Page 4 - Seneca Dragonfly Mk2 Reviews

The build quality of this rifle is amazing. It is a dream to pump. The 15th pump feels just the same as the 3rd. I bought the Crosman 362 when it first came out and I enjoyed it, but I wish I saved my money and just waited for the Dragonfly to come out! Easy to pump and accuracy is great. I get 1/2" - 3/4" groups at 40-45 yards with 18gr JSB's.

It has a decent two stage trigger, but some adjustments would be nice.

Keep an eye on the screws on the pump/forearm. Throw some blue locktite on them and you'll be set.

The pump action is really easy, as described. The rifle has a quality feel like an expensive firearm. I've shot about 100 rounds so far with no problems.

A clearer explanation of now to adjust the rear sight would be helpful. I suggest that the manual be made available as a pdf on the Air Venturi website. As an inexperienced air gunner, I would like to see some suggestions or guidance on choosing a compatible scope.

Read the review in Hard Air Magazine. This seems to be a really good choice for a pump action.

It's a nice looking rifle, and the pump really doesn't get any harder as you add more pumps. It seems fairly accurate.

The rear sight is very difficult to adjust. It has a flip up/down motion that can't be prevented, which makes it easy to accidentally move thereby throwing off your sight alignment. This piece needs a lot of work. Also, after a little more than 100 shots the bolt started jamming. I can push a new pellet into battery, but I cannot turn the bolt down to lock it in place. If I can't figure out what to do to fix this I may have to return the rifle.

This rifle is lightweight yet powerful, is very easy to pump, and has great accuracy.

The rear sight dovetails should be lowered so that they sit in the same plane as the dovetails on the receiver.

18JUN2022 Today, I promised to work on my wife's truck; but a mysterious package from PA showed up. Hence, I had to take a bit of time to test my new .22 caliber Dragonfly Mark2 Air Rifle! It's well over 100 with the heat index, so I just did a quick test: for 5, 10, and 15 pumps, I got 583 fps (10.1 fpe), 673 fps (13.5 fpe), and 699 fps (14.55 fpe) with the JSB 13.43 grain .22 pellets. Using the same 5, 10, and 15 pumps with the H&N FTT 1.4.66 grain pellets yielded 564 fps (10.34 fpe), 640 fps (13.32 fpe), and 674 fps (14.77 fpe). Considering that this gun's not even broken in, I am well-pleased! Especially nice is that it was no harder to put in 15 pumps than it was to put in 5; this gun is crazy-easy to pump; basically, it's giving me Sheridan power, but without the associated muscle to get it...exactly what I wanted! My first shot, at only 20 feet, hit the "hornet" on the can of hornet spray; and at just 5 pumps, the pellet exited the back of the can as well. Dave

Works as advertised! The first pump and 15th pump are the same effort! Makes for good long plinking session without getting tired. I got it in .22 and plan on getting the .177 down the road now that I've used it. Accuracy is as good as iron sights allow. I was shooting old refrigerant tanks from far enough away the the front sight covered them in my sights and still couldn't miss!

Nothing so far. The linkage was a little sticky at first but after a little lube and break in its a breeze

If you like old crossman and benjamin wood multipurpose you will be very pleased with this. I want to keep these in production by recommending them

It looks nice, and the trigger is not as bad as early reviewers have reported.

The metal linkage pieces in the pumping mechanism are very thin sheet metal, and the main joint is just slightly bent out of alignment with the compression tube. As a result it is 1) VERY hard to force the pump arm open, 2) extremely difficult extending the pumping arm (especially the last part of the motion), and 3) very tough to close the pumping arm. Pumping the Dragonfly Mk2 is very hard going in both directions, much harder than any of the many other multi-pumpers I have owned over the years.

The two-way stiffness and jerkiness of the strenuous pumping makes the rifle practically unusable for anyone without super-human strength. The problem seems to be the thin metal used inside the pumping arm not staying unbent (even just out of the box), and no amount of lube on those joints will cure that manufacturing and materials defect. I very much wanted to like the Dragonfly Mk2, but mine is getting returned. Avoid this air rifle.

The .22 cal isnt pellet picky,and shoots 1/8" groups from a rest at 10 m all day.Fit and finish are tight and 1st class.overall im very impressed and considering grabbing one in .177

The trigger is long and heavy,but not unpleasant.also trigger group is welded to the airtube making cuustomization difficult,wish it was screwed rather than welded.Also pumping is still laborious,had to de burr the slot the piston travels in,it was razor sharp and shaving the plastic shuttle that guides the piston,on initial assembly at factory it would have been fast and easy to smooth the slot.Also initial barrel cleaning was a multi hour process,now knowing this i would have removed it to facilitate cleaning from the breech,rather than carefullly guiding my rod thru the muzzle,and allowing me to chemically flush it.

Its a great rifle,but not really scopeable as scope will hinder safe pumping(scop will block hand hold.I put a 1moa trijicon rmr red dot on mine,and added a silencer...loudest sound is click from carrier weight hitting the air valve....buy one they would be great for squirrels out to 50yds no problem,and fun paper punchers.