Air Arms S410 TDR Review

Overall Rating

Awesomely balanced for a Take down, actually great balance period
Accuracy
Fun

Case, felt its could have been made smaller, its still bigger than a laptop and might still cause a raised eyebrow or two.

Well I am just getting back into shooting after a 10 year break and went to purchase a new rifle. I was very excited because unlike in my youth I could actually afford a decent rig, and secondly stuff that was well out of my price range like PCP, Multi Shot magazines etc was suddenly a reality even in mid priced units. I went along to a fabulous shop located in Wembley, who were exceptionally helpful. I tried out a host of rifles looking for the one that just felt right, tried the BSA's Falcons, a couple of Daystates and AirArms, anyway all of them were lovely lovely gun, but nothing was giving that warm glow. Then I saw the TDR and asked what it was, after explanation I thought thats, cool, but I bet its a dog, I could not believe it when I shouldered it, it felt like I had been shooting it for the last 5 years. SOLD
However that a personal choice thing, but what has really impressed me since getting it home was the accuracy, Zero'd it and starting plinking some targets, and remember I have not shot for a while and at 20 yards was getting some pretty tasty groupings. However the bit that has blown me away was that my girlfriend who has miraculously decided she loves shooting after having a go, was teasing me about how good I was, (i had bragged about my earlier days), and when we were changing targets noticed that there was a ladybird, she challenged me to hit it from 20yards, so we stuck it on the target. Now i went with a cheap 4x32 scope coz i blew the rest on teh TDR, so you can imagine my absolute astonisment when for a laugh I had a go, and literally punched out the lady bird, cruel it may be, (I never in a million years thought I would hit it. This gun is amazing, even when I was regularly shooting I would not have made that shot with my old rig, and whilst a bit of luck probably was on my side, its still a testament to the gun.
I will right a calmer more thorough review later, but I am still choked and wanted to share.