Drozd blackbird mods
Shooting over the chrony at 5 feet the Blackbird averaged 619 FPS with the Daisy zinc BB’s, which are the ones that are recomended, DrozdMax was very specific in not using the Copper clad BB’s.
This morning I fine tuned the laser and shot it for penetration on wet fir 2’X8’s, accuracy at 10 yards and shot it over the chrony.
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DrozdMax installs these, I also opted for the full tune which is $75.00 and they go completely thru the gun, tune it and change out a few parts and add a rare earth magnet to the alignment system to overcome a embarassing factory flaw of BB’s rolling out the barrel. The “Wild Chip” changes the Blackbird from 1-3-6 shot options to 1-3-1200 rpm full auto option. The magazine has a plug in line that plugs into the gun and the 6 AA battery system powers it. The magazine was easy to fill with what is said to be a 900 BB capacity, the motor in the magazine whirs like a mini gun when you turn the power on. First thing I noticed is that it shot hard, although I was using only AA’s, it raised sparks up in the driveway shooting plastic bottles. I got it yesterday late, after dark, but I got it up and running, put a BSA laser on it and went to shooting.
I have a Mako regulator I use for tethered shooting, so it seemed like a cheaper option, $100.00 cheaper than the 13/3000 regulated paint ball bottle. I got the male HPA nipple to replace the CO2 option which I have no use for at all. I bought it from DrozdMax on line and had the 1200 RPM “wild Chip” put in, the Sergy board was unavailable, I doubt I would have paid the extra bucks for that option anyway which it is alledged to give 2000 RPM. Last week I succumbed to the urge to get the next generation, or maybe two generations later, the motorized magazine Blackbird. It was also more accurate than I remembered my old Red Rider of my distant childhood had been. It was supposed to be getting 450 FPS, and I don’t doubt it, for it would bury BB’s a 1/4 inch into old dry fir deck railing. It had to be fed often having only a 30 round magazine and only got 60 shots at most on a CO2 cylinder, the last few shots barely making it out the barrel, it took a long time to feed it and it was very finicky in 12 gram cartridge length even though I only used premium CO2 cartridges. Soon it was mine and I had a lot of fun with it and shared that experience with friends and family who all loved it.īut the little Yellow Bumble Bee had its faults and limitaions. I had seen them in catalogues and was tempted, but never acted on my impulse until a friend who trades a lot of guns got one in trade. 257 Scadalous, so I bought something I have wanted for a couple of years, the Drozd Black Bird.Ī few years ago I had the little yellow Bumble Bee. I needed a indulgence gap filler to take the edge off my anticipation while waiting for the Haley.