Airgun World – Summer 2019

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THE EDITOR’S TEST

MORE REGULATION
The R-10 TH’s regulator is more efficient,
though, and combines with the rifle’s main
valve to produce over 280 perfect shots at
11-plus ft.lbs. in .177, and over 340 in .22,
from its 232 bar charge. Using my precious
weighed .177 Air Arms Diabolo Field pellets,
the first 50-shot string I sacrificed over the
chrono returned an average variation of just
11 feet per second. A second, equally
tedious, 50 pellets’ worth of speed-testing
clocked an average of 9 f.p.s., after which I

eye and shoulder, with the ideal set-up of the

R-10’s cheekpiece and butt pad, but I got there

in the end ... well, almost. Even after hours of

varying these gunfit options, tiny alterations

need to be made, so the rifle is perfectly fitting

me, rather than me adjusting to it.

Such adjustability and assistance is a huge

factor in turning any rifle’s potential into

real-world performance, and as I’ve said to

everyone I can back into a corner, making our

guns fit us better is the greatest advancement

available to us, these days.

gave up on the chrono. I’ll revisit it in next

month’s follow-up test, but I had more

important things to be getting on with, like

adjusting the rifle’s stock.

STOCK ANSWERS

This woodwork, produced by Minelli in Italy, is

ambidextrous, although like all properly

designed ambi’ stocks, you’d never notice any

compromise to accommodate southpaws. As

ever, I took an absolute age to juggle the

relationship between my face, head, sighting

A grubby grip is no

problem with the new

R-10 TH.

I got the test rifle wet

and muddy, but the

grip remained positive

throughout.

Sheltered from the

weather and still

experimenting with the

height of the

cheekpiece.