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| Accuracy | 10/10 |
|---|---|
| Handling | 9.3/10 |
| Value for Money | 9.5/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 9.5/10 |
| Overall Rating | 9.2/10  |
Full review by
Guest.
on 24th Apr 2008
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Good Points: Powerful, accurate, solid feel, no unintentional barrel droop, positive breech seal given it's a side cocker. Good warranty. Easy cocking. Fairly quiet. Nice fit and finish. Little recoil.
Bad Points: Heavy, hard to carry around. Side cock lever is on right which might be a problem for lefties. Hard to insert pellet into extended barrel in breech and pellet can easily fall out into the breech since you cock it with the barrel up. Short stock. Built in barrel droop evident with mounted scope.
General comments: The new RWS 52 has a one inch longer stock than the 48 which is a needed improvement. Judging from the extreme elevation adjustment (to the stop) I had to make with my Beeman scope mount, it is evident that there is built in barrel droop which is apparently standard in Europe for use with peep sights in competition. Strange but can be compensated for. Great gun otherwise. Very solid feel, good trigger pull, very powerful and accurate. Bullseyes at 50 yds with scope! Kind of wish I had bought the 52 with cheek plate and 1" longer stock but it's $100 more. I bought the .22 since I suspect it's quieter than a .177 due to the lower speed of a .22 pellet. I mounted a Bushnel Banner scope on top of a 5039 Beeman scope mount which is a very nice setup. Had to pound in the scope stop on the bottom of the Beeman scope mount since there is no corresponding hole in the rifle's scope mount. This is easy to do and recommended by Beeman for mounts like this one. There is a stop screw on the rifle scope mounting plate to keep the scope mount from creeping backwards.
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Review by
Marlon James
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on 11th Nov 2007
User Rating : 10
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Perhaps by and large the RWS 48 .22 is for those at the intermediate level of airgunning, requiring the practice of holding and shooting. You might have to be in good physical condition to carry or wield the solid beast, or to hold the crosshairs still while one is "in the zone".
Cocking the 48 is easy for me. A very minimum of chamber oil on the breech slide makes it glide with only residual excess oil needing to be wiped on closing the breech.
Yes, yes the 48 can be loud and will alert non ...
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Review by
vinceb
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on 11th May 2007
User Rating : 9
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This was my first stab at a "good" airgun (I don't think my RWS34 counts) after acquiring a variety of Crosman, Gamo, Norica, and Chinese rifles of various sorts.
I'll start off with the bad points. Or rather the bad point. The rear sight could be more rigid, and its rear notch is too small. The sights are non-fiberoptic, but that is a tradeoff - in certain light conditions this is an advantage, in others a disadvantage.
Now that that's out of the way...
Yes, the rifle is a bit on the h ...
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Review by
webscrounger
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on 14th Sep 2006
User Rating : 10
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I purchased the RWS Diana 48 in .22 after owning one in .177 cal. for a couple of years. The .177 was such a fine airgun I couldn't resist the same package with more power.
Everything that is true about the RWS 48 in .177 is true in spades for the .22 cal model. Just more power, more punch. Distance shots I pulled with the .177 were not an issue with the .22. I knew the reach and energy was there.
As with my first RWS Diana 48, the fit and finish is mostly first rate, as you would expe ...
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