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“I had some time this morning to run some tests: ”

Written on: 23/04/2005 by atilla (2 reviews written)

Good Points
This air gun is a very good value with all metal construction and a wood stock. It is very accurate.

Bad Points
The standard open sights are crude and hard to adjust. The bolt engages the spring for cocking as you push it forward. This is a little awkward.

General Comments
I had some time this morning to run some tests:

The velocity tests were all done with .22 RWS Super Dome Pellets.



Temperature was aprox. 68 F



Shot String shots:1-10

1 487.6 Average 491.57

2 492.8 Std Dev. 2.784899759

3 493.8

4 491.6

5 494.4

6 492.4

7 488

8 495.8

9 490.3

10 489


Shot String shots:20-29

1 487.6 Average 481.99

2 484 Std Dev. 2.91488517

3 477.2

4 481.5

5 483.3

6 483.9

7 480.9

8 482.1

9 479.1

10 480.3


Shot String Shots 41-50

1 476.4 Average 469.62

2 478.9 Std Dev. 5.821759948

3 475.6

4 470.1

5 471.1

6 463.5

7 465

8 468.4

9 464.6

10 462.6



I sighted the gun in at 50 feet with my BSA 2-7x32 scope. I have a target that has 1 inch circles distributed evenly on a page with a 1/2 inch circle inside each 1 inch circle. I do not believe I had a group bigger than 3/4 inch. Several groups were in the 7/16 inch range. That would put the smallest groups at around the .22 Center-to-Center level.



I used RBS Super Dome pellets for the first part of the accuracy run. I used Copperhead Hunting (pointed, sorta) for the second part. I would say that I shot better groups with the copperhead pellets; but, that may have been due to the the order they were fired in. I was getting better toward the end. :-)



In general my opinion is, "WHOOO HOO!". With that said, the forward cocking motion of the gun will never be my favorite feature. There is just a little looseness to the fit of the gun into the stock (I will have to address this). You notice this across 150 or so shots!