I recently purchased a new TX and I thought I would share my first impressions. It is dressed in a beautiful walnut stock and the bluing is quite nice. It feels pretty solid and comes to shoulder nicely. These are all things I had expected. In total I have put about 30 rounds through it and to be fair, the shooting experience has not been what I was expecting. A little bit of my background with springers. I currently own an LGU, and have owned in the past various box store guns, a few RWS rifles back when I was a kid, and a Hatsan 125 in .25. I also shoot and own several quality pcp rifles... Impact, Royale, Wildcat.. I am no expert by any stretch but I am certainly not a new shooter.
I had 4 types of pellets to feed this beauty. Two of which I didn't bother testing as I knew the results would be awful, the JSB 13.43 and the JSB 16's. The remaining two were some crossmans I purchased from Walmart at some point, and some JSB 10's that I feed my Impact. Of course I went with the JSBs first. Loaded one flipped the chronograph on and squeezed the trigger. 720fps. Hmm, ok, well I know it probably isn't going to shoot these well. Trigger felt quite nice, no twang or unnecessary vibration. Just a solid thud on the shot cycle. Now mind you, I was holding the gun away from my body and not shouldering it. I wanted to feel and hear it without any input from it touching my shoulder or cheek.
At this point I went ahead and slapped a Hawke vantage 3x9 on there and opened the can of crossmans. Got my bags set up to rest it on, and proceeded to sight it in.
Now, I am not a little guy. Not in as good a shape as I once was, but I'm no slouch either. 230lbs 6.1'. This gun is quite the bear to cock. Not really because of the required force per say, the main thing that makes it feel so stout is the fact that the handle has no play. When the cocking arm is pulled free of the holder, there is no slack so to speak. It requires full strength from the beginning to the end. I have large hands, so getting my fingers between the cocking arm and the barrel is quite tough which makes the first fraction of a second awkward. No biggie. I quickly became use to it, and it wasn't even a thought after a few rounds. Just know though that that little handle will catch you off guard initially.
I wont bore you with the initial sighting in details. I put piece of pine 1x12 up about 15m away aimed at a knot and 4 rounds later had it close enough to feel comfortable shooting at my zero target 29m away.
Now about this rifles shot cycle. Harsh! That's about as accurate a word as any to describe it. It kicks like a mule. No buzz, no twang, nice and quick lock up but when I tell you it kicks, I mean it. It feels like a magnum .25 springer with a gas ram. That's the best way I can describe it. Not at all what I was expecting. I have to say, in comparison to my LGU, this thing really kicks. Now I only fired about 30 rounds through it so obviously it is nowhere near being bedded in and because I fired so few rounds through it I didn't experiment fully with different holds. I shot a few with it rested solely on a front bag and a few with it resting on my hand, which was resting on the bag. For both of these positions I practiced the artillery hold and allowed the rifle to do its thing. Mind you, we are at 29m now.
It didnt seem to like these holds at all. Lastly, I rested it on my hand which was rested on the bag, but this time I gripped it as I would a shotgun, and pulled it firmly into my shoulder with a snug cheek weld. To my disbelief, this little beast seemed to like this. I proceeded to dial her in from here. Once I had it zeroed to my satisfaction I refreshed the target and proceeded to put 7 rounds on target. Keep in mind, this is with Walmart crossman premier hollow points, with less than 30 rds through it. I have no doubt this will only get better once I find "the" pellet and she is broken in. The flier you see was no fault of the gun. My fur baby decided he wanted to say hello and gave me a gentle nudge at the perfect moment.
So, what do I think about this rifle? I think I'll keep her. I think a 12 ft lbs kit may be in her future just to tame it down a bit, and a higher quality scope is definitely going to be mounted, but overall I'm pretty impressed. If your wondering how fast the crossmans were flying, well that I don't know. I hadn't expected them to shoot as well as they did so I never put them through the chronograph. I'll keep you posted as the results undoubtedly get better. Thanks for reading.
I had 4 types of pellets to feed this beauty. Two of which I didn't bother testing as I knew the results would be awful, the JSB 13.43 and the JSB 16's. The remaining two were some crossmans I purchased from Walmart at some point, and some JSB 10's that I feed my Impact. Of course I went with the JSBs first. Loaded one flipped the chronograph on and squeezed the trigger. 720fps. Hmm, ok, well I know it probably isn't going to shoot these well. Trigger felt quite nice, no twang or unnecessary vibration. Just a solid thud on the shot cycle. Now mind you, I was holding the gun away from my body and not shouldering it. I wanted to feel and hear it without any input from it touching my shoulder or cheek.
At this point I went ahead and slapped a Hawke vantage 3x9 on there and opened the can of crossmans. Got my bags set up to rest it on, and proceeded to sight it in.
Now, I am not a little guy. Not in as good a shape as I once was, but I'm no slouch either. 230lbs 6.1'. This gun is quite the bear to cock. Not really because of the required force per say, the main thing that makes it feel so stout is the fact that the handle has no play. When the cocking arm is pulled free of the holder, there is no slack so to speak. It requires full strength from the beginning to the end. I have large hands, so getting my fingers between the cocking arm and the barrel is quite tough which makes the first fraction of a second awkward. No biggie. I quickly became use to it, and it wasn't even a thought after a few rounds. Just know though that that little handle will catch you off guard initially.
I wont bore you with the initial sighting in details. I put piece of pine 1x12 up about 15m away aimed at a knot and 4 rounds later had it close enough to feel comfortable shooting at my zero target 29m away.
Now about this rifles shot cycle. Harsh! That's about as accurate a word as any to describe it. It kicks like a mule. No buzz, no twang, nice and quick lock up but when I tell you it kicks, I mean it. It feels like a magnum .25 springer with a gas ram. That's the best way I can describe it. Not at all what I was expecting. I have to say, in comparison to my LGU, this thing really kicks. Now I only fired about 30 rounds through it so obviously it is nowhere near being bedded in and because I fired so few rounds through it I didn't experiment fully with different holds. I shot a few with it rested solely on a front bag and a few with it resting on my hand, which was resting on the bag. For both of these positions I practiced the artillery hold and allowed the rifle to do its thing. Mind you, we are at 29m now.
It didnt seem to like these holds at all. Lastly, I rested it on my hand which was rested on the bag, but this time I gripped it as I would a shotgun, and pulled it firmly into my shoulder with a snug cheek weld. To my disbelief, this little beast seemed to like this. I proceeded to dial her in from here. Once I had it zeroed to my satisfaction I refreshed the target and proceeded to put 7 rounds on target. Keep in mind, this is with Walmart crossman premier hollow points, with less than 30 rds through it. I have no doubt this will only get better once I find "the" pellet and she is broken in. The flier you see was no fault of the gun. My fur baby decided he wanted to say hello and gave me a gentle nudge at the perfect moment.
So, what do I think about this rifle? I think I'll keep her. I think a 12 ft lbs kit may be in her future just to tame it down a bit, and a higher quality scope is definitely going to be mounted, but overall I'm pretty impressed. If your wondering how fast the crossmans were flying, well that I don't know. I hadn't expected them to shoot as well as they did so I never put them through the chronograph. I'll keep you posted as the results undoubtedly get better. Thanks for reading.
