Anschulz 525 advice please
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AN DU RU FOX
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i had one and traded it in for a 1417 anshutz,ok for some but the trouble is you get giddy and waste ammo,plus the build on the 525,s nothing like the others,imho,atb doug,
iain b
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I had one. Worked fine with subs. The trigger is quite hard and parts are difficult to get. Mags as rare as unicorn horns and expensive. The recoil spring is very long and next to impossible it refit unless you have the factory tool to use. Very accurate, had mine chopped down to 13" and was very handy in the landy. If you want an old school semi, look at cz, and krico. Both good guns.
I've got one, first rifle I owned. It is pretty accurate and if cleaned and oiled, I have no problem cycling subs (I normally use RWS which are some of the lowest power you can get). Build quality is fine but it wasn't an expensive gun. Might be selling mine soon, as it happens.
Tool is easy to make for the recoil spring but they're still a little fiddly to fit. I second the comment about ammo usage. I was lucky to find a second magazine cheap in a local gunshop but then I had just spent a fortune on a .223 with them so maybe they did me a deal!
Tool is easy to make for the recoil spring but they're still a little fiddly to fit. I second the comment about ammo usage. I was lucky to find a second magazine cheap in a local gunshop but then I had just spent a fortune on a .223 with them so maybe they did me a deal!
welshwarrior
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Got a couple here both very accurate and fire subs fine. For me they where a good cheap reliable and accurate 22, only selling as I don't really need 2 and I want a one for one.
FrenchieBoy
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I've just sold mine, it was cut down and threaded to a 16 inch barrel and it cycled subs perfectly - Mine shot extremely accurately using Magtec Subs and never missed a beet! It's still for sale in the shop where I traded it in complete with scope and ready for work. With regards to the tool for the spring, I still have one if you do buy a 525 and need it!
Sorry to spoil the party, but my own experience of the Anschutz 525 was pretty poor. I bought a new one some 20 odd years ago having traded in a BRNO 581 semi-auto against it. The BRNO, once the mainspring was cut down, cycled subs beautifully and was fairly accurate. I could never get on with the 525, trigger was very heavy and it just wasn't accurate enough for me, although I think it cycled OK. I cant quite remember how bad it was accuracy-wise but the groups I got meant that for me headshots on rabbits at 50yds were probably out of the question!
I now have a Theoben AMT which is a stainless clone of a 10/22 re-worked by Ben Taylor and is about as accurate as my Finnfire Range. As per any 10/22 this works much better with a 25 round banana mag than the terrible 10 shot Ruger rotary mags and means you can blast off more ammo in less time!
I now have a Theoben AMT which is a stainless clone of a 10/22 re-worked by Ben Taylor and is about as accurate as my Finnfire Range. As per any 10/22 this works much better with a 25 round banana mag than the terrible 10 shot Ruger rotary mags and means you can blast off more ammo in less time!
Bear in mind if you are really after an Anschutz, the 525 is made in Italy by Marrocchi & rebadged. Some folks love them, others hate them but they're often cheap enough to be worth the risk. Mine out shoots my ability and although it might not put all the shots through the same hole at 50 yards, they're more than adequate for bunny bashing & plinking
welshwarrior
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patrickstar
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hi do you still have the tool for spring if do do you want to sell it or have any idea of where to get one mate
They're not difficult to make. It's just to hold the spring flat when compressing it
patrickstar
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any idea what they look like mate i just cant get mine back in
When you try to compress the spring, it tries to bend in the middle like a caterpillar. If you can hold it down until it's inside the block then that's ideal.
The tool I had was like a ruler with a groove across it. Imagine getting a strip of steel, about 1mm thick and, from memory, and 40mm wide. Lay a steel rod of about 6mm diameter across it at one end and hammer the strip around it to form the groove.
Ah, here you go:
Anschutz 520 - spring tool?
patrickstar
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cheers mate i will give it a go in morning my heads battered with it tonight lol
How do you know?Had one for many years with no problems shooting subs of all makes but whatever you do, do not shoot very high power rounds eg Stingers through it - the extractor claw snaps and you cannot get another - anywhere! Do not ask me how I know…….
Foxyboy43
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FrenchieBoy
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You have a PM. Hope it helps.
I had one of these years ago before selling to a friend. The barrel to receiver attachment is a full on design fault and slight movement can set in. The local gunsmith has now put locktight on the retention bolt but I think this needs to be taken a stage further and the barrel permanently bonded in with JB Weld or such. With a cut down barrel, no weight on the front and that dragging trigger it is a pig to shoot accurately - now looking for a heavier mod and I have advised the steel ASE Utra..
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