Seneca Dragonfly Multi-Pump Air Rifle

Accuracy is impressive. Wood, steel, and aluminum construction primarily. The plastic sights, plastic trigger guard, and rubber shoulder pad are well done. Crisp manual safety. Good shooting at 3 pumps. Not noisy at 3 pumps. Pump handle need not be closed all the way each pump stroke, at about an inch shy of full closure the pump stroke has completed the charge of air. Single shot tray included. Rear sight easily removed, and accepts a Williams peep sight on 11mm rail. Out of the box the trigger blade shape and steel material feels good on the finger, a little vague in operation and let-off, but overall a likeable trigger well-suited to the rifle. Stock feels great in the hand and on the shoulder (right handed). Solid feeling gun without weird flexing or rattling. Does not feel like a toy. Again, it's accurate.

Out of the box, the breach leade is too tight & rough, seemingly due to machining burrs which makes the pellet hard to load. This also causes poor accuracy as the pellet is forced to scrape past the burrs, damaging the pellet. (I fixed the leade easily.) My refurb came without a magazine... fine for me because I don't wander about with my rifle. My refurb came without an o-ring kit. The installed barrel o-rings (3 of them) all survived removal and reinstallation of the barrel. My refurb's muzzle cover would gently touch the end of the pump tube so that the barrel was not really free floating... this was easily fixed by gently bending the barrel upward, now the free floating gap of about 1/16 inch is established, appearing just like in the product photos. My refurb has a pretty dinged up stock, most dings should steam out. My refurb seems to have a slightly bent bolt handle. In general, my refurb had a bumpy prior existence.

The breech leade had to be smoothed out to load right and shoot accurately... thankfully, light hand-polishing worked. The barrel comes off easily, so the leade was super easy to access and smooth out with light abrasive. I used rolled fine grit emery cloth and gently hand-polished to the depth of the port for the compressed air blast. Now the pellets chamber properly and smoothly. The accuracy is very good, on par with old Sheridans or a good example Crosman 362. The pump handle is a little hard to open, and past 3 pumps each stroke requires a solid effort. So, it's a good thing that it shoots so well on 3 pumps.

Very nice wood stock, all metal parts and very good accuracy. Power level is quite a bit above a Crossman 2100.

The stain on the pump forearm doesn't quite match the stain on the rest of the stock (a couple shades lighter). The bluing on the barrel and pump tube is a bit blotchy, but this is the pellet gun Ruger would make if they made one.

A Tasco 4X32 scope fits very nice on this airgun and there is room for the rotary magazine with this scope.

Very nice wood stock, all metal parts and very good accuracy. Power level is quite a bit above a Crossman 2100.

The stain on the pump forearm doesn't quite match the stain on the rest of the stock (a couple shades lighter). The bluing on the barrel and pump tube is a bit blotchy, but this is the pellet gun Ruger would make if they made one.

A Tasco 4X32 scope fits very nice on this airgun and there is room for the rotary magazine with this scope.

The action is very tight and clean. Like many have said this will remind you of a Benjamin or Sheridan with a better trigger. Very accurate although you do have to make sure the rear sight leaf is vertical when you finish making an adjustment. The fit and finish is outstanding throughout. Some have said this is loud but I dont think so. I have no complaints.

I am going to add a barrel band on the front when I can find one available. It does not seem to affect accuracy, my concern is using it in the field where it may get handled rough.

Due to pumping effort required this one is not for kids or adults with limited upper body strength.

Well made , O-ring flat top piston ,adjustable headspace, very good power, not little kid toy . The power was impressive. Although wood is a poor medium for checking penetration, four pumps will go through 3/4" pine at 10 meters. My gun is a .22 and I used Crosman premiers. Accuracy was excellent as well, on par with several vintage MSP that I own. Crosman should look hard at this one. Easy to dis-assemble , grooved reciever, and comes with service parts.

Really nothing . I found that it was not any harder to pump than my Sheridan or Benji MSP's.It did need a little break in, and lubrication at first.

I did adjust the headspace on the gun , but it was more to see what was inside than because it was way off.

Nice wood stock. I swabbed out the barrel & wiped it down out of the box. First 25 shots hit their mark on the target. Impressed by accuracy even before the barrel is broken in.

Nothing. Great as is

Great value for a multi pump.

great value for the money.nice wood and metal finish.put 4x scope on-very accurate at 10 and 20 yards.i only pump 3 or 4 times due to noise level.also very hard to pump after 2 pumps.i will probably put moderator on after i figure best way to remove plastic sight

pump effort

Out of the box the first thing I noticed was the wood stock. Its a gorgeous looking pellet gun and everything about it feels like quality. I was surprised how accurate it was out of the box. It shoots nice and doesn't have the double recoil like springers/gas pistons. Much easier to shoot and shoot consistently. The trigger feels great straight out of the box. The only plastic pieces on it are the trigger guard, muzzle break and rear site.

One major negative I had about this multi-pump is how difficult it is to pump. I'm a 32 year old male with average strength and I could barely pump it 3 times. I shot around 100 shots a day the first 3 days and I can honestly admit that my arms and shoulders were really sore after pumping it that many times. In theory, you think it will be a "good workout" but in reality it's a pain in the rear. This ended up being the issue that doomed the Dragonfly. After only 4 days, the Dragonfly started to get more difficult to pump. The pump arm also became hard to get pulled open. After a full examination, I discovered that the entire metal pump arm had bent and twisted slightly due to how difficult it is to pump. It wasn't just one piece, multiple components of the pump arm bent. When the arm was closed, it would catch on the housing making it very difficult to open which you need to do to pump. Also, I think there should be a front barrel band or something..

Great looking pellet gun. I really hope that I had a one off issue that nobody else encounters. In my opinion I think this issue would happen again even with a new one so I opted to return for a refund. I was very excited for the Dragonfly and really hoped it would be a high quality adult version of a 880. Unfortunately, my plastic 880 would kick its ass except the Dragonfly had a higher fps. I really hoped this pellet gun would be amazing but it only looks amazing. The pump system is so difficult that it makes it very unpleasant to use. If the pump system was easier to use, this would be amazing. Again, I hope the issue I encountered was one-off.

nice looking solid feeling gun.

The barrel would wiggle/flex side to side about a quarter inch easily. The barrel band didn't even clamp onto the barrel as the hole in it was too large. I checked screws and found that most of the screws in this gun were loose, or barely tight. I cleaned the bore, which was very dirty, and test fired it. The trigger pull was long and hard. Accuracy with several match grade pellets was disappointing and inconsistent. I removed the barrel and checked the barrel band bore, finding it .004 larger than the barrel with the screw tightened. I already knew it would need additional barrel bands so I went into my shop and fabricated 2 additional aluminum barrel bands and installed one against front sight and one against pump cylinder. It now shoots .5" at 50 feet consistently. I have a Hawke Airmax 3-12 scope on it.

The original barrel band will not fit in any other location beside the factory location unless you cut a clearance slot into the bottom wide enough to clear the pumping arm as some people are doing. I machined my own barrel bands and made them slightly heavier thickness than the original. I also machined the rear of the plastic front sight away for about half an inch to allow my custom front barrel band to be positioned as far out as possible on the cylinder tube. I also replaced the trigger spring with a lighter spring which helped a bunch. I am now pretty happy with this air gun.

Quality, accuracy, price. Was stunned how well it shot out of the box. I got the last re-furb in .177. Added a modified Diana Stormrider barrel band to stabilize barrel. It also cut down the noise (slap) while pumping. Didnt run into barrel issues. Possibly because it is a re-ferb. Can not wait to get outside instead of the shooting in the basement(Michigan).

A little fiddly loading .177s. Seems like it snags a little, but sure does not affect accuracy.

Seems like some of the reviews I saw, people thought this was a $600 gun. I think this is the best steel and wood pumper for the money. I even like the trigger. Cannot wait for a re-furb in .22 to become available. Got this with the last coupon offer and saved $20 as well. Thanks Pyramyd.