The moderators of RAW were not liked by many users even in the old RAW guns.I don't know, but there haven't been too many bad things said about the RAW except poor gauges and expensive o-rings and the older AF Moderators were (Ugly) terrible. Otherwise, the guns are made so simple and machined so well ........... there's not a whole lot that can go wrong.
However, if you get a bad barrel ............. that's a very Basic problem.
RAW/AirForce should be able to replace that ..... especially if it's been thoroughly checked.
PS: I'd followed the RAW airgun lineup for years before I bought one -> Motorhead highly recommended them back when he first got one.
I didn't pull the trigger until the HM1000x came out with the AF (lighter) stock version.
I think the quality of all three of my guns is excellent, but I've never handled an older one made by Martin.
Upvote 0