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    I dont think there is any point in buying the carbine at those power levels.
    Umarex quote up to 10 ft lbs?

    However having shot my .177 pistol at the range I am very impressed with it.
    Good power,plenty of shots and accuracy good on 10m paper and 20m cans.
    Tuesday this week so cool but not cold as today.

    The pump cocking is actually rather nice.
    I prefer it to the HW 44 side lever.

    Its not quite as good as the 44 but still very good value at £250 ish.
    Best buy for me for a while despite its looks!

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    Looks like fun.
    I find it odd that they didn't go with the existing eight shot Umarex magazines/clips though.
    Maybe The Accountants shouted louder than The Engineers at the design stage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gingernut View Post
    I dont think there is any point in buying the carbine at those power levels.
    Umarex quote up to 10 ft lbs?

    However having shot my .177 pistol at the range I am very impressed with it.
    Good power,plenty of shots and accuracy good on 10m paper and 20m cans.
    Tuesday this week so cool but not cold as today.

    The pump cocking is actually rather nice.
    I prefer it to the HW 44 side lever.

    Its not quite as good as the 44 but still very good value at £250 ish.
    Best buy for me for a while despite its looks!
    I'm a bit dubious about those chrono readings in the video, although I haven't seen anything reliable to suggest a rating of 10 ft/lbs on the carbine, just the Umarex quoted figure of up to 11j (approx 8 ft/lb). I wonder if the guy has got a German rated gun or pistol version mis-fitted with an anti tamper stock? A top rate of 4 ft/lb seems way off.

    I'm struggling to find some decent chrono figures in the UK, but Woodys of Wembley list the .177 pistol as putting out 574FPS (5ft/lb-ish with a 7g pellet) and the .22 carbine 492FPS (roughly 7.7 or so using a 14.5g pellet). Have you chronoed your pistol by any chance?

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    No chrono yet but I can tell its up there.

    I tnink Airgungear man may have got hold of the German version of the Carbine which will be power limited.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gingernut View Post
    No chrono yet but I can tell its up there.

    I tnink Airgungear man may have got hold of the German version of the Carbine which will be power limited.
    Think you have it there....check out my last post on UBC. Some encouraging news..but a conundrum as well!

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    Chrono readings at B.A.R were 5.5 ft lb average in .22 for a UK spec carbine, as usual they drop off with rapid fire, a pity but it's still a fun gun... I wish the manufacturers would be a little more honest with their spec

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    Fugly,underpowered and overpriced a great combo!

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    It's fun to shoot. A couple of people at my club have the carbine; they were reckoning about 7.5fpe. One of them found the pump action a bit sticky and was getting jams but it could have been the temperature or the fact it was brand new and needs a few more shots through it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by short-carabine View Post
    Think you have it there....check out my last post on UBC. Some encouraging news..but a conundrum as well!
    Ive had a good look/pause at the airgungear review.
    There is no German F mark on the test gun so it is a UK spec model and should be doing 160 ms according to Umarex.
    Thats 524.934 fps.

    My pistol manual does indicate that flathead pellets with a maximum length of 9mm (22) should be used.

    I should add that I am pleased with the power and performance of my .177 pistol but no chrono as yet.
    Last edited by gingernut; 05-01-2019 at 10:14 AM.

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    There is the pistol.

    A carbine kit which is the pistol dressed up.

    And the Carbine rifle.

    Just to add to the ? over power.

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    All most confusing...there is a guy on another site who is getting 8ftlb out of his .22 carbine, but experiences a power drop whe he puts his mod on it down to 5ftlb and is getting clipping. Could just be the mod itself unless the threading is off centre.

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