I have a year 2004 RWS 34 in .22 that I just replaced a broken mainspring in. It went about 10,000 shots and was in three pieces. Loading pellets in this gun has a light press seating feel when pressing them in. Both Crosman premiers and JSB seat with same light press feel. I just bought another new 2017 year RWS 34 in .22 with a RWS 4x from Cabelas , one of those $229.00 deals they have now. Great shooter like my older one and that inexpensive 4x still holds up after 1000 shots so far. My question: The same pellets drop in flush with no press needed, a looser fit than the older 34. You can turn the rifle upside down and tap the gun and pellet will fall out. I have been seating them lightly with a pointed wood dowel each time. Accuracy is very good. Is this loose pellet breech fit now common in the newer RWS guns?
RWS 34 .22 question
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That is not the case with my 2015 model. I use JSB 15.9gr pellets and have to seat them or else the pellet skirt will be damaged when closing the barrel. I load my pellets with a pellet pen that has a built in adjustable seater on one end. I set it so it seats the pellets at the bare minimum required. Pushing your pellets into the barrel will lower your velocity. This can affect accuracy depending on how drastic the change in velocity is. With a pellet seater, you will be seating them to the exact same depth every time. That's a great price on this gun. I'm tempted.
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