Sumatra 2500 Owner's Manual

TECHNICAL DATA
Mechanical system
Power storage
Caliber/Ammunition
Magazine capacity
Total length
Weight
Muzzle velocity
Front Sight
Rear sight
Stock
Trigger
Barrel
Safety

To Remove the Magazine

Precharged pneumatic lever-action repeating rifle.

Two built in air chambers 380cc
.22 cal. (5.5 mm)
Multi-feed round 6 pellets magazine clip
Rifle: 43 in
Rifle: 8 lbs.
Adjustable: UP to 1000 FPS
Hunting style ramp with bead.
Peep Sight.
Indonesian Walnut.
Two stage trigger, adjustable to appoximately two pounds.
Rifle: Rifled, right hand, 24"
Positive Cross-Bolt

The magazine clip is located on the top side of the rifles receiver.

Before proceeding, keep the rifle pointed in a safe direction at all times.

To remove it from the rifle, cock the rifle . DO NOT RETURN THE LEVER TO THE
CLOSED POSITION. Leave it in its downward (half-cocked) position. Pull magazine out
from the breech.

To Feed Pellets from the Magazine:

Before proceeding, keep the rifle pointed in a safe direction at all times.

Engage the safety.

Cock the rifle. Leave it in its downward (half-cocked) position.

Insert the loaded magazine.

Return the lever to its closed position

Release the safety. The rifle is ready to fire.

To Clean the Barrel:

If the groups you shoot are off, the barrel probably needs cleaning,

Before proceeding, keep the rifle pointed in a safe a direction at all times.

Engage the safety.

Remove the magazine.

Do not clean the barrel under charge. Empty the rifle's air pressure, completely by dry
firing it in a safe direction. It is best to clean the rifle when the rifle's air pressure is
already low so you won't have much air to discharge.

Do not use wood doweling for a cleaning rod. A broken rod in the barrel is extremely
difficult to remove. A coated metal rod designed for cleaning air gun works best,

Saturate the, cloth patches with cleaning fluids or lubricants designed for air gun barrels.

Using the cleaning rod, push the saturated cloth patch through the muzzle, until it exits at
the other and.

There is no need to over-clean the barrel. Swab the barrel s bore with cloth patches until
the last one comes out clean.

Never use an abrasive cleaning agent or metal brush.

To Clear the Barrel of a Jammed Pellet(s):

Before proceeding, keep the rifle pointed in a safe direction at all times,

Engage the safety.

Cock the rifle . DO NOT RETURN THE LEVER TO THE CLOSED POSITION. Leave
it in if s downward (half-cocked) position.

Remove the magazine.

Use a metal rod designed for cleaning air guns to clear the barrel. Push it through from
the muzzle to the other end. The jammed pellet should come out.

Dry Firing the Rifle:

Dry firing it does not harm this rifle.

To Cock the Rifle:

Before proceeding, keep the rifle pointed in a safe direction at all times.

Engage the safety, this is very important. Pulling the trigger with the cocking lever open
is very dangerous and voids the warranty.

Grasp the lever and push it down until ft stops. Use only enough force to move the lever
until it stops. Great force is not necessary.

Return the lever to its closed position.

To Uncock the Rifle:

Before proceeding, keep the rifle pointed in a safe direction at all times.

Engage the safety.

Remember, point the rifle in la safety direction in case the rifle discharges accidentally.

Hold the lever securely and pull it slightly past its stopping point so that you feel some
resistance.

Still holding the lever securely, release the safety and pull the trigger. You will feel the
lever pull in the direction of the trigger. Gently ease the lever back into its closed
position.

Point the rifle in a safe direction and pull the trigger to confirm the rifle is not in a firing
mode.

To Charge the Rifle:

NOTE: USE COMPRESSED AIR ONLY. Other gases are dangerous and will void the
warranty. Under no condition should this rifle be filled over 3,000 PSI. This is dangerous
and will void the warranty. The quick-fill dust cap is located at the end of the lower air

reservoir tube below the barrel. DO NOT REMOVE IT! Simply rotate the cap in either direction
until the female receptor port is exposed. After you finish re-filling the rifle, rotate the dust Gap
to close off the receptor port. Any dirt here can cause the rifle s valves to fail.
To Charge the Rifle with the Hand Pump:

The Easy up 10 Hand Pump is the most convenient method to charge your rifle. This
sturdy pump is light to carry. It comes with a convenient carrying bag to accompany the
rifle in the field or wherever you use it.

To ensure safe operation, you should refill the rifle without the distraction of others
nearby, especially children or animals.

Be sure the rifle is unloaded.

Lay the rifle pointed in a safe direction next to the pump. The pumps adapter probe
should be within easy reach of the rifles adapter port.

Hand tighten the bleeder valve on the base of the pump.

Carefully insert the adapter probe from the pump hose into the rifles exposed receptor
port, taking care not to snag the double O ring on the edges of the dust cap.

Use silicone grease (sold in scuba diving stores) to dress the O rings before each fill.
Caution: Do not use other products that may have a low flash point. It is extremely
dangerous to use such products in this high-pressure area. This can lead to an
explosion.

Pump the rifle twelve times. This should prime the hose enough to allow you to take an
initial reading of the rifle s current pressure level. If you hear air leaking, carefully check
all connections. If you cannot resolve the air leaks, return the pump immediately to your
dealer for inspection.

Begin pumping in 20 stroke sets, taking a reading each time of the pressure level and
allowing at least a 2 minute cooling period in-between each set, especially when the
pressure reaches 2500 p.s.i. (175 k g/CM2). Do not exceed 3,000 p.s.i.

The best technique to operate the pump is to use your upper body weight to push down
on the pump, keeping your arms rigid. This method is less fatiguing than using only your
arm strength to operate the pump.

Once the rifle has reached the desired pressure, open the bleeder valve on the bass of the
pump. You will hear a loud rush of air escape from the small hole in the bass of the pump.
You can now safely remove the pumps probe adapter from the rifles receptor port.

To Charge the Rifle from a Scuba Tank:

To ensure safe operation, you should refill the rifle without the distraction of others
nearby, especially children or animals.

Be sure the rifle is unloaded.

Lay the rifle pointed in a safe direction next to the scuba tank. The adapter probe from the
scuba tank should be within easy reach of the rifle's adapter port.

Connect the adapter hose to the scuba tank (standard 3,000 p.s.i.)

Hand tighten the bleeder valve on hose.

Carefully insert the adapter probe from the other end of the hose into the rifles exposed
receptor port, taking care not to snag the double O ring on the edges of the dust cap.

Use silicone grease (sold in scuba diving stores) to dress the O rings before each fill.
Caution: Do not use other products that may have a low flash point. It is extremely
dangerous to use such products in this high pressure area. This can lead to an explosion.

Open the main valve to allow a slow, controlled infusion of air. If you hear air leaking,
carefully check all connections. If you cannot resolve the air leaks, return the hose
adapter unit to your dealer for inspection.

Once the desired air pressure is reached, CLOSE THE MAIN VALVE on the scuba tank.
Do not exceed 3,000 p.s.i.

OPEN THE BLEED VALVE. You will hear a loud rush of air escape from the bleeder
valve.

You can now safely remove the hoses probe adapter from the rifles receptor port. Built-in
Pressure Gauge:

The rifles pressure gauge is located at the end of the lower air reservoir tube.

The pressure gauge gives an approximate reading and can differ on each rifle. For
example, charged with 2500 p.s.i. one built-in pressure gauge might show 19, while
another rifles pressure gauge might show 21 with the same 2,500 p.s.i. Charge.

Use the gauge as a convenient method to quickly check your power level for accurate
shooting.
a) For example, note the pressure level on the gauge after you have fully charged the rifle
(i.e. 3,000 p.s.i.).
b) Then check the gauge again when you first notice a change in the impact point due to
the pressure dropping from firing a long series of shots.
c) This will allow you to anticipate from checking the level on the gauge when your point
of impact will change due to the air pressure decreasing in the rifle.
d) Before long you will be able to interpret the rifles gauge and judge how many shots are
left before the rifle needs to be refilled.

Storing the Rifle Under Charge:

This rifle can be stored under charge. However, it must be treated safely, as with any loaded gun.
When not in use, we highly recommend you store this rifle in a lock rifle safe.

Adjusting the power:

The power wheel is located under the rifle, just ahead of the trigger guard. It has a dray triangle.
Color-coded dots next to the wheel show the direction to rotate the wheel to increase or decrease

velocity. The black dot is low power, the blue is Medium power and the red is high power. To
adjust the power wheel:

Before proceeding, keep the rifle pointed in a safe direction at all times.

Engage the safety.

Cock the rifles lever, leaving it in an open position (i.e. half-cocked). This makes turning
the power wheel easier, especially in the lower power ranges.

Rotate the power wheel in the direction of the dots, to increase or decrease the power.

When you are finish, uncock the rifle or you ran cock the rifle and discharges in a safe
direction. Other comments regarding various power settings:

It is possible to double-load and jam more than one pellet with the rifle set in the low
power range. Be sure a fired pellet has left the barrel before cocking the rifle for the next
shot.

It is possible to maintain a consistent velocity at low or medium settings even though air
pressure has dropped enough to affect point of impact by turning the power wheel to a
higher setting.

Adjusting the front and rear Sight:

Before proceeding, keep the rifle pointed in a safe direction at all times.In the rear rifle has a
two-hole aperture that flips up and down to give a large or small hole. A magnet holds the
element in place. The rear sight is adjustable for windage (left and right). Move the rear sight in
the same direction you wish to move the point of impact. The controlling screw for windage is
located on the left sides of the notched sight. To move the sight and point of impact to the left:
The adjustment are not difficult to make. However, before proceeding, think out carefully
what you are trying to accomplish and exercise good judgment and caution as you are
making the adjustments. The front post is adjustable for elevation via a small wheel at the
base. If you do adjust it, remember that the front sight should be moved opposite the way
you want the pellet to move.

Recommended Lubricants:
o Silicone grease (solid in scuba diving stores) for the 'O' rings on the adapter
probe.
o Dow Corning Molykote 33 for the exposed metal parts inside the receiver cover.

Safety Mechanism:

Before proceeding, keep the rifle pointed in a safe direction at all times.

The cross-bolt safety is the small bolt located directly behind the trigger. This bolt is
marked with a red, danger ring on its left side.

To engage the safety push the bolt completely to the right (away from the magazine) so
that red ring is not visible.

To release the safety push the bolt to the left (toward the magazine) so that the red,
danger ring appears. This allows the trigger to be pulled.

It is a good idea to set and release the safety several times before cocking the rifle to
become familiar with this action. Point the rifle in a safe direction and pull the trigger
each time to get the feel of the safety.

Safety

Always handle your rifle as if is loaded.

Use only the recommended Pellets.

Always point the muzzle in a safe direction.

Remember that this is a high efficiency rifle capable of propelling a pellet over 600 yards.

Always check a rifle to see if it is loaded when removed from storage or received from
another person.

Never transport your rifle when loaded.

Do not aim at people or pets. Never shoot at a hard surface or water.

Be sure that your target and backstop are safe.

Make sure you can control the direction of the muzzle if you stumble or fall.

Unload your air rifle before giving it to another person.

Always wear shooting glasses when shooting your rifele.

Always store your rifle in a secure location out of the reach of children or unskilled users.

When transferring this rifle be sure to include this instruction manual.

Repairs to this rifle should only be done by Authorized Service Station.

Never leave a loaded gun unattended.

Eun Jin Sumatra carbine

A lot of performance in a small package -

A powerful lever-action repeater

By Tom Gaylord
exclusively for PyramydAir.com. Copyright 2003 All Rights Reserved

Compact and powerful, the Sumatra carbine is a great little hunting gun.
A carbine is, by definition, a very short rifle. Usually all that's done to create a carbine is to cut
down a rifle until it meets the definition. But the Sumatra carbine, while fitting the definition
very well, is more than just a smaller version of the rifle; it's a unique airgun in its own right and
may even be better than the rifle, especially if you plan to hunt in thick brush.
Made by Korean air rifle maker Eun Jin, the Sumatra carbine is 36.25" long and weighs about 6
lbs. It has a six-shot revolving cylinder that advances with each cycle of the lever, which also
cocks the gun. Many of the features are the same as those found on the rifle, which is also
reported on this website, so this review will concentrate on things not covered in that report.
The trigger is a simple single-stage unit that is adjustable to some extent. What adjusts is the sear
contact area, so you must proceed cautiously. Turning the Allen screw inward (clockwise) makes
the contact area smaller; turning it outward makes it larger and, therefore, safer. I adjusted the
test gun to about a five-pound pull, with a fair amount of creep.

The trigger adjustment screw is located to the right of the trigger when the rifle is upside-down.
Screw in for less sear contact, out for more. Be sure to leave enough contact surface so the sear
doesn't slip and fire the gun unexpectedly.

The rear sight is identical to the one on the

Sumatra rifle. It adjusts for windage only.
The front sight adjusts for elevation using the
small wheel shown here. It is also the same as
the sight found on the rifle.
The carbine comes with the same fine open sights as the rifle. The rear adjusts for windage and
the front adjusts for elevation. A scope mount dovetail is attached to the top of the receiver to
accept 12mm scope mounts. I used B-Square Lynx steel rings to hold a Leapers six-power
compact scope with 40mm objective lens. Sight-in took two shots at 10 feet, and I immediately
went to 25 yards with that setting. It only took some small tweaking of the scope knobs to bring
the groups where I wanted them at that distance.

A Leapers compact scope suits this carbine well. Though it is short and lightweight, the optics of
this scope are crystal clear. Because the carbine doesn't recoil, a scope stop is unnecessary.
I found it very easy to mount the scope and sight in. Notice that I used a simple two-piece mount
that has no recoil stop. This rife recoils so little that a recoil stop is unnecessary. It took all of five
minutes to mount the scope and sight in.
I would only use one pellet with this air rifle - the Eun Jin heavyweight dome from Pyramyd Air.
They average 23.9 grains in .22 caliber and are well formed. They are on the small side of
average as far as diameter is concerned, which makes them loose in some airguns but just right in
the Sumatra and Sumatra carbine.

Eun Jin pellets (on the right) are the best ones for the carbine. JSB Exacts work well at reduced
power levels.
Once I located the high-power setting on the power-adjustment wheel, the carbine gave me 10
shots ranging between 920 and 813 f.p.s. Every shot was slower than the one before, so the
median became the representative velocity. Taking 866 as that point, the carbine averaged 39.81
foot-pounds for the first 10 shots. That's plenty of power for raccoon-sized game if the accuracy
is there - and with this carbine, it is!
With Eun Jin pellets, I got repeated 25-yard groups in the 0.330" to 0.340" range, center-tocenter. They would probably open to about one inch at 50 yards on a perfect day, so the carbine
shoots as accurately as the full-length Sumatra rifle, which is rare. Normally a carbine spreads its

shots out more than a rifle, but not this one. And, because it is much shorter and faster-handling
than the rifle, the carbine is a hunter's dream gun.

This group of five Eun Jin pellets at 25

yards measures 0.331 center to center.
No attempt was made to center the
group in the bull as several pellets were
being tested at the same time.

Five JSB pellets were almost as accurate at 25 yards,

but the gun had to be shot several times so the pressure
was reduced before this lighter pellet could be shot on
high power. It would have gone supersonic otherwise,
and that destroys accuracy. Again, no attempt was made
to center the group.

JSB Exact pellets gave groups just slightly larger than Eun Jins, but since they weigh only 15.9
grains, they don't generate the same power. Fortunately, they seem to shoot to the same point of
aim. After shooting 10 Eun Jins, I used the lower air pressure remaining in the gun to shoot 10
more JSBs. That kept them from going supersonic and ruining accuracy. Therefore, you could
use JSB pellets in the Sumatra if you use them in this specialized way, or you could turn the
power setting down to low and get a longer string of shots. Power will still be in the high 20 ft.lb. region, which is well into the magnum class.
Power is adjustable, though I found that the power wheel rotated completely through all the
power settings then reverted back to low power if the wheel continued to turn in the same
direction. That takes some getting used to because the normal way to adjust a power wheel is
from one stop to the other - high to low or vice-versa. Though I spent all my time at the high
setting, I expect the low setting to give 1.5 to 2 times the number of shots at a correspondingly
lower energy. If you want to shoot JSBs only, this would be a sound way to proceed, giving at
least 30-40 good shots on a fill.

The power wheel moves continuously in either direction. Use the marks on the wheel to tell

where the power is. Red is the highest and green is the lowest.
The carbine comes with a quick-fill probe that must be attached to some kind of hose to fill the
gun. The probe is smaller than every other airgun probe I am familiar with, so it needs to have its
own dedicated hose. I filled the gun to 3,000 psi from a scuba tank, but a manual pump would do
the job, too. And the carbine is quicker to fill than the rifle because of the reduced air capacity in
its shorter reservoir tubes, which are the two big tubes under the barrel.

The Sumatra carbine quick-fill probe slides into the port near the muzzle of the gun. A rotating
cover keeps dirt out of the port when the gun is not being filled.
This is a good-looking air rifle. The stock is Asian walnut and both the butt and the stubby
forearm are checkered. Finishing has improved over the years and now seems as good as what is
found on the better European rifles. The receiver has bas-relief "engraving," which is actually
stamped into a thin metal shell that covers the action. The muzzle is threaded for those who wish
to install a legal silencer. Remember that BATF must approve of all silencer transactions and that
a $200 tax stamp is required for the purchase of each device.
The carbine comes with two six-shot magazines and a quick-fill probe, plus Allen wrenches and
an owner's manual. If you are a first-time buyer, it would be best for you to also purchase the rest
of the charging device (the clamp that attaches to a scuba tank K valve with the hose to accept
the gun's probe) when you buy the gun, so there are no mistakes. Then, you'll be ready to go
when you unpack your gun.
Another thing first-time buyers should know about powerful precharged airguns, especially those
with short barrels like this Sumatra carbine, is that these airguns are loud - much louder than
spring-powered air rifles. This gun is suited to open spaces where noise is not a problem. Even
with the power on the lowest setting, this is not an indoor air rifle. That said, the Sumatra carbine
is a very nice combination of good power and great accuracy in a small package at a good price.
If you want to hunt with an airgun, this is one of the best rifles to use.