The Remington Express is more of an RWS34 with a Rekord type trigger than and R-9, tube is much larger...with a little work they are nice but not as fast as a 34 or XS-25...call it 650 fps in .22. Might be as fast in .177...the rifles are made to Remington specs so...the usual cheap scope and mounts are provided. I will have to look into the XP...23 ft/lbs sounds like a lot of power for that action...