Reply With QuoteInteresting they say "The gun has been modified with a fatter barrel sleeve so I will post an updated pic soon" perhaps the reason for the delaysOriginally Posted by richierich
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Blackpool Air Rifles has just taken stock of these
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Interesting they say "The gun has been modified with a fatter barrel sleeve so I will post an updated pic soon" perhaps the reason for the delays
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It hits the shops next week and carries the largest customer pre-order of any new Air Arms rifle.
Production has already had to be increased to cope with demand.
Them's the facts, folks.
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I'm normally one to give anything new a chance but the Galahad is to ugly. I wonder how the company that built the tx200hc built that lol
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Perhaps they realise that a significant section of the airgun-buying public value shooting performance above all else, even how pretty a rifle is? The Galahad is already on its way to becoming a best-seller and its order books are overflowing, so maybe Air Arms knows what it's doing.
Could happen.
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I don't dispute air arms know what there doing. But you would think they would know that building an ugly rifle and building a good looking rifle cost about the same. I like air aims rifles iv had many of them but in my opinion the Galahad is to ugly and to me doesn't look like they put much thought into the design at all atbPerhaps they realise that a significant section of the airgun-buying public value shooting performance above all else, even how pretty a rifle is? The Galahad is already on its way to becoming a best-seller and its order books are overflowing, so maybe Air Arms knows what it's doing.
Could happen.
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Air Arms have kept putting the launch back a few times.
I too dont like the massive gap between barrel and air cylinder either,im hoping thats going to be sorted before launch.
My local RFD which is a huge store didnt have any in stock when i went in Wednesday,and they stock everything going.
From what i gather its a 410/510 action,and not a completely new design.
I think Air Arms have made a boo boo on this design.
Come on Clare West,sort it out..lol
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It may use the same magazine as the S410/510, but the action is completely different.
I'm not a fan of the huge gap either sadly (or the name as it happens), but some rifles don't appeal to all. IMO, the FX Wildcat, to me looks awful, but that doesn't stop it selling out
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Just seen one in my local gun shop in Dorset, not for my liking but there out there. I'd say that as far as Air Arms goes I'd still rate the S400/s410 as the best.
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It will sell out and it probably does shoot and handle very well. It's the same as the day state limited editions they always sell out. The Galahad will be no different atbIt may use the same magazine as the S410/510, but the action is completely different.
I'm not a fan of the huge gap either sadly (or the name as it happens), but some rifles don't appeal to all. IMO, the FX Wildcat, to me looks awful, but that doesn't stop it selling out
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The best thing I can say about the looks of it 'tank turret' not look nice
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I've no doubt that the Galahad launch will be successful. The arrival of the Galahad is one reason why the price of the FX Wildcat went up from £899 to about £1060. The Wildcat was selling well, and along comes an allegedly less pretty competitor at a price about £150 higher, and despite the looks or maybe because of them, the trade orders in large numbers.
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Let's not forget that everyone said the hw100 was ugly.
And we all know how massively popular that rifle turned out to be.
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That explains a lot, been to my local today and he had one in, thought he must have had a friend at air arms that had lost one for him. But yeah the shroud looked like a larger diameter one, and drying firing in the shop was by no means uncomfortably loud so well done to air arms for that. The real kicker was I was in there getting my wildcat sent away to get fixed.
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Only the people that don't own one think they are ugly. I don't think they are and have had loads now.
I wouldn't own a Galahad if air arms paid me.
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