Air Arms S510 XS Xtra FAC Poplar Reviews

Light weight, easy to use, powerful for my needs. Managed a headshot on a squirrel at 55 yards the second day of owning it. Good for a left handed shooter.

Magazines are cheap. I had to file down the plastic on the spare that came so the pellets would rotate. Location of the safety is not optimal.

If you have the money and are looking for a quality PCP then this rifle is an excellent choice.

I like the high quality of construction. When I first got into airguns about five years ago, I watched the Brits slaying rats, and the rifle they were using was the S510 mostly. I put it on my airgun bucket list, but have mostly been interested in springers, since they require no extra equipment to go out and shoot. But recently, I scratched my PCP itch with this rifle. It is mightily accurate! Although I initially craved the walnut stock, the poplar stock version was available as 'refurbished' at a healthy discount, and how can one pass that up? PA has been excellent to work with, as always! Love this rifle!

I can't really think of anything to change.

If one is interested in traditionally styled rifles, rather than the popular 'space gun style', as seems to be the current fashion in high end PCP rifles, this is for you!!!

Beautiful Rifle. Great Power, Amazing accuracy.

Please, Please change the charging port. Not compatible with anything else I own. A real pain in the . . . . . well it is a pain! Magazine feels really cheap for such an otherwise great rifle.

Now thinking of purchasing a bull-pup

Easy to use right out of the box Didnt need to adjust anything Very accurate and likes a wide variety of pellets Very quiet BMW of airguns Smooth action

Nothing but a little pricey. But get what u pay for.

I shoot a lot off offhand and this stock configuration is great form me. I get four magazine changes (10 shot mags) before I need a refill to stay on the regulator and this .25cal is quit accurate.

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Thought I would not like the fill set up but with the foster quick disconnect attached to the fill connector its not a problem at all for me.

This rifle is a tack driver, beautiful finish and bluing, awesome gun!!!!!!

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Buy one you wont regret it

I bought this rifle refurbished from PA. Air Venturi does all the work on AA products and I believe they import them also. The rifle is absolutely flawless. It is truly a work of art, stock is second to none.The fit and finish is outstanding. I have the .177 cal. I shoot on a 25 yard outside range. I get 100 shots with same POI from a fill on low power. Don't waste your money on targets if your shooting at this distance. The accuracy of this rifle is beyond belief, plus no fliers. We shoot at blueberries on end of toothpicks that are pushed into a strip of styrofoam, Coupled with an Air Venturi Nomad2 compressor, this is the balls,

A bigger back yard to utilize the performance of this rifle more fully LOL, but seriously , nothing, other than adding an extra magazine,

on a fill, on low power, I get 100 shots at an avg of 650 fps. using JSB 8.4 grain pellets. There is no POI drop.

Bought this rifle last year. Wish I would have waited until now when it is on sale for $200 less. If you have been waiting for a PCP now is the time. Buy this rifle. It is amazing. The fit and finish is rivaled by none. The accuracy is outstanding. I guarantee you will be very pleased. At 40 yards I can and have put 10 pellets through the same hole. I am using a Nikon Monarch 6.5 x 20 scope. The better the scope the better the grouping. I have never had an air rifle this good. Wish I could another in .25 cal. Mine is .22. Trust me. Cant go wrong with this one.

The only thing I would change is the position of the safety. Its ok just have to be diligent using it. And I would like to see the power adjustment dial have clicks so it could be more stationary. Other than these two things. 100% perfection

Please dont let this bargain on this rifle pass you by. You will regret it later.

very nice restricted UK rifle.....

slightly over priced.....needs LeMak power valving......brings it up 25-33%.....then its deadly.....

What a beautiful rifle. The fit and finish is second to none. The blueing is gorgeous and the stock is smooth with great checkering. The cocking action is like butter and the accuracy is unreal with the right pellets. A bit pricey but you get what you pay for. This should be something I hand down to my grandkids.

The rifle should have studs to be able to attach a sling and bipod. Maybe relocate the safety. Also fix the power adjustment knob so it isnt so free moving.

If you have ever wanted a pcp rifle spend the extra money and buy this one. Dont settle for less. It wont disappoint you

Overall quality. I mounted a Bug Busters scope using high BKL rings. Haven't decided on a pellet yet. Seems to be pellet friendly.

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Everything. To be honest, this is my first PCP rifle.. I find it NOT to be pellet picky However, when it finds one it don't like.. Just don't.. Haha. Lucky for me, mine likes good old crosman premier, and the gold tipped ones too.. All but 2 worked really well, as far as name brand. I tried some from eBay that were cast by a gentleman. Not good. Out of the box put a nice 10 shot group in a 3" target at 75 yards. Holding 2 mil dot high. This thing is quiet, remember the old red rider ? You'll shoot your eye out kid.! Well it about sounds like that. It's deceiving the power it has because it is so quiet. I shot 14.3 grain then piledrivers@ 30 grain, only difference was a 4" drop

Cost less and send an air adapter to fit the gun. We are Yanks, and still thumb our nose at the metric system too... Lol

Buy extra pellets, then buy more extra pellets. And realize that it takes a proper adapter.. Your going to like this rifle.

Perfect finish. Accuracy to this point is just amazing. Great packaging, and prompt delivery. Ordering and accessories identification on the web site was very easy to understand.

As others mentioned the safety is not at the best spot but this is not a major concern to me at this point in time.

I have been looking at these rifles for months now and finally just did it. Out of the box it was easy to see that the care that went into the packaging was second to none. I was overwhelmed to find such a flawless piece of equipment in my hands. The attention to details and finish of this gun are heads above any that I have ever purchased. I quickly ran about 50 rounds through it to get the feel of the trigger and loading system. During my first 50 rounds I was not concerned with accuracy. I just received my testing set of pellets and have settled in on the Exact, Jumbo RS 13.43 Diabolo drilling dime size groups at 50Yds.I can see that the local tree rat population will be kept in check in the near future. The Hill MK4 pump and Hawke 4-16 scope that my son bought me make this gun easy to shoot.

This is the Most GORGEOUS air rifle that I have ever seen! The accuracy is insane! It's so accurate that sometimes I feel like I am cheating when shooting with a friend.. The target I shoot at 60 yards is so small that you can't see it without a scope. A little smaller than a Dime, I hit that most shots ... I shoot Doves off a cross country power-lines at a laserd distance of 127 yards. I love this Air Arms Rifle so much I bought another in .22 cal. The first one in .25cal. So, which one is more accurate? I think the .25cal might be more accurate because where I live the wind is always blowing. which

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First of all the accuracy is very good with crosman premier hollow points, I've been taking down doves from 50+ yards and ending rockchucks from 20 yards. Waiting for some heavy pellets to come in to reach out farther. The build quality is strong and precise. It's relatively light, my buddy's .17hmr is almost as heavy as this. Stock is gorgeous but soft, if you wanna protect it while hunting get some cushy camo wrap over it. I've been playing around with low end springers since I was a kid and they've been so finicky and frustrating. I have the best wife there is because she let me buy this and even goes hunting with me but anyway get this with a hill pump and a quality mil dot scope and you should be very satisfied, it's easy to shoot accurately and it just makes you really glad you got it. It has no regulator so it's low maintenance and should be an heirloom for your whoever. It's like a firearm without the noise and high cost of 22lr ammo.

Lower the price. Maybe make the magazine stick out less out of the top of the receiver so you can have your scope lower, I used Burris high mounts and I still had to shim the scope up. Make a removable power adjustment insert that would give it set positions.

This will take anything from rockchucks to starlings. Don't skimp on your scopes dudes. Learn how to find your ranges with the mil dot system and how to compensate for range and wind. Practice, practice, practice. I've still got a long way to go but I'm getting more consistent, this gun will shoot where it's aimed you just gotta aim it right.

Very Nice Rifle, very high quality from the barrel, to the stock, and trigger, very easy to shoot, shoot most pellets good, but some very good, balanced , aims and points well, very much worth the money, the adjustable power is a nice feature, helps with getting the accuracy where you want it, most people that buy this gun understand what their paying for and why.

It would be nice if they would put sling studs on the stock

This gun does not have a regulator or a bottle air tank, but it also does't have the high cost of the Fx's and Daystates which can cost twice as much for a flatter shot string and more shots, you still get a good shot string and 30 to 40 very accurate shots and the quality is just as good if not better.

Most everything about it. The triger is very light. I have been working on sighting in the Hawke Endurance scope at 10 and 25 yards for back yard varmit control. I use the Hill MK4 pump to refill when the gauge drops to about half. Which is after 40 shots at half power. I bought this as a bundle and used PayPal Credit otherwise this would not have happened.

Would be nice it it came with sling mounts and a mount for bi pods. If the power control knob had clicks to lock in position.

The type and weight of the pellet you use will affect how accurate it is. I am 70 so holding it still is the hardest part, but once you get things worked out it's fantastic. I use a Vanguard Quesr T62U tripod with other aids to steady my aim.

This is an exceptionally well built rifle and is my first foray into PCP guns. I'm an FFL dealer/gunsmith and the quality, fit, and finish of this .22 cal rifle rivals some custom firearms. I can tell that Air Arms takes exceptional pride in their rifles. I'm a lefty and the ambi-stock fits me perfectly. The trigger is a beautiful 2 stage right out of the box. Nice first stage take-up and second stage breaks like glass at about 2.5 lbs. For my shooting style (target/plinking/hunting) I won't touch the trigger adjustments. I can't speak much to fine accuracy yet as I'm still breaking the rifle in and haven't put it over the chrony, but it generally cuts ragged holes when I do my part shooting offhand at 10-20 yards. It seems to be more accurate than I can shoot, more so than my Ruger 10/22, and much quieter to boot. Should be deadly squirrel/varmint medicine at my farm. I'm proud to own this rifle and highly recommend it to any serious PCP airgunner.

The design of the power setting leaves something to be desired. It should have detents between settings...it is just a smooth turning knob, so power can't really be varied consistently. I simply set it at min or max and consider it to be a 2-power setting rifle. Hopefully Air Arms will address this in future models and will provide a retro-fit kit for the rest of us. I also don't care for the safety design, touching the trigger to safe/unsafe the gun doesn't seem intuitively safe to me. The trigger safety is extremely stiff (it may loosen more with time) and I'm concerned that repeated cycling of the safety may eventually stress the trigger laterally perhaps affect the trigger setting. These are just minor nags about the gun, it is truly a fine English firearm.

Beautiful and well made. Paired it up with a Hawke Sport Optics 4.5-14x42 AO Sidewinder Tactical Rifle Scope. I can just hear the tin cans trembling in fear...

Well what can I say this gun is amazing. Pin point accuracy at 50 yards, power is there ranging from 34 fpe on high and 12 fps on low (.22 caliber), and having the power adjusted with just a slight turn if the knob is great, it's a very beautiful gun too. The trigger amazing to any gun I've ever owned. it will meet your expectations.

Nothing with the gun itself it's perfect well worth the price! The only thing is the markings that show what power my gun is at is different on mine; it's just one big mark so if I move it it'll be a little difficult to put it back exactly where I had it other than that it's perfect

Even though its a thousand dollars is very well worth the price.but that is if you are a serious air gunner, I've had the Benjamin Marauder in this gun is more than twice the Marauder is. so don't settle for less if you want you want consistency.

Its all been said in previous reviews so all I'm going to say Is, this rifle Is awesome

Move the safety and make it auto

I cronied the rifle the first day I got It using JSB jumbo's 15.89g pellets ten shot string, high 984psi low 948psi on highest power setting, I didnt bother with the lowest power level as I probably wont use It.It took me weeks to decide between this and the BSA R10 I am moor than happy with my choice. So don't waist weeks deciding ....BUY IT NOW....Nuf said