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Ruger Ruger Explorer .177 Cal (495 FPS)
Ruger Ruger Explorer .177 Cal (495 FPS)
Ruger Ruger Explorer .177 Cal (495 FPS)

Ruger Ruger Explorer .177 Cal (495 FPS)

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Great rifle for young shooters as it features a shorter overall length and length of pull.
Fiber optic open sights with aggressive stock design. Read more..

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Product description

495 ft/sec

  • Great rifle for young shooters!
  • Breakbarrel
  • Spring piston
  • Ambidextrous synthetic stock
  • Sharkfin cheekpeice
  • Fiber optic sights
  • Automatic safety
  • Easy cocking effort

Specifications:
Weight: 4.45 lbs
Barrel Length: 15"
Overall Length: 37"
Cocking Effort: 16.5 lbs

Made in China

Specifications

Article number
224-4020
SKU
224-4020

Reviews

1 review
BrianPosted on 16 May 2021 at 04:35

I've had this gun for about 3 weeks now. Cocking effort is easy, pistol grip and stock are stylish. Was shooting 8.44gr JSB exacts at 425fps and JSB exact RS, 7.33gr at 460. Slightly underwhelming, even in the no PAL rifles. Sights are nice for this price point, easily adjustable. Though a bit low on the gun, making the cheek rest a bit awkward. Balance is off a bit with the light synthetic stock. Otherwise, felt great, short, easy to hold and look through with a scope raised 1.5" up. Pistol grip is youth sized, I could only wrap two fingers around it. Not a deal breaker, though. Trigger feels like it has two stages until you cock the rifle. There is a minor gap until there is an swamp that you squeeze through until there is a surprise shot.

Accuracy was questionable from the get go. I was making reasonable 1.1" CTC @ 20 yards, but 25% of the shots were going all over the place. Turns out most of the loaded pellets were having the skirt bent inwards when the barrel was returned.

Gun seems very hold sensitive. I had enormous differences between different holds, rests.

Recoil seems heavy for such a low powered rifle, the piston has little resistance as the transfer port is more than .150". The piston tends to slam hard no matter what.

Uses a 19mm OD, 13.4mm ID, 2.8mm thick, 165mm long, spring.

I will weld the transfer port shut and drill to .110" to see if that eases the piston and recoil. It's quite possible that with minor modifications this rifle could be reasonably accurate and a fine addition to any collection.

2 Stars based on pellets not fitting into the breach well and clipping the skirt. Also, the transfer port is too large causing little resistance for the spring even while terribly low powered, causing bad recoil, accuracy issues.

Specifications

Article number
224-4020
SKU
224-4020

Ruger Explorer .177 Cal (495 FPS)

1 review
BrianPosted on 16 May 2021 at 04:35

I've had this gun for about 3 weeks now. Cocking effort is easy, pistol grip and stock are stylish. Was shooting 8.44gr JSB exacts at 425fps and JSB exact RS, 7.33gr at 460. Slightly underwhelming, even in the no PAL rifles. Sights are nice for this price point, easily adjustable. Though a bit low on the gun, making the cheek rest a bit awkward. Balance is off a bit with the light synthetic stock. Otherwise, felt great, short, easy to hold and look through with a scope raised 1.5" up. Pistol grip is youth sized, I could only wrap two fingers around it. Not a deal breaker, though. Trigger feels like it has two stages until you cock the rifle. There is a minor gap until there is an swamp that you squeeze through until there is a surprise shot.

Accuracy was questionable from the get go. I was making reasonable 1.1" CTC @ 20 yards, but 25% of the shots were going all over the place. Turns out most of the loaded pellets were having the skirt bent inwards when the barrel was returned.

Gun seems very hold sensitive. I had enormous differences between different holds, rests.

Recoil seems heavy for such a low powered rifle, the piston has little resistance as the transfer port is more than .150". The piston tends to slam hard no matter what.

Uses a 19mm OD, 13.4mm ID, 2.8mm thick, 165mm long, spring.

I will weld the transfer port shut and drill to .110" to see if that eases the piston and recoil. It's quite possible that with minor modifications this rifle could be reasonably accurate and a fine addition to any collection.

2 Stars based on pellets not fitting into the breach well and clipping the skirt. Also, the transfer port is too large causing little resistance for the spring even while terribly low powered, causing bad recoil, accuracy issues.

Review Ruger Ruger Explorer .177 Cal (495 FPS)

Great rifle for young shooters as it features a shorter overall length and length of pull.
Fiber op..

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