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    Quote Originally Posted by ken69 View Post
    Very difficult to tell a block has been messed with from the outside, and as others have pointed out most things can be rectified. The biggest giveaway to me is a cut out in the stock at the back of the block but even then the internals may be perfectly ok
    I genuinely don't see cutaway stocks as a problem as far as the action is concerned. It might mean that the power has regularly been turned up and/or down but so what? There are several reasons why a user should want to turn the power down (ratting in barns comes to mind) but I accept that some irresponsible shooters think it is an advantage to back off the hammer spring for carrying and storage and then turn it up over the limit when they are out shooting. It isn't but some think it is. As I've written before in my view 30-34 ft lb is the optimum for a .22 air rifle. Any more is a waste of air and much less probably not worth taking up a slot on a FAC.
    Running a Rapid at excessive power levels (40 + ft lb in .22) over long periods might mean that the hammer preload is too high putting more wear on the trigger. Potential trigger failure (especially in the Anschutz unit which would be expensive to fix) would worry me most so for buying used rifles we all have to take a view on the sense or otherwise of the seller. Nothing can avoid that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rapidnick View Post
    I genuinely don't see cutaway stocks as a problem as far as the action is concerned. It might mean that the power has regularly been turned up and/or down but so what? There are several reasons why a user should want to turn the power down (ratting in barns comes to mind) but I accept that some irresponsible shooters think it is an advantage to back off the hammer spring for carrying and storage and then turn it up over the limit when they are out shooting. It isn't but some think it is. As I've written before in my view 30-34 ft lb is the optimum for a .22 air rifle. Any more is a waste of air and much less probably not worth taking up a slot on a FAC.
    Running a Rapid at excessive power levels (40 + ft lb in .22) over long periods might mean that the hammer preload is too high putting more wear on the trigger. Potential trigger failure (especially in the Anschutz unit which would be expensive to fix) would worry me most so for buying used rifles we all have to take a view on the sense or otherwise of the seller. Nothing can avoid that.
    As I say, the internals may well be ok. However, it would certainly make me question what exactly has been done to the rifle internally. There are quite a lot of perfectly capable Rapid tuners but believe me there are also plenty butchers. Unfortunately this has been learned from first hand experience on more than one occasion

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    Having owned examples of all versions of the Theoben Rapid Range over the years, I would have to agree with Nick that the best model I have owned is the one I currently have. This one is a Rapid HM1000 bought new earlier this year. Not cheap, or often in stock for that matter, but a truly superb, well engineered and totally reliable gun that is extremely accurate.
    In my opinion, a Rapid is a genuine modern classic, hence their popularity.
    Andy
    Member, the Feinwerkbau Sport appreciation Society (over 50's chapter)
    http://www.rivington-riflemen.eu/ Andy, from the North !

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