They say don't knock it until you try it. Well, I have always been a open minded person and so I took my own advice and ordered my first Chinese air rifle. The QB 57 from Archer Air Guns. . This is quite a unique little carbine. It came with a fairly nice stock. The gun feels very solid. Mostly wood and metal. The bluing was nice. Not smooth and lustrous, but good for a "Camp Gun". What is nice about this rifle is the fact that it breaks down so that you can carry it in a pack. And that is exactly what I did. I placed the gun into a back pack and took a small hike into the woods and started shooting.Surprisingly this little gun shot very well. Not really trying, I was shooting holes about the size of a quarter at 15 yards Open sights.Another nice feature was the fact that it came with two barrels. 177. and 22. cal. When you place the barrel on, it has a nice secure attachment. In fact it required a wrench to loosen it back up. Archer had checked out the gun before purchase and the gun was shipped in great condition in a special carrying case. Archer had also performed a chrony and it was shooting at 693 fps. (a little dieseling)at about 9.2lbs of energy.Trigger pull was taken at 2.8 lbs. (177)
Well these are my first impressions of a Chines gun. Here is the link to Archer
Air guns.
http://www.airgunartisans.com/flyingdragon/
and the link t Flying Dragon/
http://www.airgunartisans.com/flyingdragon/
I think if this gun did well, any guns purchased from the above would be a wise buy for the budget conscious consumer. At the time I purchased this, I was thinking of getting a Diana p5. Since I had a HW70, I thought I would give this a try instead. Now I can carry anywhere very easily, shoot 22 or 177. have a small stock as opposed to just a gun, can mount a scope on it very easily (I place my old RWS scope on the gun)and be even more powerfull than the P5. Even with both barrels, I still saved money and it even came with a fee tin of Pellets.
Dave@vabch
