First Review and Test of the new Stoeger ATAC air rifle.

At about 6:00PM today (30 August) the UPS Freight 18-wheeler opened-up it's doors and out came a load of the new Stoeger ATAC Suppressor air rifles!

Archer Airguns has both .177 and .22 caliber guns in stock and we will be shipping from tomorrow - 31 August.



Here's a few initial thoughts about this long-awaited and exciting new model. It looks to be a very good air rifle that will be popular with many shooters.

Obviously this is not a full review, but we'll be working on that over the next few days.

The ATAC is similar in size and weight to the current Stoeger X20 Suppressor. The main obvious external differences are the new shape stock and the different scope.

Whereas the 4 x 32 scope fitted to the X20 Suppressor is small and compact, the 4-16 x 40AO scope fitted to the ATAC is just about as long as can be accommodated on this gun. The 4-16 x 40AO scope is mounted with Weaver/Picatinny rings - a sensible move to tame the recoil. The optics seem sharp and it has a Duplex reticle. No mil dots again for Stoeger. This scope is calibrated in Meters rather than feet, but I feel this will be a minor point for most users at normal airgun shooting ranges.

I found the stock to be very comfortable to shoot, with an excellent cheek weld. The buttstock has a half-inch spacer, giving a length of pull of 14 inches without and 14 1/2-inches with the spacer. The spacer also has a sling point, although you will need the accessory sling swivel to mount a sling to the forend of the air rifle.

The first few shots give muzzle velocities of about 720 in .22 caliber using Stoeger X-Field 14.66 grain pellets ( ~ 16 ft/lbs) and 850 fps in .177 cal using 8.64 grain Stoeger X-Fields ( ~14 ft/lbs). This is similar performance to that of the X20 Suppressor and is about as expected.

The noise level firing the Stoeger ATAC seemed to be similar to that of the X20 Suppressor - in other words very quiet. As the barrel assembly appears to be identical on both models, this is hardly surprising.

Cocking effort for the ATAC felt somewhat harder than for the X20 Suppressor. This is a typical effect of gas ram airguns, so there was no surprise here either.

This photo shows a comparison of the ATAC and the X20 Suppressor. The ATAC looks longer because of perspective: both air rifles are actually about the same length.



Please note that the ATAC-specific accessories such as the bipod, sling, front sling stud and carrying case etc are not yet available.

Many people have been waiting a long time for this new air rifle, so I'm expecting demand for the Stoeger ATAC Suppressor to be very strong!

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Winter Promotion for Stoeger Airguns X20 Suppressor

Just received from Benelli USA are details of the 2012 Stoeger Airguns Winter promotion.

Stoeger X20 Suppressor air rifle combos - in either caliber - purchased between now and 31 December 2012 are elegible for a free holiday pack starter kit of pellets, pellet trap and paper targets, with a retail value of $50.00!

This is a write-in promotion which is fulfilled directly by Benelli USA. You simply send them a copy of your sales receipt, together with the completed offer form and they send you the starter pack. As the promotion gives one starter pack per gun, if you buy multiple new X20 Suppressors, you could receive the same number of starter packs. Hey, you could buy a Stoeger X20 Suppressor for every family member and every one would qualify for a starter pack!

The pellets supplied in this offer are high quality German-made Stoeger X-Sport pellets. These are a solid wadcutter pellet that performs well in many types of airgun for target shooting.

Details are shown in the flyer reproduced above. An electronic version of the offer form will also be available on-line at www.stoegerairguns.com.

To qualify, your Stoeger X20 Suppressor purchase needs to be made from an authorized Stoeger Airguns dealer - like Archer Airguns. We have the X20 Suppressor combo with 4 x 32 Stoeger scope in stock in both .177 and .22 calibers from just $199.99!

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Stoeger X20 Suppressor Back In Stock - With $50 Value Mail-In Offer

A new delivery of Stoeger Suppressor air rifles arrived in the US very recently, ending the shortage of these excellent - and quiet - air rifles that has existed for a couple of months. Both .177 and .22 caliber combos are in stock and available again in Archer Airguns online store.

As a reminder, Stoeger X20 Suppressor air rifle combos - in either caliber - purchased between now and 31 December 2012 are elegible for a free "holiday pack starter kit" of pellets, pellet trap and paper targets, with a retail value of $50.00!

This is a write-in promotion which is fulfilled directly by Benelli USA. You simply send them a copy of your sales receipt, together with the completed offer form and they send you the starter pack. Full details can be found in the Stoeger Airguns website.

The pellets supplied in this offer are high quality German-made Stoeger X-Sport pellets. These are a solid wadcutter pellet that performs well in many types of airgun for target shooting.

To qualify, your Stoeger X20 Suppressor purchase needs to be made from an authorized Stoeger Airguns dealer - like Archer Airguns. We have the X20 Suppressor combo with 4 x 32 Stoeger scope in stock in both .177 and .22 calibers.

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Stoeger X20 air rifle test results. Great quality for the best price!

The Stoeger X20 Air rifle is somewhat overshadowed by it's more "sexy" sibling, the X20 Suppressor, but it offers great value for money at just $159.99.

Offering a good quality wood stock, and a better 3-9 x 40AO scope than the X20 Suppressor, the "regular" Stoeger X20 offers similar excellent performance for around $40.00 less cost - so long as noise level is not a consideration.

Not that the X20 is loud - it's about average for it's type and muzzle velocity - but it is about twice as loud at the X20 Suppressor version.

As for "real world" performance, take a look at this Gold Service test target for a .177 caliber X20 that we shipped to a customer today. As you can see, the gun is as accurate as can be - the 10-shot group size is more a result of my shooting ability than the accuracy of the air rifle - while muzzle velocity is excellent and very consistent, just look at that excellent 5 fps standard deviation for a new spring/piston air rifle that's not yet broken in.

Muzzle energy comes in at a very respectable 14.6 ft/lbs and that's combined with an easy to cock mechanism and a size and weight that aid accurate shooting. X20s are not very hold-sensitive either, at least in my experience, another benefit for this quality air rifle.

The Stoeger X20 could be one of the best air rifle bargains out there right now. And Archer Airguns has a very special price of $159.99 on the wood stock version in both .177 and .22 caliber.

The Stoeger X20 certainly qualifies as an airgun secret that you should take advantage of!

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Stoeger X20S Suppressor Test Data Performance Review

With so much interest in the new, quiet, Stoeger X20S Suppressor air rifle, I've been asked many questions about its performance. So, this post gives a review of the "real world" performance test data we have captured during Archer Airguns Gold Service testing of the .22 caliber model.

To cut to the chase, Archer Airguns data indicates that realistic performance expectations from an AVERAGE Stoeger X20 Suppressor in .22 caliber over time is as follows:
- Muzzle energy 14 - 16 ft/lbs
- Muzzle velocity 650-700 fps with ~ 14.5 Grain lead pellets
- Shot variability (Standard Deviation) 7 - 8 fps
- Trigger pull weight 4 - 5 lbs (about 2 lbs with aftermarket GTX trigger)

Make no mistake, this is very good performance for an air rifle of this type and price, particularly when combined with the excellent accuracy and quietness of the X20S Suppressor - as this test target shows!


This Gold Service test target - shot with Stoeger X-Field lead pellets - gives a good indication of the performance you can expect to see from a typical "dry" gun. Note that the domed pellets do not make clear "cut out" holes in the card target, but you can still see that they made a good group. This gun was fitted with a GTX trigger, hence the lower pull weight, otherwise, this performance was given by a fairly "dry" gun, new and in factory condition.

For those unfamiliar with the technology of spring-powered air rifles such as the Suppressor, I'll explain the "dry" comments..

All air rifle manufacturers use oil when assembling guns - as you would expect. But the amount applied varies from individual gun to gun. In any spring-powered air rifle, this oil will be literally burned due to the extreme air pressures generated by spring-powered air rifles when firing. The oil literally "Diesels"!

This dieseling effect increases both the muzzle velocity of new spring-powered air rifle and the variability of muzzle velocity from shot-to-shot (known as Standard Deviation). Archer Airguns extensive Gold Sevice test data shows that - on average - the standard deviation of a spring-powered air rifle falls as the dieseling subsides: the oil from assembly is burned away by continued shooting until the gun becomes "dry".

As we test hundreds of new air rifles, we inevitably find some that are already quite "dry" from the factory, while others diesel significantly. Reviewing and analyzing this data allows us to plot the Standard Deviation range for a particular type of air gun. This data indicates that the Standard Deviation for "dry" X20 air rifles is about 7 - 8 fps. This is a very good figure! Here's a graph of this test data for all Stoeger X10, X20 and X50 air rifles.


By reviewing this performance data, we can set the baseline Standard Deviation for a dry X20S Suppressor at about 7 - 8 fps. Then by plotting actual Gold Service test results of muzzle velocity against Standard Deviation and generating a "line of best fit" we see the long-term performance expectation from the following chart.


And one other thing about dieseling. As it decreases, the air rifle shoots more accurately (as we've demonstrated with other Gold Service test data on the QB57 air rifle and published elsewhere in this blog). So, your gun will also shoot more accurately over time as it dries out.

So that's how we derived our long-term, real-world performance data expectations for the Stoeger X20S Suppressor. It's based on data from testing many guns to achieve an average. Of course, like any average, "your mileage may vary"!

I hope this review gives a good indication of what you can really expect from this excellent, quiet, air rifle. You can buy the Stoeger X20S Suppressor from our store and have it fitted with the improved GTX trigger too - it's a great performance package for quiet plinking and hunting small game.

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At last! Test results from a dry Stoeger X20 Suppressor

As you may have read, I've previously published predictions for performance of the Stoeger X20 Suppressor air rifle in .22 caliber in "dry", non-dieseling state - in other words, representative of the gun's long-term performance.

Today, I found a factory-fresh, dry gun in Archer Airguns Gold Service testing - the first one to date. The test target is posted here and makes an interesting comparison with the predictions I had made for an "average" gun based on the previously-available data.
So, it seems that this test is on the high - that's mostly good - side of my expectations for an average gun in dry condition. But it's pretty close.

I hope that this will be further confirmation of "real world" performance for those reading reviews and tests of the Stoeger X20 Suppressor before deciding to make a purchase of this excellent-value air rifle!

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Quiet Stoeger X20 Suppressor .177 Caliber Test Results.

Yes, it's true! The Stoeger X20 Suppressor IS quiet in .177 caliber once dieseling has begun to subside.

The test target above shows the results from a dry (-ish) .177 caliber gun. As you can see, the muzzle velocity was below 1,100 fps (the speed of sound) and the noise level from shooting was - subjectively - about the same as for the .22 caliber version. That is, very quiet.

The recorded muzzle velocity of 972 fps for the .177 caliber gun can be expected to stabilize at around the 920 - 950 fps typically achieved by "non Suppressor" X20s when the oil and grease from manufacturing has completely burned out of the chamber. This is what I've long suspected, but not been able to prove until now.

The target below shows the results from a .22 caliber X20 Suppressor that stopped dieseling from the second shot. This gives us the chance to compare muzzle velocities for the two calibers shooting the same pellet type.


Any yes, my shooting could have been better on that lower test target...

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Stoeger X20 Suppressor First Test Report

The much-anticipated Stoeger X20 Suppresor air rifles arrived at Archer Airguns today. We’ll be shipping the first units out to customers tomorrow!

This first test report is based on standard “Gold Service” tests that I undertook on two guns chosen completely at random. One is in .22 caliber, the other in .177 cal. The “Gold Service” test targets are shown below. Although I’ve handled the Suppressor before, this is the first chance I’ve had to fire one.

First, a BIG surprise! Both were very strong guns, giving 25 - 26 ft/lbs of muzzle energy. This is significantly greater than any X10 or X20 I’ve ever tested before. These normally pull 15-16 ft/lbs of muzzle energy. It’s even more than the typical performance of .177 caliber X50s which normally fall into the 20 - 22 ft/lb range. Sure, they’re still dieseling, but surely not that much! Time and experience will tell if this level of power is typical or exceptional...

Here's the .22 cal test target.

Appearance of these Suppressors is good, matching the standards seen on other Stoeger Airguns, with dark bluing and flat black stocks. The barrel/suppressor is covered with a textured black plastic material. Overall, the appearance is very tactical and practical.

Cocking was easy and the triggers pulled fairly predictably but with that typical Stoeger 4 - 5 lb pull weight that somehow feels heavier than it actually is. My impression was that the trigger pull was not so long as on other models, however. The trigger assembly looks identical to that on the standard Stoeger X10, X20 and X50 models so a GTXaa trigger up-grade should fix that in style!

Accuracy was at my usual average level for shooting springers. You’ll probably do better - most people seem to shoot spring/piston air rifles better than me!

The scope is not AO, but I was able to see the target sharply at 10 yards once I had adjusted the eyepiece focussing ring. The scope is quite compact - slightly shorter than a Leapers Bugbuster - and has a simple duplex reticle with an aiming dot at the center. This dot can be set to glow red or green, if required under low lighting conditions.

Below, the .177 test target.

But what about the noise level? After all, this is the great selling point for these air rifles...

Well, one obvious result from testing these two guns is that the .22 was significantly quieter than the .177 caliber model. Confirmation came from my wife, who’s used to hearing our “Gold Service” testing. “Wow, that’s quiet.” was her comment on the .22.

But I found the tested .177 still to be quite loud. This is probably connected with the fact that the muzzle velocity of the .177 was over 1,200 fps. That’s well above the typical 920 - 950 fps muzzle velocity of .177 caliber X10 and X20s. It’s also above the speed of sound and the loud crack was due to the pellets going supersonic - a silencer is not going to change this. With only one gun tested so far, I don’t know if this will be typical.

As the .22s were not breaking the sound barrier, this gun was much quieter - with shots sounding like a dull “thunk” rather than the sharp, high-pitched crack of the .177.

Should .177 muzzle velocities drop back below 1,100 fps as the gun burns residual oil in the compression chamber and “dries out”, the noise level of the gun should drop significantly. Again, more testing will give us the answer.

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The 2013 Yellow Forum Christmas Spirit Raffle

With all the current excitement about the Stoeger ATAC Suppressor air rifle, it's possible that folk have been ignoring the simpler Stoeger X20 air rifle.

The X20 is actually our favorite spring/piston break barrel air rifle to shoot for fun here at Archer Airguns - in spite of plenty of choice with other more expensive and powerful break barrel airguns. The Stoeger X20 is compact, easy to cock and not too hold sensitive. It has excellent accuracy and is just plain fun to shoot.

As a reminder of the benefits of the X20, Archer Airguns is providing a custom Stoeger X20 in .177 caliber as one of the prizes in the 2013 Yellow Forum Christmas Spirit Raffle.



This custom X20 has a value of $380. The synthetic stock is beautifully camo dipped with genuine Mossy Oak Breeze Winter pattern, perfect to blend in for a little Winter hunting! It's fitted with a Leapers 3-9x40 model U394FDT2 scope mounted in Leapers Max Strength rings - the scope is sighted-in ready to go.



As you can see from this Archer Airguns Gold Service test target, the gun shoots at a muzzle velocity of 849 fps with 8.64 grain Stoeger X-Field pellets. This gives a very useful 13.84 Ft/Lbs of muzzle energy.



This custom X20 is 42.5 inches long and weighs 8 lb 12 oz complete with scope. It will be sent completely free to the lucky winner whose name is chosen in the 2013 Yellow Forum Christmas Spirit Raffle. If you haven't entered yet, now could be a very good time to do so!

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Free $70.00 Pellet Offer with Stoeger X20 Suppressor

Benelli USA has just announced a promotion whereby purchasers of a Stoeger X20-S can receive $70.00 of free Stoeger pellets. Purchases from Archer Airguns qualify for this promotion, so if you've been thinking about a Stoeger X20-S, this is a great reason to pull the trigger!

This is a mail-in promotion and details can be found at this link.

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Archer Airguns 2013 Winter Seasonal Sale Starts Today - Great Bargains!

The Archer Airguns Seasonal Sale starts today - just in time for Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

These special offers are all listed in the Specials section of our store.

Here's some highlights...

The popular QB78 Repeater, pictured below, is now on sale at just $229.99. This is a bargain price for such an outstanding and innovative air rifle! For this deal click on these links: QB78 Repeater .177 cal and QB78 Repeater .22 cal.



Also, we have a number of special offers for Stoeger airguns. Everyone wants a GTX Generation II trigger mounted on their Stoeger air rifle and now Archer Airguns offers a free GTX trigger installed on select Stoeger models at no charge - that's a $42.98 saving.

The free, installed GTX upgrades are available on the Stoeger X50 combo, Stoeger X20 Suppressor combo and Stoeger X20 camo stock combo.

Another special deal is on the Stoeger X5 combo. This air rifle cannot accept the GTX trigger, so we've reduced the price by $20.00 as a seasonal saving.

But wait, there's more!

The ever-popular QB57 Deluxe - with hard case - takes a price tumble to just $79.99 for this Seasonal Sale.

The Xisico XS60C is in stock in both .177 and .22 calibers and Archer Airguns new "leak free" tube cap upgrade is included at no charge. This is a $19.99 value included at the outstanding price of just $99.99 for this interesting new air rifle.

And just a few "Seconds" Premium Silent Pellet Traps - "the best pellet traps on the planet" - are available at just $45.00. These seconds have cracks or filler in the wood, but are fully functional if you want the best pellet trap and don't care if the appearance is less than perfect. We have a few of these every year and they always sell out very fast.

Please note that most of these sale items are available in limited quantities at these special prices. When they're gone, they're gone.

All of us at Archer Airguns wish you a happy Holiday Season!

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Test Targets and Review for Stoeger ATAC Air Rifle

Here's some Archer Airguns Gold Service test targets for the new Stoeger ATAC air rifle.

In review, we can see that in .177 caliber, the Stoeger ATACs tested are shooting around 880fps with 8.64 grain Stoeger X-Field pellets. That's just under 15 ft/lbs of muzzle energy. Standard Deviation is very well controlled for a new gun at less than 8 fps for the 10 shots.

The .22 caliber guns tested give a muzzle velocity in the 715 - 750fps range with Stoeger X-Field (14.66 grain) pellets. Muzzle energy is in the 16.5 - 18 ft/lbs range. Again Standard Deviation is good at between 4.5 and 12 fps for 10 shots.

Note that the trigger pull weight varies around 5 - 6lbs with the factory trigger This is normal for all Stoeger Airguns. The GTX Generation-II trigger (which is specified by most of our customers for these guns) gives a much better pull weight of 3 lbs or less, as you can see in three of the test targets, together with improved feel and shorter length of pull. The GTX is a great improvement for practical shooting of these air rifles!











In summary, performance of the new ATAC is very much as anticipated. The guns are quiet: very similar to the noise level of the Stoeger X20 Suppressor.

Paul, who shot these targets, feels that accuracy is excellent - at or above our normal tested results for Stoeger Airguns. He and I both find the ATAC comfortable to shoot and like the 4 - 16 x 40AO scope.

This is an excellent new air rifle.

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Another Stoeger X20S Suppressor Test Target

Here's another test target from a .22 caliber Stoeger X20 Suppressor. This one was fitted with a GTXaa trigger up-grade and and also with a Leapers 4 - 16 x 50AO scope that Archer Airguns offers, uniquely, as a combo with these Stoeger air rifles.

As you can see, this gun was dieseling significantly - hence the very high muzzle energy. But it was still very quiet as the .22 caliber pellets did not exceed the sound barrier. Fitting a GTXaa trigger made a huge difference to the feel of the gun and it certainly helps me to shoot more accurately than with the stadard factory trigger.

I'm finding that Crosman Premiers work well in .22 caliber versions of this gun, while Crosman Premier Lights are good in .177 caliber models. Also the Stoeger X-Field pellets work well in both calibers.

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Cleaning the Stoeger X20S Barrel - Don’t Use Airgun Cleaning Pellets

One of our customers - Sid - recently decided to clean the barrel of his Stoeger X20 Suppressor air rifle. Having recently acquired an RWS pellet sampler pack that includes some airgun cleaning pellets, he checked in the Stoeger instruction manual and surfed the web for guidance before using.

Nowhere did he find information telling him not to use these RWS cleaning pellets, so he did. He correctly followed the advice available on-line and pushed a couple of the cleaning pellets through the barrel with a rod from the breech end (cleaning pellets are too light to shoot in a powerful spring-piston air rifle such as the X20).

Unfortunately this turned out to be a bad idea. The cleaning pellets became lodged between some baffles in the sound moderation system and there they stuck, partially blocking the barrel. Not a good situation!

Fortunately Sid is not only careful but also resourceful. He thought carefully before acting. Seeing that the sound moderation baffles are concave from the breech end and not wanting to stuff the cleaning pellets further between the baffles, he was able to blow the pellets back out of the barrel by using an air compressor. He VERY CAREFULLY gave a couple of blasts from the muzzle end with 60lbs of air pressure and the cleaning pellets emerged the way they went in.

Phew!

But as Sid says, “I do believe I got lucky. No change in accuracy after this incident and there’s no noticeable decline in power after 18 hours in the open breech cocked position. Please advise others in the airgun community of this issue so that they don’t encounter the same problem”.

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The Archer Airguns Seasonal Sale Starts Today

You can find sale bargains throughout the store, including special prices on the QB78, QB78 Deluxe, QB79, AR2078B and AR2079B.

There's special prices on many parts kits and we now have Xisico XS28M barrel kits (fit Ruger Air Hawk Magnum and RWS350) available in .25 caliber as well as .22 and .177

If you're looking for a special gift idea for your favorite airgunner (or yourself!) we have just a few one of a kind specials available on our Gift Guns page.

Here's a photo of the beautiful Benjamin Superstreak that's one of the Gift Guns. It includes a camo stock, Gold Service test target and hard Plano case...

If you're choosing a Stoeger X20 Suppressor, you can benefit from the $50.00 value Stoeger mail in promo.

To ensure that your orders are shipped in time for Christmas delivery, please order before 19 December with USPS Priority Mail shipping. If you prefer free shipping or choose USPS Parcel Post, the deadline is 12 December. Obviously we'll be shipping everything out as rapidly as we can, but the Post Office can't GUARANTEE delivery before 25 December for parcels shipped after those dates.

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First Test Results of Stoeger X50 in .22 Caliber

The first deliveries of Stoeger X50 and X20 (non-Suppressor) air rifles in .22 caliber arrived at Archer Airguns today! We now have X20 and X50 scope combos in stock for immediate delivery.

Of course, I couldn’t wait to see how the new guns perform, so I started to test a batch of the new .22 caliber X50s, selected at random from our first delivery. The intention was to understand average muzzle energy over a range of pellet types and make a power comparison with the .177 caliber X50.

As with other X50s I’ve tested (and unlike the X20 Suppressors), these new guns were quite dry and each one settled down rapidly with very little dieseling. I fired 5 shots from each gun with 8 types of pellets and averaged the results.

The results are shown in this table (click to enlarge if you wish).


As for pellet weight, these results show that 14 to 15 Grain is about the sweet spot for the X50 in .22 caliber.

Average muzzle energy is consistently around 23 - 24 ft/lbs. This is around 10% greater than the average tested muzzle velocity of the X50 in .177 caliber, where I normally find 20 - 21 ft/lbs muzzle energy (around 1,000 fps with 7.9 Grain pellets).

Stoeger X-Field, 14.7 Grain pellets gave around 860 fps and 24 ft/lbs of muzzle energy. I’ll be using this pellet as standard for our “Gold Service” testing.

Yes, I know that 860 fps is far from Stoeger’s claims of “up to 1,200 fps with lead pellets” but it’s still very creditable and gives the X50 considerable knock-down power for hunting in .22 caliber.

Although I was only shooting “for effect” and not as a Gold Service accuracy test, the guns seemed to be as accurate as expected. I’ll be posting some test targets over the next few days, of course!

Prices for the .22 caliber guns are the same as for the .177 caliber models.

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The Archer Airguns Summer Sale Starts Today

We have a Summer Sale in the Archer Airguns store.

Included sale pricing on selected QB78 family parts, on the QB78 and QB57 Deluxe air rifles and on the Stoeger X20 Suppressor and X50 models in both black and camo stocks.

Here's an example of the performance that can be attained by the Stoger X50 in .22 caliber.

There are also great prices on some Leapers scopes, including "Bugbuster" models.

A few more surprise additions to the sale may take place in future, so keep checking back!

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New Archer Airguns Universal Muzzle Brake for Airguns With 15mm Diameter Barrels.

Just introduced is a new, improved muzzle brake from Archer Airguns, with two setscrews for more secure fixing.




This universal muzzle brake is CNC-manufactured from solid steel with a deep blued finish. The length is 4-inches and outside diameter is 0.855-inches. Weight is approximately 6 ounces. It's supplied with 2 setscrews and a hex wrench.

Apart from looking very cool, this muzzle brake usually makes a significant improvement in accuracy of an airgun by reducing barrel harmonics when the gun is fired.

This solid steel, blued muzzle break fits a huge number of air rifles and pistols having the very common 15mm diameter barrel (15mm is .0590 inches, approximately 19/32-inch), including the following models:

- Beeman 1073, Grizzly, Kodiak and similar air rifles.
- Ruger Air Hawk and Blackhawk.
- Crosman Optimus, Quest and Phantom air rifles.
- Stoeger X10 and X20.
- QB78 Deluxe, QB79, AR2078, AR2078A, AR2079 air rifles.
- Tech Force TF79, TF89, TF78T and TF78GS air rifles.
- Benjamin Trail NP air pistol.



Installation may require an existing front sight to be removed from the barrel, so it’s suitable for use only if a scope or red dot sight is fitted to the airgun. Many plastic sight assemblies can be removed by first backing-out the clamping setscrews (if fitted), carefully warming the part with a domestic hair dryer (NOT a heat gun) and driving off using a piece of soft wood as a drift.

The Archer Airguns Universal Muzzle Brake is NOT a silencer or suppressor. It makes no change to the report of the airgun. It's in stock now for immediate shipment.

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