@ Franklink- So did you get that one from Soft tail something, or Don from GTA? If so, you got a beautiful rifle for a great price. I was hoping Don would hang on to it, just like marauders, lol. If I see someone selling a Marauder that’s out of the norm beautiful with an aftermarket stock, I do all I can to talk him out of selling the darn thing. Well, I’m sure that RX went to a good home.
@ Chuckhunter- a good friend, ex neighbor of mine, the one who got me into adult air rifles back in the late 80’s has that same theoben you’re picking up, in a 22 cal. That thing is a tough, hard shooting, but at the same time gorgeous rifle. My neighbor quit shooting his Airguns after I moved away, l believe, and not too long ago I hit him up with a how much would you sell it for? $1200 including the thousands of pellets he has for it, the beeman pell sizer, the scope, and all the beeman doo dad accessories on it. Don’t know if that’s a great price, but I get the feeling his numbers high enough so he doesn’t sell it, lol. I’m actually hoping he gets into PCP’s, so we can rekindle those Friday night rat hunts we did every Friday after work..
So, what’s funny is, he owned an R1, one of the originals, when I met him. It was a 177, and highly accurate. After seeing him hit acorn balls off of trees at 30 yards I had to have one, but instead bought a deluxe R10 in 177. Well, the rat hunts went fine, but I kept noticing over 50% of the ones we hit still were able to limp off about 5-10’ before falling into the creek. I wanted something that would stop them like a car hitting a large oak tree. Dead right there. Beeman just came out with the RX, and I went one size up in caliber to the 20, for a mix of high velocity and foot pound energy vs a 22. Back then we were all about FPS and could care less about energy, lol.
Sure enough, the first night out with that gun, the first rat I shot, he stopped immediately the minute I hit him, curled up, died, and became the midnight snack for his fellow buddy rats. My neighbor stood there with his mouth gapped open, and shortly after, he had the Theoben eliminator, topped off with a Bushnell 6-18 scope. His rats not only stopped instantly from the shot, but they also got thrown backwards a couple of feet and when they landed, no movement. Knowing what I know now, I should’ve gotten the RX in a 22.
Currently, using H&N crow magnums, by RX1 in 20 caliber is getting 815-820 FPS. If a 22 would have gotten 775-800 FPS, I would have been okay with that, like I said, knowing what I know now.