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Air Gun Home Forum Index » Rifles » Tech Force 99 Mag.    View previous topic :: View next topic  Tech Force 99 Mag.   Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:20 am thepaladin Senior Member Joined: 12 Dec 2007 Posts: 930 Location: TN USA I find myself just about "talked into" trying a Tech Force 99 Mag. They've got the price so low and I've read a lot of good reports on this Chinese/American rifle. Has anyone got first hand knowledge? _________________ "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)   Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:52 pm 23ib0d0n Moderator Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 757 I wasn't impressed. Fit & finish is poor, while accuracy was non existant until I put over 100 hours of machining as well as several hand made parts into it. The absolute pinnacle of 'turd polishing', so jump on it only if you just want to eat up a huge amount time and still not be able to shoot a worth while group anyway . . .   Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:02 pm thepaladin Senior Member Joined: 12 Dec 2007 Posts: 930 Location: TN USA 10/4 got the message. I'd seen a lot places where there were good reviews, but those can be suspect. I suppose I'll hold off. The 99 mag. was is down to around $100 at Campasco. Is that the model you got? _________________ "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)   Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:14 pm broommaster2000 Moderator Joined: 10 Mar 2007 Posts: 5714 Location: City of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands I think you need to go for the XS B30-1. I hear they're almost cloned from the D-48, and with some tuning, you got a real gem. I almost bought one, but I ran into the real thing. I've gladly payed more then a 100 dollars more for that. http://airrifle-scope.netfirms.com/onlinestore/nfoscomm/catalog/index.php?cPath=1_34&osCsid=c0bc7480c7138249ecad9dea4dee74cb _________________ BIG GAP   Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 5:37 pm cw Banned Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 1771 Turd polishing. That's great. I vote that we have a section labeled as such. I nominate the P17/2004/2005/2006 (did I miss any?) as it is pretty bad, OEM. Before. After. Minus the turd, it's a very sweet pistol. I'm confident that Slavia will co-sign me on this one.   Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:40 am 23ib0d0n Moderator Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 757 thepaladin wrote: 10/4 got the message. I'd seen a lot places where there were good reviews, but those can be suspect. I suppose I'll hold off. The 99 mag. was is down to around $100 at Campasco. Is that the model you got? Got a couple from there {won't do business there again} and a couple used. Put together 2 that could actually spit a pellet out, but couldn't be scoped and the irons are pretty poor . . .   Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:42 pm thepaladin Senior Member Joined: 12 Dec 2007 Posts: 930 Location: TN USA The frightening thing is that if you just search for reviews, most are positive. they make a big deal of the American spring and how great it is, and have testimonies as to how great the guns are. That's why I was looking for someone who actually tried one. Supposedly the "new" 99 mag. is improved...just wanted to know before blowing a "C" note. Thanks. _________________ "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)   Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:05 pm Slavia Moderator Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 4382 Location: Waseca, Minnesota, USA Quote: I'm confident that Slavia will co-sign me on this one. And your confidence would be well placed. Although I wouldn't necessarily put the P17 down in the "turd" category. You get a lot for very little money. _________________ ¡Listo! ¡Apunte! ¡Fuego!   Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 9:09 pm cw Banned Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 1771 Right out of the box, I would classify mine as a turd. If some person, who has no idea about airgun repair had bought it, it would have been returned or thrown out.   Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 3:48 am Amigo Veteran Member Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 263 Location: U.S. MidWest The TF-99 is a stamped knurl stock version of an Industry QB36-2. 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