Paul Capello Demonstrates the Evanix Blizzard S10

[Gene_SC]

Well I have seen the Blizzard in action for myself and have held off buying one just because I do not shoot for high power as a rule. But with that said the Blizzard S10 has once again proved to me to be one very powerful and great looking high powered PCP. With shooting the Enjin .28 gr pellets with an average of 44 fpe that makes for one heck of a shooter. It is not that I need one..:) but I must have one..:) I think the price with a discount is more than fair for what you get. The only other PCP that I own that comes close would be my FX Cyclone in power and accuracy.

So it looks like I am gonna need a new air gun for Christmas..:) Hope you guys and gals take a look at Paul's clip on the Evanix Blizzard S10 .22.. Your mouth will water after seeing how accurate that powerful PCP can be..:)

http://www.pyramydair.com/p/evanix-blizzard-S10-air-rifle.shtml

[kp4att]

GENE GO FOR IT AND DO NOT HESITATE TO OWN ONE.   THE LIFE IT IS JUST ONE!!!  AND ONE MORE RIFLE DO NOT WILL DISTURB YOUR HAPPINESS... HE HE HE ...  GO GO GO

/ GERALD

[Bhawanna]

ha!...LOL!...i knew you would take the bait!!!...you're like a catfish lurking under the dock waiting to pounce on something!!!....maybe if i get invited to your place i could bring mine for you to shoot.......Hmmmm?

[Gene_SC]

And as always Roger you are there chuming for bites..:) Your bad to the bone my friend..:)

[shadow]

I say you have a heck of a shooter there bro when you get her. A .22 shooter will knock the stuffing's out of the critters in your wood's hehe. Ed

[ezman604]

USE THE FORCE!!!!!!
Man, the pull to the dark side just keeps getting stronger. Now where did I put my cone hat?
At 40+ fpe in .22, THAT is a hunting AG.
Santa, you watching??? LOL
Happy Shooting!!!!
Dave

[jake]

hmm thats a nice gun! did they say how loud it is?

[ezman604]

Paul shows a decibel meter during the firing and says it's quiter than most. He did not have to wear hearing protection that he normally has to wear while testing indoors. I think the meter showed 106db right at the tip of the barrel. Not sure how that compares to say a Whisper or Marauder but....
Dave

[Bhawanna]

shrouded barrel with things in it......like the marauder.

[Zzyzx]

I sure am enjoying mine. Left it in the truck last night so it would be nice and cold this morning when I went out to shoot. Temp was 4 above zero.(farenheit) and I ran through three magazines, 30 shots. All within a half inch at 30 yards with me kneeling in the snow and the rifle at rest. Not bad for me in the chill and making sure I didn't breathe on the scope. I then used the Hill pump to bring it back to 200Bar. Took 82 pumps to do it. I took my time so I didn't sweat because I don't like sweat freezing on the skin, it gets a bit irritable when that happens. The moustache ices up and that it OK but not exposed skin.
So, not I know it works well in the cold. Now to check it out deliberately when the temps are at 25-30 below and see how it fares. Will do it on a cold morning when the air is still. Am not dumb enough to lay or kneel in the snow concentrating on a scope in the wind at 20+ below zero and colder. Skin on face and fingers starts going numb within 2 minutes at those temps with the wind chill. Doubt I would be very accurate that way.

I got the thumbhole model in .22 and it sure is nice. Hope yours is as well.

[Zzyzx]

While I am at it, we have moved to the farm fulltime in North Dakota. My bud who was watching it had some medical troubles and is where he can have things taken care of quickly. That is something not available here where 20 minutes on a good day is the fastest if you can drive yourself or have someone there to do so. In inclement weather it is a lot slower and if you call for an ambulance it is an hour or more depending on the weather. His ticker won't stand that kind of delay... so, he is in an urban area with specialists nearby and we are home on the farm and away from the mountains. Back on the prairie and into the cold winters again full time. Idaho was really nice but the winters were a lot warmer.

All the stuff loaded into the Penske truck and an overnight drive through Montana to North Dakota, three neighbors helped me unload the truck and now I have a lot of unpacking to do. Am using my computer for real now instead of 'channeling it' from Idaho to here so I don't have to change all the mailing stuff once we moved. Was planning on it next year or the one after but this just hurried things a bit. The wife will follow next summer after her contract as a consultant finishes up.

Now I don't have to travel to nail the blackbirds and gophers, just wait until things thaw in the Spring and they show up again.

The move is why the blizzard is getting cold weather testing. No other options during the winter when you are in North Dakota!

[Gene_SC]

Quite a story Josh. That weather should be a great test on a PCP. Thanks for sharing and stay warm.

[Zzyzx]

Gene, on leaving my bud left me his Diana Model 48 and a nice Tech Force Model 89. Both seem to be in good condition. The Diana was turbo tuned by Charlie Da Tuna about a year ago. I won't do much shooting with either due to the tendonitis problems but the cocking is sufficiently different from the Walther Falcon Hunter that I will be able to shoot them a bit. He said to keep them for letting him stay on the Farm taking care of stuff this past few years. Anything to help him out, an old Army buddy who deserves a break. Somehow part of him never came back from SE Asia, that being the mental part in some respects. He still can't get past it and living in the country away from folks for a few years helped some.
Now I can check the Blizzard with some comparisons to the other two during really cold weather from time to time. See how all of them work in 20 below zero weather. Before I do, any problems shooting spring powered rifles like these in real cold like is coming? We aren't bad yet, only Zero to 10 below. Next month it does get chilly here. Not too many winters ago there was a six week spell where the high was 22 below zero. Two winters ago we had three weeks of high being 17 below. So far this winter is late. Sure helped with my move. Nothing quite as miserable as unloading a truck in 14 inches of snow, 15 below zero and 30mph winds. Did it with moving my bud here a few years ago and sure don't want a repeat of that one.
Gene, after you get your Blizzard be sure to post info on how it performs. I don't have a chrony and won't be getting one. Just go by results as I shoot at targets, crows and such. So far it is sweet.

[Gene_SC]

I sure will Josh. Dang I could not take that cold weather..:) I would have to have a big house or long hall way to shoot in..:) Keeping the stove stoked up all winter long..

[Zzyzx]

Gene and others, fully understand the aversion to the cold. I love it. Military mickeymouse boots, good layering of jackets, warm hat and good gloves. Watch out for windchill and when it is really nasty you don't go far. Reality is that stuff gets cancelled when major winter storms blow in. No two ways about it, no one here chances death to go to meetings. Death is real when temps are 10-40 below and blowing. A lot like being in Death Valley in 115 degree at the opposite extreme, you prepare for conditions.
One nice thing about the cold is that you really enjoy it mid winter when temps hit the 20's and 30's... think its warm! This time of year once the snow hits, it stays. Blows back and forth and is added to during the winter but doesn't go away unless some mid winter changes hit and it warms up. Starkly beautiful landscapes here with gently rolling hills. Pheasants and deer and mink and grouse and moose and ducks-geese-swans like you wouldn't believe! Really good if you like hunting. Last year the legal take during deer season was around 100,000 tagged. Not bad for a state with only 650,000 residents.
I am looking forward to the place. Not mountainous like where I was in Idaho and my bud took good care of the place the past few years. Now that we are here I  can start barn restoration next spring and  get busy raising pheasants again. He has done it for me the past few years and seemed to enjoy it. I think they helped him a lot. I know the open nature of the prairie helped with his recurring nightmares of the damn jungles. Even the winter helped as he knows sappers don't sneak in through snow and 20 below zero.
Enjoy your Blizzard even as I shoot mine in the real thing this winter.