Pax to stop making the phoenix rifle.

[WILBA]

A guy on another site mentioned that pax are going to stop making the phoenix. He lives not far from them and has his phoenix&ff10 serviced with them. He said he had a conversation with the owner who he said told him. Anyone else on here heared anything about this or is the guy full of shite?

[the growler]

I thought they stopped making them ages ago. Nowt in the magazines for years.

[KeithW]

They fell out with the magazines (or vice versa) about the pellets they made, and the potential for them putting rifles over-power. That was a main reason why they stopped advertising. Although I guess if they thought it would bring them a profitable return they'd still advertise. I guess as a small business they can't compete with the big guns.

[Andy001]

Still listed on their site


http://www.phoenixairguns.co.uk

[gwyn]

Lovely looking rifle compared to some of the "lumps" that keep appearing!
Wish i could afford one!
Don.

[the growler]

Ive never fired nor shouldered a pax rifle,,, how accurate are they and reliable are they?

[DCL_dave]

Ive never fired nor shouldered a pax rifle,,, how accurate are they and reliable are they?

I have owned a MK2 Phoenix carbine in .22 (sold it now...) and currently own an FF10 in .22.

Accuracy - On par with most other guns in its price range and considerably better than most shooters are capable of utilising (I include myself in that statement!)...I would shoot my MK2 side-by-side with a .22 Skan R32 that I also owned at the time and the Skan would usually print a slightly tighter group on paper but there was also usually only a few mm in it either way. With a rested and deliberate aim, these guns will stack pellets at normal airgun ranges.

Reliability - I would very conservatively estimate to having put atleast 25,000 pellets through my MK2 Phoenix! I used to purchase pellets through the local club in batches of 10 and 20 tins...In that time I had the occasional leak that was always sorted with the liberal application of a PH Express oil being shot downward through system with a loaded mag and firing into the ground - I never had to replace any seals!. I remember having some jamming issues when I first got it but this was purely down to user error - my own fault through a general lack of understanding the gun when it was new to me (you absolutely must seat the pellets in the mags!!!).

Fun factor - I won't bore you with a list but I have been shooting airguns for close to 40 years now and have owned and shot a lot of airguns in that time. Have always been a dedicated plinker, pure and simple - The Mk2 Phoenix stands out for me as the best airgun I have ever owned by a country mile!...I had 4 air bottles and 7 magazines for it and would think nothing of shooting off 500 AAs in very short order at the club, easy to load and shoot all 7 mags in few minutes...I could rattle the stand-up/knock down targets at 30 yards = 10 hits in about 5 or 6 seconds and the guys at the club would take the piss calling me an exhibitionist!...yep, damn straight I was! ...Damn I loved that MK2 simple as that. I stupidly sold to fund the purchase of a 3 phase rotary converter for my shed and almost instantly regretted it and have done so bitterly ever since...

Shooting just isn't the same for me now since I sold that gun, too many things have changed...My club mate and regular on the plinking range, Al, passed on...my local club, SDFTC, has moved to new and seemingly better grounds albeit quite a bit further away from me. They are a great bunch of guys too, the best you could want to meet and I wish them the best of luck on the new grounds but I think I am just going to give it up.

Re. the FF10 - I have one in .22, with 4 magazines. It is defintely more accurate than my old Phoenix, don't know why but it is?...however, it just doesn't float my boat like the old Phoenix did...Pah, that is all.


It would be hell of a shame if it is true that Pax are to stop/have stopped making the MK2 Phoenix...all you guys who like shooting but have never shot one or owned one will have to rely on the anecdotes of those of us who did own the best British designed and British made airgun ever...(IMHO of course!)