Your Most Accurate Modest Springer Experience

[gunsnlandies]

The Chinese rifles seem to be in good standing in this thread, whats the Concensus on the B3? I know they bite but had one on my to buy list for a while now (need to refill coffers first mind).

I’ve got a B3, B4 and B5. The trigger on a B4 is horrendous. The B3 is much better with a similar set up on the B5. If you must get one, find one second hand, just don’t put down hard earned on new.

[Segata]

Thats the plan, fixer upper that I can customise without ruffling feathers.

[Kes]

Remmington Express will hold its own with the big boys. Mach 1.5

Agreed.

[mattyw1987]

I once bought a tatty Smk xs20 that had been shortened to 12” crudely and had bad bluing, I squared up the barrel with hand files and re crowned it and also fitted a tx200 short stroke with hw seal and it was so consistent and easy to shoot accurately and would honestly do the pellet on pellet at 30 yards I really should of kept it.

[ptdunk]

I’ve got a surprisingly accurate Relum Tornado

[vestlenning]

My first rifle, a Slavia 631.

[look no hands]

I once bought a tatty Smk xs20 that had been shortened to 12” crudely and had bad bluing, I squared up the barrel with hand files and re crowned it and also fitted a tx200 short stroke with hw seal and it was so consistent and easy to shoot accurately and would honestly do the pellet on pellet at 30 yards I really should of kept it.

I had a xs20 as well, I paid £200 for it and it came in a CS700 thumbhole stock and had been tuned by venoman with the HW trigger conversion as well.

[mattyw1987]

I had a xs20 as well, I paid £200 for it and it came in a CS700 thumbhole stock and had been tuned by venoman with the HW trigger conversion as well.

Sounds like a good deal does that bud.

[Sid66]

SMK XS38 177 tuned by ARC just as accurate as my TX200 and Diana 48

[Muskett]

Original 45.
It was less expensive than the FWB Sport and HW35/80/77, just not as cheap as a Webley Vulcan MK1.
They shoot well.

[Hsing-ee]

Original 45.
It was less expensive than the FWB Sport and HW35/80/77, just not as cheap as a Webley Vulcan MK1.
They shoot well.

For its time it was a top-end rifle .. like the Webley Omega etc ..

[Gerry B]

I had a xs20 as well, I paid £200 for it and it came in a CS700 thumbhole stock and had been tuned by venoman with the HW trigger conversion as well.

Wow, that is a fantastic deal.

Venoman is a superb tuner, I've seen old and wise air gun shooters, completely amazed by his tune ups of various chinese springers !!!

[look no hands]

Wow, that is a fantastic deal.

Venoman is a superb tuner, I've seen old and wise air gun shooters, completely amazed by his tune ups of various chinese springers !!!

It certainly was, I got it off the Chinese Airgun Forum, I ended up swapping a different rifle for a V-mach kitted HW95 and dropped that into the CS700 stock and selling the Xs20 on, although the 20 was superb to shoot, compared to the 95, you could definitely tell the difference in build quality, the 95 was just smoother and made all the right noises.

[Hsing-ee]

Some interesting stories and rifles on this thread … the ones that pique my interest are the Slavias, the Remington Express, the BSA Meteor Mk 6 and the SMK XS38. None of these are really talked about much but sound like excellent low cost rifles for home tunes to really put them up there with the expensive machines.

And the Daisy Red Ryder. My Dad said that was the desirable airgun of the late 1940s & early 50s. My grandfather somehow got him the best air-rifle of the era, the Falke 80.

[Craig-P]

SMK XS38 177 tuned by ARC just as accurate as my TX200 and Diana 48

This in heaps.
I've used several of Lyn's tuned up, budget Chinese rifles and they knock spots off of many outfits offering super tunes on HW and AA rifles.