RAW HM1000 (a theoben rapid basically)) .20 advice?

[echo1974]

Hello all, ive been looking at these rifles for a little while now, as ive always wanted a theoben type air rifle since i was a youngster, but i could not afford it tbh. I have a R10 se bowkett job in .177, and its very good, but i still have a soft spot for the theoben type rifle - and a Rapid Air Weapons (RAW) is apparently what a theoben rapid mk3 would have been like by all accounts? Has any body got any advice on a .20 with this rifle as pellets are a little slim in this flavour, thanks m.

[Jesim1]

Hello all, ive been looking at these rifles for a little while now, as ive always wanted a theoben type air rifle since i was a youngster, but i could not afford it tbh. I have a R10 se bowkett job in .177, and its very good, but i still have a soft spot for the theoben type rifle - and a Rapid Air Weapons (RAW) is apparently what a theoben rapid mk3 would have been like by all accounts? Has any body got any advice on a .20 with this rifle as pellets are a little slim in this flavour, thanks m.

Make sure you try one before you buy one - I fancied one a while ago and found the HM too small, but the TM fitted fine, left it in the end out of shock as I jexpected them both to fit the same - how wrong I was

James

[angrybear]

Hello all, ive been looking at these rifles for a little while now, as ive always wanted a theoben type air rifle since i was a youngster, but i could not afford it tbh. I have a R10 se bowkett job in .177, and its very good, but i still have a soft spot for the theoben type rifle - and a Rapid Air Weapons (RAW) is apparently what a theoben rapid mk3 would have been like by all accounts? Has any body got any advice on a .20 with this rifle as pellets are a little slim in this flavour, thanks m.

You only need 1 pellet to work so what's the problem
There may be 100+ different .177 pellets but how many did you bother testing ? probably the same 1/2 dozen that most other people test/use because 3/4 of the choice out there is cheap & nasty cr*p

H&N, JSB, Accupell, Crossman & Bisley between them have more than a dozen quality .20 pellets. My MFR loves FTT's, (it also loves FT's but they're so hard to find I'm not sure if they're even still made) but hates JSB's.

[echo1974]

Make sure you try one before you buy one - I fancied one a while ago and found the HM too small, but the TM fitted fine, left it in the end out of shock as I jexpected them both to fit the same - how wrong I was

James

Oh really? i guess id better shoulder one first then to try it, but i think he (mt) only keeps the thumb holed hm in stock and not the sporter type, which is the one i wanted to try im not as keen on the TM version though. cheers m

[lensman57]

Jesim's advice is spot on. I too fancied one for a while until one of the guys whom I shoot with bought one. I had a go with it and hated it. Solidly built and dead accurate but heavy, agricultural and I am sorry to say felt a bit unrefined for a gun in that price bracket. The same was for the FX wildcat when I had a go with one . I am absolutely sure that they are fine guns but handle one in a typical shooting situation to see how you feel about them.

A.G

[guy]

have got one in .20 and it shoots spot on with h&n ftt but then again ftt shoot well in every gun!! really nice build quality, have got 4 others in various calibres, pop over to the R7OC there is quite a bit of info on them on there.

[echo1974]

Thanks 4 replys, i must admit i do think that the hm sporter stock looks a little bit to thick at the front end and maybe a bit heavy? but its the one that looks more like the theoben style that i like, but i suppose i will have to hold one to try to see if it fits me, so to speak. When i spoke to mt, i think he said he sells nearly all thumb hole stocks and not the sporter? so i will have to travel there to see them. cheers m