, maybe, some stock options too, so we'll definitely be on the lookout to see more from the Diana Bandit in 2018.

Guys back at the Diana booth. Now this is a new, updated version of the Stormrider obviously you've seen our review of it, it was a great gun then, Diana's making it better, they are committed to making their products better. We're gonna have a fixed suppressor on the end of it here as well, and this is the most exciting part for me, an updated trigger guys. This is going to be a two-stage adjustable trigger and I will just show you here, I cock the gun back. So very very light, first stage travel comes to a clean wall, solid break. That's feeling like pound and a half to me, maybe two, a very very nice trigger on this model here. We're very excited to get these in, but very cool. They're also working on a regulator and a 25 caliber version. So the Storm Rider's going places stay tuned in 2018.

We were about to leave the Diana booth and then they told me there was one other thing I had to see. This is the Diana Chaser, this is going to be a co2 gun suppressor. Looks like you got open sights here with the ability to mount an optic on an 11-millimeter dovetail rail, single shot tray with a magazine option, and of course, this nice little lightweight carbine stock. Guys this comes into the shoulder really nice, very lightweight, this is going to be a great backpacking gun and, again, 112 grams co2 cartridge, so you're gonna be looking at, you know that summer pesting season, this is exactly what you're going to want to have. They're talking about a pretty low retail price point here $50-$60 bucks, this could be a very very hot item coming in 2018. Check it out soon.

Diana Stormrider PCP Air Rifle

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If you've wanted your own PCP airgun but the price has held you back, the Stormrider gives you a budget-friendly PCP that lives up to Diana's name.

Diana Stormrider PCP Air Rifle Video Transcript:

Welcome to the Pyramyd Insyder, I'm Tyler Patner, today we're gonna be taking a look at a brand new rifle from Diana, the Stormrider. 

The Stormrider’s the first PCP from Diana in a couple of years and it represents an entry into the lower side of the market price-wise, so right around $200 should fit in really well into the market down in that price range. A lot of features packed into this gun, it's available in .177 or .22. We have the .22 here and this is an exclusive first look at this PCP gun from Diana. Let's check out some of the features. Starting at the front of the Stormrider we do have a muzzle break style suppressor, it is baffled inside, will obviously get it on the sound meter and see how quiet it is. It also features a removable front sight as well, so you can remove the front sight and the rear also if you so choose. In terms of filling the Stormrider, it fills to 200 bar, about 2,900 psi, and it is a relatively small cylinder, so that's gonna make this really friendly for hand pumpers out there, and it does come with a fill probe that has a quick disconnect fitting machined in which I love, got to have this on there. Means you don't have to buy any extra fittings to fill this gun. Just slides right into the fill port hole right there, you go ahead attach your hose up and you are good to fill this thing up to 200 bar, really easy. On the underside of the gun we have a very simple color-coded gauge, real easy to see what your fill pressures to. Again 200 bar max fill. So move them back, we do have a cross bolt style safety here, just punch it on through, you see that red ring real nice and easy to use, can flip it forward, works in the hand really nicely, just flip it off safe. It's not automatic as well, it's a totally manual safety and the trigger is not adjustable as far as I can tell, there are no screws on it or anything like that so it is what it is. It feels like it's about three pounds out of the box and not the greatest thing in the world, but you know in this price point I don't expect a match-grade trigger.

The Stormrider is a nice hardwood stock, you do some light checkering here on the forearm, as well as on the pistol grip. In the configuration with the scope that we have on it, it's about 6 and 1/2 pounds, so very lightweight rifle, although it does have a full-length length of pull, so something to keep in mind if you're a younger shooter that's going to be shooting the Stormrider, it does have a full length of pull about 14 inches on it and a raised cheek piece on the right side only. That doesn't mean that a left-handed shooter’s not going to be able to use it, but there is a raised cheek piece on the right specifically. And the stock rounds out a rubber butt pad. Overall got a really nice lightweight feel to it. This is gonna be very easy for anybody to get behind. As you guys can see here it is a standard side bolt action. Now the cool thing about the Stormrider is that it comes with both a single shot tray and in .22 seven round magazine. Does also come with the magazine and .177, believe it holds nine rounds. So you can slide that single shot tray in and if you can see it from here it actually slides in a little magnet on the tray itself, and a little magnet in the breech slides and locks into place. This is going to keep your magazine or your single-shot tray in place regardless of which one you want to use, and you can see that magazine here. Goes ahead slides in just the same way, locks into place, good to go. If you do want to go ahead and mount a scope and keep the rear sight on the gun, it is gonna limit the length of the scope that you use now. We have this three to twelve Leaper's compact SWAT scope on here, which is just barely short enough to not come into contact with that rear sight, so if I wanted to use a longer scope it's just one screw here. You go ahead, unscrew that, and the whole sight unit slides off the dovetail, super easy to do, and if you're gonna put a scope on it to see your best accuracy, those open sights aren't gonna be essential for you anyway. Alright so now that we know about the features on the Stormrider, let's head out to the range and see how it shoots.

Before we go ahead and get to some shooting here, we're gonna show you how to load the mag. You're just gonna take the face of the magazine and rotate it counterclockwise. That's gonna bring it around, you're gonna notice that that hole there doesn't allow you to load a pellet so we're gonna flip the magazine around to the back and we're gonna load our first pellet skirt first. So skirt of the pellet right into the hole there, let it drop in. And then our we are secured under spring tension, so I don't have to actually hold the magazine anymore, I can go ahead and load each pellet head first now. One by one until we are ready to go. So now that we have our magazine fully loaded, we're gonna find the magnet on the bottom of the magazine. You see it right there, there is also a magnet in the breech so we're just going to take it, slide it across there, and it will click into place. Load it up, we're ready to go. 

Alright guys, so the Diana Stormrider at 25 yards, pretty good results. The Crosman Premieres were the surprise, we tested about 8 pellets but you know 5 Crosman Premieres into about a half inch here 9/16 a really nice group there might uphold that fifth shot. And on the JSBs obviously, a little bit better here, 7/16 under half an inch, very good grouping here at 25 yards. This gun certainly gonna be able to bust pests all day long at that distance no problem. Moving out to 45 yards things were kind of interesting. The Crosman Premieres under an inch at about 7/8, not a bad group by any means, you know anytime you got a gun that shooting under an inch, especially in this price range, it's gonna be hunting capable, which is great. But the big surprise one is this 3/8 inch group out of the JSB fifteen point eight nines which is actually smaller than our 25-yard group, and because it was so absurdly small we had to shoot another one, which wound up at about five-eighths, still super respectable about 0.6 inches. Awesome grouping here five shots under a dime of 45 yards, $200 PCP, you can't beat that. So awesome results out of the Diana Stormrider. 

Taking a look at the shot string out of the Stormrider with those JSB 15.89 exact Jumbo's. You're looking at a 200 bar filled down to about a 115 bar, and you'll notice it's obviously a very pronounced curve as we are used to seeing out of unregulated PCPs, but bear in mind this is only a 100 cc cylinder. So really small air capacity but still producing 24 foot-pounds with a basically a 16 grain pellet averaging 830 feet per seconds not too bad, and what I want you guys to focus on is about shot 9 to about shot 19, that's a 25 foot per second spread right there between 170 and 145 bar and that's gonna be where you want to shoot to give it your best accuracy potential. 

 Alright guys really impressed with this Diana Stormrider. Very cool new offering in that lower end price point on the PCP side of the market. Obviously, this guns got accuracy for days, you know 3/8 inch group at 45 yards is nothing to bat an eye at, that is phenomenal accuracy. You've got multi-shot capability with a single shot tray that comes with it. The little things like the quick disconnect machined onto the fill probe, I love that. Good shot count, right around 25 shots out of this gun on a fill and 24 foot-pounds of energy means you're gonna be able to take out small game in the backyard with no problem at all. I like the fact that it comes with open sights, but I'm not thrilled with the fact that you have to remove the rear sight to get a decent length scope on the gun, but certainly something to consider when you're purchasing the rifle. And it's not the most backyard friendly thing out there but it's six and a half pounds with a scope on it. Obviously, the Stormrider’s got a little bit everything going for it. So definitely check it out on pyramydair.com. For the Insyder, I'm Tyler Patner, we'll see you guys at the next one.

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Diana 350 N-TEC Magnum Premium Air Rifle

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This model is ambidextrous and delivers stunning power along with notable accuracy. The handsome stock has checkering on the grip and forearm for added shooting comfort.

Diana 350 N-TEC Magnum Premium Air Rifle Video Transcript:

Welcome to the Pyramyd Insyder, I'm Tyler Patner, today we’re going to be taking a look at the Diana 350 N-TEC. 

So as the name suggests this is the N-TEC gas RAM version of the 350. One of Diana's latest offerings. They came out with the 340 year or two ago and now they have the 350 version, so the more powerful gas RAM. This one here is in .177 so this is gonna be a super Magnum by all definitions. It also is available in .22 so definitely check that out. Personally that would be my choice in a gun because it's going to give you really the most the power that the gun the platform itself can provide. But a .177 is what we have here to test today, so we'll see how she does. So go over some features for you guys. Starting here at the muzzle we do have a hooded front sight that does look like it accepts some inserts, although the gun didn't come with multiple inserts, it's just got a standard post in there and that matches up really nicely with your rear notch sight there. So the open sight’s certainly usable if you want to go that route, although again to see your best accuracy like we always tell you guys, the scope’s going to be the way to go. But the rear sight here does have micro click adjustments and they are very audible actually, you'll probably hear them now. So the open sight’s a very nice unit if that's the way you want to go. Nice pairing with the gun overall and there's no fiber optics, and I know a lot of folks like that and you got that thin post in there it's, it's actually really quite nice and actually how I broke the gun in first hundred shots or so I took with the open sights.

The 350 N-TEC has the T zero six trigger unit which means you also have the T zero six base rail on it as well which is an 11-millimeter dovetail rail. Now we found that our gun had some barrel droop, I would imagine that's probably fairly consistent seeing as most of the spring versions do. Just you know it'd be a fair assumption to say that the gas RAM versions are probably going to have a little bit of barrel droop as well so we went ahead and mounted the DNT zero six base from Leapers. It's a very nice unit, goes from a dovetail to a weaver setup. Nicest thing about it though, it has two stop pin holes one in the front one in the back that match up with the stop pin holes on the rail so you are good to go, it's gonna lock you in nice and tight. Also, four screws on the side here make it very sturdy. And then on top we went ahead and mounted a Hawk Air Max 34 to 16, it's one of my favorite scopes so we use it for a lot of the reviews here, and obviously it's held up very well so far on this rifle so nothing but good things to say in that regard. So as I said, gun has the T zero six trigger, probably the latest iteration of the T zero six that I've ever felt, and a lot of these Diana's that we're getting these new N-TEC versions seem to have very very light triggers from the factory. Personally I'm a fan. You may not be. I gotta figure this is between a pound, pound and a half, somewhere in that range but it's really nice to know that the T zero six can go down that low safely as well as be set up higher in that three-pound range like a lot of the Artemis branded guns come. A same trigger unit but you know a lot of adjustability in that, so you can fine-tune it for yourself which I like a lot. And of course, we do have the automatic safety which is a hallmark of the break barrels and piston guns in general from Diana. And always you can manually set it but it does automatically set itself on safe every time you cock the barrel, so that is a nice feature as well in this particular rifle. Easy to flick off with the thumb there when you're ready to go. 

So for those of you guys that are familiar with the 350, the spring version, probably the biggest departure you're gonna notice right away is this stock. So this is the premium version and you can already tell it's got some different lines to it. Obviously with the raised cheekpiece, which is totally ambidextrous on both sides, really like that, and then it rounds out at a nice rubber butt pad here to mitigate some of the recoil and this one does jump pretty good being a Magnum spring gun. But we also have checkering here on the grip and the forearm. Overall, I actually really like the shape of this you know the way it kind of thins out and comes up a little bit so you can get more of a comfortable hold on it out further away from the base of the rifle, which you know rifle that balance is somewhere about middle of the four stock. This is actually quite nice in my opinion, just the overall feel of it, you know it's got a very comfortable feel to it but solid. So 350 N-TEC comes in around seven pounds unscoped. Once you add the scope, the rail up there, obviously you're gonna be right around nine pounds or so at least in this case, there are certainly lighter scopes out there if that's the route you want to go. But various options that's all going to vary on your setup, but this one's coming in right around 9. Overall nice feel, got a very solid recoil to it, comes straight back into the shoulder. But you know what let's head out to the range. Let's go see how she shoots. 

All right so we tested about 15-16 pellets for this. The H&N Barracudas, and I assume the Barracuda matches, well I just didn't have them on hand to test, and the JSB heavies were my two best pellets. So at 20 yards starting off with those JSBs open up a little bit but about 3/4 of an inch here. Not a bad group at all, 5/8 ¾. But a half inch out of the H&N certainly much better, and yes in case you're wondering that was all me. At 45 yards the groups actually were not too bad. I had this one that first shot fly on me there with the JSBs, you know what are you gonna do. Magnum spring down like this, really hold sensitive, so that's probably part of it and then again you know there's always the human error in there. But a 5/8 group out of those H&N. This is, I, you can't ask for better than that to be quite honest with you. So 45 yards, I am very impressed.

All right guys we're gonna take our most accurate pellet the H&N Barracudas, I imagine the Barracuda matches will work just as well for those of you that are wondering, and run them across the sound pressure meter here. We got it all set up, we'll take five shots and see what our highest reading is. 
 
So at 106.3 3 decibels, probably a little bit too loud for most backyards. That's gonna, your mileage is gonna vary, obviously you know if you have neighbors really close by this is probably gonna be a bit too loud, but you have a little bit of property to play with, I think this will do just fine in the yard. 

Alright guys you've seen it for yourself, the Diana 350 N-TEC even in this fast shooting .177 is quite a rifle. A really solid trigger, accuracy out to 45 yards more than enough for small game hunting, and certainly plenty of power to do it, upwards of 20 foot-pounds in the .177. I'm actually itching to get my hands on a .22 to see what kind of energy that's gonna put out. But overall I am very pleased with this rifle. It's really nice to see another manufacturer coming into the gas RAM market with a higher end gas RAM gun and I think the 350 N-TEC certainly hits all those marks. So definitely one that you guys should check out. But for the Pyramyd Insyder, I am Tyler Patner, we'll see you guys at the next one. 

Diana Mauser K98 Air Rifle

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Rossi Morreale gets into character to command and control this famed historic replica for Pyramyd Outsyder!

Diana Mauser K-98 Air Rifle Video Transcript:

Can't see them now because they’re this big but the little plastic green army men are coming to get us. 

This is the new Mauser K98 inspired by the World War II German K98 from back in the day. This is not an exact replica of the old Mauser K98 but it's inspired by. The original count Mauser K98, it was a bolt-action single-shot rifle. This is not that, this is an underlever airgun single-shot .22. It's a great-looking gun, it's balanced, it's a little heavy, and apparently it's got quite a bit of power because it's set up on the Diana, you know, spring system, spring piston system like the RWS 460 that we know and love. So here it is it. Looks legit. I look Legit. Let’s take a look at it.

Alright, you know there's two things I know for a fact about World War II. Number one, those guys back then were real men, no doubt about it. Number two, their clothes were super super itchy. I'd say this is great for for plinking for small game hunting. I think max was like 850 feet per second, I’ll have to check. I've got the exact jumbo Diablos the JSB's. The 15 grain and the 18 grain. I actually don't know which one I prefer so I'm gonna shoot five of each see what they see how they come out through the chrony, check the accuracy on the sucker. I've got no scope on it, now it does have a micrometer rear set right here that's adjustable for windage and elevation, and of course, it's got the hooded front sight which is pretty cool you can also adjust it. It does have this 11-millimeter dovetail for a scope if you want to put one on, but I like to do my reviews on what comes in the box and when you open the box this is what you get. It does have an adjustable two-stage trigger and the safety’s back here. You know other than that, it's just like the Dianas we’re used to, it just looks really cool like a World War II gun. 

Alright so to cock it, just pulled down, it's about 36 pounds to break it. It's a little it's a little shorter lever so it feels a little out of it, all about 36 pounds. We’re gonna start with the 15.89, great pellets. Pop it in there, sit in there and then this gets you every time. You got to push this button. No matter how much I know it's there it always gets me. Now you know it’s there. Safety baby. Going with no glasses cuz it’s overcast and I can't see. I didn’t have sights up so. 

All right so without sighting them, straight out of the box. Five shots right there around 729 feet per second all of them and all within about three-quarters of an inch to each other, not bad open sights. Let's move up to the 18 grain just to see what the differences in speed, and I'll just aim for the bottom of that target. 683 I don't know if it's worth it. I think I'd go to the 53. 
Take a look at my group a group shot that's kind of a flyer. Not bad I think I'm gonna be better at 50. All right here we go, time to make my grandpa proud.
Whoa ah! Not too bad. Open sights, 50 yards, a little flier here. Let’s go have some fun. 

All right we moved over here to the Outsyder range, and we've got bogies 12 o'clock.  Little green army man on top of the coffee mug.  About 60 yards. He's wearing a green shirt in a black helmet. Oh you know this is uh this is a really cool gun. It's about a $450 gun. Great gun, obviously great accuracy. I shot targets 25,15, 30, 35, 50, and now 60, very accurate, has good power. Great little gun for target practice and you know small game hunting. So you can get this at Pyramyd Air. You know I got to tell you, my only complaint, if anything, is that it doesn't come with a full uniform. There you. Thanks for watching the Pyramyd Outsyder. I'm Rossi Morreale, see you next time.
 

Diana Bandit .177 PCP Air Pistol

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A streamlined PCP Pistol that offers quiet, single shot or magazine fed operation, AND is affordable? The Diana Bandit .177 PCP Air Pistol is so great it should be outlawed!

RWS Diana 34 P air rifle, short review - Airgun Reporter Episode #8

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The RWS Diana 34 is one of the best-selling air rifles of all time! Paul Capello gives you a review of the new synthetic-stocked model.

RWS Diana 460 air rifle, short review - Airgun Reporter Episode #5

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One of the most powerful spring-piston rifles on the market, the Diana 460 gets the once-over from Airgun Reporter Paul Capello.

Diana Bullseye mount

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The new Diana Bullseye mount absorbs recoil from your spring-piston airgun to stop the recoil from being transferred to your scope.

Diana Chaser CO2 Airguns

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The Diana Chaser CO2 Airgun is a backyard-friendly shooter designed for outdoor shooting sessions and indoor target training when the weather turns against you. Fueled by a single 12-gram CO2 cartridge, the Chaser is a finely balanced pistol with a streamlined synthetic frame.

Keith Warren with Diana AR8 air rifle - ethical airgun hunting

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Keith Warren with Diana AR8 air rifle - ethical airgun hunting

Diana Stormrider Regulator Install

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Looking to fine tune the output level of your Stormrider to flatten out your shot curve and get yourself more consistent shots? It doesn't get any easier than this. Works great for Gen I & II guns!

Pyramyd Insyder at SHOT Show 2018 - Part 3

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The Pyramyd Insyder was all over SHOT Show 2018 scouring the floor for the latest air rifles and air pistols from cutting-edge airgun manufactures like Air Venturi, Seneca, Umarex, RWS and Springfield Armory.

Pyramyd Insyder: SHOT Show 2018 - Part 3 Video Transcript:

Hey guys we're here at the Air Venture booth SHOT Show 2018. This is the Double Shot. Alright why do they call it the Double Shot? Two barrels of ultimate badassery right here. This is of course first and foremost an air shotgun. Basically you can call this the big brother of the Wing shot if you want to, I am just calling it awesome. We have an air distributor system here this is going to allow you to quickly flip between the left and the right barrel, it is absolutely fantastic, it works super smooth and all you have to do, you cock the gun, you turn it, and you are good to go. Of course if you're going to shoot something maybe like these guys, these air bolts out of this, you're going to have to take off these chokes. They did let me play around with this before we came out to SHOT. This is, of course, like one of two prototypes right now, but guys this is super awesome, 18 inch pattern at 20 yards with both barrels. And you're able to put four of these, you know one after the other, with one reload in between into about a three-inch group at 35 yards. This thing is going to be a hunter's dream. You got a quick follow up shot with these air bolts. What more could you ask for guys? So really cool, brand-new, this is going to be under the Seneca line the Double Shot, one you're gonna want to check out in 2018.

Alright guys we are back at the Air Venturi booth. This is a cool little rifle that caught my eye here at the booth. They're calling this the TR 5, now this guy is a youth target rifle, very reminiscent of the IZH 61 that we can no longer get here in the states so. You got a five-round repeating system, of course, this is a spring piston side lever gun. You can see that side lever right here, you simply lift up on it and go to the side and you're able to go ahead, pull that back, and you can actually you just saw that index right there. So this is all gonna work really really simply and smoothly for those junior shooters out there. You got a rail underneath for mounting a sling accessory and, of course, we're going to put target sights on this. So I would imagine you're gonna probably see some sort of aperture sights, you know probably similar to what we used to see on that IZH model, but some updates. They made a little update to the design as far as I can see here. You have a quick adjusting buttstock and it feels like it's got about six positions in it, as well as an up-and-down adjustable butt pad here via this thumb screw on the back, so you loosen it you can actually move that rubber butt pad up and down. You know this one's going to be a great option to get the kids into some target shooting with or if you're just looking to plink in the backyard, probably going to be a really really good choice, and one to keep an eye on as the year goes forward.

Back at the Air Venturi booth. Guys these guys keep coming out with new products it's crazy. This is the Hellboy alright, this is in their Hellraiser line they're calling it. This is basically your AR M4 replica and this feels pretty damn real to me guys. You can see you got the flip opened dust port there, the ejection port. Here's all the features this thing has packed in guys. You have the fully adjustable six-point buttstock here and it this castle nut actually can come loose so it does seem like at least you can change out your buffer tube and your buttstock if you so choose. We do have a selector switch over here on this side. Now you'll notice it does say auto, they are telling me this does not function in full auto, only semi-automatic even when you do have it on that auto selector, eh but that's alright. They're telling me they're hitting good targets with this thing you know a 12 by 12 target I'd bet 240 yards with bb's, alright, that's pretty awesome. You got a drop free mag that's going to house 18 bb's in one co2 cartridge, they're saying fifty to sixty shots. Guys it looks like honestly you could replace all of these accessories with just about anything you want on here, and for those of you that want a little bit more precision you can even unscrew this and you got a flat top rail on top. This is actually really awesome if you're looking to do some action shooting or practice for what you're going to be doing out in the field maybe in the range with your real AR, the Hellboy's going to be one to check out, stay tuned.

Hey guys we're back at SHOT Show 2018 still at the Air Venturi booth. We are taking a look at the brand new Seneca Dragonfly. This actually looks a lot like the Diana Stormrider except that it is a multi-pump, alright, so check that out. You're able to get eight pumps with this in 177, you're looking at about 800 feet per second they're telling me and about 622. Coolest thing about this though,.multi-pump multishot you slide, just like the Stormrider you slide the single shot tray out and a magazine fits right in here. Nine rounds into 177 and 7 and 22. Same magazines as a Storm Rider so those are already readily available, so a little solid 5-pound gun multi-pump gun, it's going to be perfect for you preppers out there. Open sights of course, and you're gonna be able to mount a scope on the 11 millimeter dovetail guys. Again if you've been looking for a multi-pump rifle whether you're looking to get a youth shooter into it or you are looking to do some hunting yourself without having to worry about a spring or a piston breaking on you or having to fill up a gun with a PCP multi-pump pneumatic, the Dragonfly's coming your way. Check it out in 2018.

Hey guys back here at the Air Venturi booth, last thing we're going to show you here today and probably the most significant. I'm watching this display here, it's got me a little mesmerized so I apologize if I zone out. These are the Dust Devil BB's, this is the world's first and only frangible BB. Frangible means it breaks apart when it hits a hard target, guys. That means you could shoot your steel targets, your plinking stuff, we got a gong target, you know on the website, there you can shoot any of these hard targets and these BB's break apart. He's working almost every BB gun you got out there, I think they don't work in the MP40 which was I was really bummed to hear that, but any of your single-stack magazine BB pistols or rifles, these are gonna work great in. They're a little bit lighter than your traditional 5.1-grain steel BB, so they are gonna go a bit faster as well, but this is a way safer option than your traditional steel BB and even then your smart shot BB's, which are low ricochet. If those are low ricochet these are no ricochets, what I'm being told, so that's really cool. 1500 counts probably going to be around ten bucks. Guys, these are gonna make shooting BB guns a lot more fun. We're going to be using these quite a bit here on the Insyder in 2018 so stay tuned.

Alright guys so I was about to leave the Air Venturi booth and they told me they got us a licensing deal with Springfield Armory. Pretty cool. Actually, the first pistol I ever bought, real steel 9-millimeter pistol, was an XDM, and this is the exact replica of that gun. Now this is an airsoft version, they're also going to have BB versions. Pull blowback, drop three mag. Guys this feels just like the real thing, they even have the texturing down, and I'm told it comes with the interchangeable backstraps, as well functional grip safety, come on this is awesome. This is going to make training at home if you have a Springfield pistol, there's gonna be some 1911's out there as well, awesome stuff here guys, this is really gonna open it up. I can't think of many brands now that aren't represented with an air gun replica. Springfield Armory was one of the last ones that wasn't, and Air Venturi is gonna take care of that for us, but not only do they have pistols, guys, that are coming, but they're doing rifles too. Parking them back, just a little bit of an older time here. We have the M1 Carbine replica, this is actually, this is full metal and if this is a wood stock. I'm told there's going to be a synthetic stock option available for a little bit less probably around $199 or so but this wood stock option is definitely going to be available. They're telling me this is a cold blowback gun in the airsoft version. Co2 cartridge looks like a drop free mag again here, yep CO2 right in the bottom, so I'm expecting the BB versions probably going to be very similar. And, of course, the venerable M1A. Now this is a Springer airsoft version that they have here for show, but they tell me they're working on a bunch of other versions which includes CO2 as well so if you are an M1A fan and looking for something not only in airsoft but also in steel BB to replicate the field, maybe your real M1A or an M14, definitely one to check out. Guys this is a huge deal for the guys at Air Venturi. Really cool, looking forward to seeing what they put out in 2018. We're gonna check out the rest of the show now guys. Stay tuned here with the Insyder at SHOT Show.

Hey guys we're here at the Umarex booth, obviously Umarex did big big things in the PCP world in 2017, and in 2018 they are not going to disappoint. The Hammer is here guys. Very very impressive changes and upgrades in my opinion to this gun here. Now they're saying made in America, I don't know what exactly all qualifies is made in America, that's not really the important part, let's talk about some of the performance specs they're talking about here. You have a 4,500 psi carbon-fiber cylinder on this gun which is regulated at 3,000 psi. Gun has a two-round magazine in it and that's going to give you, you should be able to get two to three good shots on a fill at this at up to 700 foot-pounds, seven zero zero guys. That is a ton of power, this will be the world's most powerful production big bore and man I can't wait to get my hands on this, guys. I know it looks like a pretty big gun, obviously fully shrouded barrel but this thing doesn't handle that heavy guys, and quite frankly, the balance throwing it up to the DI there is really really nice. Talking about a brand new valve design there, light speed valve in this gun which should be able to deliver not only that big power, but also a very quick jolt shock shot cycle that should be really really shooter friendly, and a 2-pound cocking effort you just pull it back like that, push it forward, let's try the trigger here real quick. For a big bore guys, that's pretty good, overall the Umarex Hammer is a fan, only one you're gonna want to check out. 50 caliber 700 foot-pounds, 2018 big things coming, stay tuned.

Hey, guys, we're back at the Umarex booth checking out some new RWS guns, now these are going to be made in Germany and America, so this is gonna be an interesting kind of mash-up between Umarex Germany and Umarex USA to deliver what is going to hopefully be a very high-quality spring piston gun. This is the 3400 and we have the 3500 right behind me. Obviously you can tell some really nice stocks on here, you got some nice checkering in there, it looks like we do have an adjustable trigger as well, and you can definitely tell this is taking departure from the traditional RWS line, as we have a fiber-optic front sight up there and even as far as the safety goes, this looks very similar to what they're doing with the Walther guns. So we have a lot of new updated features kind of a mashup gun here between the historically significant Art of US line and what Umarex is wanting to do with updating some of these features. So definitely one we're going to be checking out on the Insyder here in 2018. Looking forward to this one a lot, stay tuned.

Alright guys back into Umarex checking out some Glock stuff. Umarex got the Glock license earlier in 2017 and looking at these I got to tell you, these feel pretty realistic. Now these are some early samples here, and it looks like we got a drop free BB mag here so pretty nice, co2 is gonna be housed in the grip, you could see that piercing screw there at the bottom, but we don't have blowback on this particular version so this is probably going to be a lower price point gun right here, but definitely some cool stuff going to be coming out of this Umarex Glock relationship, we're looking forward to hearing more about it in 2018.

Guys check this out. I saw a video of this gun just before SHOT show. Lit up the Internet, this is the Umarex Legends cowboy rifle. You see that in there, you know what that's gonna be doing? That's ejecting shells. You guys remember those shells that come with the John Wayne pistols, the Colt single-action pistols, those are exactly what we're talking about. You load those shells up right into here, one BB of course in each of those shells, and you are good to go. Blasting with lever action fun, two co2 cartridges I believe in the back of this thing. Guys this is the real deal, this is exactly what we've been looking for add that realism factor with that shell ejection. I could do this all day, guys, Umarex is gonna nail this one. Very excited to get it on the Insyder in 2018.

Hatsan Flash QE PCP Air Rifle

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If you've wanted to enter the world of PCP airguns but price has held you back, make a bolt for the buy button and make the Flash yours!

Hatsan Flash QE PCP Air Rifle Video Transcript:

Welcome to the Pyramyd Insyder, I'm Tyler Patner. Today we're gonna be taking a look at a brand new one just announced to SHOT Show 2018--the Hatsan Flash in 22 caliber.

So because this gun's called the Flash, we're gonna do the world's fastest review today. All right, lets start at the muzzle(*Sped up Speech*) Just kidding so the Flash was announced at the 2018 SHOT show. Basically Hatsan's answer to the Umarex Gauntlet and the Diana Storm Rider, a $300 pcp. Quite frankly, this was one of the guns that I was most excited to see because Hatsan is gonna bring you a powerful $300 gun as opposed to most of these 22s that are like 22,23,24 foot-pounds. This is gonna be a full-bodied 22, I guess you're talking about having 30-plus foot-pounds at your disposal, what that's going to do to the shot count of course we're gonna find out, but let's go over some of the features of this Flash. So starting at the front of the gun we do have the QE system, so you have this kind of integral suppressor as well as a full shroud system. Should keep things pretty quiet, pretty backyard friendly for all you guys looking to do some backyard pesting or just general target shooting in the backyard. Dropping down, we do have a, I believe, it's about 165 CC air cylinder here so a little bit smaller than most of their cylinders on the Hatsan guns, and it is fixed you can't screw it off and replace it with a new bottle. Not a big deal to me, you do have your standard fill probe here that comes with all of the Hatsan guns and it is threaded on the end of 1/8 BSPP, so you are going to need a quick disconnect fitting if that is what your fill system needs. And that just slides right into the fill port. Doesn't come with a dust cover Hatsan's usually really good about that, I'd like to see them include one, you know just something to put in there when your fill probe isn't in the gun, but not the end of the world for me. Gun fills to 200 bar which you can see on a gauge on the underside of the stock you got some nice color coating there. So 200 bar about 2,900 psi and talking about the stock here, it is full synthetic, it has a pretty good feel to it but it is going to keep things very, very lightweight. This gun's coming in at six pounds. This is exactly what I've personally, we been wanting to see from Hatsan for many years now. Their guns, in my opinion, needed to go on a diet and the Flash has been put on a diet. They introduced this guy to Jenny Craig and he is a pleasure to deal with at six pounds. Very nice, pointable, the thumbhole skeletonized stock here is just really easy to get along with in my opinion, it's gonna fit most hand sizes without a problem, and just feels really good like it's a nice solid feeling gun that's not too heavy and not too bulky, and at 42 inches long you're not gonna have a problem carrying this around with you. So another thing that is featured in this stock is a little Picatinny rail section here if you did want to mount a bipod or something like that. I love that you know just the ability to quickly mount a bipod is always nice in my opinion. On top of the breech, we have Hatsan standard weaver, 11-millimeter dovetail scope rail, which at this point is kind of you know, it's their standard and it works. I prefer to use dovetail mounts on these rails just because sometimes the Picatinny weaver sections are a little weird, so we went ahead and mounted a UTG 4 - 16 by 50 scope here on top. On the side of the action here we do have a side bolt operated system very similar to what we've seen on the Gauntlet but it kind of pops back on its own, not too hard to pull back and does go down into that slot. You got two 12 round magazines with these, is the same as the mags on the BullMaster and the Barrage, so you can just slide them in there and you're good to go. 12 pellets will do all 12 shot groups when we're out on the range for you guys and the gun does also come with a single shot tray which again, little value-added features that are always nice. So when you go ahead, you cock that back, you're gonna go ahead, you don't have to drop it down when you're just loading the gun but you do when you're gonna take the mag in and out, and you're just gonna rock it forward and you're good to go. If you do want to de-cock the rifle, you just hold it back there pull the trigger, you hear it kind of pop and you're good to go and you're all safe. Another big upgrade, kind of an upgrade I guess in my opinion, that Hatsan has been long needing is a non-automatic safety. So we do have a manual safety that's really conveniently placed for the right-handed shooters out there, you just flip that back it's on, safe, flip it forward, you're hot and ready to go, and the Quattro trigger, so this should be a very very good trigger, may need a little adjusting out of the box for you but it is very adjustable. The Quattro is really nice, think this one is breaking about three pounds doesn't have too much take-up which I like, and comes to a fairly clean wall so it's a nice little trigger that you're going to be able to get along with whether you're a hunter or a target shooter without a problem. So let's head out to the range and see what this Flash can do.

Alright, guys, we tested pretty much every pellet we had at our disposal, probably somewhere in the 15-16 amount of pellets. That said, we narrowed it down to three in our pre-testing that did quite well. The results were okay you know for most, so you got the Crosman Premiere domes which is a pretty affordable pellet. All twelve shots and these are twelve shot groups inch and a quarter for all twelve you cut out that shot right there, which was my first shot so probably a me problem there, and you got 11 shots in a one inch group which is certainly not too bad out at 45 yards. Moving it in the Barracuda Powers, which is a very heavy pellet, you got a 21 grain pellet, they're gonna give you a lot of energy, puts all 12 in about an inch and an eighth and again 11 of those 12 are gonna be in a one inch group there, which is again pretty solid. But definitely the best, those JSB 15 point eight nine five-eighths group 12 shots out of a $300 gun, high praise in the accuracy department for the Hatsan Flash.

So looking over these chronograph results with the Hatsan Flash, it's kind of what I expected, especially with the 16-grain pellet. About 30 foot-pounds of energy and that 20 shot average at 925 feet per second is definitely cruising along with a 16-grain pellet. It's producing good accuracy but really if we're looking at the tightness of these velocities you're talking about getting one mag so 12 shots maybe 15 shots in a kind of a usable velocity range. If you're shooting out 250 yards or more, if you're using this gun for tighter ranges than that, not going to see so much of a change. But really guys you're buying a Hatsan Flash because you want to do some serious hunting with it, not because you want to be shooting all day in the backyard. This is going to be the 300 dollar gun that the serious hunter is going to be able to get behind and use effectively.

Alright guys so I got to say very impressed with the Hatsan Flash, it's really everything I expected it to be. It's quiet, you got a solid trigger, it's not gonna require too much fiddling out of the box, and if it does it's relatively easy to do. 12 round magazine so you get a few more shots per mag for those of you guys that are hunting with this gun. Reliable bolt-action system and it's got good power, pushing a 16 grain pellet basically at 925 feet per second averaged over about 20 shots, this is gonna be really good for you hunters out there, 30 foot-pounds of energy a 5/8 group at 45 yards absolutely phenomenal over 12 shots. Got to see a dust cover in that I'd really like Hatsan to put that out there, but overall I really can't find too many gripes with this gun if any at all. It's lightweight, which is a godsend from Hatsan, thank you very much. Quiet, accurate, you got the multi-shot system, they did everything right with this $300 PCP and if you're looking for more power, you got a 25 caliber option. If you're looking to do some target shooting exclusively, you got a 177 option as well. Whether you're just getting into PCPs or if you're looking for a gun to knock around with in the woods, the Hatsan Flash is gonna be a really good choice for you, so definitely check it out next time you're on Pyramyd Air. Don't forget to click that subscribe button, stick with us through 2018. There are a lot of cool new products we're gonna be taking a look at, I am very excited for all of the things that we're gonna be seeing in the 2018. Lots of cool new stuff coming your guys' way. Don't forget to like and comment down below tell us what you thought of the video, and what you guys want to see next. For the Insyder, I'm Tyler Patner, we'll see you guys at the next one.