Swiss Arms TAC1 Combo Tan Reviews

The scope is defective.

The scope

This item packs a lot of power. Very handy and lightweight to carry on the hunting field.. But the scope cane defective. Won't set properly

Good gun for the $$ -

Better iron sights - scope is good but do you really need one with a air gun? Iron sights are much better for fast shots

Prefer a 22 but this is a nice weapon

Good looks, feel and easy on barrel break. Nice weight. Great price. Accurate once sighted in.

Maybe include High Rings. Gun sighted in very low. Had to use the tallest rings i have and still slightly low.

I really liked the look of this rifle and wanted a low cost 22 springer for plinking/hunting AND experimentation. Fit and finish were nice with only a small amount of barrel droop on my specific rifle. Cleaned barrel before first use because it was DIRTY. Breach seal was a bit flat so I replaced with a new shimmed o-ring (about 9 cents). Trigger is MUCH better than many other rifles in this price range. Out of the box mine had a short and light first stage followed by a short firm (4lb?) crisp 2nd stage. I LIKE it! Typical factory oil dieseling during initial break-in, but accuracy was good (not excellent) at 10 yards with low cost CPHP pellets. My rifle "likes" these pellets. After a home tune up, spring TWANG is about 50% of what is was out of the box and is now similar to most of my other springers. Dieseling is down and accuracy (if I do MY hold correctly) is now 10 shot dime groups at 10 yards. IMHO this is GOOD for a low cost springer!

Spring TWANG was tied for WORST PLACE in my springer collection. I fired ~200 hundred pellets before the annoying TWANG forced me to break down rifle for a tune-up. My compression tube was badly deformed (oval!) at the trigger end and I could not initially remove the piston to inspect the factory piston seal. I had a hex-socket with just the right OD to match the ID of the compression tube and pressed it in to RE-ROUND the trigger end of the compression tube. Piston slid out easily after that. Deburred all sharp tube edges, cleaned out all factory oil and filing debris, and applied a thin coat of silicone oil and moly paste. The Tac1 Piston seal was in excellent shape so no need to replace it. Main spring had a slight kink in the area that rides the rear spring guide, but it was not bad enough to replace (for now). There was a loose fitting top-hat on the piston end and NO piston sleeve. I suspected this is where most of the obnoxious TWANG was generated.

Check front(2) and rear(1) stock screws for tightness OFTEN as these will loosen up every 10 shots unless you torque them down with blue thread-locker and let them set overnight. Also check scope mount and scope ring screw tightness OFTEN during break-in. This is NORMAL for all magnum springers!

The guts of this rifle look identical to several in the Crosman line so part diagrams and some replacement parts should be readily available at very reasonable cost.

I shimmed the top-hat to fit the spring SNUG and added a piston sleeve made from a 2 liter soda bottle (PET). I know what this is usually referred to, but it is a free and easy fix for a low cost air rifle! Reassembled with moly paste in critical areas and used blue thread-locker on barrel pivot bolt and the 3 stock screws.

It was shipped swiftly.Packaged very well.This was my first spring powered air rifle and I thought it would be far better then what it is! It does have potential,comfortable hold and nice design.

The scope leaves a lot to be desired,never did get it sighted in.Had to put a better one on the rifle. Quality control was lacking.I will have to disassemble it,find whats making the dragging noise and completely lube it.

Unless you like to thinker I would not recommend this or any of the Swiss arms brand.I haven't been able to find any parts for repair if it is needed.
Will try Crosman for replacement if I need parts

Good gun for the money. The weight is helpful with accuracy and proves its quality (for the money) I squirrel hunt a lot and this was my first 22. Cal and I see why its so popular. Its a little throat puncher just asked the many squirrel its taken. Ive ran close to 600 rounds through it so far without an issue.

Trigger is a little mushy nothing too bad. Scope was junk which is to be expected at this price. And it could use lock washers

Loves alloy pellets and hates crossmen dome

The pistol grip works well . Cocks without much stress . This gun is very solid ,maybe it should named the "THUMPER" . Accurate, Impressive looking. Have no way to measure fps but ripped up various types of targets at 15 meters. Scoped in easy .

What could be changed without running up price ? No need to go that direction , purchase a higher price gun. Next rifle will be a nitro piston

Loud with heavy vibrations . Might wear on shoulder and neck after a few dozen rounds. Heavy not well balanced. Nice finish on metal . This review is from a 66 year old senior . A lot of bang for 100 bucks. This rifle is .22 caliber .

The pistol grip works well . Cocks without much stress . This gun is very solid ,maybe it should named the "THUMPER" . Accurate, Impressive looking. Have no way to measure fps but ripped up various types of targets at 15 meters. Scoped in easy .

What could be changed without running up price ? No need to go that direction , purchase a higher price gun. Next rifle will be a nitro piston

Loud with heavy vibrations . Might wear on shoulder and neck after a few dozen rounds. Heavy not well balanced. Nice finish on metal . This review is from a 66 year old senior . A lot of bang for 100 bucks.

Came with nice scope lucky it had mill dots didn't hit center move down one dot perfect for the price ok

A scope that was able to center

For price great 2nd Swiss arms

I bought the 22 version and I love it! With only about 100 rounds fired I'm getting half-inch groups at ten meters using H&N Hobby wadcutters. The groups are still tightening with break in. It may never be match quality, but certainly excellent hunting accuracy. I haven't chronographed it yet, but the power seems good. A 13.6 gr. pellet fired at a concrete block left a divot about an inch wide and a quarter-inch deep. The Swiss Arms scope was a pleasant surprise with sharp image, easy adjustment, and so far recoil resistance. For the price of this combo I don't think it possible to go wrong!

The spring is one of the loudest I've experienced. I'll be lubing it shortly.

I did have to use a 10" @ 30 meter droop compensator to get into the middle of scope elevation adjustment.

1400 fps (untested) look, feel, sound is ok... Shoots ok... These are all things I have found 30 mins after unboxing. First shot was 2" off. Within thirty mins I got a 1.5" group around the bullseye at 13 yards. I like the weight. It does not feel like a toy

I would make some kind of lunch system for barrel for faster and better handling for reloading. If I were chasing a squirrel it would be tough. I would also change the way the instructions read..."tap end" to break the barrel over... Also the first shot sounded like a rim shot! I thought about taking it back... But it got softer. I hope that doesn't mean I am loosing compression.

To every man his own. I plan to play with different rounds to see which one groups better. I was using crossman destroyer ex.

Price, look, fact it comes with reasonable sized scope, pistol grip, very easy to charge (lite pull stroke)

taller scope mounts.

be sure of your backstop as scope was WAY out when I first started shooting. At only 12' I wasn't even on the paper let alone the bulls eye. Once actually sighted in it shoots great tho