S510 Extra FAC S/L Carbine vs Ultimate Sporter FAC?
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 2:54 pm
A friend of mine and I both are in the market for a new .22 rifle and we've effectively narrowed the choice down to between the Air Arms S510 Extra FAC S/L Carbine and the S510 Ultimate Sporter Extra FAC S/L Carbine. (Not that I want it, but is the Ultimate Sporter really also available in a non-carbine version?)
Please help us decide between the two.
My friend only wants it for very small game hunting and only plans to put a simple scope on it and nothing else. I plan to use a much nicer side-focus scope and MAY also put a bipod on it. I'll use it for some light hunting as well as general plinking. Unfortunately I couldn't convince him to consider field target competitions and a .177... he seems to be set on .22. My only .22 rifle currently is a Weihrauch HW50S and it's really great, but having some more punch would be welcome. The HW50S is shooting just under 600 fps with 18gr pellets.
The way I see it, the Ultimate sporter is about 1.5 lbs heavier (big deal to my friend who wants a light gun) but it has a much more adjustable stock and an barrel rail for mounting accessories. Plus the sling studs. The Ultimate Sporter comes with two magazines and the regular version with only one. (At least here in Canada.) Neither one is available with a moderator here so the guns would be noisier (quite a bit?) than what you can get in England or even in the US.
Regarding the variable power output on both these guns, in practice how do you folks use it? Do you set it once and leave it, or would you sometimes be shooting it at full power and other times reduced power? Varying the power must make it tough to know your zero point and the pellets trajectory. Do you use ChairGun with multiple settings for the gun, perhaps keeping the same zero for the power levels you use with only one zero point set to the optimum for the gun/power?
Any tips/suggestions about either of these guns would be much appreciated. My nicest (non-match) gun is an Air Arms S400 MPR FT which I love. And I use that for field target competitions.
Thanks.
Please help us decide between the two.
My friend only wants it for very small game hunting and only plans to put a simple scope on it and nothing else. I plan to use a much nicer side-focus scope and MAY also put a bipod on it. I'll use it for some light hunting as well as general plinking. Unfortunately I couldn't convince him to consider field target competitions and a .177... he seems to be set on .22. My only .22 rifle currently is a Weihrauch HW50S and it's really great, but having some more punch would be welcome. The HW50S is shooting just under 600 fps with 18gr pellets.
The way I see it, the Ultimate sporter is about 1.5 lbs heavier (big deal to my friend who wants a light gun) but it has a much more adjustable stock and an barrel rail for mounting accessories. Plus the sling studs. The Ultimate Sporter comes with two magazines and the regular version with only one. (At least here in Canada.) Neither one is available with a moderator here so the guns would be noisier (quite a bit?) than what you can get in England or even in the US.
Regarding the variable power output on both these guns, in practice how do you folks use it? Do you set it once and leave it, or would you sometimes be shooting it at full power and other times reduced power? Varying the power must make it tough to know your zero point and the pellets trajectory. Do you use ChairGun with multiple settings for the gun, perhaps keeping the same zero for the power levels you use with only one zero point set to the optimum for the gun/power?
Any tips/suggestions about either of these guns would be much appreciated. My nicest (non-match) gun is an Air Arms S400 MPR FT which I love. And I use that for field target competitions.
Thanks.