B25-S from Best Airgun arrived...

[cole5169]

... at work, and I got to play with it at lunch a little.  Nice rifle!  I got the .22 rifle combo with the 3-9x40 scope and one-piece mount.

Xisico has certainly gained ground the last few years, the finish is very nice, and the gun is super clean (possibly helped along by Mike's inspection).  Best Airgun got me my order in just 72 hours  --  you gotta love that.

Not wild about the mount (won't get into it here...), but the scope is a lot nicer than I expected.  I will probably give it a home on another gun, until I find out how XS scopes handle springer recoil (stories, anyone?).

Later, -JC

[longislandhunter]

Congrats.... will be looking forward to your full review....  Best of luck with her...

Jeff

[mikeiniowa]

That mount is better than you think....hook one side and tap it on then snug it down, not really tight just snug, fire a few shots and resnug, fire a few more and if it's loose resnug...once it's tight you will have one heck of a time getting it to loosen up even after loosening the screws, the soft AL digs into the dove tails and just sticks there....

[cole5169]

Tap it with a light hammer/mallet, maybe with a wood block to protect the aluminum?  I'll try it, thanks for the advice   If nothing else, I figured I could just  put the mount on one of my guns with open grooves at the back of the receiver.

When I ordered,  I figured I would end up with a "combo/throwaway" scope, but like I stated earlier, I'm really impressed with the scope. How does it hold up to a springer?  (it's the 3-9x40)

Thanks Mike!  Heading home to break the rifle in now,
-JC

[geewhiz380]

im glad you r happy cause my son and i r also happy with the b25 bamboo stock awsom shooter and great grip to shoot trigger,cycle,recoil,power,accuratecy it all around an awasome airrifle i love the color and its power my son put a bugbuster with it and a bi derectional mont and it made a great combo cause he really couldnt afford to but the rest so he just bought the rifle which was great anyway he worked for it so i made the call ...great catch on the bamboo stock mike thanks .....jorge

[mikeiniowa]

That model scope is the one I use to test air rifles with, it has been one hundreds of rifles and dropped on the floor anumber of times....should be a keeper

[larspawn]

I echo Mike's sentiment about the mount.  Yeah at first I was thinking WTF  but I "whapped" it and it popped on.   Don't try sliding it on as you risk scratching your receiver.  Taking it off was the same deal.  Like MM said though once on it isn't going anywhere.

Andy

[Gene_SC]

Besides the mount the Gun looks pretty nice with that stock.. Don't sweat the small stuff... Congratulations on your new member of your family..