Air rifle advice (chinese)

[cheeky boy]

hi , i have been told by so called experts that its nearly impossible to zero a scope on a chinese air rifle. because the barrels slope either up or down. what do you think?

[Harry O]

The only three Chinese air rifles I've seen were copies of those made by Original and they all seemed fine with scopes on.

[cbown24]

ive never had a problem with chinese rifles i used to have a b10 and that was fine with a scope on

[JoeP]

I would have thought that provided the barrel didn't change it's position with time, it should be quite posisble to zero a scope . After all, that's why you zero the sights, to compensate for the characteristics of the rifle.

[dinger]

no barrel is perfectly stright so this sounds a bit like bullplop where these experts gun shop owners because its likley that they where just tryin to get you to buy a new gun

[foo_fighter]

hi , i have been told by so called experts that its nearly impossible to zero a scope on a chinese air rifle. because the barrels slope either up or down. what do you think?

If a barrel (or scope rail) slopes too much (up or down) in relation to the other, simply "shim" the scope in the mounts.

 

Side to side can be done in the same way (but is a touch more diffacult).

 

[max]

I think you've all been sucked in by a troll. Chinese barrels, sloping? Think about it.

[Sparky22]

Some of the Chinese break-action rifles seem to have a slight droop to the barrel, but that's because it supposedly makes them easier to use with open sights i.e it's a design feature not a fault. However, this is not true of them all.

Even budget-priced scopes are capable of adjustment for windage & elevation otherwise you would never be able to "zero" them in.

You don't just slap scopes on any gun & expect it to be spot on without some adjustment.

You also fail to consider that a number of the Chinese imports are underlevers or precharged or even Co2 powered with fixed barrels & no droop.

A number of models are based on German Weihrauch guns & a more recent one from SMK (the B40) is a copy of the Air Arms TX200 (a British-built gun costing £280.00 or more & considered to be the best sub-£300.00 springer you can buy) so the quality is now good enough. The B40 will set you back £180.00 as opposed to the TX @ £280 or more.

On the other hand, if you pay £25.00 for a B2 you don't get a Rolls Royce!

I have an SMK XS36-2 with a 4x40 scope & it all works just fine for about £120 for the package. Just ask the squirrel I met on X-mas day. Ooops he's a bit dead, best ask someone else, but not your advisors, who are as wrong as a wrong thing

[cheeky boy]

Some of the Chinese break-action rifles seem to have a slight droop to the barrel, but that's because it supposedly makes them easier to use with open sights i.e it's a design feature not a fault. However, this is not true of them all.

Even budget-priced scopes are capable of adjustment for windage & elevation otherwise you would never be able to "zero" them in.

You don't just slap scopes on any gun & expect it to be spot on without some adjustment.

You also fail to consider that a number of the Chinese imports are underlevers or precharged or even Co2 powered with fixed barrels & no droop.

A number of models are based on German Weihrauch guns & a more recent one from SMK (the B40) is a copy of the Air Arms TX200 (a British-built gun costing £280.00 or more & considered to be the best sub-£300.00 springer you can buy) so the quality is now good enough. The B40 will set you back £180.00 as opposed to the TX @ £280 or more.

On the other hand, if you pay £25.00 for a B2 you don't get a Rolls Royce!

I have an SMK XS36-2 with a 4x40 scope & it all works just fine for about £120 for the package. Just ask the squirrel I met on X-mas day. Ooops he's a bit dead, best ask someone else, but not your advisors, who are as wrong as a wrong thing

 

thanks for that ive got a b2 and a xs 19 that ned zeroing so thats give confidence to have a go

[Sparky22]

The B2 looks to have a little droop but the xs19 looks strait to me.

If you're looking for some good scopes try this online site. nmproducts.net

They're a Sheffield based company & the cheapest I've seen for scopes anywhere. *This forum won't let me post their full URL so you may have to Google it

The SMK Mildot scopes are an excellent piece of kit.

I recommend the 3-9x40 sopes for £25.00. Don't forget to buy the standard mounts. May look a bit big on that B2 but just the job for that XS19.

Don't let the price fool you, you'd be spending a bundle before you got any better optics. Make sure it's the Mildot scopes & not the ordinary ones.

If the scopes won't zero in (i.e if you run out of high or low adjustment) here's a helpful site including how to shim the scopes. Helpfull site full stop. *charliedatuna.com (have a look in the information section)

Had to shim one of my scopes i.e you put something under the scope inside one of the mounts. In my case it was the huge expense of a sliver of plastic cut from a pop bottle. O.k it cost nothing then.

Good luck