Macavity ARMS .22 Caliber Airgun : New kid on the block
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The Agility is going to come in a variety of calibers including .177, .22, .25 and .30 as well as two different lengths. The long version is slated to have a 22 inch barrel with the short version being 4 inches shorter at 18 inches. Speaking of the barrel, Macavity has selected choked, shrouded and tensioned barrels with 1/2x20 threaded muzzle for the included moderator. That is correct, they have included a moderator too! Although I found my example to be more accurate when it was unmoderated. The one we have in-studio is the long version in .22 caliber.
Functionally we have AR-15 furniture and I have to say I absolutely love the rubberized grip as well as the picatinny scope and accessory rails. The adjustable shoulder stock is nice, but found the one on the prototype to have a little play that I didn’t like (of course we change that down the road if desired). The side lever is surprisingly smooth and since they package 3 rotary magazines you will be able to spend more time slinging lead each time you sit down at the bench. Hopefully other manufactures are taking note and packaging additional mags with their new products too!
The Agility is completely adjustable, coming with both a regulator and hammer spring in the back. This is one point where we might see some changes and I will touch on these at the very end of the video.
I was pretty happy with the adjustable 2-stage trigger package that comes on this. Although out of the box it was not set well. After a relatively quick adjustment I was able to get it down to an average pull weight of 15.17oz on five trials. With a little knowledge and work, I would imagine we could improve on this slightly for those so inclined.
Filling this airgun is super simple as it has a quick disconnect (Hurray for no fill probes!). The cylinder size is nice for a small compressor coming in at 267cc for the long version and 196 cc with the shorter one.
Chronograph testing shows that the long version in .22 caliber will get you 95 shots out of the 267cc tank. You can check out the chronograph data for yourself right over here. Over that 95 shots, you will notice that there is average velocity of 916 FPS using 14.35 JSB pellets, with a standard deviation of 5.9 FPS. Not too bad for an airgun that is supposed to come in at under $500.
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I've had my .25 long barrel version since last Friday. After putting about 200 shots through it I feel it was definitely worth the $290 I paid for it in Macavity's sale of the Genesis pre-production models. I did replace the moderator with a baffled one that I 3D printed. It is much quiter with the loud pop removed. Groups of 5 shots at 50 yards are consistently within 3/4". Need to decide how to modify the moderator that came with the rifle for the best results.
I can see already that a very secure barrel band will be a great addition for this model.
@AirgunAdvisor
2 ай бұрын
Might help. I have also seen barrel bands do nothing for accuracy. May help with poi shifts if bumped in the woods?
My biggest complaint with the gun is that flimsy pic rail under the forend, using a bipod on its near worthless. I think if they fix that its a fairly decent gun for the price. Nice video Chad 👍
@AirgunAdvisor
2 ай бұрын
100% decent for the money. Agree on the stock, but the lines of this platform really do look good. Hopefully I will be able to do a follow up on the production model.
@Moses1973
Ай бұрын
Hey Dana are you going to do a review on this? I hope the company will send you one!
@Moses1973
Ай бұрын
Thanks Chad. Appreciate your reviews as well. Dana has been really great answering most of my questions. He's a great guy. I know he gets aggravated at some replys, as you all do. Hey if they don't watch the video and pay attention. That's on them. You guys must have turtle shell skin lol. Thanks for the review
@MountainSportAirguns
Ай бұрын
@@Moses1973 It's been crickets from them on when I can expect a production model. In my opinion sending out a bunch of pre-production versions is kind of a waste of time for everyone. Even if I got one now it would take many weeks to produce a worthwhile review.
Nice results from this prototype. After Cattleman and other "New" startups. i'll wait to see many reviews before I buy. Plus going up against the pricepoint leaders like; AvengX, JTS, and Gauntlets will be tough to do.7
@AirgunAdvisor
2 ай бұрын
All good points. Have to say that this setup does have some promise, especially if they add in the suggested changes.
Thanks for the review. I am eagerly awaiting the production model.
@AirgunAdvisor
2 ай бұрын
Agreed
Great review man and nice shooting!😊
@AirgunAdvisor
2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
This looks like a pretty decent budget rifle. Great review!
@AirgunAdvisor
2 ай бұрын
Not bad at all. Thanks for the comment!
Where is it made?
@AirgunAdvisor
2 ай бұрын
China, same factory as several other well known brands. Just Macavity’s own design from what I understand.
@GeraldStrain
2 ай бұрын
in this Gateway to Airguns youtube video, kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z5iDm8xyd5SaZqw.html, at 1 minute it is said that the pre-production he is showing is a Korea Production version
Hey Chad! How did you adjust the hammer spring on the prototype model? I have the same one but didn't wanna mess with it. Wasn't sure if it was the central silver allen bolt or the black wheel thingie. Let me know, man!
@AirgunAdvisor
2 ай бұрын
There is a set screw on the side of the action that locks that silver wheel down. Loosen it, then adjust by turning the silver wheel left or right. Did you clean the barrel of yours? Mine was crazy dirty.
@airshootist
2 ай бұрын
@@AirgunAdvisor I shot it for a while first, then cleaned it (it was filthy), and I gave it a polish. After the polish it shot better for sure.
Airgun Angie interviewed Macavity arms sales rep at a gun show. He said they are coming out with a high power slug gun mid summer. Have you heard anything about that?
@AirgunAdvisor
Ай бұрын
Have not heard a thing.
Will there be a pony bottle model?
@AirgunAdvisor
2 ай бұрын
Not yet. Can you imagine how many shots you would get? 90 shots from a tube would be over 200 from a bottle. All day from one fill!
you asked what I thought about it well I think it's a nice looking and I think it's probably going to be a good shooting gun but I think air gun company will probably be a fly by night company like Dar and other companies and fade away after one or two models.🤷♂️
@AirgunAdvisor
2 ай бұрын
Thought the same thing about AEA a few years back. Boy was I wrong.
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@AirgunAdvisor
2 ай бұрын
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My take…avoid the .22 cal.
@AirgunAdvisor
2 ай бұрын
Can you elaborate on this?
@Light_357
2 ай бұрын
Flimsly pic rail and let’s be honest. Those groups were pretty bad. Other price point guns such as avenger and Airacuda blow that performance away. However it is one sample. Other calibers I have seen on KZread from macavity do better.
@AirgunAdvisor
2 ай бұрын
@@Light_357 really once the hammer spring was adjusted I thought it was grouping just fine. Appreciate the comments 👍
What size is your thumb? Come on, man! Don't you own a ruler?
@AirgunAdvisor
Ай бұрын
If you saw all the gear I had to take down to the range to film this stuff 😂 I usually try to find some change to compare the size. I’ll try to do better next time. 😉
@donpeer4477
Ай бұрын
@@AirgunAdvisor Coins of which country? You have viewers in Australia, the UK, and other. Will they know those sizes? Please, just run by the $1 store. :D
@AirgunAdvisor
Ай бұрын
😂 let google be your friend. All kidding aside I’ll try to better.