{"id":1050,"date":"2010-12-13T01:10:38","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T08:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2010-11-19T09:28:38","modified_gmt":"2010-11-19T16:28:38","slug":"the-rws-350-feuerkraft-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/the-rws-350-feuerkraft-22.html","title":{"rendered":"The RWS 350 Feuerkraft .22"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The RWS 350 Feuerkraft<\/p><\/div>\n

You know how a kind word from a friend can change your outlook on an entire day? Well, the RWS 350 Feuerkraft <\/a>did the same kind of thing for me.<\/p>\n

Let me explain: I had been feeling a bit gloomy about my springer shooting skills after testing several .25 models. I simply couldn\u2019t master shooting them really well at longer ranges, and I thought perhaps I had lost my springer shooting \u201cmojo\u201d altogether.<\/p>\n

But then came Brown Santa (the UPS guy) with a long slim package with the RWS 350 Feuerkraft in .22 caliber inside. I pulled it out of the box, slapped a scope on it, and went outside to give it a few shots. We\u2019ll get back to what I discovered in just a little while, but first let\u2019s take a walk around the RWS 350 Feuerkraft (350F for short).<\/p>\n

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The stock is fully ambidextrous.<\/p><\/div>\n

The 350F is a long air rifle, 48.375 inches from muzzle to butt pad, and it weighs 8 lbs without scope. It has a slim hardwood stock that is fully ambidextrous and unadorned by any checkering on any other decoration. At the extreme aft end of the stock is a black rubber recoil pad attached to the stock by a black plastic spacer. Moving forward, ahead of the pistol grip is the black plastic trigger guard which encloses a black plastic trigger that is adjustable for first stage travel.<\/p>\n

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The red fiber optic front sight is easy to see.<\/p><\/div>\n

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. . . and so is the green fiber optic rear sight.<\/p><\/div>\n

Forward of that, the long slim forestock encloses the breech block and cocking linkage, giving the 350F a very clean, finished appearance. Ahead of that is the barrel which has a plastic muzzle brake that serves as a mount for a red fiber optic front sight. Moving back along the barrel, you\u2019ll find a green fiber optic rear sight mounted on top of the breech block. Moving back again, there is a dovetail on top of the receiver for mounting a scope, and at the extreme aft end of the receiver is the push-pull safety which is resettable.<\/p>\n

To ready the 350F for shooting, grab the barrel near the muzzle and pull it down and back until it latches. This takes about 33 lbs of effort. Next insert a pellet into the breech and return the barrel to its original position. Take aim, flick the safety off, and squeeze the trigger. On the sample that I tested, at 1 lb. 5 oz. the first stage came out of the trigger, and at 3 lb. 14.7 oz., the shot went down range. The 350F was launching 14.35 gr. JSB Express pellets <\/a>at an average of 722 fps, generating 16.6 ft\/lbs of energy at the muzzle.<\/p>\n

Now we can get back to what I discovered when I went outside to shoot the 350F. The first thing I found out was the 350F has a very nice shot cycle \u2013 just a quick snap with no buzz or twang. I heard perhaps a tiny bit of vibration, but I didn\u2019t feel any through the gun. The report is also surprisingly subdued for an air rifle of this power — not dead quiet but not raucous either.<\/p>\n

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If you plan to scope the 350F, definitely use one of the RWS one-piece drooper mounts.<\/p><\/div>\n

The second thing I discovered is that if you plan to scope this air rifle, you will definitely need the RWS one-piece \u201cdrooper\u201d mount. The first scope I tried had conventional scope mounts, and I simply ran out of elevation adjustment. So I popped back inside, swiped a scope with drooper mount off another RWS rifle, and mounted it on the 350F.<\/p>\n

Within a few minutes, I was happily blowing the center out of a target at 13 yards, and I found that I could hit exactly<\/span> the spot that I wanted. Encouraged by this, I set up a target at 35 yards, and, from a sitting position, was able to put 4 out of 5 shots into a 5\/8 inch edge-to-edge group. I yanked the last shot, which opened the group up to 1 inch edge-to-edge, but even so, that\u2019s pretty much minute-of-squirrel\u2019s noggin.<\/p>\n

In the end, I found I really liked the 350F. It has no bad manners; it has a decent trigger; it\u2019s commendably accurate, and, like an old friend, it cheered me up about my springer shooting skills. If you\u2019re looking for a no-nonsense air rifle that suitable for hunting or a day afield, the 350F should put a grin on your face.<\/p>\n

Til next time, aim true and shoot straight.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jock Elliott<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You know how a kind word from a friend can change your outlook on an entire day? Well, the RWS 350 Feuerkraft did the same kind of thing for me. Let me explain: I had been feeling a bit gloomy about my springer shooting skills after testing several .25 models. I simply couldn\u2019t master shooting…»<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,211,6],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1050"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1059,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1050\/revisions\/1059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}