Are RWS Rifles really all that good?

[douglas george]

Dear Doug:  I don't have a Rugar or a Glock.  I have had both, and they both shot well.  Now I own 25 Smith & Wesson revolvers...they are all very welll made, and shoot well!  Tonight I will shoot my Smith 629, and a couple of RWS air rifles.
D. G.

[douglas george]

I agree with "patton123".  Beeman makes a very fine air gun.  I own a Beeman R-1 in 177, and it is a very fine German made air rifle.  Very deep gun blue on the metal, adjustable trigger, very good checkering on the well fitted stock.  And it locks up real tight...and shoots very well.   I also have a Beeman P-3, a nice "target like" air pistol...with a fantastic trigger!  I have seen the P-1 and it is very nice too.  Stay away from the Chinese Beeman guns...a couple of friends had problems with their Chinese Beeman guns...in fact one friend was so upset with his Chinese Beeman P-3 copy...that he cut it up, and put the remains in his dumpster!  The good Beeman P-3 is German made!  But it costs more than $100, the Chinese is around $45.  

Like I said before, if you want a good low cost air rifle...get a Chinese made...re worked "Tech Force" gun, or find a Chinesde QB 36-2!  The QB 36-2 is a very fine low cost powerful air rifle.  I have two in 177.  They both cost less than $85, and they are a full size, accurate with two front sight inserts.  They do shoot as well as my RWS guns!  They are around 900 fps in 177. And they both have nice Mahogany stocks.  Their only problem so far is the Mahogany wood is a soft wood, and they can nick and dent if yiou are rough on them.
Douglas George

[RedFeather]

Beeman makes nothing but boxes, labels and brochures.  Those are HW's.  If plastic holds up on an air gun, I don't mind it.  They are heavy enough, as is.  Diana could get away from their old style stocks, though.  For example, the 34 should be dropped and the 36 installed as the basic gun.  Let's face it, the 36's stock isn't that much over a plain 34's, but it would make them more competitive with the HW's.  Maybe back when  farmers were the primary market, the current 34 and it's plain wooden butt was in vogue, but not in today's world of buyers who insist upon a little more.  In fact, even in the 20's/30's, the more expensive guns sported steel buttplates.  Times have changed.

[Brod_Man]

I dont have either, so maybe my opinion doesnt matter, but i prefer the looks of an HW over an RWS. But yes i believe from what ive gathered RWS are really great rifles. Unfortunately, they are made too close to the gamo factory, and have exageratted velocities a little, but other than that they are fine rifles in my opinion.

[DanoInTx]

....it was a good session, but now it's getting out of hand, so with that I will put it to bed.