.........they were $711 for a bit.....i tried to trade a guy for an eliminator - looked great. it was pumped extra back inside that 'gas-spring' and shot .22 premiers at 900 fps - but almost got a hernia cocking it (60+lbs of cocking force) . 5 yrs later i did get a screen patch rt next to my belly-button , which exactly where that beast of an airgun almost guttted me a bit. the crow magnum (or maybe crow mag 2) is the beeman equivalent. i had an rx first, and rx1 with boxing and the pump that adjusts the power of your gun - both in .20. the rx was old , shot 780 with 14.3 gr cardboard box premiers. much easier to cock, but it's a bit heavier or somehow bigger than the r-1 (hw-80) rifles.....and i'd have to be arnold schwerternger to hunt with those... seem to recall the tube and barrel breech areas of the rx guns was like the r-1 rifles... got that old rx for $350 or less.... sold it quickly when i was wanting way more power - and it was too long and heavy, unless i stayed on a bench or rest... i had only dismantled 3-4 piston rifles before this, but i recall i couldnt figure out how to get the trigger guard off and that was keeping the stock on (but i'm glad i didnt ruin it). that other one i was selling for a collector around here - it was nice ! but needed a little internal work, or maybe it was low powered, too (cant recall). think that one got 550 shipped (those pumps for the gas spring were hard for me too locate - but it was a hassle pumping those theoben devices as compared to using a benji handpump. they had laserized rx rifles, too ! i always thought those theoben underlevers were cool but expensive and rare, a theoben (beeman) dual would be REALLY cool, only a few made it here - but 1000 fps in lead ( those duals may have been all .22, and i think it was 150 that made it the u.s). one cock of the under-lever produced 800 fps, then a second cock of the same gave 1000 fps !! i still wonder how all that works inside - like a whiscombe , airgun high-tech super knowledge... - paul. -ps: here's some data i found on the rx rifles :
MODEL RX-2
- .177, .20, .22, or .25 cal., BBC, Theoben GS, SS, 1125/960/810/650 FPS, adj. velocity, laminated beech stock with cheekpiece, forearm extends to forward end of barrel block, hand checkering and white-line PG cap, all metal sights, scope grooves, automatic safety, improved non-adj. trigger, 9.8 lbs. Mfg. in Germany. New 2001.
