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  1. 13-06-2018, 05:50 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Geezer View Post
    Good post. Only didn't quote the whole thing for brevity.

    The Sirocco came out in 1982. The German barrels turned up in mid-84. Anschutz in .177" and .22". Diana (M&G) for the .20". For a while you could get special unchoked barrels to use with Prometheus pellets.
    I have one of those barrels, marked "UC" - unchoked, presumably...
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    Many thanks for your reply
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    I have an evo he. I have dropped it to 10.6 fpe and it does shoot nicer at that power. Build quality is good. Accuracy is good. However, that trigger is pants. I just cant get on with it, and for that reason alone, it would be one of the first of my guns to go.
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    Because all springers are awfull and gas ram takes it several steps in the wrong direction combined with a sackfull of hype and some of the crappest triggers you could widlsh to find on anybairgun manufacturers range even though I loved my Rapid 17.
    Gas rams are truly awful in every single way.
    The4e is a reason they never got taken up as a go to solution. Its because they suck even more 5han Monica Lewinski
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    I always said that I would never buy one because I had read about the problems with leaking rams and lack of available spares, but now own 4 theobens, ( 2 sirocco's a fenman and an evo) and a hw90, and they are quite nice to shoot. Don't regret buying them at all..
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    I’m not a fan but the workmanship just on the underlever of the 88/99 is very impressive.
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    I am picking one up in a couple of weeks from a forum member.
    It's a Sirocco deluxe in A1 condition and am looking forward to it big time.
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