fishbone Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Can anyone comment on this gun for hunting?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigman Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Theyv had a bad press alot of them seem to develop problems reg noramlly, probably abit of user error thrown in too there not my cuppa tea for the money id go for a s/h rapid an be done with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootgun Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 have one for couple of months now and is spot on... the problems were with the early mk1 ones... looks like they sort it now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lineshooter Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 Have a look here in the R10 section, www.bsaog.co.uk might be useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitchy Posted April 29, 2012 Report Share Posted April 29, 2012 my mates got one onlyt hing thats happend in nearly 8 month is the mag lock button has broke 2 times pretty accurate to rapid 7 still better though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topshunt Posted April 30, 2012 Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 I had a mk 1, after a few visits to bsa it was basically a mk11. first went back for an air leak then went back as the power was all over the place up to 15ftlb down to 9ftlb. after that it shot fine for a while but i kind of lost faith in it. half a hour i couldn't miss then miss some very easy shots that i could hit with a springer all day long. I chopped it in for air arms s410 and have not regretted it. R-10s love bis mags or rws superdomes 4.51mm mine hated jsb's and pretty much everything else. Don't get me wrong the R-10 is imho the best looking sporter out there, and there are some good ones out there if your lucky enough to find one. For hunting when it behaved couldn't fault it, just bear in mind it is a heavy gun and with a silencer also quite long. You will definetly need a silencer as it is quite loud even though the barrel is meant to have baffels in it to ruduce sound. hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby Posted May 3, 2012 Report Share Posted May 3, 2012 Had mine for about 6 months now and had no problems. Use it a couple of times a week and it knocks them down a treat. The issues were with the mk1 and I believe they have been rectified. Really accurate nice balance all in all a spot on rifle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topshunt Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 Nice to hear you appear to have a good one, however i believe even the mk2 is having similar trouble to mk1. check the bsa forums out. shame really if they actually sorted all problems think i'd buy another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaxiDriver Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 I've got the Mk II in .22 FAC varient and I love it, other people have handled it say it comes up to the eye nicely :smile: My only dislike is the length of the barrel :o It's like a scaffold pole, screw a moderator on the end and it's worse still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobby Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 Nice to hear you appear to have a good one, however i believe even the mk2 is having similar trouble to mk1. check the bsa forums out. shame really if they actually sorted all problems think i'd buy another. I'm surprised at the negative reviews. I can only go off personal experiences and the bloke I shoot with bought one with me (got a better price) and he uses his a lot more than me and he has had no problems. Red hot or freezing cold but as you say I could be lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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