When a rifle surprises you - GSX 200

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I've had this wee beauty for a few weeks and thought I'd finally get a scope on it and see how it performed? I chucked on an optimate that sat spare in the cupboard, gave it a zero and fired the first 2, seeing they landed on the same hole I carried on using dead centre of the sticky target as poa.

Well, to say I was surprised is an understatement!

This is a 10 shot group at 25 yards, rested

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Now this GSX came mint in the original factory box and there are absolutely no signs of wear, the seller did say it went over to Andy @Blackmax but I can't recall why?

Anyway, a nice shooting start to 2026 😁

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Dusk2Dawn said:
Jesus that’s first time I’ve seen a mint one like that.

Amazing rifle enjoy fella..
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I looked at one last year and it had too many things on it that I didn't like, it seemed to have been messed about with too much for my liking.

When I went to pick up my SLR-98 the seller brought this out to show me as he thought I may be interested? As soon as I saw it I asked if it had ever been used as it looked untouched, I couldn't pass up on it.
 
Drake267 said:
I love these, I really regret letting my last one go as it was a cracking gun. They benefit from and adjustable cheek piece being fitted, at least for me personally but great guns.
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Isn't it pretty much a Theoben MFR in a roundabout way?
 
Eastmids-HD said:
Isn't it pretty much a Theoben MFR in a roundabout way?
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More an updated mk2, quick fill and gauge fitted and a nicer looking stock. The mfr has a different bottle valve that doesn’t require unscrewing then firing a few shots and so on until you can fully unscrew it. The gsx range is for me the next evolution of the rapid, I know some rapid enthusiasts prefer the standard rapid but for me it saves messing about taking bottles off to fill them up. I’ve also had a few gsx100, basically a cylinder version of what you have and also a gsx600, a hft/target stock on a gsx100.
 
Drake267 said:
More an updated mk2, quick fill and gauge fitted and a nicer looking stock. The mfr has a different bottle valve that doesn’t require unscrewing then firing a few shots and so on until you can fully unscrew it. The gsx range is for me the next evolution of the rapid, I know some rapid enthusiasts prefer the standard rapid but for me it saves messing about taking bottles off to fill them up. I’ve also had a few gsx100, basically a cylinder version of what you have and also a gsx600, a hft/target stock on a gsx100.
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Cheers for the info, I'm glad I bought it truth be told, mind you my Rapid mk2 is pretty much as accurate as the GSX.
 
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