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    Quote Originally Posted by laity View Post
    I think its like the Subaru cars thing, Subaru make good cars, some would say great, then STI get hold of them and make them go even faster and far far smoother. Its the same with the JB Super Ten, it was a good gun then he got his hands on it . Mine is set at 32 ft/lb with JSB/AA pellets and works well with them but i tried Biz Mags and they are even better. The grouping i got with them was amazing at 60 yards. I zero at 50 yards and its a one hole group at 50 yards with ease. I have taken it out to 85 yards on paper and its still amazing . I always thought that FAC rifles were never as accurate as sub 12 ft/lb rifles, well with this one it certainly is not the case at all. The gun keeps surprising me every time i take it in the field. I have heard that the Rapid's are also good in FAC but i don't get how they could be any better than this Super Ten , everything about it works so well, the trigger is spot on and the weight is fine for an all day hunting trip.The other thing was the JB moderator, what a fantastic bit of kit that is, makes the gun virtually silent and therefore can only help in the field whilst hunting.

    If you were to be in the market for an FAC air rifle and Mod...you could do alot worse than the Super Ten and JB mod.

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    Very nice review roger. I never will run down a s10, a nice rifle i must say and roger it wont do more or less the a fine rapid will, both will give out the same performance as each other. Only things are the shot count for one , rapids can have a few modifications done, better stocks and the bolt action does need to come right back and down to reload where as the rapid once you've loaded the first pellet the reat is just pull bolt back and forward and your loaded.Plus I like the rapid mag better but still the BSA mag has been improved alot now and cycles perfectly.

    There is a diffrence in the two as I've shot both the s10and bull barrel bsa's. I had a Hornet too by Bowkett anther lovely fine engineered rifle. No mistake the BSA's are the next step down fron the rapid in FAC format and they hold their ground all day long.

    Happy shooting roger and say hello to Johnny for me ..oww and congratulations too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by verminhunter View Post
    Very nice review roger. I never will run down a s10, a nice rifle i must say and roger it wont do more or less the a fine rapid will, both will give out the same performance as each other. Only things are the shot count for one , rapids can have a few modifications done, better stocks and the bolt action does need to come right back and down to reload where as the rapid once you've loaded the first pellet the reat is just pull bolt back and forward and your loaded.Plus I like the rapid mag better but still the BSA mag has been improved alot now and cycles perfectly.

    There is a diffrence in the two as I've shot both the s10and bull barrel bsa's. I had a Hornet too by Bowkett anther lovely fine engineered rifle. No mistake the BSA's are the next step down fron the rapid in FAC format and they hold their ground all day long.

    Happy shooting roger and say hello to Johnny for me ..oww and congratulations too.
    seen the s10 and rapid vote many a time and s10 always wins.
    on papper it wins too due to price,regulator,trigger and stock.
    im talking compared to the standard rapid.

    ive never had a problem with my old s10 mags but i have had problems with the deadlock and pull down but that can be sorted.

    im eager to try a rapid but doubt id have a standard, a mfr id love but i think there a bit over priced compared to what you get with the s10.

    #my s10s are with me for life but wouldnt mind a go of a mfr.
    atb

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    Fantastic piece of kit. got a S10bb carbine 12ftlbs done by john with the BIG knob conversion, was going to convert it to fac but might let it go soon.
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