Theoben is coming back

[harrymoreland]

Vis a vis UK law, different in England and Wales than in Scotland, and different again in Northern Ireland (NI)

EVERYTHING over 1 joule in NI requires a FAC.

A long time since a Theoben sat top of my wish list.

 

[charlie_200]

Have a 22 year old Theoben gas ram...might be time for an AZ tune-up assuming he still works on stuff that old. Thanks for the info.

 

[TopGun-Airguns]

I have about a dozen AZ and stock Theoben MK2 and a MK1, as well as a .20, .22, and .25 Theoben Eliminator. If anyone is interested, I could do a video on them on my airgun channel THE AIRGUN SCIENTIST https://tinyurl.com/AirGunScientist-com 

You can see a few of them here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D39aHhMXBM&t=

An interest?

 

[John "spysir" Blount]

Have a 22 year old Theoben gas ram...might be time for an AZ tune-up assuming he still works on stuff that old. Thanks for the info.

Charlie it might be worth at lease call to the fellow who put it together at the factory at airgunwerks David still does nice work. And yes AZ does still roam about in Idaho.

John

 

[warlord]

Two thumbs up for both David Slade at Airgunwerks and Martin Rutterford at Airguns-USA. ....have used both for a couple of my Theobens and they are very nice gentlemen and extremely well qualified.

 

[austin870]

Unregulated MKII .25 cal custom built by Allen Z.

I have a couple different stocks.

Barrel cut and fully shrouded to overall length of 44.5 inches (barrel is actually about 19 inches). Original MKII has a fishing pole length barrel.

AZ custom Quickfill on bottle modification (Oversized Parker 60 fitting)

Trigger gone through and set at a 8 oz’s.

Custom cocking bolt installed and adjusted.

Dovetail cut in receiver and Allen’s custom rings with some bizarre lap type job he does on them that leaves them perfectly centered with scope zeroed with full scope travel left. I had to supply the scope. I had the Elite 6-24x40 installed with the AZ dialing for death regular rangefinder knob.

Allen ran through about 700 pellets finding the best power point and pellet for the gun. Even did some night shooting under lights so he could see the pellet stability. It flashes if not perfect flight. Shooting just under 900fps with JSB 25.4.

Allen Z is a freaking Rapid Wizard. This was cutting edge at the time but is now more of a retro classic. 

 

[quick]

Have a 22 year old Theoben gas ram...might be time for an AZ tune-up assuming he still works on stuff that old. Thanks for the info.

I have a Theoben scirocco.22 it’s a grey nightmare

 

[KWK]

I have a Theoben scirocco.22 it’s a grey nightmare

I have 3. Won't part with them. They handle and shoot so well for me. I have a strong preference for break barrels.

 

[jps2486]

If AZ can tweak a RAW to make it more efficient, why can't Air Force? Huh, huh, huh?

 

[Motorhead]

If AZ can tweak a RAW to make it more efficient, why can't Air Force? Huh, huh, huh?

Same thing threw my shop ....

As too WHY the factory can't do it ? They make what has always worked, don't think they have the R&D talent in house to make a go at it on a production & retrofit scale

 

[SorenDrost]

First couple of minutes of the podcast reveals new things about RAW and Theoben

 

[Motorhead]

Video appears to be older ???
They speak of RAW as Weapons and Not Worx ( Been Worx for a couple years now. )
The take over or selling of RAW to Airforse now on @ year 3+

An observation

 

[jps2486]

Same thing threw my shop ....

As too WHY the factory can't do it ? They make what has always worked, don't think they have the R&D talent in house to make a go at it on a production & retrofit scale

From what is said here, I get the impression that AZ performs his magic by merely adjusting the regulator, hammer, and transfer port. No exotic parts are added. If that's the case, then manufacturing changes shouldn't cost anything.

 

[bucketboy]

I own several rapids and RAWs while I would love to see the return I can’t really see it happening, the reason being airworx already have the 1000 and 1000x blocks which let’s face it are rapids with a cocking lever, both share many of the same parts, why would airworx bother with the extra cost of tooling and increased parts manufacture.
While I do have a chassis stock and a RAW walnut stock both of which are nice but neither are as easy to live with as an everyday hunting stock compared to the more sporter style of Theoben stocks.

What I would like to see is the lighter HM100 block a more hunting oriented stock, something like the MFR with an mfr reg that allows for easy bottle fitment. (it’s much easier to carry a spare buddy bottle than a 12ltr charging kit)
Also, it would be nice to have a block without operating instructions printed on the side, don’t need a q/f and gauge either, less is definitely more!