I have to give the lead to the Kral.
It is capable of 100 meter hits on .22 RF metallic silhouettes, but I haven't managed to get there with the Kervan.
Kervan has problems with leading the choked area of the barrel, looking like a DQ ice cream cone. Raman is looking into the problem, likely simply a new barrel and I have every confidence that it will come to shoot as well as the Kral. The Kral's power adjustment valve is lacking in the Kervan and I see that as a significant feature.
Fit & finish, I see as about even.
The Kervan 500 cc bottle with 3,500 cc fill pressure offers more shots, and I give that to the Kervan. Kral has 3,000 PSI 330 cc reservoir. The ease/cost in adding a regulator goes to the Kervan since it's an off the shelf, thread on, with the required adapter.
Appearance, I give to the Kral, with its more traditional appearance.
Scope mounting goes to the Kral with its choice of two dovetails.
I have both walnut and composite stocks for the Kral, prefer the composite. I prefer the Kral with either stock, for appearance, feel and handling, over the Kervan, but friends who have shot both say the opposite. Toss up, IMO. I'm not a fan of the Kervan's "trigger guard is part of the stock" arrangement, but others like it. The guard is much thicker and harder to refinish that often damaged area.
The conventional Kral barrel with O ring stabilized front barrel band, like HW100, is a very different creature from the Kervan's adjustable tension barrel stabilizing tube. Having played with tension, it offers some options which I have only begun to explore.
You are more than welcome to shoot the pair, and compare. May as well compare with my HW100KT, if here. The 'little underdog" Stormrider doesn't take a back seat except to the HW, either.
Hmm, what have I missed?
I prefer the integral Kervan quick coupler however only after I changed the male to Foster. The probe, type used by the Kral, Diana, Weihrauch, is an extra piece, dirt attracter, and source of leaks, IMO. I may drill the Kral's cover to permanently attach the fill probe.
I prefer the Kervan magazines to load. Rotate the cover, drop the first pellet into the breech side of the magazine and it can't fall out of the probe side. Not so for the Kral. Big deal? Not necessarily but when shooting 4-500 pellets in a day, it adds up for me as a positive to the Kervan. OTOH, the Kervan mags are bulkier. Two Kral .22 magazines will fit into a Crosman Premier 14.3 gr HP can, but not two Kervan.
Oh, yes, the Kervan's walnut stock as adjustable cheekpiece, while the Kral's is only adjustable for the composite stock. I don't need to adjust for either one but the push button Kral adjustment might, or might not make a difference. The Kral's ability to drop the cheekpiece to fit a hard case works for me, but the Kervan's (supplied) case handles that because it's taller.
Kervan cocking lever is a bit better than the Kral, IMO. Not much difference.
Kral came with (2) mags + single shot tray. Kervan with (2) mags but no tray.
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