Umarex Emerge Multi-shot Rifle

The ergonomics and the new 12 round metal magazine. The rifle meets all manufacturing specs and met the chronograph numbers as stated on the box in both lead and alloy pellets.

Adding two sling points for easier carry in the field.

Buy one extra 12 round metal magazine for added fun.

The fiber optic sights, these make it easy to aim compaired to other open sights. I'm pleased to see a rifle still offering good quality open sights. At the time, there were not a lot of options for rifles that are: spring / gas-piston, multi-shot, and with open sights.

It's pointless to try and put a scope on a break barrel due to possible misalignment when you close the breech; having the scope as a package item or even having the rail is not really useful. It's heavy, you will get tired during long shooting sessions; which is made worse by the rifle requiring the artillery hold and not being able to use a bench rest. It's fairly loud, louder than my PCP, and louder than another gas piston and a spring pistol I have. Some of my neighbors did look over to see what was going on while I was shooting. Accuracy was rather lack luster. I found it to be just ok, but not great. It has a very limited range. This is further complicated by the rifle weight and the need to use the artillery hold.

It's pickey about ammunition. The variation in performance and accuracy was signifigant based on the ammo used. It did prefer lighter pellets, 9.5-14.5 grain range, but only certain brands. See uploaded target photos. I shot one full magaine, per target. The ammo, grain weight, distance, and shooting position are written on each target. Targets were placed at 25ft and 40ft. After the first round of shooting all ammunition, I repeated the 40ft distance with the five most accurate pellets in a shootoff. Note, no adjustments were made to the rifle or the sights during any of the testing. Loading the magazine can be a little fussy; it will seem like it's in place, but not be set quite right. Use the artillery hold. It does not like being placed on a hard surface for support. With the low FPS and preference for lighter pellets, this may be ok for squirrels, but probably not for anything much larger.

This rifle has the best trigger of any Umarex break barrel I own and that says alot because I own a bunch. Historically their triggers are horrible. This one is pretty good. Nice 1st stage breaks cleanly about 3.5 lbs. The magazine is a robust design and is very easy to load. The rifle shoots well at least inside my 20ft. garage range pellet on pellet with Crosman 7.4gr wadcutters. The shot cycle is also super smooth.

The magazines are made out of pot metal and apparently cast and I had to use a file to get the spare one I bought to fit. There are signifcant issues with the magazine fitting properly in relation to the rear sight assembly. I will elaborate below. The entire magazine set up is clunky and an obvious first attempt for Umarex. I suspect the rifle will either be discontinued or get a redesign...soon. I am now on my 3rd gun because of issues with the magazine. Pyramyd and specifically Doug have been fantastic to deal with during this process.

I want to make anyone that is considering this gun aware of a couple of booby traps. The first is the fitment of the magazine in relation to the rear sight(see photo). The mag fits too closely to the rear sight. If you move the sight upwards for example it changes the geometry preventing the mag from being to seat fully. This 3rd gun I received has had the best fit of the rear sight of the ones I have tried thus far. The 2nd issue is a nylon gasket/seal that is located against the breech. It has a tendency to come loose from the breech and stick to the mag which will also prevent the mag from fully seating. If the mag doesn't cover the majority of the magnet on top and have less than 1 mm of clearance against the rear sight it is not seated fully. The rifle has potential it really does but it needs some work.