How good are the .25 Matadors?

Lee, I really don’t know as I have never set down and counted. I do know that when I was adjusting my HS tension and regulator, I would always shoot the gun till it came off of the regulator and then refill.

My R2.5 25 cal long version got 55-57 regulated shots and the R3 seemed to get a lot more. It seemed that I would keep shooting and wonder if it was going to ever come off of the regulator. When adjusting the HS tension and regulator, I found that I would set it and then shoot a fill out, refill and check the speed to see if it had moved any.

I think that the regulator and HS tension have to go thru a fill and off the reg and then they “lock In” with next fill.

I would guess that my R3 gets at least 65 shots per fill and it might be closer to 70. I will check it when the weather gets better.

IIRC, Nasser gets 75-80 with his R2.5 25 long.

Mark, my R3 shoots better 100 yard groups than my R2.5 22 cal standard. I don’t think that the 25 cal JSB is any more accurate than the 22 JSB. I do think that the R3 is an improvement over the R2.5

I loved my R2.5 25 cal long version that I put a BSA barrel on and did some other mods to. It shot the JSB 25.4 Exact Kings at 890 fps for 45 fpe. It shot very well and I had no problems hitting a ground squirrels head at 115-125 yards with it.

My R3 25 cal long version shot at least as well right out of the box!

I have a R3 22 cal standard ordered and I will sell my R2.5 22 cal standard when the R3 comes in.