Ar20ft

[woodmister]

Has anyone had any experience with the Hammerli ar20 ft?

good or bad?

cheers Adam

[Captain Bongo]

Umarex monkey metal sums it up best for me.

[Craig-P]

I’ve had a few of them over the years. Always found accuracy to be spot on (especially after the barrel shroud was removed from the body chassis).
Bit on the heavy side though and cocking effort was high until you found the knack to cocking it.
Good platform to work with but there are a ton of messed around with models so tread carefully.

[madcarlos]

My mate bought one a while back, Been trying to get it sorted , For what ever reason he been fobbed off all the time, Seems like no one likes working on them,

[pumpygun]

"Monkey metal" in the first reply. Must be a record

Ive had one in the past and didn't think it was too bad a rifle at all.

[pruddasfinest]

I had one a while back, lovely gun.
Very accurate, not very pellet fussy but a bit heavy.
Cocking wasn’t too bad in mine as the cocking handle had been lubed nicely.
Still got a couple of regs and a very expensive adjustable cheek piece in the garage.
The guys who bought it off me still has it and loves it.

[binxkeys]

I had one and got on well with it - good trigger, deadly accurate and massive shot count.

I would echo the cocking effort comments, but you do get used to it.

[scimitar]

Yes i had it for two weeks . by the time you have lightened it and smoothed it out . you might has well have bought something decent in the first place /?? HOLLY

[woodmister]

Yes i had it for two weeks . by the time you have lightened it and smoothed it out . you might has well have bought something decent in the first place /?? HOLLY

think mine has already had most of the work done to it..

im taking it to the range tomorrow so fingers crossed lol

[Rich]

Enjoyed mine. Most of the shroud had been machined away completely. Trigger was excellent, just do as the book says and don't fiddle with the primary sear engagement screw, I did and it took a while to get it back where it should be. In other words, before you do it your way, do it their way.

Cocking is fairly heavy, you do get the knack, it's to pull on both ears of the cocking handle at the same time, and as much as you think you need to pull the handle back towards you, success comes from simultaneously snatching the action away from you.

I lubricated the non-human-contact parts of the cocking handle with PTFE spray.

[woodmister]

well managed to get down to the club, first time since lock down and tried this ar20.

it did not let me down.

shooting at 30 yards and the hole is 1 pellet diameter wide. the accuracy using both biz mags and aa fields was amazing.

going to stick wiht the aa fields as they will be a little more forgiving with trajectory and wind.

the cocking of the rifle does need a little work but i cant complain, ill change the grips and cheek piece i think though