Okay, this is not going to be a good review as far as pics and printouts go.
We had a great day at John’s place zeroing in scopes and Chronying a bunch
of pellets in a bunch of rifles... here's a link to his post on the "shoot out":
http://www.gatewaytoairguns.com/airguns/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=2893&mid=18492#M18492Thanks for a great day.... and good brunch John, I had a blast
The 460 (in .177 cal), as expected fell far short of RWS’s bogus velocity figures and if you
had bought the gun purely for the high velocity …. You’d be very disappointed.
Also the gun has rusty grease coming out of the breach, along with a “roughâ€
Sliding sound, which has already produced scratches along the sliding breach.
We JM silicone lubed it and it did improve a lot as the day whent on.
A complete takedown, clean and lube will be a must for this gun (tomorrow)
The rifle itself is a Diana 48 (with underlever from a 46) in a Diana 300R Stock, plain and simple.
Chrony averages by pellet type:
CP heavies 10.5gr 848fps
Gamo Rockets 9.8gr 914fps
Beeman FTS 8.9gr 975fps
CPL’s 7.9gr 998fps (maxed at 1007)
And last but not least PBA’s 1115fps (max)
So I’m expecting it to push CPL’s at over 1000fps after break in. Even at that
Speed today it was very accurate, the only thing causing any bad shots was me I’m afraid
I’ll more than likely stick to the heavier pellets though.
We did notice a small but steady power increase as it shot more pellets. I had to
Reduce the elevation on the scope about 3 times during the day.
The rifle also did not seem to mind what pellet you put in it… they all shot very
Straight, some of them stacking at 30+ yards. (which for me is pretty good)
It also (at 30yards) did not require much if any adjustment when changing between the different pellets,
this nice trait may disappear as it breaks in though… I hope not.
The trigger is very nice (T05), I made no adjustments to it. It’s crisp and exact. (the nicest I’ve shot with so far)
On the whole I am pleased with the purchase.