lets see if this works
After being here a few weeks I noted that several members said that they had called certain manufactures about air rifles and had gotten good deals. Well I took the plunge. Just on a whim I tried it. It’s not the gun I wanted, or thought I wanted, but I did it anyways.
What I received was a wonderful air rifle at a steal. I am now one of those guys that you hear about that got the deal of a life time.
Let me welcome you to my RWS 34 Meisterschutze pro.
It came double boxed. The RWS box however wasn’t even taped closed. How rude! Even if it is a demo model, please show that you care about your customers.
Minimal packing material, but it seems to do the job. However, I did hear something rattle as I took the factory box out of the shipping box.
Out of the box the Rifle shows some slight wear on the barrel, stock and compensator, but nothing to even worry about. The letter R is stamped on many places on the rifle so I guess you can’t sell it as new.
It appears that there is a new barrel seal in place. The rifle is heavy, solid feeling and front heavy, but yet steady with no wavering holding it off hand.
The finish is beautiful and will look hand rubbed in a few years. The bluing is heavy and nice except for the slight nicks in the bluing which I’m sure is just from males handling it in the store and wearing wedding rings. The barrel was clean but was hard to break open. I had to use a knee to open the barrel.
The scope was hanging out of the box when I opened the factory box but it seems ok. The mounts are RWS lock down 1-inch mounts with droop compensator. It installed well despite no real instructions.
The scope is a RWS 3-9x40AO which is my first and seemed straight forward to mount.
You can tell the mount was used by the marks on the package and how it wasn’t closed all the way.
After mounting the rail and scope I took it out side for my fist test firing. I used Gamo Hunter pellets 7.56gr. At what I thought was 10 meters. It measured out to be 36ft. Not bad for an old army guy.
As you will see in the pic, there is one flyer and this is why.
The cocking surprised me, it took more effort than I thought it should but it wasn’t hard. I think that I just didn’t want to pull on the barrel weight. The cocking was smooth and locked in with a sounding click.
I loaded a pellet and rested the rifle and took off the safety, as I sighted the target down range and took in a deep breath, my finger came to rest on the trigger and the rifle fired.! WOW was I surprised. The trigger was so light. Not at all what I’m use to.
Ok, now I know. I loaded another round, had a sight picture and fired. Was there a twang? I duno! I was just so excited, there was something though. So I fired again and again. Was it loud, any recoil…I just don’t know. Heck! I don’t even know if I hit the target. So I walked down to it and OH MY GOD! I’ve never had such a nice grouping and I don’t EVEN know what I’m doing!
Mind you I was in the ARMY for eight years and did shoot expert with the M-16, but that was back in the mid 80’s. I have been shooting a Daisy 120 and a Crosman 3100 this past month, but this……was wonderful, I was so excited that I had to pee!!
I shot another group which was as good as the first, but this time I did note that the pellets were coming back at me from the pellet trap. This thing hits hard…I love it! I just need to back up a bit. At 10 meters the pellets rebounded in the trap and came out the top and tore the target.
Since I started this a month or so ago I wanted a .22 cal gas ram rifle, I came close to picking the Gamo Whisper, or CSI rifle, but I didn’t want to pay $400 or $ 500 bills, so I called Umarex at 1-479-646-4210 and wanted to speak to Glen but a young man named Ryan called me back and after talking offered me this rifle at $214.00 including shipping. With scope , mount and all paper work…..no warranty though but said they would fix anything within reason if it arrived broke.
I was worried that I would be taken for a ride but I got a heck of a deal. This is one rifle that will be passed down to my grandchildren and I will enjoy shooting this for a long time.
As time passes I’ll let you know if the scope drifts or any other problems. There has be no dieseling, smoking or any other problems that others report with new rifles. There is some noise when firing, but as of yet I’m not sure what it is. I’ll know in a few days.
This is not as proper a review as I would like, but as the excitement wears off, I’ll be able to offer a proper review. The problem is, I have a Gamo 220 arriving Tuned by CDT from another member and I’ll have the time of my life shooting each rifle trying to decide which one is better. The stock German RWS or the Gamo tuned by a master. Dang! so much work I have to do!
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