I have a few variants of this as well as a couple QB's, I like both equally for different reasons. My 2300 came boxed just like you described, 2250XT box folded inside out with a sticker on the outside...maybe they mis-printed a few thousand boxes and had to get rid of them somehow? My 2300 out of the box with a BSA red dot installed was a one ragged holer at 10 yards rested, very accurate. The biggest problem I had and have with all of the 22XX series guns is the trigger. When you get inside the gun you'll notice how simple the whole operation is, but you'll also notice how loosely everything fits together. There IS however alot that can be done at a minimal cost to greatly improve the trigger. Space up all loose fitting pieces, polish all contact points, dab a little moly here and there, and replace the trigger spring with something lighter, but possibly a bit longer so that it's light, but still pushes the sear completely into the hammer for engagement. You have to be careful here with the trigger spring, you CAN go too light and make a dangerous trigger. Always work on this with the gun unloaded, no CO2 (I leave my CO2 cap OFF the gun so there is no mistakes here). The trigger works exactly the same with or without gas, so it makes it alot safer to handle and mod this way. Once you think you've gotten the trigger improved to your satisfaction, or at least "as good as it will ever be", then you will want to cock and drop test the gun a few times to make sure it wont discharge accidently. I know, you probably don't want to drop your nice new gun on the ground, so drop it on a sheet of hard plywood or something similar that wont hurt the finish. AGAIN, safety here, don't do any drop checks with gas and a pellet...duh, sorry have to say it before someone shoots their eye out:)
These guns and the QB's look alot like the same sort of machine, but they are completely different animals, although some of the valve mods still pertain to both. My Mike Melick tuned AR2078 (Match QB variant) shoots in the 700fps range in .22. My recently homebuilt 22XX pistol seen here:
http://www.gatewaytoairguns.com/airguns/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=1508&mid=8191#M8191hasn't been chronied yet, but it stuffs a .22 pellet all of the way through a sheet of 3/8" plywood and still has enough power to dent my garage door...duh me again:) I'm guessing it's going around the same 700+ fps, but I only get maybe 10 shots from a powerlet. These are really cool guns out of the box and pretty reliable....and if you love to tinker, these things are awsome!
A pic of my two QB's and what used to be my 2300 pistol (disolved into 3 other guns..hehe).
Dan
