AARMR Hurricane Model 15. First Impressions. Picture Heavy

[main13]

I have relocated to Pune from New Delhi where I had been for 40 years of my lifetime. Have met many local dealer here...They have not even heard of Hurricane Mod 15. Well they were keen to sell me Ak 500 after hearing my plight about accuracy and long range...but also said if I could she'll out more money about twice then I should go for percihole rifle nx 100 Scorpius. Well We all know...The difference between the Shining star and Rising Star.. Please advise...well would Iove to flash my AR also...maybe Assault stock should the trick. ...

Dilli.. really! I hope you're liking Poona.. I love the weather & the people there!

Its ok for them to not have heard of Hurricane. Its a new product. Everything new takes time to spread. Besides these guys are very bad at marketing & sales skills! As far as I'm concerned, Hurricane is an excellent gun. It has had its issues but the serious ones are past. Rest are in the process of being sorted out. If you want, you can go ahead & buy it. Pls take care to negotiate about the 2-stage trigger in advance. The owner Col. A.S. Puri as well as his younger brother, the techie Mr. Manbir Singh, both know me. Very nice & decent people, should agree.

Further I would only want to present the facts as they are, then let you make your choice. As far as I can see, any newcomer has three options, Precihole, Apache or Hurricane. Everything has its positives & negatives. Precihole is 'complete' but more expensive, maintainance intensive, less sturdy. Apache is very cheap & fun to shoot but needs finishing of its internals. Hurricane is the most powerful of the lot & very accurate but doesn't have a 2-stage trigger yet. You need to take your pick!

[GNV]

Dear Main13,
Could you please clear one thing for me. Between a Nitro Piston and Spring Piston which is maintenance intensive ?
GNV

[kshitij]

Have been using the Nitro Piston for over a year and 1500 shots. Only needed to apply oil on the outside of the barrel and action for rust prevention. Other than that it has required ZERO maintenance.

[Big Daddy]

Have been using the Nitro Piston for over a year and 1500 shots. Only needed to apply oil on the outside of the barrel and action for rust prevention. Other than that it has required ZERO maintenance.

Agree! The only maintenance a friend does for his is, every 500 shots, he fires a couple of cleaning pellets and 1000 shots, a drop or two of Crossman chamber oil through the port. The gun has never been removed from its stock even after several 1000 shots.

BD

[ganeshn]

I have relocated to Pune from New Delhi where I had been for 40 years of my lifetime. Have met many local dealer here...They have not even heard of Hurricane Mod 15. Well they were keen to sell me Ak 500 after hearing my plight about accuracy and long range...but also said if I could she'll out more money about twice then I should go for percihole rifle nx 100 Scorpius. Well We all know...The difference between the Shining star and Rising Star.. Please advise...well would Iove to flash my AR also...maybe Assault stock should the trick. ...

Its much easier to get it directly from the Aarmar, though i do not want to enumerate but some local Pune stores even keep first copies of IHP!!!
the dead give away is the low price, bent barrels etc.,
you would be surprised by the quality of the Aarmar product and at the price it is damn good.the main differentiating issue is the precision machined barrels the rest of bells and whistles comes later which have been addressed here in this thread.its right up there with the best, currently only Precihole and Aarmar have such capability, the barrels of the rest look like they have been scratched with hardened nails by hand, need to remind them this is circa. 2100 and the first ever was made in circa 1500
The Aarmar barrel is more of a Walther type and the Precihole is a micro rifled one.
i have got all my H/W updates without reminding Mr Manbir even once and they are here to stay.in fact Mr Manbir is insisting that i get the complete new gun shipped to me as i have the very first iteration.
my advice is not to sweat the small thing at this stage and any way its not going to be the last airgun, rest assured the gun is pretty accurate.
if your life kind of depended on airguns then I would suggest you to go for the AA TX200, HW97 or Walther LGU - ASAP, so you are getting the drift.

[pratik_mahale]

Yes my Precihole NP air rifle is very expensive to maintain needs lots of pellets every time.
I found very difficult to stop shooting when it hits the target again & again & again …..

[kshitij]

Yes my Precihole NP air rifle is very expensive to maintain needs lots of pellets every time.
I found very difficult to stop shooting when it hits the target again & again & again …..

[brihacharan]

Dear Main13,
Could you please clear one thing for me. Between a Nitro Piston and Spring Piston which is maintenance intensive ?
GNV

Since Nitro Piston is a sealed mechanism (if its done perfectly) it hardly requires any maintenance, unlike a Spring Piston AR.
There are a lot of 'IFS & 'BUTS' with a spring piston such as:
1. Spring temper
2. Spring resilience
3. Spring torque
4. Spring compressibility
5. Spring's unilateral movement
6. Spring fatigue
All these are absent in a Nitro Piston....hence consistency in velocity & accuracy is maintained....
Besides an AR with a Nitro Piston can be left cocked for extended periods....whereas a Spring will tend to lose its resilience if the AR is left cocked over a longer period of time....
Briha
'

[GNV]

Dear Main13,
Could you please clear one thing for me. Between a Nitro Piston and Spring Piston which is maintenance intensive ?
GNV

Since Nitro Piston is a sealed mechanism (if its done perfectly) it hardly requires any maintenance, unlike a Spring Piston AR.
There are a lot of 'IFS & 'BUTS' with a spring piston such as:
1. Spring temper
2. Spring resilience
3. Spring torque
4. Spring compressibility
5. Spring's unilateral movement
6. Spring fatigue
All these are absent in a Nitro Piston....hence consistency in velocity & accuracy is maintained....
Besides an AR with a Nitro Piston can be left cocked for extended periods....whereas a Spring will tend to lose its resilience if the AR is left cocked over a longer period of time....
Briha
'

Sir,

I knew about the advantages of gas rams when Ben Taylor and Dave Theobold introduced their gas ram guns way back in 80s ( in 1982 to be precise). I learned about them in late 80s.Just wanted others to know...........

GNV

[pratik_mahale]

Dear Main13,
Could you please clear one thing for me. Between a Nitro Piston and Spring Piston which is maintenance intensive ?
GNV

Since Nitro Piston is a sealed mechanism (if its done perfectly) it hardly requires any maintenance, unlike a Spring Piston AR.
There are a lot of 'IFS & 'BUTS' with a spring piston such as:
1. Spring temper
2. Spring resilience
3. Spring torque
4. Spring compressibility
5. Spring's unilateral movement
6. Spring fatigue
All these are absent in a Nitro Piston....hence consistency in velocity & accuracy is maintained....
Besides an AR with a Nitro Piston can be left cocked for extended periods....whereas a Spring will tend to lose its resilience if the AR is left cocked over a longer period of time....
Briha
'

Sir,

I knew about the advantages of gas rams when Ben Taylor and Dave Theobold introduced their gas ram guns way back in 80s ( in 1982 to be precise). I learned about them in late 80s.Just wanted others to know...........

GNV

GNV you are asking wrong question to wrong person

[GNV]

Hoping that he would learn.

[essdee1972]

Yes my Precihole NP air rifle is very expensive to maintain needs lots of pellets every time.
I found very difficult to stop shooting when it hits the target again & again & again …..

I too have a similar problem. Moreover, the damn thing shoots through 5-6 target sheets at one sitting. That's another expense!

[kshitij]

Yes my Precihole NP air rifle is very expensive to maintain needs lots of pellets every time.
I found very difficult to stop shooting when it hits the target again & again & again …..

I too have a similar problem. Moreover, the damn thing shoots through 5-6 target sheets at one sitting. That's another expense!

You guys wait till their PCP is out and then see your problems compound

[GNV]

You guys wait till their PCP is out and then see your problems compound

When? When?When?

[jatindra Singh Deo]

@GNV thats the moot point behind our impatience !!