I had some time to setup my newest acquisition- the American made LCS SK 19. I bought it from Palm Beach Airguns in .25 Cal. I paired this guns capabilities with an SWFA 3x14 Scope using the SWFA 30mm one piece mount. Donny FL .30 Ronin kept things backyard friendly??? I had watched just about all the YouTube videos I could find on this PCP and was grateful for all of them as each one provided some moist tidbit. I used my leftover EDgun 25.39 pellets to site in at 30 then 50 yards, my typical squirrel or game shot. JSB, 33 heavies would have been preferred as they were recommended; but zeroing in was very predictable and took only 5-6 shots. My backyard range is a 100 yard setup and today’s weather was 58 degrees with 48% humidity and a 2-3 mph crosswind. Previously I have setup an FX Crown in .30 and a FX Wildcat in .25, a Leyla in .25 and two Steyr’s a Pro X 10 and a hunting 5SA as prior PCP experience so my expectations on larger pellets and quality PCP’s was based on those platforms. Well, I have a new paradigm / baseline for my expectations - the SK-19 ! Although I was shooting with a Caldwell precision turret, the guns tack driving performance exceeded my wildest dreams. @50 yards, and, in less than 10 shots with a new gun and new scope setup, Shazam I was hole in hole - thinking - I missed, and missed badly, only to discover the tattered trail 19 pellets left as they splattered fragments from backstop back into the target. One very big con - sloppy pellet size can cause major issues, jamming, especially if you don’t seat the pellets firmly and deeply. I didn’t exercise the full automatic function mode today for that exact reason. Any gun which can fire 19 pellets in under 3 seconds deserves the quality control a precise weapon with close tolerances deserves. In other words, if you don’t like paying for quality lead, this is NOT the PCP airgun for you! I’m sure I’ll be spending good time and money finding the right pellets for this tack driver but the search will be worth it. The second Con is total shot count before recharging the 480cc bottle. I recharged after emptying 3 magazines = 19 rounds each or (57 rounds) total. Factory recommends that to avoid jams you need to keep bottle pressure at or above 160 bar because the regulator pressure operates best at nlt 150 bar. Below that jams may occur and you most likely will need to send a loaded/jammed gun back for repair. This is an impressive airgun, I would buy it again and again; even though I’m still sorting out the best way to clean the barrel. Lastly some reviews say that the trigger is mushy in the semiautomatic mode. I would say it’s just a longer pull than most people are used to. After just a couple of reloads, it was quite predictable.
