I recently purchased a new .22 TX200 MKIII from Pyramid Air to add to my springer collection, which now consists of a .22 Diana 56 TH (Motorhead tuned), a .22 Weihrauch 97K (self tuned), a ..177 Weihrauch 97K (self tuned), a .177 AA TX200 MKIII (Motorhead tuned) and this new TX200. Though I own four deadly accurate pcps, the springers are loads of fun and are far more challenging. As a result, I spend more time with the spring power rifles than the PCPs.
When this rifle arrived, I didn't even shoot it before fully disassembling. First, I used JB Bore Paste and thoroughly polished the bore, following up with NAPIER air gun oil and clean, dry patches until they came out perfectly white. Then I proceeded to hand polish all of the internal components with 800 & 1200 grit emery paper. I then installed a VORTEK PG3 HO spring kit, having had really good experiences to date with these kits in my Weihrauchs. I polished the trigger components and adjusted the trigger to break very crisp and cleanly. Then reassembled. For lubrication, I used Air Venturi's tune-in-a-tube. I have used this now on three different rifles, and I like it much better than the typically black moly lube. Upon reassembly, the cocking action and trigger are now perfectly quite and operate smooth as silk. Little recoil is noticeable in the firing cycle, certainly no buzz or twang.
The scope I mounted on this rifle is one of the new Hawke 6-24x50 SF30 Airmax Compacts. Those that have followed other reviews I have done know that I own a number of Hawke scopes in all price ranges. Over the range or testing illustrated, I found this scope to be solid, responsive, and very easy to use. Its shorter length makes loading the rifle much easier than with the standard length Airmax scopes I have on some of my other springers.
Averaging all of the pellets tested, the resulting muzzle energy was approximately 15.5 ft lb, right on what was advertised by Vortek. I realize that I could probably of obtained better close range accuracy with a kit providing less energy, but I wanted to set this rifle up for hunting and shooting my pcp metal reactive target course.
The big surprise was experienced when I started testing pellets. I would have expected anything but the AA 18.0 to have been the best, but as you can see below, the AA 18 was truly the best performer, hands down. Additionally, I was surprised by how the trajectory of the heavier 18 grain pellet, out to 50 yards, really wasn't much off of the 14 and 16 grain pellets.
Below you will find the pellet test comparison table, the actual test targets featuring 18 (my indoor range length), 30, and 50 yards results for each pellet tested, the ranging target showing the trajectory and groups at each 5 yard increment from 25 to 89 yards, and the actual resulting range card now mounted on the rifles stock.
Finally, I was really surprised at how well the groups held together past 50 yards as found on the ranging target - really not much different than the 50 yard groups.
Once I completed all of this, my final test was to shoot my 3" x 3" swinging steel plate pcp target set out at 89 yards. I was able to hit it 4 out of 5 times with a cross wind of about 6 mph. While definitely not field target accuracy, this rifle should serve exceptionally well and be absolutely deadly on anything 40 yards and in.
Enjoy the data......
When this rifle arrived, I didn't even shoot it before fully disassembling. First, I used JB Bore Paste and thoroughly polished the bore, following up with NAPIER air gun oil and clean, dry patches until they came out perfectly white. Then I proceeded to hand polish all of the internal components with 800 & 1200 grit emery paper. I then installed a VORTEK PG3 HO spring kit, having had really good experiences to date with these kits in my Weihrauchs. I polished the trigger components and adjusted the trigger to break very crisp and cleanly. Then reassembled. For lubrication, I used Air Venturi's tune-in-a-tube. I have used this now on three different rifles, and I like it much better than the typically black moly lube. Upon reassembly, the cocking action and trigger are now perfectly quite and operate smooth as silk. Little recoil is noticeable in the firing cycle, certainly no buzz or twang.
The scope I mounted on this rifle is one of the new Hawke 6-24x50 SF30 Airmax Compacts. Those that have followed other reviews I have done know that I own a number of Hawke scopes in all price ranges. Over the range or testing illustrated, I found this scope to be solid, responsive, and very easy to use. Its shorter length makes loading the rifle much easier than with the standard length Airmax scopes I have on some of my other springers.
Averaging all of the pellets tested, the resulting muzzle energy was approximately 15.5 ft lb, right on what was advertised by Vortek. I realize that I could probably of obtained better close range accuracy with a kit providing less energy, but I wanted to set this rifle up for hunting and shooting my pcp metal reactive target course.
The big surprise was experienced when I started testing pellets. I would have expected anything but the AA 18.0 to have been the best, but as you can see below, the AA 18 was truly the best performer, hands down. Additionally, I was surprised by how the trajectory of the heavier 18 grain pellet, out to 50 yards, really wasn't much off of the 14 and 16 grain pellets.
Below you will find the pellet test comparison table, the actual test targets featuring 18 (my indoor range length), 30, and 50 yards results for each pellet tested, the ranging target showing the trajectory and groups at each 5 yard increment from 25 to 89 yards, and the actual resulting range card now mounted on the rifles stock.
Finally, I was really surprised at how well the groups held together past 50 yards as found on the ranging target - really not much different than the 50 yard groups.
Once I completed all of this, my final test was to shoot my 3" x 3" swinging steel plate pcp target set out at 89 yards. I was able to hit it 4 out of 5 times with a cross wind of about 6 mph. While definitely not field target accuracy, this rifle should serve exceptionally well and be absolutely deadly on anything 40 yards and in.
Enjoy the data......
