Page 10 - Air Arms TX200 MkIII Reviews

Why aren't all air rifle triggers like this one....just about perfect right out of the box.

You have to save your pennies for quite a while for this one. Never one sale at Pyramyd and coupons don't apply.

The walnut stock is beautiful and worth the extra bucks. This is a great rifle, and excellent value given the fit and finish, overall quality, and great shooting characteristics. Love my HW97K, but this rifle is better.

Simply everything about this rifle is outstanding. I have the .22cal RH in Beech. The workmanship is incredible from the blueing to the checkering and stock finish. The trigger is light and crisp. The accuracy is excellent. It regularly shoots 5-shot groups at 15 yrds from a rest that are smaller than the hole left by a single .25 cal pellet. This is with CPHPs. It also isn't pellet picky. I've tried 7 different pellets and all have delivered tight groups and all but one had the about same POI.

Absolutely nothing.

This rifle will satisfy anyone. It delivers tight groups off a rest and off-hand. Unless you're lucky enough to get a walnut stock with alot of figure in the grain, you'll also be happy with the beech. It's also really nice. It's a bit heavy, but that's good for off-hand stability.

This air rifle just exudes class from one's first glance to a closer careful examination. The bluing reminds me of the classic Colt Python bluing. The walnut stock has a wonderful fish scale design at the forend and grip. The Monte Carlo stock places the eye at the proper level for using a scope. Most of all this air rifle is accurate. I shot 1/3 inch groups at 25 yards and cannot wait to try it at 50 yards and longer ranges. Helping accuracy is a wonderful trigger. It is adjustable but the factory setting was so good that I did not change it. This is a classy air rifle!

Easier Loading.

Since I am new to shooting an air rifle, loading this air rifle seemed a bit awkward to me. Getting a pellet into the barrel breach required some dexterous fingers since it is not a break barrel design. I think with more use I will become accustomed to loading this air rifle.

very easy to cock the gun, beautiful finish and workmanship, easier to load than i anticipated. guess if i had to have only one air gun this would be the one.

this is a hard one, perhaps the bear trap release could be a tad larger, but with practice it comes easier.

like any other air gun use the blue lock tight on all the fasteners. get a good scope on this sweetheart and you have a gun for life to pass down to the next generation.

A real tack hammer...my wife loves shooting this thing. Her shot groups were exactly as promised. Five shots, 15m, could cover with a dime. She also appreciates that she can shoot regularly at a reasonable price for ammo. Yeah, the initial price tag on the setup seems steep...but worth the money.

The walnut beauty and accuracy...for all of 10 shots. The rifle does not move under recoil.

Quality control and comb height. The rifle is also just as heavy as a PCP.

Comb height is too low for larger scopes and high rings. The cocking arm on mine broke after 10 shots. Pyramyd took it back and I went to the s510. The rifle was dead accurate while it lasted.

Gorgeous rifle! Bluing that rivals multi $K firearms! I shot very tight groups right out of the box. I tried the vibration test, pellet on the top turret. Didn't budge. .177 7grain chrono'd at 930 fps, 8.2 grain at 910 fps.

Make it 5lbs lighter :) It's very heavy....great for bench work.

This is my first Air Arms gun, but it wont be the last.

This is the most amazing air rifle I have ever shot! I am getting less than minute of angle at 50 YARDS!!! This is my first and probably last air rifle I will own so I splurged and got the best. Cant ask for more in an air rifle!!!

Not one bloody thing mate!!!!

Excellent British fit and finish! It is the cats meow!!!

I purchased the .177 in Walnut. Most beautiful airgun I've seen. Everything is as it should be at this price. The stock is amazing, very detailed fish scales and quite comfortable to hold. You need a pair of sunglasses to look at the barrel out in the sun, mirror finish. The trigger is something else.

Still thinking...

As soon as you get the wrappings off, you will know that this is something built with care and not just thrown together on an assembly line.

Quality of workmanship is excellent, specifically the walnut stock and blued barrel. The rifle only took acouple of shots to sight-in at 25 yards. I've had good luck using Beeman Kodiak Tapered Dome, 21.14 grain, .22 caliber pellets.

I'm totally satisfied with the quality of this rifle. I would like to see Air Arms offer a sling that could be utilzed for this style of rifle. It would be convenient when used for hunting in the woods (I carry it using a backpack designed to carry rifles). I would also like to see them offer a high grade walnut stock and engraved barrel.

You will be satisfied with this rifle. Much nicer than a break barrel style. Purchase it now!

I have read many, many reviews on air rifles and I have purchased several of them. Like Gamo, Benjamin, Weihrauch and now this TX200 by Air Arms. If you want QUALITY, QUALITY and more QUALITY along with a beautiful stock and bluing on the rest of the gun, then this is the gun for you. The only piston spring air rifle that can be compared to it is the Weihrauch HW97K. For the price that Pyramydair sells the TX200 for (@ $600.00) it's the best deal in air guns. It's fantastic!!!!

I would like to see them come out with a thumb hole stock modle.

Do not buy a break barrel air gun if you are looking for accuracy. Save your money and buy a fixed barrel rifle like the TX200. You will be VERY happy you did.

When I pulled the TX200MKIII in .22 caliber out of the box I was impressed with the bluing, and the details on the stock checkering. Mounting the rifle to the shoulder is a good fit, and the grip on the stock allows for a relaxed hand position very nice...The trigger is really clean, slight first stage to a clean crisp break on the second, light feel to the trigger weight. I really like the trigger. After shooting a few hundred pellets with various types and weights of pellets through the rifle I am impressed with the accuracy. Although I have found a pellet that shoots really excellent out of this rifle, I have found several others that don't. Freehand standing shooting 32 yards I can reliably hit a 1/2 inch bulls eye. From the sitting supported rest I can easily stack less than 1/2 inch groups at 32 yards in light and variable winds. The cocking effort is not too bad either, far less than the magnum springer I have. I am very happy with this rifle.

The rifle is somewhat heavy. I would like to see this same rifle in a lighter weight with a nylon stock, and with a rougher exterior finish. I am afraid of scratching it now... The pellet loading area is a little small for my old big fingers, and with a longer scope makes it that much harder to get below the scope objective to seat the pellet. I am not sure I like the "bear trap" safety catches for the cocking mechanism yet, may just take some getting used to? The 11mm dovetail would be better at 3/8th's or a weaver style as ring availability in 30mm X 11mm base is short, 1" rings in 11mm though abound.

So far out of 7 different tins of pellets, the best shooters at 32 yards outside for me is the H&N Baracuda Match .22 caliber 21.14 grains. At 10 yards indoors the crosman premiers 14 grains shot pretty well.

For quality of build, power and accuracy this gun is hard to beat. I have a Beeman HW97 and it is on par or better. The Pyramid Air folks are the best, they take care of any issue.

Not much

The under lever guns are they way to go if accuracy is your issue.

Initial 1st impression was one of AWE ... Wow rifle looks like high end powder burner ! Bluing deep and dark with a very high gloss. (*BEECH STOCK) was gorgeous having a faint but distinct wavy grain pattern, great smooth gloss finish and that trademark Fish Scale checkering ... just beautiful ! Shoot time ... having purchased with a PA package deal with a tin of H&N barracuda 10.6, my first 50 or so shot were with that HEAVY pellet. THUMP .... Thwack !! was a SOLID shot cycle unlike any barrel break spring gun I ever had shot before. ( And shot quite a few too ) .... Firing the rifle is kind of an odd experience at first being vibration is so low and noise in general so absent. Had to wait a day to actually shoot over the chronograph to convince myself gun was not a low power England spec gun. 10.6's early on were knocking on 800 fps, so while no power house not exactly slackin either. 7 grain RWS Hobby's @ 960 fps which were for a wad cutter WAY TOO FAST, but gave an idea what light lead would do. Trigger ... LOOOONG first stage and crisp breaking second. Readjustment was done almost immediately being much better for what I was accustomed too in a match grade 2 stage "Field pull weight" unit. Cheek weld getting face against stock was also excellent. LOP adult proportioned and very well done. All in all would expect or accept nothing less from a $600 sporting class pellet rifle ... The AA TX200 MkIII delivers what hype proceeds it !!

That's tough .... grasping something to say on a negative leaves me wordless. Rifle is what it is standing on it own merit of 3 generation of model development getting to MkIII

Be nice to have removable muzzle cap like the HC version has. Using a Hard Rod cleaning jag W/guide would be easier being the MkIII internal baffles ahead of muzzle have a nasty habit of snagging felt patches off jag tip leaving you to fish em out with a dental pick. ** So likely WHY recommended bore cleaner is a breech end fed Pull Threw.

Not really sure if I can truly do this rifle justice in this review. It is an absolute work of art. It shoulders beautifully, low recoil, quiet, unbelievably accurate, a joy to shoot, not pellet picky, gorgeous bluing, easy cocking......I could go on and on. I LOVE IT!!!

As soon as you pick up this rifle you will feel everything I just wrote above. Worth every penny!!

Shot well EVENTUALLY; Got one of each caliber, package deals with scopes, rings etc. Shot the .22 first, it performed well. The .177 tested me. Tried close to a dozen brands of pellets, various holds at 10 and 25 yards. Groups progressively got worse. Checked rings and stock screws, no change. Tested the .177 with both supplied "package deal" scopes. Set the Hawke 2-7 scopes aside and substituted a dusty old BSA scope rated for air rifles... problem solved, after several tins this particular model of Hawke did not fare well mounted on the 2 AA springers I received. Both rifles grouped superbly with the alternate scope.

As others stated, the cocking lever rubber bumper will fail in short order. Show pictures of "plain vanilla" walnut samples also to illustrate what may be furnished to the buyer.

Both walnut stocks while worthwhile upgrades, were not as nice as ANY of the photos I've seen submitted. Luck of the draw. Oddly mine prefered heavier domed pellets, especially CPH. Wadcutters did not do well. With the right scope, I believe these will grow on me.

The wood stock is the first thing that you will notice very nice finish. The black polish color of the barrel is very atractive. I could no ask for more regarding the trigger. nice crisp very predictable.

Even though the outside of this rifle is nice good looking. The thing that I will change are: The dovetail rail of this rifle sucks. I will put more grip to it. My rifle is putting 732 fps with jsb diabolo 8.4 that about 10fpe. there are still 2fpe that I could use with this rifle.

Be aware that due to fact that the dovetail rail of this rifle is not deep enough, some or must mounting rings will slip. I had to use a long 4" dovetail adapter to weaver in order to hold firmly my scope. The fist time it felt on the floor (damw it. The rifle kicks back a little bit, enoght to dismount any ringmounts.

WOW. The first words out of my mouth after the first shot. Did I say WOW if not WOW. I've had it for four hours and it shoots dead on. It is beautiful.

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I ordered this in mid October with expected delivery date 10-31. On 10-31 I was notified the Walnut was out of stock so I changed my order to Beech. It did not ship on 11-1-31 so I called and explained my birthday was 11-6 and I really needed my rifle on the 5th as was expected. Ruth bent over backwards and got it to me on the 5th. Thank you Ruth! I thought Beeman RS2 was accurate but man was I wrong. I am hitting dime size groups dead center at 32 yards using a sand bag for support. I am disabled so I sit on my back porch drink coffee and shoot. Now I have a REAL air rifle, and am just beginning my journey in this hobby.

It’s really more like “Things I Love”. The consistent accuracy, quiet report, raw power, bluing, heft, aesthetics and sheer elegance (I find myself just staring at her at times), simplicity of function, low maintenance, overall engineering, the absolute joy of target practice, and the capability to execute humane kills time and time again!

Find a better solution for the cocking arm buffer (Part Number: TX 227). This outstanding masterpiece deserves it.

The cocking arm buffer on my TX 200 Mk3 wore off and I did not notice it. However, I did notice how the rings of the cocking arm wore the bluing off down to the steel on the underside of the barrel. This seems to be a problem with some TX’s from what I have heard and read. Air Venturi sent me a few replacement buffer’s, but it is a real challenge inserting them. My solution was to trim the buffer with a pair of small sharp scissors to make it fit. I also placed a soft rubber O ring on the end of the cocking arm. The bottom line is the cocking arm buffer is only for aesthetics and seals the opening on the underside of the barrel while the O ring does the “heavy lifting” as it buffers against the bottom of the barrel each time the rifle is cocked. I think the combination of the two looks great IMHO. I purchased my O rings from my local hardware store. Sorry, I do not have the exact part number, but I selected a few O rings I thought might work. Once I found the right O ring I returned the others and purchased additional O rings for the future. My TX is a .22 caliber with an awesome walnut stock. I contacted Air Arms to ask what they recommended to keep the stock in tip top condition. The answer was to use walnut oil. I periodically apply Mahoney’s walnut oil to my TX 200 and it really looks great. The accuracy of my TX is phenomenal! I have been able to attain sub 1/4" groupings at approximately 20 yards. The artillery hold, breath control, and trigger pull are all crucial elements in attaining these exceptional groupings. My local squirrel population has been severely decimated as a direct result of the TX 200. My TX seems to love Predator Polymags (as my primary hunting pellet…they are devastatingly accurate and pack one heck of a wallop to say the least), JSB Exact Jumbo Diabolo’s (15.9 Grain), RWS Superdome’s, and Crossman Premier’s (in the cardboard box). On a good day I can place pellet on top of pellet with my TX200. I have noticed how my TX is getting smoother and I think more powerful during the break in period (I have shot almost 2,000 pellets through her). My longest confirmed flat kill shots have been in the 50 to 55 yard range! How about that? The TX 200 Mk3 is not an inexpensive air rifle, but I believe this heirloom is worth a great deal more than the asking price of admission. I am thinking very seriously of purchasing another TX 200 in the .177 caliber. Thank you Pyramyd Air for recommending this exceptional air rifle!!!

Unbelievable fit and finish, world class accuracy, excellent trigger, beautiful stock, not much else I can complement on this rifle. It is springer perfection in the sport class for sure. This is an heirloom quality air gun without equal.

The small rubber "cocking buffer" tends to break or fall off the shroud but I like the look of it without being installed anyway. No major issues found.

The only problem I have is inside 25 yards it tends to put the pellets through ruffly the same hole. Makes it hard to know if you hit the target or not. I would recommend a high power scope of at least 12x or more to take full advantage of this wonderful air rifle's accuracy.