A BREAK WITH TRADITION!

Tim Finley breaks his Kral Arms duck to review the Champion springer

- Tim Finley

I’ve never reviewed a Kral Arms airgun before and the Champion looked to be just up my street. Every airgunner should own a few break-barrelled, spring-powered airguns. They just don’t break, so to speak, meaning that they are ultra-low maintenance. They don’t need an air bottle with its gauges, a manual pump or expensive CO2 bulbs to make them work.

The Kral Arms Champion is a very modern take on the classic break-barrel spring gun format. For a start, is has a synthetic stock and fibre-optic element open sights, both of which we take for granted now when looking at the market for a springer. However, it does have a game changer, for me, and it’s something that all springers with both open sights and a scope rail should have as standard – an easily adjustable cheek piece.

NOT A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

Head position is vital for accurate shooting. Most stocks on open sight guns are designed around the head sitting in a position on the stock so that the shooter can comfortably use the open sights; i.e. lining up the rear notch sight with the front element. When the shooter then bolts on a scope, the head position must logically move upwards in order to obtain the correct sight alignment on the scope.