Beeman 1073(RS2) owners

[bigbadwulff]

Let's hear about your gun.
Mine just keeps getting better and better the more I shoot it!
Lots of power and pretty darn accurate.
Great gun for the $$.

[DLimer]

Mine is a little tired.  I'm thinking of replacing the spring and piston seal.  Does anyone know a JM repacement piston seal that will work?

[Bentong]

My smooth & quite .22 shooter...

[bigbadwulff]

For just a little work you can turn this into a good shooter. Popped some pigeons with the .22 barrel at about 50-70 yards this past weekend. I was impressed with it.
I shoot the .22 barrel pretty much exclusively now.

[DMikeM]

Tuned it got it shooting smooth as anyone could want, zeroed it in at 20yards with a BugBuster and gave it to my friend. He is very happy with it and just can't believe the power and accuracy of it. This gun shoots with a nice easy thump, no twist or twang at all. It was a good learner for me, but it would just be a closet queen if I kept it so away it went.

[pritchard]

I have run about 1500 rounds through my 1073 in the 2+ months that I have had it. It shoots fairly accurately. I was able to group 5 rounds under an inch at 35 yards. Not too impressive for most of you great shooters out there, but it was a personal best for me so far. It has plenty of power. I took out a tree rat at 42 yards last week. I have experimented with both barrels and have settled on the .22. It just suits me. I did have to debur and lube the gun shortly after buying it. It has just gotten better the more I shoot it. I did make a new stock for it to replace the bulky Beeman stock. I hope the picture will upload. I think this is a good gun for the money.

[Tdubya]

Very good rifles for the money. I have the .22 barrel on mine. Trigger is the best of my cheap Chinese rifles.
Nice solid shot cycle. Sportsmansguide.com had the Walther Force 1000 .177 refurb for 73.97. So I paid the $30 membership, got another $10 off the Walther - $63.97 shipped!!! And 2 $10 off coupons for my next orders. Great deal! Got the Force 1000 last week. It's almost a twin of the RS2, basically the same rifle. I never had got chrony numbers for the RS2 so I thought it was about time to get numbers for it and the "new" Walther. I got some cheap Daisy's out and let 'em rip. The RS2 only has maybe a 100 pellets thru her and the Force 1000 refurb unknown. I'm sure they will both be more consistent after a tune.

I put a .22 cal pellet thru the chrony on the third shot. But it still registered 708 fps and continued to function!
Luckily I missed the sensor (pics at bottom)

Here's the chrony numbers -
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         Chrony Helper                     
                           
                        "July 27, 2010"      
Rifle / Gun :      Beeman RS2            Convertor            
Ammo :      .22 cal                  Grams      to   Grains         
Type :      Daisy Wadcutter               0.00         
Grain :      14.2                     MPH      to   FPS         
                     0         
                              
      FPS   Kilometre   Mile                FPS   Kilometre   MPH   
   1   717.3     787      489         High   734   805          500   
   2   704.9     773      481                  
   3   708.1     777      483         Low   691   758          471      
   4   722.5     793      493                     
   5   713.1     782      486      Average   713   782          486      
   6   733.5     805      500                     
   7   691.0     758      471   Extrem Spread   43   47           29      
   8   709.0     778      483                     
   9   723.1     793      493   Deviation   11.8   13.0   8.1      
   10   707.1     776      482                     
                  Probability      FPS   FPS   Spread      
            Deviation       68%       701   725   24      
            Results      95.4%    689   737   47      
                     99.7%    678   748   71      
                                 
            Energy Impact      16.03   ft-lb   21.74   Joules
                                 
            Total shots      10               
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
         Chrony Helper                     

                        "July 27, 2010"      
Rifle / Gun :      WaltherForce1000            Convertor            
Ammo :      0.177                  Grams      to   Grains         
Type :      Daisy Wadcutter               0.00         
Grain :      7.6                     MPH      to   FPS         
                     0         
                              
      FPS        Kilometre   Mile         FPS   Kilometre   MPH   
   1   970.8      1065           662      High   971   1065      662   
   2   967.5      1062           660                  
   3   959.4      1053           654      Low   901   989      614      
   4   964.6      1058           658                     
   5   963.5      1057           657   Average   955   1048      651      
   6   951.2      1044           649                     
   7   956.6      1050           652   Extrem Spread   70   76   47      
   8   951.4      1044           649                     
   9   901.2      989           614   Deviation   19.9   21.9   13.6      
   10   962.7      1056           656                     
                  Probability   FPS   FPS   Spread      
            Deviation    68%           935   975   40      
            Results   95.4%   915   995   80      
                  99.7%   895   1015   120      
                                 
            Energy Impact      15.39   ft-lb   20.87   Joules      
                                 
            Total shots      10               
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chrony photos
---------------




The guns
----------

[bigbadwulff]

Nice stock. Very nice. Only complaint is it is a bit heavy but that is good for the 'twang' damping.


Nice Chrony! Yup it does have power

[DLimer]

Based on your chrony numbers, mine is definitely a little tired.  I'm only getting an average of 630fps with 14.3 cp's.  I believe I've found the spring at Maccari, but still need to know what piston seal, since this is a screw on seal (no dovetail.)

[Bentong]

Based on your chrony numbers, mine is definitely a little tired.  I'm only getting an average of 630fps with 14.3 cp's.  I believe I've found the spring at Maccari, but still need to know what piston seal, since this is a screw on seal (no dovetail.)

Check your breech seal, If it's flush...just need to shim it and you can get 30-50fps back. I did mine with dental floss and got 65fps back.

[darryl]

I'm pretty much satisfied with my 1073. I prefer to shoot with the .22 barrel, but I've been running some .177s lately. My .177 barrel came with a a decided downward bend so I contacted S/R Industries (which is making the Chinese Beemans), and was sent a new barrel with a week. Then I was surprised to see that in switching from one barrel to another, the POI  between the two was very close. I never have run into the "loosening barrel" issues I've read some speak of, and the POI differences seem to remain constant when switching barrels. So, for $59.99 I rate it a "buy". Yeah, the rifle's got a bit of a kick, and it's a bit heavy; but stop yer b****in and eat your Wheaties, already!
darryl

[darryl]

I've been lusting after the TF 89 in .22. Compasseco has a really good price on them ($119.00...that is a good price. right?) How do the model 1073 and the '89 compare? Anyone got any idea? I'm talking an out of the box comparison, not tuned.
thanks!
darryl

[esyadam]

i will be glad to oblige. i have both rs-1 and rs-2  as well as the force 1000,and find them all to be great workhorses.i have used my rs-1 so much that i broke /wore out the cocking lever.it just popped out of the groove.i wore off the tang on both sides.no prob.,a quick trip to my welder and a minute or so with the dremel  good as new. added a thin teflon washer to ease some of the future wear.dont own a crono,but they all perform admirably for the work they do.as summer progresses we are now in the field,in different groves,all over north san diego county knocking off squirrels.

[majorhavoc]

I've put about 1500 rounds through the .177 barrel and I'm quite happy so far.  Good power and it seems to prefer heavier pellets.  Ironically, Beeman pellets fit loose and don't shoot all that accurately.  The RS2 really seems to like CP ultra magnum domes. 

It is hold sensitive, but once you learn how it likes to be held, it'll love you back, just like a good woman.

Did a trigger tune the other week, which revealed where they did cut some corners.  The sear, sear catch and trigger lever are all made up of two layers of thin metal stock that are tack welded  together to make full thickness components. 

Little to no machining of the edges, so they were very uneven.  In most places the trigger components were only meshing across half their thickness. And they were rough edges at that.

I sanded the critical junctures with 100 grit abrasive paper until bright metal showed across the full thickness, and then worked up to 600 grit.  Trigger is much smoother now.   I used Russell Sauer's excellent RS2 trigger guide:

http://webpages.charter.net/guru1/documents/RSE%20Airguns%20-%20Beeman%20RS2%20trigger%20guide.pdf

The only things that Sauer's illustrations do not show are the two trigger return springs.  They nest inside each other and fit between the pull weight adjustment screw and a little divot in the trigger lever.  If you don't pay attention during disassembly, you might get confused about where they go when it comes time to put things back together.   DAMHIKT.

[darryl]

I attended the SW Ohio Shooters meet today. Gary brought a chronograph, and I ran ten shots trough it with my RS2 in .22 caliber using Crosman Premier Magnum domes (14.3 gr). Here are the results:
Lo =   726.5
Hi =    742.7
Avg =  734.9
Es =     16.18
Sd =      4.58

MikeM has his RS2 chronied in .177, and I believe he was averaging about 935 FPS or there abouts. Not bad for a $60.00 Wally special, and they are accurate too.
Darryl

[MichaelM]

Lo 942.9
hi 962.5
AVG 952.4
ES 19.57
SD 7.14

I look for the ES and SD to srink a bit as those # is off a fresh tune with MAYBE 25-30 shots through it...

The seal was a VERY tight fit and I am torn between shooting the heck outta it and seeing if it wears in or pulling th piston and resizing the seal down a bit more........ also curious if the overall speed goes up any as I was VERY impressed with that kinda power out of a 59 dollar wally world special

[darryl]

That's a real fire-breather you have there, Mike.
darryl

[a1Bogey]

My RS2 is so accurate and hits so hard that it is scary.   When I feel lazy, but the squirrels are about, all I need to do is take the RS-2 outside and lean it against a tree or lawn chair.    In a matter of moments, squirrels march up , paws held high,  surrendering.  They just abandon all hope.

Bogey

[darryl]

Bogey, was yours also a Wally special?
darryl

[Bentong]

i will be glad to oblige. i have both rs-1 and rs-2  as well as the force 1000,and find them all to be great workhorses.i have used my rs-1 so much that i broke /wore out the cocking lever.it just popped out of the groove.i wore off the tang on both sides.no prob.,a quick trip to my welder and a minute or so with the dremel  good as new. added a thin teflon washer to ease some of the future wear.dont own a crono,but they all perform admirably for the work they do.as summer progresses we are now in the field,in different groves,all over north san diego county knocking off squirrels.

Do you ever have problem with your RS2 feeling like having a hair trigger after using your RS1? Reason I asked is RS1 is direct sear trigger.