Page 9 - Air Arms TX200 MkIII Reviews

I own several spring and PCP rifles, some very accurate and of very high quality. I own two TX200, one is a Mark III, which I own for over three years, and the other is an older version I bought used several months ago. Everything you read in the reviews is true, no need to elaborate. Accuracy, quality, finish, overall experience, al excellent

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My TX200 Mark III loves Light Crosman Premier pellets and pretty much any other light domed pellet. I did not like heavy Premiers and made a terrible twang when trying them

Original spring broke before the first 2,000 round sand replaced with Macarri spring

Applying tar on the spring is recommended to remove any twang

I am looking for a full size PCP and it will be and Air Arms

I...LOVE...THIS...RIFLE!!! Had it for almost a month and already put nearly 1000 rounds through her. Accuracy is astounding, fit and finish are wonderful. I am also a proud owner of a vintage Weihrauch HW-35 and I have to say the TX200 is my new favorite.

The rifle is engineered and constructed superbly, but the lube used for the internals is sub-par. Accuracy dropped off after about 200 rounds, I gave her a lube tune with some moly and she has been a sweet shooting tack-driver ever since.

If you begin to suffer from POI shift after your first 5-10 shots or start hearing spring twang, it needs to be re-lubed. Do a quality job with good moly grease or have a pro do it and you'll have a rifle you will fall in love with too. If you are looking for a quality springer that is pinpoint accurate and loads of fun to shoot, don't hesitate to buy this rifle!

Fantastic stock ( mines beech),beautiful deep bluing. Pictures do not do justice on the great looks of this rifle. I wasn't sure if I was going to like the 'fish scale checkering' but it looks great. Outstanding accuracy, excellent trigger.

Nothing. Maybe lighten rifle?

I've had this TX 200 for a couple days now. Rifle is very heavy but this springer is so accurate that I wont complain. I really didn't believe a spring rifle could be as accurate as a PCP, but this rifle is amazing! Sub 1/2" 5 shot groups at 35 yards are the norm and I know that with some practice I can beat that. This rifle is NOT very 'hold sensitive' at all. Shoots like a tuned springer. Very smooth shooting cycle. Mine is in .22 cal and shoots Crossman Premier domed 14.3 grain best. JSB Exact 14.35 grain come in second. This is my 5th Air Arms air rifle( first springer) and can say this company makes a very high quality product. You can't go wrong with this air rifle.

Every good thing you have ever heard about this rifle is true. I am still breaking mine in. Chrony showed 710 fps average for about the first 50 14.3 gr. Crosman Premier hunting pellets, but with a large disparity in velocities. Could see "smoke" for a few shots, but no excess noise. ThumpThwack is what you hear at 25 yards against an aluminum can. At 500 plus shots with the CP 14.3s, the rifle can shoot a 50 shot 1" group at 35 yards from a bench rest using a BugBuster 3x 9 scope. The rifle is not hold sensitive. No matter how I hold it, the pellets go where I expect. Propped up on a sandbag under the forearm and another under the tip of the shoulder pad, with only my thumb and trigger finger touching the gun, the rifle put 3 pellets inside a 1/2" bullseye at 35 yards at around the 250 shot mark. The average velocity is still climbing. Average is up to 735 fps with Std. Deviation of 7 fps.

Can't think of anything that wouldn't change the nature of what it is. Perhaps having the cocking arm / barrel bumper fully seated by the factory.

The rubber bumper on the underside of the barrel wasn't inserted as deep as it will go when the rifle arrived. Learning to grasp the cocking lever so as to not pull it out by accident was easy, and after 3 or 4 hundred shots, it was fully seated and no longer is in much danger of being pulled out even if you stop paying attention to where it is. The shallow dovetail requires that you purchase a very high quality scope base. BKL did the trick for me. Even the short ones with only two clamping screws will work for lighter scopes. I shoot off the back deck, and my wife is just on the other side of the wall in the kitchen, and she says she can't hear me. My neighbors can't hear me either even when I can hear them out on their back deck. I can hear the Thunk quite loudly but it doesn' carry far. Night time rat and racoon hunting will not be a problem. Buy a really good high power scope. This baby deserves it.

Whats not to like!!

Nothing!

Keep in mind you get what you pay for. I also have a gamo break barrel (NO COMPARISON to my TX200.) This gun is more beautiful than all of my other guns, high powered riffles included. AIR ARMS YOU REALLY DID IT GOOD THIS TIME. Acurite and Beautiful, ENOUGH SAID!

The workmanship; wood work, bluing, fit and finish, and made in England, not China. EXTREMELY accurate for an air rifle (coming from a firearms instructor).

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I've been a gun collector for many year and for some reason, I decided I needed an air rifle for my collection. I wanted the best but was hesitant. If you're in this boat, DON'T be hesitant. It rivals most of my powdered rifles in fit and finish and this is one serious air rifle. I'm a firearms instructor and took it to the range. ALL the real gun nuts that were there now want one. It is a beautiful, accurate .22 cal. rifle. The ONLY ding is that it is HEAVY but I can still shoulder it for a few shots at 50 yards. My kids have since shot it and all of them love it as long as they can shoot from a supported position. This is an heirloom type rifle.

We got this to save wear and tear on our vintage RWS 45 and also to fill a gap in our air gun collection. Although we have some superb PCP rifles, I strongly believe every air gunner needs a good springer and the TX 200 is one fine spring gun.

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Cannot believe the quality, fit and finish on this gun. Right there with our high end centerfire bolt guns. We opted for the walnut version and, believe me, we won the wood lottery. This gun is as nice to look at as it is to shoot and that is saying a lot.

If there is such a thing as Air Rifle Art the Air Arms TX200 MKIII is the embodiment of this classification. It is truly a beautiful instrument. Plus the function follows the form. Cocking is precise and each movement provides positive feedback to my senses. Loading becomes second nature after perhaps five pellets. The trigger must be experienced to understand how perfect it is. Accuracy, out of the box, is spot on.

If I wish to re-engage the safety I must re-cock the rifle. I believe this step should be eliminated and possibly Air Arms might engineer a more simple process to re-safe the rifle.

I read a review by Tom Gaylord which helped me decide upon this purchase. So I must thank him. The walnut stock version of this rifle is not inexpensive. I monitored the Pyramyd Air web site until the day they offered a Refurbished version for a bit less than a new beech stock. Then I placed my order. What I received is without a flaw. I must also add; the assistance and care I received from Pyramyd Air was exceptional.

Fit, finish, attention to detail and performance is second to none! I thought my RWS 350 Magnum .22 was the stud on the block... but it just got straight up punked by my TX200. I shoot the heavy Kodiak, 21.14 grain, 5.5mm, Cal .22 pellets and they do some serious damage! For best accuracy in field target shooting, try the Diablo, 15,89gr .22. I hit quarter sized groups from 50 yards out while converting my empty wine bottles to mere fairy dust from the same distance out. This gun is detailed and again, amazing piece of art!

Perhaps the loading chamber could be a bit larger but I'm nitpicking.

I would upgrade to a better scope for this masterpiece of a gun. Don't cheapen it with a cheap, cheap scope. I recommend either the Hawks Sport or Leapers Swat for about $139 or so. This gun is worth the money to have in your collection. You need 11mm dovetail and rail purchased separately for about $15. Make sure the rail has the grove screw to prevent slipping.

Wow! This gun really seems to work with me. It's by far the best springer that I've shot. The fit and finish are excellent,as is the accuracy, the trigger, and even the sound level.

You have to cock it in a smooth motion and hit the end of the cocking stroke a little bit firmly to get the sear to catch. It's easy once you get the hang of it, but it is different if you are used to a break barrel air rifle. If you hear a buzz after a few hundred shots, it's most likely to be the spring guide.

it really is everything they say it is. well made excellent fit and finish. Out of the box the trigger is amazing . Yes, it is heavy , helps make it steady. Mine is a .22, been shooting Benjamin 14.3 g hollow points, best pellet I can find up here in Fairbanks AK. but luckily the gun likes them. I highly recommend the 10 for 10.No point in paying for shipping then finding something wrong with the gun

gun was purchased as a package deal off the pyramyd website , although the web site was easy to navigate with quick follow up of status of order and tracking # . The scope in the package is adequate, I might of been better off spending time talking with someone prior to ordering

Everything! Balance, accuracy, Great finish. I read everything I could about this gun before I bought it, It lives up to everything you will read and then some.

Only thing I would change is I wish I would have gotten the walnut stock

You'll not be disappointed.

Has a very nice balance and comes up perfect,the weight makes it very stable from freehand,the fit and finish is bar none,overall i would recommend this gun to anyone!

I found it somewhat difficult to load when your hands are cold as the loading port is rather small.

Shoots like a dream out of the box,my first three shot group at twenty five yards was three quarters of an inch and am expecting it to get better.

I am not disappointed. This is a beautiful rifle. It's worth the cost merely as an art object, the fact that it is also such a fine rifle is a bonus. Walnut stock is gorgeous. The metal is too but I need to stop obsessing about how easy it is to get fingerprints on it (yes, I do clean it after shooting.) Only ran a few hundred pellets through it so far but I am really happy that I chose this rifle. I got used to loading and cocking it very quickly and find it quite easy to do.

As others have said - it is heavy. I also really wish you could re-engage the safety, doesn't make sense to me why you wouldn't be able to. I also wish Air Arms would design a way to add a sling - I know you can attach something to the cocking lever but that does not seem like a good (or safe) solution to me. A finely made rifle like this deserves to have a finely designed and well made option for a sling, not something jury-rigged.

So far seems to like RWS Meisterkulgen pellets the best. Also tried Crosman Premier, JSB Diablo, RWS Superdome and Air Arms Falcons but the Meisterkulgen were the most tight and consistent groups. That may change after the rifle is more broken-in? Time will tell.

The accuracy,quality of the product,beauty of the walnut stock,everything.

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This rifle is the best rifle I own right now.To me is a collection item.

Very accurate.

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I am still searching for a better scope to mount. After firing off some rounds with a CP scope i feel that this gun deserves an upgrade. Also have to admit that i had to find youtube video to help with initial operation (documentation is a little lame) am over initial sticker shock now and very glad of purchase

I like the weight and the quality. It rivals anything from the famed German factories. The walnut is absolutely flawless. Unlike a lot springers the TX shoots very well off the bench as long as you don't hold in a death grip. Let it move.

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IT IS HEAVY.

I like the feal of it a little on the heavy side but well balanced.it is very well constructed,solid build with smooth cocking and as for looks it is simply beautiful it's almost to nice spend to much time wiping off finger prints but very happy with this rifle.

Can't find anything to complain about.

This is definitely one to add to the collection.
Two thumbs up to PA they did a great job also.

Oh my goodness, I love this rifle! I've had it about a month, and I've put about 700 rounds through it. It was smooth to start with. After 500 rounds, it was even better. After a Vortek PG2 kit, and 200 more rounds, and a few hours polishing trigger, sear, etc, and adjusting the 2-stage trigger to my liking, my TX200 is Air Rifle Utopia! I opted for the 3-9 Bug Buster scope, so I could shoot inside. I already know I'll be putting a 12X or 16X on it next Spring. CPHP, CPL, and H&N Baracuda Match Heavy all make one ragged hole at 25 yards.

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Not all walnut stocks have the beautiful character that is shown in many photos. Mine is pretty, but it has much "simpler" grain than some others. Would I buy walnut again? Absolutely!

It is one Beautiful weapon, I sent an e-mail to AA about there top notch workmanship. The trigger is very light but nice, the gun is very accurate, and worth a nice scope. I got the walnut stock it's worth every penny, I love's me some pretty wood.

A little bigger opening for loading the pellet, but it works.

Hold on to the cocking lever when loading the pellet.