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Looking forward to an eventual back to back test!
I bought a .25 Patriot as part of my initial FAC approvals - I sold it again a few months later.
Out of the box, the rifle was weighty and seemed a solidly constructed, nicely blued piece of kit.
Oh my God, it kicked!
I found that a long shooting session was physically painful on my shoulder - from a bloody air-rifle!
In its standard form it was twangy and the muzzle crack was noticable. Accuracy was not that great and I soon got rid of it. Compared to my .22lr it scored poorly and accordingly it was put away and not used.
It sounds from the comments on this thread, as though tuning is required to turn the standard offering into an acceptable tool.
Rgds
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Please don't look for anything formal like a back to back test! It will be an informal shoot.
Tuning is definitely necessary-I knew that before I bought the rifle from Gareth W-B and from comments made by Baz when the performance of the Patriot had come up on other threads. Mine certainly doesn't kick and the cocking effort is much less than with the Eliminator. Accuracy is perfectly acceptable and for what it is 'best at'-reasonably close range vermin control-the .25 slugs really pack a nasty whack.
'It may be that your sole purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others'.
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