TUNE-UP FOLLOW-UP

Anyone who knows the pain of shooting a rifle that just won’t perform as well as it used to will know what I’ve been going through with my Cometa Fenix 400 Carbine. I first bought this rifle from a good friend and colleague of mine. He was giving up shooting in favour of fishing. No accounting for taste if you ask me, but I got a good gun for a good price so couldn’t complain too much.

I remember my first time out shooting with this gun at my favourite range, it was perfect in every way. I could hit anything I liked and it was very accurate, at least as far as my shooting skill allowed. The rifle came in at just over 11 ft-lb, which was exactly what I wanted. It was reliable as well.

On a good day, when I was able to get to the range early, I could easily go through an entire tin of pellets or more and the rifle would perform flawlessly throughout. Many people had heard good things about Cometa guns, but very few had ever seen one