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Offline Mark 611

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Cometa Fenix 400 compact .22cal
« on: January 22, 2010, 08:16:44 AM »
Well I've had my Cometa since Tues and have just been target shootin with untill today, I finally got to go out and put it on some of the big bird's I like to hunt crow's and pegions. Due to the rain the last few days thier ain't been much flyin untill today, birds everywhere! I knocked off 7 crow's and 6 pegions in about an hour's time. I was gonna put out a good review after I put a few hundred rounds thru it but hey I couldn't weight to tell everybody how nice this gun shoots and accurate it is. it'll shoot one ragged hole at 30yds av's 737fps out of the box but I'll put the review out later, I will say this is one sweet rifle!

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RE: Cometa Fenix 400 compact .22cal
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2010, 09:37:11 AM »


Congrats' on the Fenix compact... Cometa makes a hell of an air rifle don't they.



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Re: Cometa Fenix 400 compact .22cal
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2010, 09:39:07 AM »
yes they do I'm very impressed with thie one, thanks

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Re: Cometa Fenix 400 compact .22cal
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2010, 10:59:55 AM »
Man, I think that is the one I'm going to save up for next.  They just look so cool and have great reviews.
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Re: Cometa Fenix 400 compact .22cal
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2010, 11:02:20 AM »
Sounds like you got a close cousin of the Fusion Star I have. My favorite gun right now!
THE GUNS:
     â€¢ Cometa Fusion Star (Gene tuned) 12/10/09
     â€¢ Cometa Fenix RWS 94 2/8/10
     â€¢ RWS Diana 48 .177 1/8/10 [TRADE for RWS 350]
     â€¢ Walther Force 1000 .177 11/11/09
     â€¢ TF89 .22 10/26/09 (Gene tuned 1/6/10)
     â€¢ TF89 .177 (Gene tuned) 9/6/09
     â€¢ Remington Vantage 1200 .177 8/22/09 (Gene tuned 1/6/10)
     â€¢ Daisy 953 (pneumatic) 8/02/08
     â€¢ Gamo Big Cat 2/5/10 (broken...free...maybe gas piston?!)

THE SCOPES:  
     â€¢ Sightron SII 4-16x42 AO  
     â€¢ Leupold VX-II 3-9x33 Ultralight EFR AO
     â€¢ Bushnell Trophy 6-18x42 AO  
     â€¢ Swift 686 High Recoil 6.5-20x44 AO  
     â€¢ Hawke Air Max 4-12x40 AO  
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RE: Cometa Fenix 400 compact .22cal
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2010, 11:08:36 AM »


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thebookdoc - 1/22/2010 4:02 PM Sounds like you got a close cousin of the Fusion Star I have. My favorite gun right now!



Other than the barrel, sights (or rather the lack of them) and stock, the Fusion and the Fenix are the same shooter with the same "engine" and same trigger.
Speaking of which Mark 611... if you want to smooth out and lighten the trigger, I wrote a semi-DIY for it, with photos.



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Re: Cometa Fenix 400 compact .22cal
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2010, 01:12:12 PM »
Yes this is a good rifle right out of the box the trigger is very good on this one accurate an smooth shooting, I would like to read what you have on a trigger tune, I have the star model yes it is close cus to the fusion, I took it out of the stock today and it is dry as a pop corn fart in there lol, but thats a quick fix no big deal, I'll post some pic's and a review on it after I have some rounds thru it but so far it's exelent, I'm already planing on buying another one.

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RE: Cometa Fenix 400 compact .22cal
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2010, 02:05:28 PM »


I wasn't all to thrilled about my trigger (I'm spoiled by Jewell BR triggers andseldom thrilled about any productiontrigger)... so a bit of a "touch-up" was in order.



I've reworked a few hundred triggers in my time, and I can tell you that thisparticular triggeris nothing fancy or complicated, but I suggest to anyone attempting to repeat this process, to mock-up the trigger as I've done so you have a good understanding of how it works and where the contact points are.



Rifle blown apart.


Trigger blown apart.


Trigger mock-up engaged... areas of contact.


Trigger mock-up disengaged... areas of contact.


All I did was lightly stone and polish the areas of contact to remove machine marks. I didn't change any angles or alter any relationships by more than .0005". It's actually a easy trigger to touch up if you have a good eye and fine ceramic or diamond stones.
Just remember, taking metal off is easy, putting it back... not so much.

Disassembly and reassembly of the entire gun is pretty straight forward. You will need a spring compressor tool as the stock spring has a good amount of preload.I got a very nice wooden one from VPilot on the "Yellow" for about $80.

The only trick is getting the sear lever and spring back in... and it's really not much of a trick.
Put the spring into position first and slide the pin in just enough to hold it... then insert the sear lever under the hook on the spring, insert the pin the rest of the way and rotate the lever forward.

Top view... sear/spring detail. Note the relative positions of the spring hook and forward arm of the spring.


The lever is held down by the sliding automatic safety plate... the safety catch lever is permanently staked to the trigger housing and the tab on that lever engages a cutout in the sliding automatic safety. The whole thing needs to be held down firmly to the groove in the endcap as you reinsert it into the receiver.

So how did it turn out you ask?Trigger pull adjustment range is now adjustable from roughly12 oz. to just under 2 lbs. Feel is extremely smooth andsear release isclean and crisp. Travel is still what it is... but the idea was to take all the gritty feel and crunch out of that travel. I have to say it was a rousing success and well worth doing.



Ifthisis something you'd rather not attempt,talk to Gene Curtis (he owns this forum and airguntoys.com)... he did the trigger on the Fusion that thebookdoc now has, and I'd imagine he did something similar to what I did.



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Re: Cometa Fenix 400 compact .22cal
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2010, 11:55:10 PM »
Thanks Creeper, I like it when we can all help each other out, this will be very helpfull in the future, I like this gun so much I'm gonna buy a few more Cometa's

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Re: Cometa Fenix 400 compact .22cal
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2010, 02:26:07 AM »
yes its one awsome airrifle i got mine since last may and its very accurate out the box and powerful ,slient also between this one and my 350m they r side by side and being a .22cal man i love it anyone that was around last year could of had one for a great price and member here sold them at much lower prices then now so im stickin to it .it loves rws domed and super -h-points .u will see it on my album under geewhiz380@family ....they r recommendable ....jorge

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Re: Cometa Fenix 400 compact .22cal
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2010, 03:41:58 AM »
yep I'd recomend to anyone, I just got back from baggin 13 more pegion's with it! 50yd shot's with this thing is a piece of cake

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Re: Cometa Fenix 400 compact .22cal
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2010, 04:07:08 AM »
u wont starve thats for sure ,i wish i lived next to u cause between me and u we would of had a pegion party everyday hehehe and i have my cometa .22 fenix 400 also and i love mine ,it fires those pellets at ease and im very happy to have it part of my collection,no regrets at all .im so happy u feel the same like i do in reference to the cometa the fusion is the same airrifle just the stock is different thats all ....geewhiz380

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Re: Cometa Fenix 400 compact .22cal
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2010, 08:22:02 AM »


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Mark 611 - 1/23/2010 4:55 AM Thanks Creeper, I like it when we can all help each other out, this will be very helpfull in the future, I like this gun so much I'm gonna buy a few more Cometa's



Your welcome Mark.
Cometa is a "wave" that only begining... still far away from it's potential crest as a major player in the US.

The Cometa Fusion is far more accurate than any .177 "hunting rifle" has a right to be, so that'd be one to consider.
I also understand that Cometa will be offering real walnut stocks on several rifles and that a very competitively priced PCP intended to compete with Theoben/Daystate/Air Arms is only a few more months away from production. 

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