I heard from one airgun shop that they don't like the RWS54's due to the changing POI caused by the action sliding around on the rails...have any of you read/heard or experienced this?

Or do you think this is an isolated situation?

Tony

heard that one before. There is no slop in the rails. It's like a return to battery system. We call them "rail guns" in centrefire benchrest. No problems with the design there either.

I wouldn't sweat it at all. There are far more problems because the stock screws aren't tight.

Regards,

Ed

They either had a broken gun, a broken scope or bad mounts. In either case they obviously don't know their business.

A worse case is that they were simply lying to you so that you would purchase something else, or simply jerking you around.

I would find a different shop ASAP.

You have a lot of questions about the 54. Have you purchased one yet, or still gathering data. Have no fear. The 54 is awesome, heavy but awesome. My .22 version is a joy to shoot. Russ B still has it to repair a faulty aftermarket trigger sear, and maybe tune it. Rest assured that out of the box the 54 will do more to impress you than you can imagine.

Kris in NY

I bought it from Cabela's and had it direct shipped to Russ Best for a custom tune, adding a modified trigger blade with 1st and 2nd stage adjustment screws, should be here in a couple weeks , yeah, it was another airgun shop that raised the issue, but I'm not sweating it...looking forward to it getting to me then I'll decide on a 350(.22) or 54(.22) and send it to Ed a.k.a. Ekmeister for a tune...

Tony

...54 back before I get mine! My 54 and 350 were sent to Russ in mid-October of 2004. If I remember your yellow forum post correctly you had your 54 shipped to him in December. Between his fuel oil spill, broken grinder and job hunting I am surprised he has time for any tuning at all.

My 54 came with a Vortec sear already installed. It went from silky smooth to dangerous after a few years. Let me tell you...when that piston comes forward with an open breech it is NO JOKE. Even with the anti-bear trap safety it makes you nervous. Then it started firing when I clicked off the safety. I packed it up in a heartbeat and sent it off.

The 350 snapped the factory spring. Figured a tune was in order since it was out of warranty.

Good luck. Hang in there and don't buy anything else until you shoot the spring out of your 54.

Kris in NY

For over 35 years people were plagued by it !!! ;^) Stay away from that shop !