Old school vs new school!!!!!

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The only big disadvantage the old stuff had compared to new is the lack of regulators in my opinion. And that's not really a disadvantage as long as you are in the "sweet spot". Shot count suffers a bit overall as well. 

The barrels haven't changed much. 

Whats changed is the power demands and the slug shooting silliness. 

Oh and nothing actually looks like a gun anymore. They are all Space Cadet toy looking things now for the most part lol. 

I have a Tarantula that I'm resealing for a friend and can back up your accuracy claims on those rifles. FX built good rifles back then. Efficient too, and drop dead sexy! 

My PCPs that I've held onto are HW100. They came out around 2004 with a regulator and the best magazine system on the market. Haven't changed since and still have a better mag than most anything else available. 

In short, I think the demands of the consumer have changed more than the performance of the rifles. 


 
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Lot of love for the FX 2000 variants. I've got 3 Tarantulas and a Webley Spectre which uses the same action. My ARS Thor (FX Tarantula) is probably one of the last guns Id sell. I was lucky and able to get a FX Tarantula .177 which isn't common, although for the size and power I prefer them in .22.



Definitely something to be said of older high end guns of this era. Theobens, Falcons, AA, Careers, FXs and the BSAs were all well made and reliable and simple to work on for the most part. 

Only gun I loved but sold was my S-10. I remeber browsing AoA old website lusting over one. Great gun but a pain to work on. Once it got a leak I ended up selling mine. Maybe it was a mistake but I just didnt want to have to send it off when it had issues. The simplicity of a Rapid or Falcon platform is hard to beat.
 
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The Theoben Rapids were the most consistent non regulated guns ever from start fill to end. Shot like a modern day regulated gun and were very pellet friendly. I really don't know why Martin had to change that and add a regulated to an already perfect gun. A manometer and quick fill would have been enough. The 177s were inherently the loudest guns even with silencers. All other calibers with more power were quieter. They were built like the Edgun. Probably the most trouble free design ever produced.

The 22 FX Tarantula and their variants are capable of hitting things reliably at 300 yards and aren't even regulated and are very pellet friendly. Probably the second most trouble free design ever produced.

The Shin Sung CareerII 707 (that Eun Jin the Sumatra factory took over) was a real winner in all aspects and very pellet friendly too. Probably the 3rd most trouble free design ever produced.

The Ripley XL9 and XL25 were in a league of their own that only the THEOBEN Rapids dared to match. Best looking guns ever. Probably tied first in reliability.
 
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