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RWS 52
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78sharp's Review of RWS 52

11th Jan 2004

Overall Rating

5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Handling
    5 stars
  • Accuracy
    4.5 stars
Good Points

High power, very accurate,. easy cocking/loading, not that loud, and 'natural aiming' gun


Bad Points

Heavy, plastic trigger.


General Comments

I have had my RWS 52 (22 cal) for almost 10 years now. I chronied it yesterday with an F-1 chrony 3 feet from the muzzle with 15.74 grain Beeman silver bears at 903 fps. Thats OVER 28 ft-lbs of energy. I was shooting my air rifles today and realized by comparison that the RWS 52 is a natural aimer. With the open sights it is a very steady rifle. Compared to my RWS 36 it is so much more steady. Cocking is very easy and I can imagine having no trouble cocking it if it were twice as hard. I just shot a 1 liter water bottle (filled to the top) with a crow mag pellet and it made the bottle jump about 4" off the ground and blasted right through it spraying water out the front and back. I can't recall ever taking an animal with it but that is because I have used my 16 gauge mostly. Now that I have found a good jackrabbit spot with too much cover to use a shotgun, I am going to take out the 52 for hunting once I get a scope mounted to take full advantage of the potential of this airgun. If you are looking for a target gun then buy something else. If you are looking for power either for hunting of field target shooting at long ranges then you will not find a better air rifle for the price that has a LIFETIME WARRANTY.

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Members' Comments on78sharp's Review

  • nordattack Rank: Staff Sergeant on 28th Jul 2005

    One correction to this review, the Beeman Silver Bear Pellet in .22 cal does not weigh 15.74 grains, it only weighs 12.65 grains. This would explain the 903 FPS velocity. I have the RWS 52 in .177 cal and shoot Beeman Silver Arrows 11.50 grains and Kodiak Pellets 10.60 grains so I would expect my velocity to be closer to 930-950. This gun in .177 cal with these pellets will allow it to shoot as close to the sound barrier as possible but still stay subsonic.
    This will allow for the highest velocity, flattest trajectory and greatest accuracy potential of this gun to be realised.
    I Plan on trying the 16.1 grain Eun Jin pellet, this should drop the velocity below 900 FPS but might result in even better long range accuracy.

  • nordattack Rank: Staff Sergeant on 17th Aug 2005

    Warning to all RWS 52 .177 cal users: The Eun Jin Pellet WILL NOT fit in the bore, the diameter of the pellet is larger than .177 cal. I contacted the store I bought them from www.pyramidair.com and they shipped me a tin of Silver Arrows free of charge for the trouble. They said they would make a notation on their site about it. After trying about ten differnt pellets the Beeman Silver Arrow shines. It consistently shoots the tighest groups with the Kodiak Match pulling up second place.

  • Rayfly84 on 15th Dec 2009

    I think he is right on the money about this riffel. Oh and I don't know what kind of Beeman Silver Bear pellet that other guy who commented is using but his info is wrong. The Beeman Silver Bear .22 cal. pellet is as the reviewer stated: 15.74 grain. (Beeman Silver Bear pellets) are 7.10, 9.88, 15.74, 26.42, grain That's the .177 .20 .22 and .25 respectively.