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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful.
Awesome gun, looks great, feels good, shoots great. I definitely recommend it.
By Fred;
This is a great gun but it has a few quirks you might have to get used to. Its great for training trigger control, sight alignment, etc and it feels solid, words great and looks awesome!

First, the slide doesn't pull back like the real ruger .22 pistol its patterned after. It just sits there and looks cool...but it looks really cool. From a distance of a few feet you can't tell the two apart. You can disassemble the gun in a fashion very similar to the ruger but I don't see any reason you'd want to.

Loading bbs into the magazine can be frustrating. The bbs load along the front of the clip in a single stack on top of a spring powered follower. At the top of the magazine is the gas port and a small magnet that pulls the top bb in the stack back slightly so that when the follower is released it rests against a narrow lip above the gas port. As long as you release the follower slowly, everything works just fine. But if your finger or thumb (whichever you're using) happens to slip off the follower, it zips forward and bbs go everywhere. This is amusing the first time, annoying the second time, and incredibly frustrating after that. My solution is to hold the magazine in my right hand and control the follower with that thumb. It works most of the time but every now and then I still end up spraying bbs around. Its not a major issue for me but if you have problems with finger dexterity it could be a real bother.

I've notice sometimes the first shot won't fire. This seems to be caused by a bb getting loose before the magazine is seated and jamming the trigger mechanism. I've found that loading one less bb than recommended seems to eliminate this problem.

Overall, I'm very happy with the gun. It's heavy - made mostly of metal, looks and feels like the real steal .22 its inspired by. It shoots well and is as accurate as any CO2 pistol I've ever owned. One thing to note is that it seems to have some form of "hop-up". For those unfamiliar with the term it means that the gun puts backspin on the bb, causing it to fly a bit straighter and farther than a bb normally would. Its like throwing a curveball so that the curve cancels out the natural tendency of the ball to fall. This works well normally, but if you've shooting into the wind the bb tends to curve up more than it should. I couldn't find any way of adjusting the hop up.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
It looks and feels like the real thing
By Tiger
This is one handsome BB gun!
It looks and feels like the real thing. I own the Ruger that it is styled on.
Now the bad......when I received the pistol, it did not function properly.
Misfired constantly, upon removing the magazine, the bb's that had not fired would fall out of the handle.
I contacted the seller and was advised to return the pistol for replacement, shipping labels and instructions were provided.
I received the replacement in a timely manner and it works as it should.
Great customer service from the seller, Field Supply.
I would recommend and would purchase from them again.

Update 11-21-15: I now have had two (2) valves fail in the pistol. The first was replaced by Hatsan under warranty. Great customer service.
I don't think I will bother to get the gun fixed again as this may be a design flaw with this pistol. I have other CO2 pistols (Daisy and Crossman) and have not had valves fail. Too bad the pistol is not as good as the customer service.

Update 12-01-15: I advised Hatsan USA of the seal/valve failure. Much to my surprise, they sent me a new magazine in a timely manner.
At no charge. You can't beat this kind of service. This company does unquestionably stand behind its product.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
lots of fun in my backyard while it lasted
By Pespan 1427
Very nice build quality and easy to disassemble! My only con is bb's can get stuck around the barrel if you have the mag filled all the way so keep it about 2 bb's short to solve this problem. But the fun factor and accuracy(up to 15 yrds) makes it up. I get about 50+ good shots for every co2 cartridge. I even clean and oiled up like I would with my real firearm.

Update: Well, after about 7 uses, the magazine gave up. It was really fun gun but now I'm leaning towards a revolver bb and or a blowback bb. Field Supply is excellent to deal with, returned and refunded with no hassle.

History behind the firearm that inspired the Hatsan 250XT Air Pistol

In the late 1940s, engineer, inventor and entrepreneur Bill Ruger bought a WW2 souvenir Japanese Nambu Type 14 pistol from a US Marine who had served in the Pacific theatre. Using the Nambu as a model, Ruger set out to produce a simple, reliable and inexpensive .22 handgun for target shooting and plinking.

After some experimentation, by 1949 he had produced a prototype which incorporated the cylindrical bolt and overall look of the Nambu. However, he didn’t have enough money to start production of the new pistol.  Fortunately he made contact with Alex Sturm who had the money to act as financial backer and the vision to realize that Ruger’s new pistol could be something very special.

Sturm, Ruger & Co. was formed in 1949 and went on to become one of the most iconic US firearms manufacturers. And the .22 pistol based on the Nambu became the company’s first product, initially as the Standard though it later became more generally known as the Ruger Mark 1. The Mark 1, with its simple design proved to be reliable, rugged and inexpensive to produce and went on to become one of the most prolific and well-loved .22 automatic pistols ever made with over two million examples produced.

The latest model is the Ruger Mark IV is a rimfire semi-automatic pistol, chambered in .22 Long Rifle which is manufactured by Sturm, Ruger & Company. It is the fourth generation successor to the original Ruger Standard. The most significant feature of the Mk IV redesign is a hinged connection between the upper receiver and the grip frame. This design enables the user to disassemble the firearm with a significantly simplified process compared to prior models.

The Hatsan TAC-BOSS 250XT C02 BB air pistol, as you may have guessed, a Taiwanese-made replica of the Ruger Mark IV Target pistol. This isn’t a licensed replica so you won’t find any Ruger markings here or any mention of the word Ruger on the box, packaging or on the replica itself. Funny how the world works, isn't it?