How disappointing Airmaks

[JLB]

Well how disappointed can you be with a manufacturer. Brand new out of the box Airmaks Krait lite. Removed the shroud so I could put a few barrel cleaning felts through it and the adaptor into the action came with it No major drama I know, just screw it back in with a rubber glove on to get some purchase and not overtighten. A few shots over the chrono, all good, then second magazine decides to drop a pellet back into the pellet probe housing Again not a major drama, but have to bugger about removing the stock and side plate to remove it. Let's hope it shoots straight.

John.

 

[gunnery]

It Will

 

[Littlejon365]

Pretty common unfortunately but they are a fantastic rifle and one of the most accurate rifles I’ve shot.

 

[John79]

I thought these newer mags stopped the pellets from falling backwards?

What adapter are you talking about?

 

[Mekon88]

Hi,

Do you mean the silver collar that connects the shroud and front block? When you say "adapter"

 

[karl66]

Well how disappointed can you be with a manufacturer. Brand new out of the box Airmaks Krait lite. Removed the shroud so I could put a few barrel cleaning felts through it and the adaptor into the action came with it No major drama I know, just screw it back in with a rubber glove on to get some purchase and not overtighten. A few shots over the chrono, all good, then second magazine decides to drop a pellet back into the pellet probe housing Again not a major drama, but have to bugger about removing the stock and side plate to remove it. Let's hope it shoots straight.

John.

I have the same rifle & it's never missed a beat!.. shooting like a laser _ I've never needed to clean the barrel.
I think messing about when all is good is a bad thing.

 

[Mole trapper]

Different price point but im having the same problem with the new kral mags constantly, very very vexing when you are on a busy night job.

 

[Peddy]

I don’t understand how a pellet can drop back from a magazine. Is the probe piercing the pellet and bringing it back?? Sounds like a breech/mag alignment issue??

 

[Mekon88]

I don’t understand how a pellet can drop back from a magazine. Is the probe piercing the pellet and bringing it back?? Sounds like a breech/mag alignment issue??

The anti double feed system used a pin to stop the rotor advancing the next pellet in the magazine until the last one had been fired, unfortunately we found some pellets were losing too much spring tension from the rotor thanks to the ADF pin and so we removed the system on all guns some time ago, to ensure rotor tension stayed, if this rifle still has the older silver connecting collar for the shroud it may still have the ADF pin, hence my clarification about the "adapter" mentioned

Those silver collars were not glued into the block because they must be removed during a service to access an O ring sealing a machining hole plug, so if that is the "adapter" in question it was doing as designed by coming off with the shroud

 

[JLB]

Hi,

Do you mean the silver collar that connects the shroud and front block? When you say "adapter"

Yes, that's the one. The shroud was rattling when I removed it, thought it might have been a loose baffle at first but no, this collar that slides over the barrel & screws into the block.

John.

 

[Mr McMain]

If you have spent new gun money and got the older version where the pellets can drop back from the mag surely you should send it back and get the new model. Unless you got a couple hundred quid off.

 

[Mr McMain]

Yes, that's the one. The shroud was rattling when I removed it, thought it might have been a loose baffle at first but no, this collar that slides over the barrel & screws into the block.

John.

The way people talk about these guns you would think they were bullet proof. Thanks for sharing I think I will avoid buying one

 

[Darth Vader]

Same thing happened to me when I bought one back in early 2025, which i assumed was new. i sold it on etc.

 

[Mekon88]

Yes, that's the one. The shroud was rattling when I removed it, thought it might have been a loose baffle at first but no, this collar that slides over the barrel & screws into the block.

John.

Apologies for the rattle on the shroud, the collars are normally pretty good at staying in place, have you checked to see if it has the ADF Pin? If so I would highly recommend disabling it, then you shouldnt get any issues going forward

 

[Matt@Nearfield]

The way people talk about these guns you would think they were bullet proof. Thanks for sharing I think I will avoid buying one

You would be missing out. Fabulous guns.

 

[RobH]

It’s unfortunate when people have issues, I’ve had some issues with several guns I’ve had over the years.
The BRK ghost was notorious for pellets falling back into the action as I experienced myself.

This Krait standard I have at the moment though is simply sublime. Never missed a beat and quite often gets me shouted at down the range when I’m dropping .177 pellets through a 6mm hole and ringing the bell behind that hole at 40m using JSB Short.

As with anything you’ll hear good and bad things but the bad things tend to get the most attention.

 

[Mr McMain]

You would be missing out. Fabulous guns.

Clearly mate, I can think of nothing better than having to remove my stock to clear out a stuck pellet every now and then

 

[SirShootsALot]

It's a poor design if they allow the pellet to fall back.

 

[John79]

My 177 mag's dont have this issue, the pellet's are held in by spring tension , i tried tapping the mag upside down to see if pellets fall out but no they stay put.

 

[Matt@Nearfield]

It's a poor design if they allow the pellet to fall back.

It's quite common with a number of guns.