KEY SPECS
MAKER: AirMaks, Czech Republic (airmaksarms.com)
UK DISTRIBUTOR: CDR Guns (airmaksarms.co.uk)
MODEL: AirMaks Krait
PRICE: £1,400
TYPE: Pre-charged pneumatic
CALIBRE: .177, .22 and .25
OVERALL LENGTH: 600 – 670mm
BARREL LENGTH: 400mm
WEIGHT: 2.5kg
TRIGGER: Two-stage adjustable post-and-shoe match-style
POWER: 11.65 ft-lb to 11.8ft-lb
We love to categorise things don't we? A pigeonhole for everything. When it comes to air rifles, some come from a premium brand, some are mid-priced, others are affordable, but good, and a few are cheap for a reason. But a select few fall into a classification best described as ‘exotic’.
Items like this are not high-volume and often carry a substantial price tag. But the lack of marketing budget behind them adds to the mystique.
It's an indefinable quality, and has less to do with slick advertising and more to do with word-of-mouth conversations about quality rifles that speak for themselves. Before long, once a few air rifle enthusiasts think they have discovered a little-heard-of gem, an aura starts to surround it.
AirMaks Arms is such a company. Based in the Czech Republic, it only makes air rifles and its line comprises just three models, all of which are distributed in the UK by CDR Guns of Norfolk. However, whilst they are all
