{"id":1298,"date":"2008-09-27T08:06:40","date_gmt":"2008-09-27T12:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/09\/27\/beeman-r1-does-the-needful\/"},"modified":"2008-09-27T08:06:40","modified_gmt":"2008-09-27T12:06:40","slug":"beeman-r1-does-the-needful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/09\/27\/beeman-r1-does-the-needful\/","title":{"rendered":"Beeman R1 does the needful."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More first impressions.  I was surprised by the weight of the R1.  My R7 with a Leapers 6\u00d732 Bug Buster 2 scope is less than 7 pounds, and is very easy to cock.  I can shoot it all day with no worries.  My first session with the R1 made me realize that things are going to be different with this one.  The R1 is listed at 8.8 pounds, while its Bushnell Elite 3200 7-21\u00d740 Mil-Dot Scope is listed at 1.25 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>As you can imagine, after shooting the R7 for the last 10 months, I was not prepared for the weight of the R1.  It is one thing to read that it is heavy, but it is another thing to experience it first hand.  It is not going to be a problem; just a learning adjustment for me.  Cocking the R1 was also more difficult than the R7, but this part was in line with my expectations.  It is smooth and straight forward, but I could see how some shooters would have a hard time managing the R1.<\/p>\n<p>If you order a gun case (I ordered the $75 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.straightshooters.com\/cases\/dos10252deluxeriflecase.html\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.straightshooters.com\/cases\/dos10252deluxeriflecase.html', 'Doskocil Deluxe Rifle Case');\" target=\"new\">Doskocil Deluxe Rifle Case<\/a>) <a href=\"http:\/\/straightshooters.com\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/straightshooters.com', 'Straight Shooters');\" target=\"new\">Straight Shooters<\/a> will mount and sight your scope for no additional charge.  This is a pretty good deal.  They also removed the R1 sights, and installed the Beeman Universal muzzlebrake and the Beeman rear sight cover plate.  While the muzzlebrake is a little loose, I am happy with the out of the box experience.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cgblog\/images\/airguns\/09262008\/r1_targets_01.jpg\" alt=\"R1 Paper Punching\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>No fliers; bottom left one is just arm fatigue<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cgblog\/images\/airguns\/09262008\/r1_targets_02.jpg\" alt=\"R1 Plinking\" \/><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Good thing the beer is gone.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cgblog\/images\/airguns\/09262008\/r1_cans_01.jpg\" alt=\"R1 Beer Can Plinking\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Is .22 more fun than .177?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/cgblog\/images\/airguns\/09262008\/r1_cans_02.jpg\" alt=\"R1 More Beer Can Plinking\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>What a great shooter!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The R1 looks and feels like the real deal \u2013 no one will mistake this beauty for a bb gun.  Of course that could present some other issues, so discretion is the better part of valor with backyard shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Next up, Mr. Squirrel meets the R1.  Care to guess what happens next?<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More first impressions. I was surprised by the weight of the R1. My R7 with a Leapers 6\u00d732 Bug Buster 2 scope is less than 7 pounds, and is very easy to cock. I can shoot it all day with no worries. My first session with the R1 made me realize that things are going &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2008\/09\/27\/beeman-r1-does-the-needful\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beeman R1 does the needful.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}