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On Sun, 15 Feb 1998 tkjue@worldnet.att.net wrote:
> Hi Jim:
> 
> The RX-1 is a unique airgun.  I know on the West Coast, there aren't too
> many sold.  I would guess some shops would hardly even sell one a year!  
> 
> I originally bought mine for all the wrong reasons: to have an airgun
> capable of 1100 fps with the .177 cal barrel.  Since then,  I've switched
> over to the .22 cal barrel and have really started to appreciate this
> rifle.  However, when I got a Vac Seal for it, the accuracy started going
> south.  
> 
> I had also tried out different barrels on this rifle.  The first .22 cal
> Weirauch barrel was the best.  I made the mistake of experimenting with
> other barrel combinations.  I'm on my third barrel, a Wiehrauch carbine
> barrel.  The groups have improved greatly.  
I tried an RX-1 in .25 recently and it is a sweet shooting gun. This
one was shooting 21 grain pellets at 550 fps (0.8 fps std dev, 10 shots!)
for a power level of 14 ft-lbs. Nothing compared to the 20 ft-lbs Beeman
quotes but it show nicely without too hard of a cocking force. I'll have
to see how much pressure is in the gas spring. .25 is a fun caliber but
I think .22 or .20 would be a little more economical.
Anyone have a .22 or .20 RX-1/R-1 barrel they wish to part with?
Charles
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