WORTH £554
The Stoeger XM1 is the American firm’s very first pre-charged pneumatic, and what a rifle it is! It’s a regulated, bolt-action, multi-shot, and comes as a package called the Synth Combo.
This combo includes the rifle itself along with optional pistol grip inserts, optional cheekpieces, optional butt pad spacers, Picatinny rails for attaching bipod legs and storing spare magazines, one magazine, one single-shot tray, a fill probe, and a selection of O-rings and hex keys. Then there’s the 3-9x40 scope, two-piece mounts and sound moderator. That’s a lot of gun!
A lot of thought has gone into the design of this air rifle. It wears a black, semi-skeletonised, synthetic, but rigid ambidextrous stock, and features a pistol grip with black or blue inserts. The two spacers on the…