Not breaking any new ground with this report. The Revere (and its Huntsman forebears) have been well covered. Accurate, attractive, consistent, reliable, efficient & so on. Not a tinkering gun- know it can be done, but it isn’t externally adjustable & doing so internally isn’t something most of its target audience will want to do. Better choices for that.
Received the rifle (in .177) on March 1st, and through 1200 pellets, it has lived up to its reputation. Need a lot more pellets downrange to say much about durability, but thus far it’s been trouble free- no leaks, no mystery POI changes, etc.
Have only shot JSB 10.3 grain pellets, & not likely to try anything else soon (if it ain’t broke…). Getting 60+ shots per fill from the small cylinder. Carries an SFWA 12x scope in Warne rings, & a 0db moderator. Trigger was 8 oz out of the box, after a few shooting sessions I bumped it up to 12 oz. In that configuration, tips the scales at 8 lbs 7 oz.
Really finding it to be an ideal sporter for offhand shooting. Do most of my shooting this way, and early on started producing some of the better targets I’ve ever shot.
What I hadn’t done, until today, was give it a good wringing out from the bench. The last 6 weeks have been ridiculously windy for this area, think that’s been true for most of the Ohio & Tennessee valley areas (as the folks from Plains states laugh). Know better than to even try with a .177 when it’s 10-20 mph, much higher gusts, & swirling every which way. Managed to get a 25 yard zero during a relative calm just after dawn the day after setting her up, & it hadn’t touched a bag since.
Badly wanted to get reliable dope so I could start shooting silhouettes at regulation distances. So I broke down & went to an indoor range across the river that has 100 yard lanes available. Got my dope at a bunch of distances from 10-50 yards, then decided to shoot some groups to see what she can do. Knew it would at least be respectable, but dang- I was not prepared to see a group this small, even considering the literally perfect conditions (zero wind, rock solid bench).
Ok, every blind hog finds an acorn once in a while, can it be repeated?
Ok, couple clicks to center, then I want to see one more to believe.
Briefly considered trying at 100, but in my joy I failed to notice the fellow next to me setting up his new 300 Win Mag. Sure noticed when he lit the first round off
. Took that as my queue to head home!
Received the rifle (in .177) on March 1st, and through 1200 pellets, it has lived up to its reputation. Need a lot more pellets downrange to say much about durability, but thus far it’s been trouble free- no leaks, no mystery POI changes, etc.
Have only shot JSB 10.3 grain pellets, & not likely to try anything else soon (if it ain’t broke…). Getting 60+ shots per fill from the small cylinder. Carries an SFWA 12x scope in Warne rings, & a 0db moderator. Trigger was 8 oz out of the box, after a few shooting sessions I bumped it up to 12 oz. In that configuration, tips the scales at 8 lbs 7 oz.
Really finding it to be an ideal sporter for offhand shooting. Do most of my shooting this way, and early on started producing some of the better targets I’ve ever shot.
What I hadn’t done, until today, was give it a good wringing out from the bench. The last 6 weeks have been ridiculously windy for this area, think that’s been true for most of the Ohio & Tennessee valley areas (as the folks from Plains states laugh). Know better than to even try with a .177 when it’s 10-20 mph, much higher gusts, & swirling every which way. Managed to get a 25 yard zero during a relative calm just after dawn the day after setting her up, & it hadn’t touched a bag since.
Badly wanted to get reliable dope so I could start shooting silhouettes at regulation distances. So I broke down & went to an indoor range across the river that has 100 yard lanes available. Got my dope at a bunch of distances from 10-50 yards, then decided to shoot some groups to see what she can do. Knew it would at least be respectable, but dang- I was not prepared to see a group this small, even considering the literally perfect conditions (zero wind, rock solid bench).
Ok, every blind hog finds an acorn once in a while, can it be repeated?
Ok, couple clicks to center, then I want to see one more to believe.
Briefly considered trying at 100, but in my joy I failed to notice the fellow next to me setting up his new 300 Win Mag. Sure noticed when he lit the first round off
. Took that as my queue to head home!
