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Air gun success

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After trying a number of inexpensive air guns only to find that they cannot keep three shots on a bowling ball at ten paces, I finally have run across an inexpensive air gun that seems too good to be true. These two groups were shot with a suppressed Stoeger X20 .22 cal air gun at approx 25 yards:


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The pasters on the target are from me getting the scope (supplied with the rifle) zeroed in and then I shot the first three shot group by the bullseye with Crossman premium hunting pellets (heavy hitters with a hollow point) and the second group with some of those lightweight non-lead high velocity pellets they supplied with the gun. Obviously quite a point of impact change and I've never thought those high velocity non-lead pellets shot worth a dang in any air gun I've tried them in anyhow, but they were free so I wanted to try them on for size.

I shot several more groups after this with the lead pellets and they were all to point of aim and nicely grouped. None of the other cheap air guns I've tried would do this! I'm not asking for much, just minute-of-bird at 50 feet fer Pete's sake. Finally I've got a gun that looks to be good enough for that job, and I've found that .22 cal pellets knock various sky vermin DEAD with one shot flat. POW - clunk! I love it.

Also, I'll add that this gun is very quiet. I tried one of those Gamo Whispers. Not quiet and JUNK. I also tried a Crossman .22 cal air gun with their supposedly super quiet "Nitro Piston" air spring. Reasonably quiet but JUNK. This gun has the lowest noise signature of any of them (it has an actual suppressor, not some cheap bit of plastic on the end of the barrel) but most importantly it actually shoots. (Or at least it shoots well enough for knocking sky rats down in my back yard.)

Here's the web site for the rifle: http://usa.stoegerairguns.com/products/ ... airgun.php

Your mileage may vary! Just sayin'...

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Oly
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Oly,
You be da man :mrgreen:

I like the looks and specs of that gun(good price too)
Those groups are great,and I have wanted a .22cal airgun.
How can you beat that one?
Think you found a keeper----Congrats :mrgreen:
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Whell done Oly, I just got me a Crosman 1377 pistol, needs some fettling and it will be good.
Trigger is getting there, just need to lose some more creep!

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I went through 4 or 5 airguns last year and sent them all back due to poor accuracy. Then I gave up. Maybe I will try that Stoeger. It looks promising. Good luck with it!
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Oly, look around and see if you can find some Crossman Premier pellets. They are a dome top pellet but seem to be much more accurate than anything I've used. There is a club here that shoots field matches and all the guys there swear by them.
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Thanks for the report. Like you and others, I've tried several as well, and have been very disappointed with their ability to group and the level of noise they generate. Congrats on finding one that appears to solve both issues! 8)
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Rusty wrote:Oly, look around and see if you can find some Crossman Premier pellets. They are a dome top pellet but seem to be much more accurate than anything I've used. There is a club here that shoots field matches and all the guys there swear by them.
One of my favourite pellets, not had a gun they shoot bad from!

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Rusty wrote:Oly, look around and see if you can find some Crossman Premier pellets. They are a dome top pellet but seem to be much more accurate than anything I've used. There is a club here that shoots field matches and all the guys there swear by them.
Woops, you're right there - I said "Crossman premium" and I meant Crossman Premier. The ones I have are hollow points and they hit hard and shoot really well from this gun.

I should have added in my review that the trigger is typical cheap air gun terrible and the safety is annoying (bad location and re-sets every time you cock it). Can't win 'em all! :wink:

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