Fac Air Rifle

[Adrian Prisk 6]

iam going for a fac air ticket so hopefully in a few weeks i will be looking for a fac air rifle. The question is which one,looking for something in .22 reliable not to heavy ,easy to work on ,about 25 fpe which ones should i be looking at? the last 6 years or so ive had bsa ,lightening and at the moment t10,i have no probs with bsa but dont know what they are like in fac , thanks

[Elliott 436]

Rapid Mk2 if it was me

[moxy 617]

Rapid

 

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[Dubba 72]

Agreed, you won't go far wrong with a FAC Rapid. If your not to worried about having a PCP take a look at the old Webley Patriot or Theoben Eliminater. Both can be had a good money now and are decent rifles

[Adrian Prisk 6]

No surprise there,thought rapid would be first to appear. Anything else out there being used ,s10,fx,or the r10 ,or even the air arms rifles, looking for good shot count poss around 35/40 per fill,will I only get that with buddy bottle guns ,or will I get that with the aa 410/510

[paulus 26]

No surprise there,thought rapid would be first to appear. Anything else out there being used ,s10,fx,or the r10 ,or even the air arms rifles, looking for good shot count poss around 35/40 per fill,will I only get that with buddy bottle guns ,or will I get that with the aa 410/510

ive just sold a mk1 rapid in 20 cal when set at 27 ft lbs you would get 60 shots per fill

[halamrose 24]

My 410 at 32FtLB does 35 I think.

[moxy 617]

My 410 at 32FtLB does 35 I think.

Are they full power shots?

[Adrian Prisk 6]

if they are full power that sounds good,I'm only after around 25 fpe so I could poss get 40 shots from aa 410 ,another option. Thanks

[jackinbox99 41]

At about 25ft/lb a .22 will have the same tradjectory as a 12ft/lb .177 So thats a good power to aim at. Id be lookin at the rapid or the s410. The rapid will have more shots as its got a bigger resoviour on it.

[jmj121 30]

i have a s400 running at 38ft/lbs i get 35+ full power shots..

[stillair1 16]

Why limit yourself at 25ftlb in .22, your in middle ground. Probably too hot for 14gn pellets unless you are very lucky, too low for 16+gn pellets. The advantage of fac air is to flattern the trajectory. A rapid running at 30-33ftlb will give you a better setup and make the most of a jsb 16gn or 18gn variants.

Edited March 21, 2013 by stillair1

[Adrian Prisk 6]

around the 25fpe should suit me and the ground i shoot. with 16 grn aaf,a 40yrd zero,850fps,60yrds is a shade pass 1 mil dot with 15.7ftlbs retained energy at 60yrds. i could go 35/40fpe but i feel it would wasted air rather have extra shots

[paulus 26]

dead is dead sub 12ft lb or 50 cal

[Deker 3,478]

Why limit yourself at 25ftlb in .22, your in middle ground. Probably too hot for 14gn pellets unless you are very lucky, too low for 16+gn pellets. The advantage of fac air is to flattern the trajectory. A rapid running at 30-33ftlb will give you a better setup and make the most of a jsb 16gn or 18gn variants.

 

 

Is this a wind up......

 

.... 25ft lb is too hot for 14g and too low for 16+g pellets!

 

And the advantage of FAC is to flatten the trajectory?