Ruger Mk2 BB Pistol (KJW) Review
Feb 12, 2021 23:47:19 GMT
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Post by twodoctors on Feb 12, 2021 23:47:19 GMT
Again, a big shout out to Jimmypie on Airgun Forum for being my forwarding agent with this purchase...
...and CaptDAR has written a review on this on the other side. For those of us who can't access it, I'll give you a quick summary before I continue with my own bit.
It all started in another thread where I was dissing all BB pistols, calling them inaccurate. Then Capt turned up with a target he shot with one of these from 15m, grouping within a couple of inches. Yes, it takes skill also, but you can't make an inaccurate gun accurate, especially from that distance. I have to have one.
Here is mine...
Well, not quite.
Mine looks like this within 12 hours of arriving...
Yes, I have a track record. I couldn't help myself! :laff: This is just a basic fieldstrip, just like the real thing.
What else am I supposed to do while I wait for daylight the following day to shoot it? :shrug:
I had already seen the exploded diagram of this gun before, so I know the mechanics are fairly straightforward. The trigger is around 6lb, with a medium-ish weight uptake (when the BB is picked up and loaded into the breech of the barrel, and heavy-ish 2nd stage. Similar to a CP88 (pre-mod), so manageable but could be lighter.
For those mechanically minded, here are some pictures of the trigger mechanism.
So pulling the trigger will move the barrel rearward, loading a BB into the breech. It will also cock the hammer until the sear breaks and drops the hammer. The CO2 unit is in the magazine.
The "limb" pointing at 10'clock is the safety, which locks the whole mechanism when engaged.
The trigger link bar pulls directly onto the hammer. In this case, tweaking the sear will cause a change in amount of leverage the hammer achieves before striking the CO2 pin, potentially dropping power. On this occasion I left things well alone.
I covered everything in molly grease but the trigger weight didn't seem to change much. However I noticed that sometimes the trigger weight goes up to 6.5lb, while other times I can come down to 5.5lb, which is much more manageable. Still need to look into why.
Accuracy-wise, it is a BB gun. CaptDar already proved that it can group nicely out to 15m. This is one of my better ones used for an internal comp, 5m, weaver stance, 5 shots each.
3 in one hole on the left.
Here's another pair. Smaller target at 6m, bigger one at 10m. 10 shot on each.
Put some of my other more expensive pistols to shame.
To be fair to my other guns, I think the advantage on this gun is that:
1) it's light
2) it has a front tru-glo sight, which makes lining the sights up very straightforward
3) it has a 6" barrel, and a long sight radius to match
All of the above, at shorter distance, makes shooting this well fairly easy, but only if you can control the 6lb trigger that it comes with. For example my 11 yo finds it very difficult to pull it (but also because he has small hands).
Issues I have had so far...
Well, this is my second BB gun, and first with Hop Up. I didn't realise that it came from factory with the Hop Up screw tighten all the way down. I was getting puffs of CO2 but no shots fired. For a moment I thought I had a duff gun. Then I un-winded the screw a lot, and it fired fine.
I have shot it twice so far, and on both occasion I had a very slow CO2 leak on the first cannister. I would screw the CO2, then it would leak out from the exit port very slowly. Could not work out why that would be the case. Pressing on the valve pin releases more CO2 but it doesn't go back to normal. The first cannister eventually leaked out completely. Tried a second one and it worked fine. Same issue this afternoon. First one leaked. Second was fine. No idea why still. I don't have to tool to unscrew the valve unit but I suspect something is not a well lubricated as it should be.
Overall still fairly happy with it. And very much appreciate Jim for helping out.
...and CaptDAR has written a review on this on the other side. For those of us who can't access it, I'll give you a quick summary before I continue with my own bit.
It all started in another thread where I was dissing all BB pistols, calling them inaccurate. Then Capt turned up with a target he shot with one of these from 15m, grouping within a couple of inches. Yes, it takes skill also, but you can't make an inaccurate gun accurate, especially from that distance. I have to have one.
Here is mine...
Well, not quite.
Mine looks like this within 12 hours of arriving...
Yes, I have a track record. I couldn't help myself! :laff: This is just a basic fieldstrip, just like the real thing.
What else am I supposed to do while I wait for daylight the following day to shoot it? :shrug:
I had already seen the exploded diagram of this gun before, so I know the mechanics are fairly straightforward. The trigger is around 6lb, with a medium-ish weight uptake (when the BB is picked up and loaded into the breech of the barrel, and heavy-ish 2nd stage. Similar to a CP88 (pre-mod), so manageable but could be lighter.
For those mechanically minded, here are some pictures of the trigger mechanism.
So pulling the trigger will move the barrel rearward, loading a BB into the breech. It will also cock the hammer until the sear breaks and drops the hammer. The CO2 unit is in the magazine.
The "limb" pointing at 10'clock is the safety, which locks the whole mechanism when engaged.
The trigger link bar pulls directly onto the hammer. In this case, tweaking the sear will cause a change in amount of leverage the hammer achieves before striking the CO2 pin, potentially dropping power. On this occasion I left things well alone.
I covered everything in molly grease but the trigger weight didn't seem to change much. However I noticed that sometimes the trigger weight goes up to 6.5lb, while other times I can come down to 5.5lb, which is much more manageable. Still need to look into why.
Accuracy-wise, it is a BB gun. CaptDar already proved that it can group nicely out to 15m. This is one of my better ones used for an internal comp, 5m, weaver stance, 5 shots each.
3 in one hole on the left.
Here's another pair. Smaller target at 6m, bigger one at 10m. 10 shot on each.
Put some of my other more expensive pistols to shame.
To be fair to my other guns, I think the advantage on this gun is that:
1) it's light
2) it has a front tru-glo sight, which makes lining the sights up very straightforward
3) it has a 6" barrel, and a long sight radius to match
All of the above, at shorter distance, makes shooting this well fairly easy, but only if you can control the 6lb trigger that it comes with. For example my 11 yo finds it very difficult to pull it (but also because he has small hands).
Issues I have had so far...
Well, this is my second BB gun, and first with Hop Up. I didn't realise that it came from factory with the Hop Up screw tighten all the way down. I was getting puffs of CO2 but no shots fired. For a moment I thought I had a duff gun. Then I un-winded the screw a lot, and it fired fine.
I have shot it twice so far, and on both occasion I had a very slow CO2 leak on the first cannister. I would screw the CO2, then it would leak out from the exit port very slowly. Could not work out why that would be the case. Pressing on the valve pin releases more CO2 but it doesn't go back to normal. The first cannister eventually leaked out completely. Tried a second one and it worked fine. Same issue this afternoon. First one leaked. Second was fine. No idea why still. I don't have to tool to unscrew the valve unit but I suspect something is not a well lubricated as it should be.
Overall still fairly happy with it. And very much appreciate Jim for helping out.
