Yesterday, the weather moderated enough and the family had come to celebrate Thanksgiving on Wednesday, allowing me to get out and shoot some longer groups to complete some of the annual performance and maintenance work.
Featured in this review is the 2nd pcp I ever purchased. Acquired from Straight Shooters, it was originally in a green poplar stock. I used it so much that the finish got scratched up, and while I considered purchasing one of the beautiful aftermarket stocks for it, I always need a "go to" rifle so I just took the camo paint cans out and went at it.
In my opinion, and understanding that I own several rifles two to three times as expensive to acquire, the Air Arms series of rifles are too often overlooked, especially for first time buyers. These rifles are accurate, extremely well built, and virtually bullet proof.
This rifle has had a few modifications over the years. Probably four or five years ago now, I sent it to Scott Schneider at Motorhead, and he installed a HUMA regulator in it and gave it a total reseal. I changed out the standard AA fill stub that requires their proprietary adapter, to a foster fitting.
This rifle has never let me down when called upon. I was a little disappointed in the 51 yard test groups shown below, as I have shot much better ones with this rifle. But the two groups were very consistent, and I am going to blame it on the quartering and variable winds blowing around yesterday. At just under 20 FPE, I didn't see any point at testing it at more than 50 yards. If I want to kill something further than that, I will grab a bigger, more powerful rifle.
Featured in this review is the 2nd pcp I ever purchased. Acquired from Straight Shooters, it was originally in a green poplar stock. I used it so much that the finish got scratched up, and while I considered purchasing one of the beautiful aftermarket stocks for it, I always need a "go to" rifle so I just took the camo paint cans out and went at it.
In my opinion, and understanding that I own several rifles two to three times as expensive to acquire, the Air Arms series of rifles are too often overlooked, especially for first time buyers. These rifles are accurate, extremely well built, and virtually bullet proof.
This rifle has had a few modifications over the years. Probably four or five years ago now, I sent it to Scott Schneider at Motorhead, and he installed a HUMA regulator in it and gave it a total reseal. I changed out the standard AA fill stub that requires their proprietary adapter, to a foster fitting.
This rifle has never let me down when called upon. I was a little disappointed in the 51 yard test groups shown below, as I have shot much better ones with this rifle. But the two groups were very consistent, and I am going to blame it on the quartering and variable winds blowing around yesterday. At just under 20 FPE, I didn't see any point at testing it at more than 50 yards. If I want to kill something further than that, I will grab a bigger, more powerful rifle.
