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The Annoyed Man wrote:OK, the more I look around, the more I can see that it would be worth it to step up for an RWS 48. I'm looking at the one with the upgraded Hawk scope, and the only thing I haven't decided yet is .177 or .22, but I'm leaning toward the .22.

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So, what is the difference between an RWS 48, and a Umarex 48? They look like the same rifle to me.

You won't be dissappointed. I am not sure about the Umarex vs the RWS. They looked to be priced about the same so i would just go with RWS if i were you. One thing I don't know if you noticed it or not but they aren't light. They weigh about 9 pounds with an optic.

TheDude wrote:I have had a RWS Model 54 .22 caliber air rifle since i was about 14. Its an awesome weapon but not cheap. I believe it was over $500 when I got mine.

Correction I went online and searched current pricing and when I saw pics of the models I remembered that I have the model 48 not 54. Mine doesn't have the fancy stock with the checkering and raised cheek piece. Saves some money by excluding those features. Both models fire a .22 cal pellet around 910 FPS. Which is comparable to a .22 short. They are still running around $500. That might be a little more than you were thinking of spending. I was fortunate enough to have loving parents who gave it to me as a Christmas present when I was a young teen. The Gamo rifles are priced much better and I have heard really good stuff from people that own them.

I have had a RWS Model 54 .22 caliber air rifle since i was about 14. Its an awesome weapon but not cheap. I believe it was over $500 when I got mine. I don't think it would take a hog but many a cottontails and squirrels have fallen in its sights. It is accurate out to about 50 yards. The .22 cal pellets don't have the velocity of the .177 cal ones but I was young when I purchased it and thought that bigger is always better. I have not researched .177 vs .22 pellet performance enough to know if the .22 is really that much more powerful. I think probably not.

I can vouch for RWS's quality and accuracy. It is a side cocking rifle and not a barrel break type. At the time I thought that it would be more accurate since the barrel stayed secure. Now i know that's not really the case unless you use a scope since the scope is stable but the barrel moves and has to lock back up exactly the same every time. Not sure if that really matters or not but my rifle is definitely accurate. Be sure and use an Air Rifle scope if you decide to put optics on it. Apparently the vibrations and odd recoil impulse of Air Rifles cause problem with regular scopes. My rifle is plenty accurate with the iron sights but I decided to put optics on it after I got older. I had no luck with rim fire scopes holding their zero. I will admit that I tried cheaper ones though. I eventually settled on a BSA AR4X32. Works great. Air rifles are a lot of fun and pretty cheap to shoot.

Here is a link about air rifle scopes. It does does mention the problems of using optics with the break barrel cocking rifles.

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