Hi Mike,
Thanks for the offer to go shooting. That sounds like a trip I would not mind making one day. Maybe we can work something out.
As far as fiddling with the RS2, I'm not really set up for doing that as I don't have a work bench. I do have a kitchen counter that ought to be big enough, so maybe I can construct a spring compressor, and do a light tune. The rifle shoots well enough, but could be a bit smoother. It seems to require a tight hold for best accuracy. Mine seems to like the Crosman Premium Domed Magnum hunting pellet. Very accurate, and hard-hitting. The Gamo flat-nosed matched pellets don't do as well in my unit. I want to try Gamo's Predator look-alike poly mags in.22 some time. I have this idea it would make a great little "tank-buster" of a pellet in the RS2.
I'll have to check up on that Phantom. Does Wally have it in .22? I'll check online. Since I sold my R1s some years ago the wife has looked down on the cheap-O Chinese rifles I bought later (B4-2, and B3-1). They are crude, but fun to shoot, if down on power. When I bagged the Beeman she seemed to approve, and even held her tongue when I told her i had a bent barrel. What's in a name?
darryl