{"id":2485,"date":"2013-06-10T01:00:16","date_gmt":"2013-06-10T08:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/?p=2485"},"modified":"2013-06-13T12:08:57","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T19:08:57","slug":"the-brocock-specialist-a-diminutive-tackdriver-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/the-brocock-specialist-a-diminutive-tackdriver-part-ii.html","title":{"rendered":"The Brocock Specialist \u2013 A diminutive tackdriver \u2013 Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

Previous Post – The Brocock Specialist \u2013 A diminutive tackdriver \u2013 Part I<\/a><\/p>\n

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The magazine slides into a slot on the right side of the receiver.<\/p><\/div>\n

To get the .22 caliber Brocock Specialist<\/a> ready to shoot, unscrew the cap at the end of the reservoir and charge the reservoir up to 200 BAR from a SCUBA tank or high pressure pump. At this point, you will immediately notice one of the things that is missing from the Specialist: there is no on-board pressure gauge. As a result, you will have to use the gauge on the pump or the tank to determine when the reservoir has been filled. In addition, you will need to be aware of how many shots you have sent down range to stay within the shot curve.<\/p>\n

Pull the bolt back and lock it in the open position. You can now remove the magazine by simply pulling it out of its slot. Push 6 .22 caliber pellets into the magazine (the side with the center bump faces toward the shooter). It\u2019s super easy: just push the pellets in far enough so that the head of the pellet goes past the black o-ring that encircles the magazine. There is no twisting of a top plate to wind up a spring within the magazine. The cocking mechanism in the gun indexes the magazine, so there are no moving parts in the magazine. As a result, the magazines for the Specialist ought to be very reliable. When you\u2019re done loading the magazine, slide it back into its slot in the receiver.<\/p>\n

Lift the bolt out of its locked open position, push it forward, and lock it in the closed position. This pushes a pellet out of the magazine and into the barrel. Take aim, squeeze the trigger. At 15.4 oz., the first stage goes out of the trigger. At 3 lb. 2.7 oz., the shot goes down range with a POP. While the report is not as loud as some of the Korean airguns that I have shot, it is definitely much louder than many of today\u2019s shrouded-barrel PCP air rifles. I guestimate that the report is roughly equivalent to a Benjamin 392 at eight pumps. This is not an air rifle that I would recommend for stealthy shooting in your backyard.<\/p>\n

Did you notice what was missing from the sequence I described in the paragraph above? At no point, did I say, \u201cswitch off the safety.\u201d That\u2019s because there is no safety. You can render the gun safe by not cocking it after your last shot or by locking the bolt in the open position, but once you have moved the bolt forward and a pellet is in the barrel, there is no way to lock the action and prevent it from firing. There two keys to keeping the gun safe: (A) keep your finger out of the trigger guard until you are ready to shoot and (B) keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction until you are ready to shoot.<\/p>\n

The Brocock Specialist launches 14.3 grain .22 Crosman Premier pellets <\/a>at an average velocity of around 785 feet per second, which works out to about 19.5 foot-pounds of energy at the muzzle.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the 5-shot group that Kip shot at 18 yards.<\/p><\/div>\n

And the accuracy? Well that\u2019s an interesting story. When I unpacked the Brocock Specialist, I found included with it a target shot by Kip at www.airgunsofarizona<\/a>. It said \u201cJSB 15.89 gr., <\/a>5 shots, 18 yards.\u201d In the center of the target was a single ragged hole that measured just half an inch from edge to edge. That works out to .28 inch center-to-center. Not too shabby, I thought.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the 5-shot group that I shot at 32 yards.<\/p><\/div>\n

So I charged up the specialist, pulled out my WorkMate, popped a couple of cushions on top of it, and banged off at shot at 13 yards. The Specialist appeared to be holding its zero from when Kip had sighted it in. I moved the target to 32 yards and banged off three groups with the same pellet that Kip had used, the JSB .22 15.89 gr. The best I could do were five-shot groups that measured .75 inch from edge to edge. That\u2019s not a bad showing, but not as good as I had hoped for.<\/p>\n

I was about ready to give up when I got that little internal nudge that says: \u201ccharge up the gun again and give a try with some Crosman Premiers.\u201d So I did. My second group measured just .5 inch edge-to-edge at 32 yards, the same size as the group Kip had shot at 18 yards. I\u2019ll take that kind of accuracy any day.<\/p>\n

\"Brocock-Specialist22\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The bottom line: the Brocock Specialist<\/a> is a light, easy to handle air rifle that is wickedly accurate. It\u2019s a bit loud for shooting in close proximity to neighbors, but it ought to be just what the doctor ordered for a day afield.<\/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":"

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