{"id":6814,"date":"2022-04-27T10:07:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T17:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/?p=6814"},"modified":"2022-04-27T10:10:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T17:10:11","slug":"lcs-sk-19-semi-auto-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/lcs-sk-19-semi-auto-and-more.html","title":{"rendered":"There’s A New LCS SK-19 Semi Auto – And More!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Now is a good time for an up-date on the LCS SK-19 platform!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s start with the recent introduction of a new semi-auto LCS SK-19 air rifle<\/a>. This rapid-firing, semi-auto only, PCP is very closely based on the selective fire (full and semi-auto) SK-19 model that has been available for a couple of years now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main difference is that the fire control lever of the SK-19 is now replaced by a simple safety lever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The semi-auto model shows just a choice of \u201cFire\u201d and \u201cSafe\u201d. This replaces the \u201cSemi\u201d, \u201cFull\u201d and \u201cSafe\u201d selections possible with the full-auto capable model. The \u201csecond\u201d trigger safety above the trigger is also still included in the semi-auto model, however \u2013 presumably on the basis that it\u2019s (definitely) better to be \u201cSafe\u201d than sorry!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Otherwise, appearance, specifications and performance are all very similar to the selective-fire model. It’s available in both .25 and .30 calibers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, given the ability of the SK-19 to fire so fast – even in semi-auto mode – everyone wants more shots per fill. So I tried-out a SK-19 fitted with two HPA bottles, courtesy of the Air Superiority V Twin dual bottle adapter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Having the dual bottles certainly revolutionized the SK-19 for me. Now I could fire seemingly for ever without the need to refill with High Pressure Air \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, actually, “for ever” was actually around 100 shots for the .25 caliber version with two 480cc bottles mounted. That’s pretty impressive!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, there’s never anything gained for nothing. Naturally adding the adapter plus another bottle increases the weight of the SK-19. But that’s what the lower Picatinny rail is for…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I added an Accu-Tac bipod under the front end of the rifle. That took the weight and definitely is the way to go if you’re shooting from a bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As you can see from the photograph above, the other accessory fitted on this SK-19 was the Kraford And Lypt adjustable buttpad<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This provides a significant improvement in shooting the SK-19 as it provides the facility to adjust the plate up or down 20mm. There’s also a rotating pad for cant compensation, combined with tactile hard rubber pips for improved grip against the shooter’s shoulder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As another bonus, the adjustable buttpad is designed with a smaller bottom plate than top. The claim is that this improves fit under your arm while the wider top plate distributes recoil pressure against the shoulder. It worked for me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meanwhile, back to the new Semi-Auto SK-19…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loading the 19-shot magazine is undertaken in the same manner as the selective-fire version. Pellets (or slugs) are pushed into the non-removable magazine from the rear. Then the magazine is rotated clockwise to expose further open slots. And so on\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This new version of the LCS SK-19<\/a> will be welcomed by customers who do not need \u2013 or want \u2013 the fully-automatic fire capability of the selective fire model, but who can benefit from a rapid follow-up shot when necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Now is a good time for an up-date on the LCS SK-19 platform! Let’s start with the recent introduction of a new semi-auto LCS SK-19 air rifle. This rapid-firing, semi-auto only, PCP is very closely based on the selective fire (full and semi-auto) SK-19 model that has been available for a couple of years now….»<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[11],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6814"}],"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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6814"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6823,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6814\/revisions\/6823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.airgunsofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}