Just received this Beeman R 10 .20 caliber today, if anyone is interested I will be selling my 177 - R 10 carbine soon
Congrats, Mike. Looks like a nice one!
Soon as I saw that barrel drop when you slapped it I figured it was either cocked or the spring was broke and screwed itself together. That had to be kinda scary getting a gun that's already cocked and not knowing whether it's loaded or not. Wonder how long it had been cocked before you got it. Be interesting to see what kind of power it's putting out after being cocked like that. But on the positive side, since it survived the shipping like that you know that the trigger is safe. The way they handle things these days I'm sure it passed several "bump tests", lol.
Hi Jim.
Yeah it surprised me for sure , I thought the same either cocked or missing spring.
The ebay listing showed the barrel cocked open so I think it was cocked since LOL
I'll get a hornet spring for it and make a custom spring guide and grab a piston seal if needed love these guns
Nice R10 Mike. I bought a pristine .177 deluxe several years ago. The stroke on the R10 is 89mm vs 85mm on an R9 I had. The R10 was an easy tune for me. I tried the ARH ES3650 spring that Ed Canoles used to talk about. 34 coils of .120” wire. Easy cocking with room to space as you wish. Add a tophat and just turn down the stock guide.
I used one of the new style HW seals that worked VERY nice. Add one of the new cocking shoes too. In .177 it was a smooth 13+fpe with more spacing room open.Very pleasant shot cycle. I would like a carbine to go with my deluxe too. Have fun.
One thing I have yet to verify Iam thinking the R 10 deluxe and the R 10 carbine are two different
R 10's Is nt the deluxe built as the baby brother of the R 1 a little more hefty then the R 10 carbine? and the R 10 carbine built a tad hefty
over the R 9 I may have to get a deluxe to find it out LOL
thanks for the info I will save that
I have a 177 R 10 carbine listed on the classifieds bluing is nice but the stock has fresh chips in it that just happened while taking the pictures
The Deluxe is certainly the same R10 action just as Beeman did with several other offerings. I believe the long barrel gun is a pound heavier than the carbine. Mine is 8 lbs 5 ounces which puts it about a half pound lighter than my R1. Like the R1 it takes good form to hit with as does any springer with a longer barrel. I did a write up on mine a few years ago.
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/thedianawerkcollective/kalamazoo-r10-pictures-added-t13941.html
your findings was that the R 10 deluxe & R 10 carbine were the same action ?
deluxe stock would make if feel larger with that longer barrel
