My ORION 22cal now fitted with a Gas Ram!

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My ORION 22cal now fitted with a Gas Ram!

Post by brihacharan » Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:25 pm

My ORION 22cal now fitted with a Gas Ram!

It’s a wish fulfillment come true - Gas Rams will soon be available in India!
PRECIHOLE had a few Prototype Gas Rams made & were getting ready to field test them and one was fitted into my Orion for testing.
I was truly amazed at the time taken to fit it – The Spring assembly was taken out and the Gas Ram inserted all in a matter of minutes at the PRECIHOLE’S factory!!!
I doff my cap at their foresight in designing the Orion / Pegasus in such a way that the process of removing the Spring kit & fitting the Gas Ram turned out to be like “Removing a pencil cell from a remote & putting in a new one”!!!

I put a little over 200 pellets with it using both 14gr & 15gr and the experience: turned out to be:

1. Smooth & Positive cocking
2. Crisp trigger release
3. No palpable vibration
4. Very short lock time
5. Consistency in velocity / accuracy

Shooting with a Gas Ram fitted Orion marked a welcome change & experience in the way the AR behaved.

Gas Ram comes with a capability to accept heavier pellets with ease & requires minimum maintenance as compared with Springers, thereby extending the life of the AR and providing loads of shooting pleasure!

I get a feeling that a lot of excitement is about to surface amongst the AR shooting fraternity – where / when / how etc. does one go about getting one….

PRECIHOLE will announce its availability shortly.

Attached is a pre-view pic of PRECIHOLE’s Gas ram.
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Re: My ORION 22cal now fitted with a Gas Ram!

Post by essdee1972 » Fri Sep 13, 2013 1:56 pm

Only one word...... WOW!!!!
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Re: My ORION 22cal now fitted with a Gas Ram!

Post by pratik_mahale » Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:46 pm

It’s a good news for my Pegasus as it velocity is decreased around 50 fps after 4-4.5 K shots
Gas Ram will be a power booster for Pegasus to maintain its original velocity for longer period

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Post by bennedose » Fri Sep 13, 2013 6:28 pm

Brilliant stuff. Great news indeed. Waiting for it to hit the market...

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Post by AK49 » Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:06 pm

That is great news, can't wait to get my pegasus changed to gas ram.
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Re: My ORION 22cal now fitted with a Gas Ram!

Post by brihacharan » Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:58 pm

pratik_mahale wrote: It’s a good news for my Pegasus as it velocity is decreased around 50 fps after 4-4.5 K shots
Gas Ram will be a power booster for Pegasus to maintain its original velocity for longer period
> Never knew it could drop so low to 50fps :roll:
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Post by bennedose » Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:39 pm

brihacharan wrote: > Never knew it could drop so low to 50fps :roll:
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ROTFL I think he means dropped by 50 fps

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Re: My ORION 22cal now fitted with a Gas Ram!

Post by sathya.sniper » Fri Sep 13, 2013 10:46 pm

Wow!! Finally a very good news for all shooters, no need of worrying about the time to take the shot after cocking, and also mainly about changing the springs regularly.

Any idea about the velocity of the gas ram ?

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Post by Big Daddy » Fri Sep 13, 2013 10:54 pm

Brihaji,
you beat our guesses :mrgreen:
Good to know the Indian air rifle manufacturers are now going places.

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Post by jatindra Singh Deo » Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:36 pm

Wow !! Thats a mean son of a gun! Way to go Brihaji ! Any insight on the fps , is the pressure adjustable like the theoben hw 90?

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Post by jatindra Singh Deo » Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:37 pm

Wow !! Thats a mean son of a gun! Way to go Brihaji ! Any insight on the fps , is the pressure adjustable like the theoben hw 90?

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Post by jatindra Singh Deo » Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:40 pm

I mean the theoben gas ram in hw 90

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Re: My ORION 22cal now fitted with a Gas Ram!

Post by pratik_mahale » Sat Sep 14, 2013 12:54 am

I don’t think Precihole will make gas ram to boost the power above 12 ft-lbs mark & as I know DOC he will make sure that no one can easily increase the gas presser to increase velocity

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Re: My ORION 22cal now fitted with a Gas Ram!

Post by Big Daddy » Sat Sep 14, 2013 9:36 am

Brihaji, by any chance is this Ram based on the Thoben design? I guess you know on what basis I am asking.
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Re: My ORION 22cal now fitted with a Gas Ram!

Post by mercury » Sat Sep 14, 2013 10:10 am

Briha .....would be interesting to know the specifications.

that's a very stable looking design for the piston.
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