Smaug, excellent is for the performance in the shooting and ES SD figures. The rest is really an annoyance. A non regulated gun at that price point, getting those figures and accuracy, makes it excellent in anyone's book. IMHO.
You will be hard pressed to find another out of the box rifle with these numbers.. unless a top brand and at least a thousand dollars+.
Really is shocked the hell out of me when I ran with it. I expected mediocre results in efficiency and accuracy. It blew me away. Is it my favorite gun. No. Just another to in the chest. My Steyer, hell yes...
The "issues" I stated are no way major, especially in comparison to the performance. Again we are talking about a $500 gun. The problem with the 2 screws backing were fixed with a $3 thread locker tube. The trigger is good, and the. Power adaquate for hunting. That issue may have just been particular to this gun.
So excellent is relative to performance.......