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Good old bsa barrels .

The bad ones are good 

The good ones  are great  

And the great ones  blow your mind 

I'm lucky to have a few of them all 

And the one that blows my mind is on my oldest .177 pcp single shot ultra that I used to use for competitions  .it will do a group like that at 50 yds . Enjoy and don't sell it .if you do keep the barrel. 

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On 20/09/2024 at 17:19, Ultrastu said:

Good old bsa barrels .

The bad ones are good 

The good ones  are great  

And the great ones  blow your mind 

I'm lucky to have a few of them all 

And the one that blows my mind is on my oldest .177 pcp single shot ultra that I used to use for competitions  .it will do a group like that at 50 yds . Enjoy and don't sell it .if you do keep the barrel. 

I’ve got to agree with you , I think the bsa PCP and gamo are not rated high enough I’ve got R10 in .22 and 177 and they are so accurate, I made a stupid mistake in selling an ultra in .22, very accurate.👍

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2 hours ago, Trumpetier said:

The Gamo PCP offerings do seem a lot better than there springers. I had a Phox in the past, wish I had kept it.

All of the official UK models of Gamo PCP`s are made at the BSA factory in Birmingham, most BSA but not all break action`s are made in the Gamo factory in Spain.

The Phox, GX40 and GX250 all use the same action with different barrel and cylinder lengths.

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To the OP. I have just weighed a few and the figure's are quite revealing.  The Air arms is only 340g or 3/4 of one pound lighter than the GX40. I do have quite a few more but they will all be heavier than the GX40.

Webley Raider 500       3.43KG

Kral NP-02                     3.25KG

Gamo GX40                    3.17KG

Reximex Myth               3.05KG

Kral NP-03                    3.04GK

AIir rms S410 Carbine  2.83KG

 

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Hello, It is all relative Bob but i cannot see why they make PCP Air Rifles so heavy although the Raider is an old model,  , Most likely the reason I did not get on with those I had over 20 years to shoot Vermin, Lucky I never lost money selling on, There is so much good engineering with Ally and Carbon and the lighter steel, My P 15 is only 2.5 Kg , FX Verminator less the 3 Kg but looking to sell on to fund a Reximex Lyra K , saying all this I only shoot using a Tripod ha ha

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55 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said:

Hello, It is all relative Bob but i cannot see why they make PCP Air Rifles so heavy although the Raider is an old model,  , Most likely the reason I did not get on with those I had over 20 years to shoot Vermin, Lucky I never lost money selling on, There is so much good engineering with Ally and Carbon and the lighter steel, My P 15 is only 2.5 Kg , FX Verminator less the 3 Kg but looking to sell on to fund a Reximex Lyra K , saying all this I only shoot using a Tripod ha ha

I take your point however they are considerably more money than the GX40, Reximex are made by the same company that make Kral air rifles and if you check the weights for the ones I have posted they are all heavier than the manufacturers specified weight.

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1 hour ago, sportsbob said:

I take your point however they are considerably more money than the GX40, Reximex are made by the same company that make Kral air rifles and if you check the weights for the ones I have posted they are all heavier than the manufacturers specified weight.

Hello, I have noticed that, The Reximex Lyra K are 2.8 Kg 

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On 26/11/2024 at 17:05, oldypigeonpopper said:

Hello, I have noticed that, The Reximex Lyra K are 2.8 Kg 

According to the manufacturers specified weight the Myth is also 2.8K however the one I weighed is just over 3KG, perhaps the Lyra will also be more than specified.

Personally I feel weight is red herring as the Webley 500 feels quite light when in the hands due to it being better balanced, I used to own a Beretta 694 PRO Sport TSK shotgun and with 50g added to the stock tube it felt much lighter showing that balance did play an important part in the handling of a gun.

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