Originally Posted by
NeilMac
I have an ACZ / FX Streamline in .177 with the STX full length smooth twist barrel, it has a 1:16 twist, but can be ordered with 1:18, 1:20 or 1:22.
In brief, I have found it is just as pellet fussy as anything else I have shot / owned (and that's a lot of rifles), it takes just as much wind as many other rifles, better then most, but no better than my best rifles, it likes larger diameter pellets so I use mainly H&N's, it needs a better single shot tray, I got mine from SMW Engineering, it was cheap as chips and is far superior to the factory 'thing'. The barrel does not like to be cleaned and if you do clean it do not Not NOT use a pull through, I really thought I had done some sort of damage to the barrel but it eventually came good again.
It is accurate, very accurate and I am about to start using it for 25m outdoor bench rest, but the amount of work and cost involved in finding the right pellets (and I'm not certain I have, yet) was no less than I have spent on other rifles and the gains, given the cost of the rifle, we minimal or even non existent.
It's a well made accurate rifle with a reasonable trigger (better than the TM1000, far better than the HFT500 / S400), but it is no leap forward, just something a little different.