is the gun worth buying and is it all its cracked up to be
is there any recoil like if i use a 2 pc mount will the scope shift also if i use a cheap scope will it break. i know it says recoiless but is it accualy
i dont intend on useing a cheap scope just want to know if i use a 2 pc mount if it will shift. and one last thing please tell me about accuracy and post pictures if possible
thank you
matt j

I've had my 54 .22 for a couple months now and love it, ....except. Here's the deal, it WAS shooting 1/2"-1" groups consistantly at 50 yards (rifle range) until about two weeks ago. Now randomly the gun "torques" to the left, throwing my groups out the window (like 3" out of the group). I'm pretty sure it has to do with the end of the sring catching on the bottom of the piston. When I took the gun apart and inspected the piston bottom, it has three "high" spots from where they crimped the outside of it. I got a hardened steel washer this week the exact size, filed & polished the spring ends, and lubed everything with M2M moly, hopefully this stops it. Also made a custom Delrin guide for it on a lathe to kill some of the "twang", which wasn't terrible when stock. The trigger can be adjusted down to between 1 3/4 - 2 lbs before losing the second stage. Shooting the gun is strange, you feel almost nothing. This is not to say that it does the same for the scaope. Actually the oposite, it's brutal on scopes. I have a Bushnell 3200 Elite 5-15x, on top of an adjustable Beeman 5039 mount. I modified it to use two steel stop pins instead of the one factory roll pin. Scope and mount are staying tight and holding zero perfectly. It's a very heavy gun (about 10lbs with the scope and mount), wouldn't choose it for hunting. For bench shooting it's great. If it wasn't for the torquing thing, the gun would rate perfect to me. Packs a nice punch, holes bottle caps at 50 yards. It likes Crosman Premiers, JSB heavies, and Beeman FTS...hard to tell which is best. It even shoots the Crosman pointed field pellets good enough for plinking small cans at 50 yards....much to my surprise.

I have had my .177 54 for 10 months, recently I installed the Maccari GRT Kit, the gun is awesome. I have shot all the way out to 85m (94yards) which ussualy gives groups of about 2-3 inches with Bisley Magnum (aka Beeman Kodiak Match), i have only shot at that distance twice with about 6 groups (10 or more shots)but was once lucky enough to get a 5 shot group with 4 shots in 11mm and a flyer opening the group to 40mm. That is awesome. with this combo 50 m groups average half an inch. You must get a Beeman 5039 mount to compensate for barrel droop. DONT SKIMP ON THE SCOPE & MOUNTS!!!!

Tell me where it is, and I will save you from a fate worse than death. Once you shoot it you will start looking for the .177 and the elusive .25 versions. Who needs that stress, man!

Seriously, it is well worth a try if the price is less than new. .22 is the perfect caliber.

Don't worry about mounts. Just get a good, solid one piece mount and a scope stop.

I have had my .22 for 6 years or some god awful long time. I shoot it a lot. I recently sent it out to have the trigger replaced because of some safety issues. If I knew then what I know now, I would have simply tigtened up the screw. Could have saved a year of time and some money.

Kris in NY

I have a .22 cal rifle that has a JM Monolith kit installed and tuned by Ed K. When I shoot it, I can easily keep JSB exact or Logun Penetrators (16 gr) between 3/4 and 1/2 at the 50 yd outdoor range at the gun club. Of course this depends on the weather and my skill etc. It shoots almost as well as my 2 PCP (Logun MKII and a AA S410ERB) but doesn't require any charging gear. Yes it is somewhat heavy, but that is relative, as my RX-1 weighs almost as much as the M54. I think it's a great rifle and it's definately a keeper.

V/R

Nathan