Recent content by thumper

Oddly enough I have never owned a Rapid. Always wanted to, but the right one never seemed to pop up for me. They are right up my alley aside from the plastic mags and the funky triggers on the earlier ones. I'll snag one someday, always keeping an eye half open for one. I love seeing and...

@Mycapt65 has me blocked because he gets his feelings hurt when someone disagrees with him. So he probably didn't see my post.

Glad to hear it. I'd like to shoot it.

I've found them to be mostly garbage. I have yet to have a decent one, and I've had a whole bunch built from the 80s till about 2015 when I gave up on them entirely. And no, not only in spring guns. My HW100 in .22 wears a Lothar Walther barrel because the original was sloppy oversized with...

I have found that resting the gun at its balance point on a soft bag, and shouldering the rear is about as good as you will get. For me it doesn't change the POI from normal shooting enough that I notice it. Then again, if I have a springer that is that temperamental, I work on it till it's...

As has been said, Weihrauch and Beeman are the same guns. I'm either, you'll likely find better accuracy and the gun to be MUCH less pellet picky in .177 vs .22 caliber. Weihrauch barrels in .22 tend to be oversized and can be pretty bad to useless in my experience. If you're only going to...

Really cool post, thanks for sharing! Always wanted to make a place in the safe for a Supergrade. Nice gun!

Pretty much what I was going to post lol They will spend $3000 on a "black gun" and all the red dots and junk to go on, so it can sit in the corner collecting dust and never be shot, much less ever attempting to do any remotely precise shooting with it. You tell them a good airgun that they...

If its wrecking scopes, fix the gun. A 48 that isn't slamming with a loose piston seal and wildly over sprung shouldn't be that violent. As for the fogging, I've found that a lot of really cheap scopes arent sealed well. So even if they put nitrogen in them (which I'm skeptical of) it surely...

There's a FWB 300 on the classifieds right now. It would be very hard to do better than that for that money. Very reliable and they are very accurate. Easy to reseal if needed too.

A notably lighter piston can sometimes cause piston bounce when reducing power. And bounce will make a gun more hold sensitive than absolutely anything else. Lightened pistons are great, but you need to be ready to do transfer port work and play with different springs to see the most...

If you like the gun, check it for accuracy and then tear it down and lube it correctly. It will shoot better and last damn near forever. I wouldn't own one without tearing it down. But I don't need a warranty, so if that's important to you then being hesitant is understandable. Far as...

@FX Airguns Y'all need to get this guy on the payroll! 😂

My best estimate from searching the serial number database, is that it's a 1987 model.

Very well said.