Evanix AR6 shrouded: does the shrouded one improve the noise level?

One of the biggest issues with AR6 is that it is too loud.
Evanix released a new version of AR6: Shrouded. So how this new version improved?

I have this gun for a month so far. It is powerful and accurate but quite loud: it sounds really like a gun fire: it was improved but not enough.

This test used two kinds of pellets:"Eun Jin .22 Cal, 32.4 Grains, Pointed" and "Dynamic PCP2 14.5 grain". I felt the
""Eun Jin" is louder and also single action is louder than double action. So more weight of pellets didn't reduce noise.

My original goal was to find a quiet semi-auto air gun.
I struggled between AR6 Shrouded and FX Monsoon and eventually picked the cheaper one.

Its fire sound really sounds like a gun fire, specially when single action.

For the semi-auto, its double action requires a very high trigger power (more than 12 bl) so it is hard to use for hunting when you have very limited time to make a accurate shoot.

Now it ends up with that I have to get FX Monsoon too to achieve my original goal. But AR6 is still a great gun to collect.

Latest update (12/11/2010):

I eventually got my FX Monsoon functional close to normal.
I just like to do a comparison between Evanix AR6 and FX Monsoon.

1). Accuracy: even though both gun has similar grouping result on targets FX Monsoon is much much easier to achieve goals because of its softer trigger, specially when double action/semi-auto. With AR6 (both single and double action), I have to trigger with great caution so that I won't move off targets. With FX Monsoon, what I felt was like triggering a gun in a software game - as long as you aim to the target it was never moved away because of triggering.
This is really important when you want to send more than one pallets to a moving target.

2). Semi-auto/double action:
After using Monsoon, I learned what was the fun of semi-automatic to air gun shooting/hunting. It is not hard to send a magazine of pallets to a really small area (1'') within 50 yard and many of them run into the same hole. But it is really hard to do so with AR6 because of the trigger power requirement (12 bl). Another fun on FX Monsoon is its magazine size - double of AR6 plug stopping firing when magazine is empty (you can still dry fire when the magazine is empty with AR6).

3). Noise level:
My AR6 shrouded (note: this is a "shrouded" version of AR6) is really loud specially after the trigger was replaced, sounds like the Crosman G1 Xtreme I had, with major air breaking noise.
Monsoon is much softer and mostly the noise of the mechanical movement.

4). Weight
Monsoon is much much lighter than AR6. With scopes, Monsoon is light enough for me to aim and shoot without support such as a shooting stick while AR6 is too heavy to aim on anything without support. The wood stock of AR6 looks good but not useful.



See my Monsoon semi-automatic hunting at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlMpU5uvs3A

See a comparison between Monsoon and AR6 at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD2XdvXUoq8

See a penetration test on AR6 at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQnZMaGiAr4

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• airgun
• fire
• hunting
• PCP
• AR6
• Monsoon
• semi-auto
• automatic
• double
• action
• fun
• silencer

[coolshare222]

There are a variety of package box. The one I have was 200. Yes, the pellets contain no lead. That is the major reason I use it.

Silencer won't help much: I tried one silencer I made but no much difference while it dramatically reduced noise on my Drozd Blackbird when using similar silencer.

[Lyecdevf]

How many pellets come in that dynamic box and are they lead pellets since it says on the box that they are non-toxic?! By the way you should get a silencer for that gun.