Rapids

[Rapidnick]

Airforce airguns in the US have bought RAW (Rapid Air Weapons ) and also the Theoben name and on this video said there may be some new Theoben models being made .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ucU9vegk8A

Great thanks for the heads up. Should be good for the brand. Do you know who distributes them in the UK?

[DavidB]

Great thanks for the heads up. Should be good for the brand. Do you know who distributes them in the UK?

Michael Tawn Airgun Supplies. He advertises in Gunmart.

[rapidresponse1]

had a mk 1 in 22 for years great guns

[clueless]

I have a couple, a MK1 in .22 and and MFR in .20, both have been set up properly which I think is the key to Rapid ownership

If they are running as they should, they are a match for anything out there at the moment, for accuracy and far better than a lot of modern stuff for reliability

I am bored with the generic modern stuff that seems to spend most of its time back at the manufacturer for niggling and sometimes big faults, which in my opinion is unacceptable considering the price of the latest kit.

Get a bad one that’s been butchered by some power crazy numpty however and you will regret it

The dogs are however a great starting point for a custom guns and that adds to the appeal

[Trumpetier]

Unfortunately the dogs can still be expensive,. As mentioned I know nothing about Rapids and it's proving a bit of a minefield with Sssoooo many seemed to have been messed with.

I'm after that elusive, one owner, not used it for years, totally trustworthy old boy who has decided to sell it scenario. Until that day I think I will leave well alone. Cheers chaps for all your help

[bucketboy]

Unfortunately the dogs can still be expensive,. As mentioned I know nothing about Rapids and it's proving a bit of a minefield with Sssoooo many seemed to have been messed with.

I'm after that elusive, one owner, not used it for years, totally trustworthy old boy who has decided to sell it scenario. Until that day I think I will leave well alone. Cheers chaps for all your help

Yes, Ssoooo many may have been messed with, but almost none can’t be put right. All of mine have had extensive work done but I can assure you all are so much better than when they left the factory.

FWIW, I saw a mk2 for sale about a year ago, on inspection and shooting a few pellets over the chrono, it was clear that someone have altered the power quiet dramatically, I used the fact it was “messed with”as a lever to pay what I wanted not what he was selling if for. I listed everything that was wrong with it, making it quiet clear the gun was illegal and the consequences of being caught with it and the difficulty of getting a RFD to put it right. By the time I finished, the seller was almost begging me to take it away. Just to ease his pain I gave him £250!

I change the reg pressure, springs, altered the barrel transfer port along with a few minor improvements I now have a legal gun worth in the region of £600.

If you buy s/h take someone with you who know what to look for, there are still some absolute bargains to be had, I know I did.

Bb

[Rapidnick]

Unfortunately the dogs can still be expensive,. As mentioned I know nothing about Rapids and it's proving a bit of a minefield with Sssoooo many seemed to have been messed with.

I'm after that elusive, one owner, not used it for years, totally trustworthy old boy who has decided to sell it scenario. Until that day I think I will leave well alone. Cheers chaps for all your help

I think you will be waiting a long time for such a rifle and if and when you find one you will be competing with serious collectors with big wallets. Factory standard, totally original equals top prices. You say you know nothing about Rapids so let me assure you that very few 'bodgings' cannot be fixed reasonably easily and cheaply. The first area of 'bodge' is in the area of the hammer spring. Easy to remove and replace. The second is enhancing the size of the barrel porting which can result in erratic air flow but normally is OK .I wish bodgers would understand that unless you are running your rifle at 30 ft lb you will gain very little benefit over a well set up 12 ft lb one but you WILL be in serious breach of section 1 of the Firearms Act.. I own 2 Rapids at the moment-a legal limit .20 and an FAC .22. I run one at 11.5 and the other at 30 ft lb. Anything in between I leave alone and would do so even if I was unrestricted because the legal limit rifle is just so smooth and easy to shoot..
The only area where I would run away from a Rapid is if the block itself had been modified.

[Trumpetier]

What are the tell tale signs of the block been messed with please ?

[ken69]

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

[airgun]

Had mk1,mk2,mfr,s-type for me the mfr so so point able no need for extra silencer longer stock no holding ice cold bottles on a winter day also able to fit bipod on stock I don’t like fitting them on the bottle simply the best alrounder but you would be happy with any of them

[bighit]

Great thanks for the heads up. Should be good for the brand. Do you know who distributes them in the UK?

That video is nearly a year old and I don't think any have been made yet unless they have not announced them .


Gunpower is the UK dealer for Airforce ,they were up for sale a short while back (the company was for sale )

United Kingdom
Gunpower
PO Box 567
Ashford, Kent TN23 5FP, UK
Phone: +44 (0) 1233 642357
Fax: +44 (0) 1233 613899
sales@gunpower.net
www.gunpower.net

Airforce own BKL too so whoever brings in BKL products maybe another importer.

United Kingdom

Website:www.opticswarehouse.co.uk
pretty sure they don't sell airguns though.

If you go on the Airforce site and click RAW it goes to the RAW website.https://www.rapidairweapons.com/xcart/home.php

Micheal Tawn is the Uk importer of RAW

UK

Tawnado Airguns

The Barn, Hanneth Rd, Tydd Gote,

Wisbech, Cambs. PE13 5ND

United Kingdom

+44 01945 420770

www.tawnadoairguns.com


Possibly the Theoben stuff may be sold from there .

[Mole trapper]

I was so dumb!!! I sold my MK1 in .22 to a friend when I went full bore mad. Immediately I realised I'd made a huge mistake. I could hit anything out to sixty five yards with ease. Totally quiet, endless shots per charge, light, short....
And all this with a standard whitetail classic scope. What could it be like with a modern map crosshair scope?
Anyways, eventually my mate got hard up and sold it back, unfortunately not in the same condition he bought it
Anyways, it's back home now, not holding air, so need to get it sorted, I have bought a quick fill and all the kev g bits.
Soon it will be back to its former glory.
I've had two more in .177, and another.22 in fac, the two .177,s were highly tricked and suitably expensive, but they just didn't do it for me like my original. Probably nostalgia from a time when I was a one gun man and could wring every last drop of accuracy out of it because of that.
They are out there Dave, but you'll have to see a fair few messed around with before you find" the " one.
But it's definitely worth it.