RWS Career 707 Review

Overall Rating

accuracy
tremendous power
no recoil
lot of shots at low power

Definitly Heavy
A bit expensive (in Belgium)

Many thanks to my american friends for their excellent reviews about the CAREER 707. I live in Belgium. Thanks to all their excellent reviews and comments about the CAREER 707 on this website,I bought myself two of these guns : the rifle (long version) in .22 and the short carbin in .25.
The accuracy and power of the rifle in .22 is unbelievable : at lowest setting and with a light and cheap BSA pellet, it shots accuratly
up to 45 yards. If you go on with two clics at the power wheel,this bad boy goes through a tin at 75 yards and smashed it completely after some shots.Even with a high-class magnum spring piston, this result would be almost impossible to achieve.I'm speaking about the LOWER setting of the career ! I let you imagine what it is when you shot the career .22 with the EUN JIN heavy pellets at high setting... : more than 60 foot-pounds of muzzle energy, enough to drop a little roe deer, with a perfect chirurgical brain shot.Here in Belgium, the price of the gun is a bit high (the equivalent of 700 of your dollars).
With this amount, I could have bought two very nice DIANA spring piston. But on the other hand, the career is more than twice as good as a diana. (well,I don't say that DIANA's are slouch :I shot myself these guns and find them excellent : it's only a comparison. The carbin .25 is handy, very nice, and this heavier caliber is hard-hitting.

Members' Comments onBlackserpent's Review

• bramcup on 4th Aug 2004

  Hello Blackserpent, where in Belgium are you from? I am also a Belgian shin sung career 707 owner. I am from Belgium (Limburg, Flanders). spreek je nederlands ou est-ce-que tu parles francais? where did you buy yours? I know it's an amazing gun, I also own a Diana 48 and a Diana 24 and an umarex smith and Wesson replica on CO2. but there is no harder hitting gun than the career. The accuracy is excellent on low power with the Diana high power pellets (0.22) and on medium power the eun jins are doing fine (all at 50 yards/meters) but at high settings even the eun jins seems to get less accurate. I can't shoot much on high power because of the noise so I base this comment (high power with eun jins) on 2 or 3 shots @ 50 yards there was a 3 cm difference in between them. The accuracy seems also to be changing with the pressure left in the tanks. @ 200 bars it shoots a bit higher but between 185 and 150 bars there is one hole accuracy @ 50 yards (low power, Diana high power pellets)
  
  Hope hearing more from you soon
  
  greetz bram

• Blackserpent on 17th Sep 2004

  High Bramcup! so sorry for late answer I was on holiday...
  I'm from the French speaking part of Belgium (Charleroi). If your career shots one hole at 50 yards ands if it's REALLY 50 yards (I mean correctly measured), your gun is actually excellent... Now for accuracy at high setting: only three shots at high setting won't give you a precise idea of the real accuracy of your gun, you must shot many groups at high setting if you want to have significant results and a correct idea of the accuracy. Now I know Belgium is a little country and it's hard to find a place here to shot with such a loud report as the one in the Carreer...Regarding the pressure:
  yes the point of impact may move when the pressure drops so try to learn to play with the power wheel in order to get a consistent power and the same velocity and accuracy for each shot... As a matter of fact it seems that these high powered PCP when they are
  at max pressure (200 bars of so...) are a bit erratic for the first shots because the high pressure doesn't allow the valves to open properly. But when pressure drops a little as you said, accuracy seems to become excellent and even impressive.
  A skilled shooter must be able to hit a tennis ball at 100 yards with the career... (yeah this test has already been performed...). Want more accuracy and a gun that still performs better than the career? : read others reviews about the CONDOR from AIRFORCE...The CONDOR has much more shots at high setting and It seems that our career as fine as it is, becomes already old-fashioned in comparison with the CONDOR from airforce...One of those day I'll save my money and buy one of those toys (the CONDOR TALON from AIRFORCE) and perhaps write a review about it. Hope this help. And have a fine day

• Mathieu on 7th Apr 2005

  Hi i'm also from belgium but I speak dutch and my french isn't good :).
  I have some questions about the gun.
  I hunt so i have questions about the accuracy an the killing power of the gun.I would use it to kill crows and foxes.
  The armsdealers they can say whatever they want but is it accurate at 100m and what is the power?
  
  thank for your help
  
  With friendly regards Mathieu

• bramcup on 8th Apr 2005

  hoi Mathieu,
  
  The career 707 is a very powerful and accurate gun, but you have to know there are limitations when you're shooting an airgun. In my opinion @ 50 meters it has to be possible to kill a fox with a proper shot with the career but @ 100 meters an airgun will not have anough power left and the accuracy @ those distances is also "poor" to make a clean kill. If you decide to go hunt/poach foxes with the career I suggest you go for a 9 mm model and never shoot @ 50+ meter distances. Don't forget hunting with airguns is highly illegal in Belgium. If you really want to hunt foxes you'll better get your permission and shoot them with a 0.222 remington.

• Dirk on 27th Jun 2005

  Hi All,
  
  Nice to see so many positive comments about this gun. I saw it last week at a dealer in Belgium and was impressed by its performance. Just 1 question : normally you need a handpump or a scuba tank to fill it. Can you also use a regular compressor (max. pressure of the compressor 8 bar/160 psi) ?

• Blackserpent on 26th Jul 2005

  Answer to Dirk,
  Yes as a matter of fact you can use a compressor but it must be a very powerful one : up to 210 bars (3000 psy or so). These things are terribly expensive, very bulky (big) and heavy...And I don't know where you could buy them. The best way to fill them is the pump but if you shot alot it could be a real work... The scuba tank is fine but don't forget that you should need a hose to connect the rifle to the tank... So alot of items could be necessary and expensive to use the career... In conclusion I would say that a good pump should be the best way to go... Ask the retailer to try it before buying it...
  ERIC BELGIUM