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cw · Banned

I was surfing the internet and came across this thread on the
arrogant advice forum and it reminded me of the two Rapids that
I experienced.

http://airgunadvice.net/viewtopic.php?t=8272

A while back I bought a Rapid MFR. It was a big mistake. When
I received the first gun, I could not get it to group very well at all
(3 inch groups at 50 yards). Upon closer inspection I noticed that
there were a lot of burrs around the transfer port that empties into
the breech end of the barrel. The same type of flaws were around
the muzzle crown also, so back it went. I received the second gun and
accuracy was the same and I noted that it had the same barrel
quality issues as the first one.

Before I sent it off, I did a side by side comparison with the Condor.
My conclusion? My stock Condor won in the accuracy department hands
down (.5 inch groups compared to 3 inch groups for the Rapid)!

So, instead of trading it for another one I opted to give the Rapid back
and keep the Condor. Maybe someday, if they improve the quality, I
might try another one.

I think that the Rapid is meant more as a satus symbol. A lot of them
exhibit these same problems and need work done on them right out
of the box before they will shoot half way decent.

I learned a valuable lesson from all of this: More expensive is not always
better.