Not long after buying my Diana Stormrider, I found out about the Seneca Dragonfly MK2.
It is a multipump repeater with a unique linkage system.
Having a long relationship with Benjamin and Sheridan multipumpers, I am not adverse to pumping for each shot.
But I could see some advantages in the DF Mk2.
1) an adult size rifle with adult size stock
2) easily scope-able
3) threaded for a moderator
4) easier pump strokes and pump effort doesn't increase as more pumps are used.
5) uses rotary magazines (and also comes with a single shot tray)
The Dragonfly MK2 is the second generation. The original Dragonfly didn't have the patented Butterfly pump linkage, wasn't threaded and had a short pump handle.
The DF Mk2 has a German Beechwood stock, light in color but with nice straight grain. The trigger and trigger guard are aluminum, the only plastic on the whole gun are the rear sight and front sight/front barrel band combo.
The trigger is non adjustable but is quite decent and will only get better.
My DF is 39 inches long and has a 22 inch barrel. Weight is 6.5 lbs. without optic.
The Dragonflys are very similar looking to my Stormrider, it's easy to see the family heritage.
Both are made by Snow Peak Airguns. Snow Peak has impressed me with their quality. No burrs, bad finish or poorly fit recoil pads on an SPA gun. SPA actually goes over their guns carefully before they go out the door, no relying on the customer to do the Q.C.
This is the kind of product that they are turning out, the M30. The barrel runs down the center of the air tube/shroud, making for a very clean look.
The Butterfly mechanism is the prominent feature of the Dragonfly Mk2 rifle. It consists of an extra link bar which makes the pump effort easier than the typical multipump, and the effort does not get harder as the number of pumps increases.
Remember pumping a Benji/Sheridan ? I still have a Blue Streak. The first few pumps are easy, then 4-5 are harder, then after 6 pumps it gets much harder to pump.
The DF MK2 has a 15 pump max, but pump #15 is no harder than pump #1.
The pump stroke is a bit long, even if the effort is easier the DF MK2 might be problematic for youths or ladies.
Pumping was a bit rough at first, but with lube and a few hundred pumps it smooths out. As the gun breaks in completely it will get better and better.
While deciding on what scope to get, I tried a Skinner peep made for a .22 rimfire scope groove. It did O.K., but the too fat fiber optic front sight on the DF MK2 made precision more difficult.
I did a trade with a friend and got an older Konus 4x scope. I really like it on the Dragonfly, even lighter and more compact then a Bugbuster.
I tried the inexpensive aluminum moderator than had come on the Stormrider on the DF MK2, it reduced the sound of 10 pumps to more like like 2 pumps.
A friend standing 30 feet to the side said all he could hear is the sound of the hammer falling and target strike.
The DF likes Crosman Premiers, and really likes most all the JSB pellets.
These targets were shot just after I got the rifle. I was getting a flyer here and there, I really need to do the pellet tests again.
I now have some 15.89 grain JSBs that are the best yet in both of these Snow Peak guns.
The rifle is settling in and will gradually improve. 15 yard groups, 5 shots each.
I hadn't shot my old Sheridan in a while, and after a couple weeks of shooting the new Dragonfly I broke out the 5mm for some shooting.
Holy cow, the Sheridan was harder to cock, harder to pump, and harder for me to hit with (4x scope vs. Williams peep).
The trigger on the new Dragonfly is easily as good as my 45 year old Blue Streak.
The fact that the DF Mk2 uses the same 7 shot magazines and same pellets as my Stormrider is a big plus.
I have two CARM magazines coming for the rifles, that is if they are not lost in customs.
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