kral arms N series springers

[MisO]

Time to replace my old slavia 630 has come, im looking for new air rifle under 200. From some stuff ive read kral arms seems pretty good in the price category, ive been looking at getting the n-07 or n-11. Any good ? What kind of accuracy at what range can i expect ? (Law limit is 17J here) Im mainly target shooting, occassional rat shooting. I ve been shooting at 10-15 meters mostly with slavia with reliable accuracy (shooting thumbtack pins). Id like to shoot at longer ranges too and maybe get a scope. Is the kral arms worth it ? weihrauch hw50s is usually recommended, but is over my price range.

 

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[MisO]

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[AG72]

I have the kral 07 in 22, and it's probably one of the worst of my 40+ airguns, it rattles so bad my neighbours teeth fel out when I shot with it, the open sights are useless cause you can’t adjust it low enough for short distance, and if you gonna put a scope on it you need weld it in place cause it would creep of the mount after only a couple of shots, you can probably tune it to work better if you like it, mine is in the back unused as a reminder that there is much better guns out there... If you want to buy cheap i would recomend Hatsan 95, Browning x-blade,Norica or even Daisy 880, or look for a secondhand Weirauch, Diana or even an older El Gamo, if they have survived from the 60's,70's or 80's they probably are ok now

 

[maxtrouble]

Spend the extra money on a used or new Weirhauch. Buy once, cry once.

 

[SteveP-52]

Kral springers when they first came out were fairly rough copies of guns from other makers that took quite a bit to try and make them better. Not even sure any US retailers even still carry them. If you're considering decent built and on a budget, maybe look at the Hatsan Model 87QE and Model 95 rifles.
The included scopes are junk.
Also might help if we know what other brands you have available to you.....

 

[Angryman1967]

I own a Kral N-11 and N-07. Both are now accurate shooting hunting guns but required a full make over to get that way. New piston seal, trigger work, piston buttoning, alloy screw replacement, main tube polishing and lube, piston guide, spring relacements , etc., etc. I have been a gunsmith for about 20 years and bought the as project guns. The barrels however were excellent.

 

[mthalman]

I own a Kral N-11 and N-07. Both are now accurate shooting hunting guns but required a full make over to get that way. New piston seal, trigger work, piston buttoning, alloy screw replacement, main tube polishing and lube, piston guide, spring relacements , etc., etc. I have been a gunsmith for about 20 years and bought the as project guns. The barrels however were excellent.

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I picked up a Kral N-7 recently dirt cheap. The trigger is stiff, but it's grouping .25cal incredibly well. Better than any of my Hatsan's. Also, the power seems to be more than a Hatsan 95. As somewhere between a Hatsan 95 and 125. I'm trying to figure out what size piston it has? The outer dimension is 33mm, but I have not taken it apart to measure the important internal dimension. Any idea on the size? There seems like there is not much info out there about them now that they are not being made.

 

[Toxylon]

Good to hear about those accurate Kral barrels.

Years ago I bought a N-07 .25 cal in walnut. It was the roughest new gun I've ever handled, with tooling marks, incredibly noisy cocking, flimsy feel, a breech seal that looked like it was smashed to leakage already etc. I wasn't keen on the quirky stock shape, either. So, I returned the gun for a full refund. Never got to see if the barrel was OK (had no reason to think it was).

User reports at the time put the N-07 as a 25 fpe gun in the bigger cals, or about the same as a hot 350 Mag would do.

 

[mthalman]

Good to hear about those accurate Kral barrels.

Years ago I bought a N-07 .25 cal in walnut. It was the roughest new gun I've ever handled, with tooling marks, incredibly noisy cocking, flimsy feel, a breech seal that looked like it was smashed to leakage already etc. I wasn't keen on the quirky stock shape, either. So, I returned the gun for a full refund. Never got to see if the barrel was OK (had no reason to think it was).

User reports at the time put the N-07 as a 25 fpe gun in the bigger cals, or about the same as a hot 350 Mag would do.

Maybe I just got lucky, I also picked up a HW97k in .20 from the same person and was sighting that in at the same time as the Krale N-7 (plastic stock). Kinda comparing apples to oranges, but both where 10 shot grouping less than 3/4in at 35 yards which really surprised me to say the least!