great gun to use

Unclestiltskin's Response to oldtimer61's Review

Written on: 12/06/2012

Hi Oldtimer61

I’ve had mine for about 5 years now and have found it to be accurate and reliable. If you are concerned about power then this can be tested at an air rifle shop. If they find that the gun is low on power they can easily adjust it for you.

Accuracy can be affected by a number of things such as quality of ammunition, quality of the riflescope and steadiness of hand.

My S410 is a .22 and performs best using Air Arms Diabolo Field pellets. They are a little more expensive than other brands, but I find they are also more accurate. These pellets come in two head sizes 5.51 and 5.52. My gun works best with the 5.52s (they also offer more than one head size in .177 pellets as well). Try them and see which work best in your gun.

If you bought your gun as a package deal then you may have been sold a cheap, shoddy riflescope; this is what happened to me. When I replaced it, I found that my accuracy and grouping improved immensely. My gun originally came with a cheap 3-9x50 scope. I have tried several since and have found that I get the best results using a 4-16x44 scope which allows me to use shorter scope mounts and get the scope closer to the barrel (this helps) also it allows me to see close targets (10-15 feet) in focus, but has enough magnification to allow my old eyes to accurately hit targets at 60 yards.

Blackpool Air Rifles have a good range of affordable quality scopes (£100 - £200) by brands such as Hawke, MTC and Nikko Stirling.

I hope this helps.