Air Arms .177 rifle

[bigHUN]

everybody who competes uses a 177....

Oh yes, this is why I asked. Why compete with .177 if the .22 mass/CSD have more stability?
My best understanding is that the .22 allows much less speed but fights the air movements better?
I am here for leaning curve about the .177.

 

[Jefferson]

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177 works

 

[guntech]

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177 works

Ditto !

 

[rick357]

This one is the 510, a ten shot repeater with even nicer wood... good colour stripes and fiddle back

Looks to be a beauty. After having it for a bit, do you still like it? Accuracy great? Any signs of leaking or other negative aspects. I am looking into a nice PCP and the 500 series fit my tastes. I was looking at the FX King 500 in .22 as well but I am doing my homework first. The AA has been out for quite some time and the regulated version doesn't seem to generate many complaints from owners. Maintenance and any necessary repairs look to be very minimal and relatively straightforward. Information about the platform is available. Contrast this with the FX King 500 which is almost double the price and still does not have an oem pdf maintenance/parts manual online to stare at, nor a lot of information about the rifle other than the same advertising blurbs regurgitated by different youtuber' reviewers. So, now leaning more towards he AA S510r based options and just looking for what your opinions are based upon your S500r version.

As an aside, I have two TX200's. One a .177 MKIII Beech with Vortek 12fpe kit which is truly an amazing underlever. It is more accurate than I am and I can trust it to deliver that accuracy shot after shot. The other is a .22 HC Walnut version which I am still fiddling with to get it consistently more accurate than I am. I have narrowed down the reason it isn't where I want it to be, which is screws loosening off as it is shot, and am going to be actively working on it again soon as I have the time. I have finished gathering up numerous parts such as a 12fpe oem spring to replace the 15fpe fac oem spring, and a Vortek 12fpe replacement kit as well. I have some 1.5mm neoprene to soft bed the 'receiver', and spare o-rings and e-clips, etc. It is a fun little rifle to work on and other than for the trigger group, I can now be certain I can take it apart and put it back together blindfolded, LOL. The trigger group might be on my list of things to tune up eventually too. The trigger is just over 1.2 lb and while it is smooth as glass, I would like to get that down into the 9-12oz range. I am not certain yet how low one can go with it and maintain absolute reliability and it is one of the items that will be on the back-burner for future tuning.

 

[guntech]

I don't shoot it that much but no leaking problems and the accuracy has not deteriorated at all ... I bought 12 tins of the 10.34 grain pellet it likes so well.