BSA R10 MK2 Finally In !
I was fortunate enough to receive a .22 cal R10 in Pyramyd Air's first shipment. The gun arrived yesterday. I will start with the box and packing.
The box is nothing special, and I mean really nothing. If it were up to me I would fire the person at BSA who designed this box. It was obviously designed by a bean counter. No the gun was not injured in shipping, but how ? I don't know how. Ok enough about this and on to the gun. I have lusted after a R10 MKII for far too long. Man was I happy to hear that BSA PCP guns were once again being brought in to the USA. Even better Pyramyd air was importing them. Anyways on to the gun. Oops, I am short on time and will finish this write up a little later on. Grumpy |
Time to add a little more info to this review. I have been dying to try this gun out more but theres never enough time in the day. I was a bit disappointed in the extreme spread of the R10 but was reminded by several friends that sometime regulators need a little time to "break in" Currently I have less then 125 shots through this gun, its for this reason I will revisit the chrony testing part of this test when i have a few more pellets through her.
As I mentioned above the boxing of this gun was minimal at most. Its my opinion that 1100.00 guns should be packaged in a much better way. Ok thats out of the way and on to the shooting part of my testing. Below you will find a full chronograph string. I still have not found the time to shoot the accompanying pictures to this review but promise they will be forth coming. As usual running short on time so I will leave you with a couple of likes and dislikes. Pluses, the stock. It fits me like a glove. One thing I have to commend BSA for is checkering the bottom of the forearm. This is something I will other companies would do to. On the same note I hate the finish on the stock. Its almost like its been in a desert for the last 10 years. It looks dry as a bone which is a shame since it has such a lovely grain to it. The Trigger, Out of the box the first stage was a little long for my liking, but thats easily adjustable. The second stage was set at about 2 plus pounds which is great for a hunting gun. Well I am a bench shooter and prefer my triggers much lighter. A quick look at the instructions and the second stage was reset to about 15 oz. The trigger is very smooth and grit free. The MKII has a full length shroud that works OK.I found that Pyramyd Air's loudness rating of 3 is just about spot on. The benchmark I use for backyard friendly is the .177 caliber Benji Marauder. In comparison I would rate the R10 at a fair bit louder. Sorry but the only loudness testing equipment I have is my ears. The nice thing about the BSA is the end of the shroud is threaded for 1/2"x20 threads. This is the industry standard for affixing LDC's. I recommend one of Neil Clague's units. It will make this gun so quiet that all you will hear is the hammer hitting the valve. The bolt action on this gun is butter smooth. Its very easy to cock, even for my handicapped right hand. The MKII comes with what I understand to be a newly designed magazine. The magazine seems to be made entirely of metal ( a plus in my mind ) To load its very simple. Just drop in a pellet, turn mag and insert another pellet. Repeat until all 10 pellets are loaded. A feature not found on many air gun is the magazine sitting below the top of the reciever. The BSA uses this and it allows the use of much lower scope rings since it does not have to clear the magazine. Gun: .22 BSA R10 MKII Scope Hawke Sidewinder 8-32X56 Pellet: un-weighted and non sorted JSB 15.89 gr Weather: Roughly 80 deg. 80% humidity Fill Pressure: 224 Bar, 3250 PSI I was little short on air so I could only fill to 3250 instead of 3340 PSI Ending Pressure 1900 PSI Shot/FPS 1. 872 2. 874 3. 863 4. 866 5. 860 6. 861 7. 860 8. 864 9. 862 10. 861 11. 861 12. 858 13. 864 14. 854 15. 860 16. 856 17. 862 18. 857 19. 863 20. 861 21. 862 22. 865 23. 865 24. 867 25. 866 26. 865 27. 863 28. 867 29. 866 30. 861 31. 868 32. 872 33. 872 34. 868 35. 864 36. 859 37. 857 38. 853 39. 848 40. 850 Low FPS 848 FPS High FPS 874 FPS Ave FPS 862 FPS Spread 25 FPS Peak power 26.9 FPE Average Power 26.2 FPE Sorry but I will have to continue with this revue later. Thanks for following and stay tuned. Dave |
Ok here are a couple of not so great photo
http://www.airgunsforum.com/picture....pictureid=1040 In this next photo you can see the actual finish of the stock http://www.airgunsforum.com/picture....pictureid=1037 Now I am not a fan of high gloss in the least but this stock is darn near dry as a bone. Sadly a detractor in my opinion on what otherwise is a fine gun. As to shooting groups. I have had no problem shooting .5" at 50 yards. My real test as how well a .22 shoots is usually done at 75-85 yards, either bad weather or the flu has kept me from testing this. Thanks for following so far Grumpy |
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everytime I see that stock I cry when I look at mine
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