I bubba'd mine out with an ati stock. Now I think bullpup sounds fun. Id like to try the other one out GB? Something like that. Great information man appreciate it.

Nice content! How did you open the blackbox?

Sounds like buyers may need a gun lawyer, I mean who pays for the time lost and who pays for all the trouble and time consumption and interest on the money you spent ?

Very disappointing So many flaws Very smelly situation No western lemons for me

I had one in my wish list, but living in Argentina, I need a product that’s very well tested and quality control. For the moment, I'll wait a little bit and listen to other user.

What a pity! For the price, it's supposed to be a great rifle. Let's us know if they give you a good solution to your claim.

I’m glad that you’re not taking any crap from them because yes when we are paying over $2,000 bucks for something and still need to spend another $500-$1000 bucks just to use these great products i have two that are under $500 bucks and they haven’t had a issue yet for over a year or two now but I totally understand what you’re saying and going through especially with customer service is what builds a business and if you don’t have that close your doors now because it’s just a matter of time have a great day my friend and hopefully you’ll have some good luck with the new one you received back

I’m glad you stood up to them great job my friend

Was just about to order one, thanks from saving me the hassle

Bought a new 30 cal sidewinder comp, some call it the snakellet, anyway received the gun in Jan 2024, took it out of the box filled it with air and shot it. The next day I noticed I had lost 50 bar overnight. So I refilled it, the next morning it was down 50 bar again. So I “snooped it” found the leak, sent a video of the leak to my dealer, and he sent me to AOA, sent the gun to AOA, it was gone 7 weeks, with no updates from AOA, nothing. Nothing in the return box that said what the issue was. I made sure it held air and sold it. Never shot it after it came back. Western in my opinion is only interested in selling guns, not no interest in customer service. They are a slingshot company at best. 7 WEEKS, for a leak!!!!

What type of valves do you use?

Maybe you could figure out what you are showing us before making us a video.

sounds like the gun is actually worth about $500.... if you pay a lot of money for a gun then it should be a good gun....

why not just strip it all out. run new lines. and do it right. its probably a couple days worth of work. but would be totally worth it. likewise could just run a couple fronts and call it a day for temp use.

Dude why are you choosing a Bolt Action to install a thermal scope on? I own the Marlin 925 22mag and it's a good shooting rifle that puts 7 rounds into ¾" @100 yards. But it's not a ideal night predator rig. I own a Ruger 10/22 Magnum and a AR-15 22 Magnum that I have night vision on and it's so much better than the bolt action. Here in Texas with the amount of coyote and hogs we have to deal with having instant follow up shots with a Semi-Auto is non-negotiable. Anyways I hope that setup works out for you and you get some successful hunting in. Keep up the good work.

Its a standard 30mm tube... There are several one piece mounts that work with the ATN scopes. ATN sells one themselves, bobro sells one, and im pretty sure a few others.

Bro you have to get the extra large? So sorry I had to man. hey you have it on a dove tail .22 I am sure it isn't going to just snap right on a regular small rim fire mount. 20mm ? less than an inch? The rails are different because there are diff types of rail. But nice video congrats on the success. Better than I have had sir. Try it on a little nicer .22 with a built in rail. It will hold zero and not strip out screws from the weight. A 10-22 won't hold it you have to go with the billet reciever with the rail milled into it or brownells has their own brand they are awsome. Heck yea man out there killing dogs with that set up is great. I struggle with a rest and a 6 arc during daylight.

Thanks for the video

It may in brass insert to protect the housing like HW100.

How do i fix a rx8 with the same problem?

😆buy yourself a set of fucking pin gauges.🤣👌

Thanks for sharing currently have an issue with my 30 cal sent it back but this provides insight on what it could be.

I recently had to send back my mags to for my sidewinder compact 30 but they did get me 3 that are almost exactly the same thank goodness ,I dont know why they cant make them the same but I extremely love my gun. I have 2 impact 2 Wildcats and my sidewinder is my favorite .

Your theory sounds about right , good job you 're doing the assembly job , hope it goes well !! Geoff

I put two scope rings on the pick rail and squeeze them with the tripod works great

It’s not just you. They were flat out rude to me about my rattler. They flat out insulted me. And previously to that on my omega air compressor. They gave me the wrong parts and refused to talk to me on the phone or email or text. The only reply I got from Tod was. You get what you get 🤦🤷‍♂️I will forever vote with my money. They and Fox air power will never! Get any money from me Ever.

They should just send you a new gun

I read somewhere that the barrel gap is around .008-.010". Even with that my mag still hangs up and won't index. I took my mags over to AOA after watching your last video. The kid at the store checked a few and my slugs fell out of all of them. He told me that Western is working on a slug specific mag. That might be BS. I'm ready to ditch this platform. I love my FX Impact M4.

Does anyone know if Western bought out American air arms? The reason I ask is I have an American air arms 22 caliber that works identical to the western, but it looks like the larger caliber ones. I’ve never had a moment trouble out of it. I bought it from Aragon of Arizona.

2024

I voted early on election day. Red is red, no racist red. Liberal propaganda media is saying America has given up on democracy after just witnessing democracy at it's finest.🤔 This country just gave liberal propaganda media a big F you.

Just a guess, but you're "gouge" was probably a mark of an arrow pointing out the crack until some unscrupulous actor decided to parkerize over the crack. Obviously, the mark pointing out the defect had to be removed. Just sayin' if I was quality control and discovered that crack I'd probably scratch a big arrow pointing it out.

Thanks. Do you think that was a rebuilt motor?

How do I find out if I need 48 mm bearings or 52 mm rod bearings for my 2009 WRX I currently have Rod knock, but I am trying to do a quick fix without removing the engine I believe rod number four has the most played, but I’m not sure what bearings I need

This was really helpful! Thanks man

Whats the little union you've got going there?

If anyone saw Scott's comments regarding his issues with air leaks, here was my response. Very disheartening. I know Bin Yan owns the Pellet Shop. Same Bin at Bintac? I've had decent communication with Bin at the Pellet Shop. He's walked me through some checks until we found that my gun was broken, at which point he deferred me to his distributor (Jarrod at Precision Airguns/A of A in Gilbert/Phoenix). I guess I need to dive into the airgun world and establish a distribution/repair facility in KC.

I bought a Sidewinder .25 from Airguns of AZ. I picked up one spare mag at the same time. I bought it several months ago and it is finally cooling down enough in Phoenix to go outside without bursting into flames LOL. First time loading I noticed the same thing when loading slugs. NSA .249's fit tight in one and fall right out of the other. I didn't want to risk it so I switched to JSB Exact King Heavy pellets and they work fine in both mags. Now this is brand new and the first time out and the problem I'm having is the mag will not index between shots. After each trigger pull I have to assist the mag to index the next pellet. I'm not sure if I should oil this area or maybe it just needs to be broke in. As far as accuracy goes I'm holding amazing groups at 60, 80 and 100 Yds.

Thanks for the review! I was looking for a relatively cheap compressor. Originally i was expecting to pay $800 for one

I just bought one and came to the conclusion that the magazine does not rotate to the next chamber.

Love my LCS

I just watched some of your videos telling about the problems you had with your Sidewinder. I live in Argentina and I have a compact Sidewinder in 25 caliber. From here if I had those problems I would be toast. I could not make decent groups with slugs, I only got good groups with JSB MKII of 34 grns. The valve is factory set at 160 bar. Could you tell me a little more about how you polished the barrel to get good groups? Have you changed the plenum setting? I put FX No Limit mounts, and I designed in 3D a higher cheek piece so that my eye is aligned with the sight. If you are interested I can share photos and the STL file so you can print one for you. My English is not very good so I am using a translator. Thank you for sharing your experience. Willy

Thanks for this video sir! I’m one of those who requested this, and I very much appreciate your time in doing this instructional! Western essentially has ZERO instructional material out there for maintenance and tear downs, no explosion chart of parts, internals etc. Concerning, YES…..but I still have my pre-order placed for the sidewinder compact in .30cal, because there are very few hammerless semi-auto options on the market (w/ removable magazine). I did consider the Edgun Leshiy as one option, but the sidewinder compact is still more appealing to me (and a bit more affordable). Anyway, thank you again. When I receive mine, my 1st order of business will definitely be this inspection of the block.

Nothing like a real review. Ive watched your entire series on the Western. The raw delivery makes me feel like im learning from my uncle or somebody. Keep drop vids that us regular folk can vibe with. Im ready to force communication, quality check, and fight for my purchase. I am interested in your opinion on the best compressor and tank set up. Thanks for the grade A info.

Wanna Trade for an FX Impact M3?? :)

Just get your money back

I recently pre-ordered a Sidewinder compact in .30. Any chance you can make a video showing the break-down of the lower breech block assembly? Agree with you 100%, one of the first things anyone should do upon receiving a sidewinder is to inspect that damn breech block….based on your unfortunate experience. Western has like zero info out there as far as disassembly of the weapon. I haven’t even seen an “explosion” graphic of the weapon showing all the parts and internals, o-rings etc.

Great to see the update….been waiting for this update.

Informative article. I've been on the fence between getting a Western Sidewinder or Huben k1. I think I've decided now. Aluminum is anodized, steel is parkerized. I'm assuming the broken part is aluminum.

Where did you buy your sidewinder from? AOA? Just curious. Thanks