100 Yard Accuracy on a Budget | JTS Airacuda .25 | Complete PCP Air Rifle Kit for $500 

When we needed him most...he returned.

Well…here we are 12+ years later…still watching Ted vids lol.

I got seriously sick years ago. I was bed ridden for a long time. Bored out of my brain, I decided to watch some RU-vid videos. I found your channel. You helped me through a bad time. Thank you!

You sold me YEARS ago on the Benjamin Discovery, I added a tko22 can and a 2nd barrel band and shot 20k pellets through it.. eventually it was stolen out of my truck, but until that happened, it was my absolute go to for pests. Hundreds, maybe even thousands of sparrows and starlings met their demise thanks to that setup 😏 now I have several pcps, but I'll never forget my first. Thank you Ted, you really opened the door in a big way for many people. Keep up the awesome work!

Man it's good to see you making content Ted. Hope you are doing well.

No Ted, Thank you!! For sticking with us. Just keep doing what you do best, one of the best arigun content on RU-vid.

Thumbnail looks like your video with the Benjamin ~14 years ago that got me into this sport/channel. From the woods of northern Michigan 👍👊🇺🇸🤘

Ted I remember your maurader videos from way back. There is no telling how many air gun enthusiasts you have unknowingly influenced but I know one…Me! Thanks I think! Lol. Great gun and video btw.

There is nothing out there like a Teds HoldOver video. Always something to learn. Best AIrGunTuber!

It's so awesome to see you again Ted I want you to do more videos but I know you have a family life and everything but it's amazing to see you again I love it

Pyramyd Air is awesome, they ship some items to Canada. Thanks Ted, great video!

Usually I would listen to your expert advice Ted.. but I know that this Airacuda as fine a PCP as it is.. still does NOT beat the Air Venturi Avenger in performance or price! Air Venturi Avenger is still the King of the Budget PCP's!

Top man, it's good to see you back 👌

I was sold years ago from teds shooting with the edguns and early FX. Bought myself a marauder in .25 cal. That led to me owning numerous other pcp rifles over the past 10 years and now the younger members of my family shoot my near 15 year old upgraded, regulated and customized marauder. Fun hobby for the whole family. I own 2 large safe full of powder burners but… I always come back to airguns. Shoot right in your back yard and keeps your marksmanship sharp all year. Keep up the videos Ted. Always enjoy your content.

Good to see you back! Please make videos more often

You had me years ago! Great to see you dropping again. Was planning to add a 25 to the mix and this one checks all the boxes. Your blessing is the closer however! Thanks

The legend is back!

dude this might be your best video yet. Raw, real, and compelling!

Ted, so nice to see you again. It's been quite some time and I have missed your videos. This rifle looks like a real winner! It's difficult to find a rifle that doesn't have a lot a plastic parts...just like vehicles. No plastic exudes quality. I ventured back into airguns in 2013. I have a Crosman Nitro Venom .22 and a Diana 34P in .22. I could not achieve consistent groups less than 1.5" at 25 yds with either of those break barrels. In 2018 I bought my first, and only, PCP. It is a Gamo Urban in .22 caliber. I paid $220 for it on Amazon along with a cheap Chinese hand pump for $85. I purchased a UTG 3-12x44 Compact scope for it. My sole purpose for an airgun is to protect my bluebirds from the harassing sparrows. I chose the Urban because it too is a quality airgun and basically a BSA Buccaneer at 1/3 the cost. My shooting distance to the nesting boxes in my back yard is 25-35 yds. This Gamo Urban is capable of 1/2" groups with a JSB 18.1g pellet at 30 yds. Like you, I shoot from my wife's sewing room. So far this year, I shot 11 sparrows from the 35-yard box. The Urban is very accurate and it's has never lost a pound of air in the five years I've owned it. The hand pump works as well as when I bought it in 2018. I do take care of my equipment. I put a few drops of silicone oil in the fill probe every few hundred shots and lube the hand pump with silicone oil once a year. I never over heat the pump either. I am 77 years old and have no issue with the hand pump. I shoot two mags, 20 shots, and refill. If I was in the market for another PCP, I would give this JTS a good look see. Thank for your honest review of this rifle. It's pretty impressive at that price point. Take care, and I hope to see more videos from you in the near future. 😉👍👍 Geo from Kalamazoo, MI

I'll credit you Ted for getting me into this hobby of pcp air rifles . I watched your videos for years, thinking it's too expensive for me, but last year I picked up several pcp air rifles including this one and I am very happy with it even being left handed I make it work . Love your content

They say “absence makes the heart grow fonder”. My heart is fond enough,Ted. Less absence and more Ted please!

Ted, I'm glad to see you again, your presence is wonderful as always, I'm from Greece and I've been watching your videos since the beginning, well done and I hope more young people follow this hobby!

Glad to see you again. This is a great time to get into pcp for sure.

I'm in now , and I'm glad your back. Thanks for everything

Nice to see you back missed watching your videos.

3000psi with a hand pump is a work out for us little guys especially now that im old.

Glad you're back into somewhat budget equipment. Good video

Nice video Ted. Good to see content

So happy to get another vid from you man.

Wow, what a great video and what a great find. This may be the one that pulls me out of all my 22 long rifle target guns to do some PCP. Appreciate all you do

You are 💯 % right I love the JTS and I owned almost everything.

I've been sold thanks those are awesome. Keep making videos man you do a great job.

Happy Easter Ted and thanks for the review of an accurate, affordable rifle. Your straight forward evaluation and infectious enthusiasm is a blessing for me. Your time and efforts are always appreciated. May the rest of your day be great in every way and may tomorrow find you in it.

Great, review Ted! Honest, and to the point! Very, informative! Right, on sir!

Ted , thanks for the video. Your straightforward description is what we need. No B.s.

Nice to see you again mate, still so enthusiastic about the guns you review.

always great to see a video from the man the myth super Ted!! great review and nice to know this is a good gun by your standards.

Hmm cant wait to see this. Thanks ted! I had a kral that can almost outshoot my wildcat.

Always have time to listen to your point of view, never needed the glamour, but I love that cammo!

Good to see you back again

Ted where you been. Love your content. Your the best guy to review everything air powered. Honest reviews

Awesome content Ted!

Rabbit was totally unimpressed. Between yourself , Steve from airgun evolution and Norm and Keith from 68 whiskey my savings account may never recover but a whole lot of pests won't either. Thanks to all involved !!

Thanks Ted, good to see you

Great to see Ted again, always great product info and entertaining.

With the position of that power adjuster I'd suspect its actually a rotating transfer port adjustment like the air arms has.

Awesome Ted 😎 thanks for sharing be safe buddy 💯

Just one word Ted. BRILLIANT!

A legend is back!!

Great to have you back🇺🇸👍🏻👏🏻✅⭐️

Love that you're still doing videos. I subscribed to you over a decade ago and wanted to get into airgunning. Now I am finally able to with my own house with a few acres. Just picked up a new benjamin armada .25 cal with the scope on sale for about $550 and it's pretty freaking accurate for my first pcp gun.

dude finally I love your channel you really inspire me

Always a pleasure to see a blue dot besides your channel name in my list =) The rifleman who does the nitty-gritty work! Thank you

Sure miss the videos, Ted! You are arguably one of the best youtubers ever! Keep them coming!!!

I still had to watch this. Even though I have a few fx guns. Good stuff. I was sold a long time a go 14 years.

You had me on the Benjamin Discovery however many years ago. I still have it and the floor pump is still working like a champ. I am not doing invasive species lethal removal like I used to. This area supports healthy native species.

Brilliant video , thanks. Probably the gun I would have bought many years ago to get into this hobby .

I just picked this up and ran 60 rounds through it so far, I noticed dramatic velocity drop around shot 50 but the first 40 plus at 50 yards were super accurate once I got the scope adjusted in

Amazing rate of accu ! ThanX for showing. Yep, the air rifles have been getting a lot more accurate for the last few years, so much so I've almost stopped using my accurate Aspen and bought an Avenger.

" You don't want to jump into the deep end, start with the shallow end." That is the wisest words I heard in a long time. Most people with high end rifles will tell you otherwise. BUY THE BEST YOU CAN from the beginning they always say. I hate it when people say that. A person's first rifle is to see if he likes the hobby, no need to buy an expensive rifle. I say many people buying expensive rifles just to sit on the shelf after the first week of two, selling it after a few months. If he is really hooked into the hobby, he is going to buy more rifles anyway.

Ted's the pcp man. Thanks buddy!

Wow! Great review

You got me started on the Disco years ago.

Awesome video Ted. Always love the channel. So nice to see se someone supporting a product on its merits rather than outside influences. I’m personally looking more for just plinking. I’d love to know shot count with a.22 around 12 ft pounds. Guess I’ll have to wait for a review from across the pond. Thanks for making another video and sharing. On Wisconsin!

You got me really thinking about it.

Great video ted !!!!!!!

All hail King Ted!!! You are the reason I am looking at buying PCP rifle. I took many a rabbit as a kid with an old multi pump, 22 air gun (at close range). I bought a 10/22 Ruger, and over the decades have taken many a rabbit with it. Now, I can shoot 100yds with an air rifle? WOW! Thanks Ted More videos please........

Great review, I'm sold😊😊😊😊

Love your last statement “get me a rock” LOL!!!!!!!!

With my JTS Airacuda Max, I can hit a 2-inch target at 130 yards, and I can get a 1-inch group at 100 yards. With jsb 18.13 grain jumbos. At 50 yards I got a half inch group.

Great video mate. Thanks for not changing :)

Please do a review on the FX DRS Classic 500. An "affordable" FX airgun.

Great review - this friend on the sideline may have just convinced the coach to put him in!

Love the simple lines and classic design. Very appealing for me anyways.. and then the performance and price, ya buddy

The gauntlet 30 is one of the best budget pcp rifles too. I really like that the mags are metal on this one!

Most Excellent Ted..................Cheers!

You got me into it years ago, I have the FX Impact in .25 with a .177 barrel also… I believe they now have Impact M3 which is 3 generations ahead of mine now.

Hey! new subscriber here. Your ethos really mirrors mine and enjoyed watching this mate. Cheers for making content!!

Nice one Ted!

Shoulder repair must have gone well. Nice to see.

Great cammo.

You finally remembered you had a RU-vid channel. Welcome back my childhood RU-vidr!!(:

Great video. Bro.

Am sold 👍

Ted is the reason I bought a PCP rifle. Bought a used FX Royale .22 1) because his early review of this very rifle a lot of years ago lol, 2) it was considerably cheaper than a comparable one that is new. The starlings used to stay just outside of range of the 'ol reliable Bejamin 392 .177, then came the hammer.... oh yeah mister starling you're 80 yards out there..... BAM! Thanks, Ted, for spending my money in a good way. Keep doing what you're doing.

Thank Ted!

It was your videos that got me wondering why I couldnt get a Hatsan Vortex to settle accuracy wise. Tried numerous pellets. And it came down to pellet quality and weight. Can now get a 3/4" group at 30m...good enough for rats!

I have a spring action GAMO Swarm 22 rifle and I really like it and don’t have to worry about having an air compressor and it shoots between 800 ft./s to 1000 ft./s. Depending on what kind of pellet I use. The gun was a lot less expensive than I thought but buying magazines was interesting and they are spring rotary magazines. Really nice similar to what you were shooting. Not all metal but they still work. Excellent thanks for sharing your video. It is interesting.

My .22 cal DAR Gen 3 was A LOT less than the Aircuda Max, uses the same regulator and it STACKS 15.89 Hades, Barracudas and NSA/H&N 17.5-21 gr slugs at 50 yards. Yes the factory reg let me down after about 1500 shots. Yes I picked up a Huma Air Tuning reg. Found out after that the poppet o-ring was dry rotted and literally fell apart when I inspected it AFTER replacing it. ES and SD is now

I've been saving up for the max version in .25. It was between this and the AvengerX and I just like the metal construction more. The CroMagnums were fun to watch. Looked like the old Contra game from the 80's 😎

I recently got in to this hobby. I bought the Benjamin Maurer .22 cal. I also bought a compressor. It’s a lot of fun.

Well there you go. Another copy of the Air Arms S410. What a surprise!!

Hey Ted, I ordered a .25 right after I watched your video. It just arrived about 30 minutes ago. Got a scope on it and give it a mag of pellets. It's terrific! Includes 2 of the mags out of the box. No plastic. Everything is very nice. Shoots terrific. Sighted in in just a few shots and with my own hand poured Noe mold .25 pellets it's shooting great group right out of the box. I did the 10 for$10 to make sure I got a new good rifle from Pyramid. (Don't ask) but I will do 10 for 10 from now on to make sure I always get a brand new gun not used from them. Anyway very pleased with it so far. I only bought this due to your recommendation. So please keep the reviews honest always just like I feel you always have. Thank you for that! Have fun!

loved this as all of your videos. Especially the part about barrel bands. I have always seen that free floating was the way to go. Every time noobs modify their guns they seek out a bunch of barrel bands and then complain about clipping.

I think I need to add this one to the collection

Thankfully, I got this before this review. I'd expect the price to take a hike now. Great gun! I've taken down flyers with this one.. Duck soup!

Good old Ted, holding over and whatnot.

SOLD! 👍 The .25 Max is incredible for the money.

Holly shit you're back

You still have it, like from the early Edgun videos, how long ago was that? I appreciate the absence of gadgetry, simplicity is art. It's hard to beat an original. 👍