Beautiful day with plenty of sun and temps in the mid 60's. Other than it being fairly windy, it was a perfect day and I took the TX 200 out for the first time to see how it would perform. First thing was to shoot a couple of strings across the chronograph. I shot two 10 shot strings.....
#1) HI - 656 #2) HI - 659
Lo - 647 Lo - 651
AV - 651 AV - 655
ES - 9 ES - 8
SD - 2 SD - 2
Not bad numbers there. Thats pretty darn consistent and makes it about a 15.25 Ft Lb rifle.
As far as the accuracy testing went, that was a bit frustrating at first. I only tested two pellets. The JSB EXACT Jumbos 15.89 and the Air Arms Diabolo Fields 16 grain. It definitely liked the Air Arms pellets the best. But what really kind of surprised me was that it did far better with Air Arms pellets that had been washed and lubed vs a tin that had been washed, but not lubed. I tested the JSBs nearly the same way, washed and lubed vs straight out of the the tin with no wash or lube. The groups really tightened up and became very consistent with the washed & lubed Air Arms.
This is just one day and a first day shooting the TX. But the rifle is definitely very accurate. The more I shot it throughout the afternoon, the better it seemed to get. It is 100% every bit as accurate as my HW97k. Is it more accurate?? I don't really know that yet. Maybe......maybe not. But if it's not more accurate, then it is every bit as accurate for sure. I really shot the TX an awful lot today. What I can say is that it is not only a beautiful rifle, but a very well built and good feeling rifle. The stock is awesome in the way that it looks, but most importantly in the way that it feels while shooting. I've read many different complaints here and there about the TX over the years. As of now......I have none. It took me a bit to get used to the bear trap release. But after a short time it became second nature and not even a thought. It was such a joy to shoot a springer like this all afternoon. I didn't want to stop. But, the sun was goin down and I had gotten tired. I am super stoked about this TX200........awesome rifle!!!
Sweetness in a stock
TR
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