REVIEW: Air Arms Ultimate Sporter Xtra | Performance & Accuracy 

You have quickly become my favorite airgun reviewer, actually for well over a year. Here is why...Instead of kissing the arse of the makers of the AA Ultimate Sporter Xtra, you brought to light, the things they had done wrong and what could/should be done to rectify the situation and make it right. To me, it reminds me of a better, more pleasing to the eye Marauder. I sent my Marauder from PA to my friend and very under recognized builder, fabricator, restorer and tuner...Rich Dudek! I am new to PCPs but had an idea of what needed to be addressed and faith in Rich to do that which I didn't know. First a hammer debouncer, Lane regulator, a better shroud, a gen 1 bolt swap and an extended air tube for even more air, which he fabricated his self out of delron because he was fed up, waiting too long for extension. He did a few other things that I can't recall.The end result was a quieter more efficient, smoother performing rifle, that his wife was hitting 1 inch spinners every time at 75 yards! From your review...Many, if not all these things need to be addressed. The difference is the AAs rifle cost twice as much. It is far more aesthetically pleasing but after all the mods, the Mrod still cost hundreds less and the AA rifle, still needed the same mods to make it right. The Ultimate Sporter is wicked beautiful and stupid accurate but when will these companies do what they know needs to be done to make their product spot on? Men like you put it out there and we put it in our reviews as the consumer! At any rate,I apologize for my long winded rant on your well done review! Keep up the great reviews....The whole truth and nothing but the truth! The Bigman aka...Ron

Glad you mentioned the sound on slow mow I noticed that my self

Another good video Matt.

Thank you for the review!

Thanks to you I decided to buy air arms 510 FAC-it was a very good choice. It wasn't easy thing to do here in Poland.

Brilliant review on the Rifle mate i think you have the best and HONEST reviews around thanks. Also really enjoy the hunting vids too, keep em coming mate. :D

I do agree Mat about the shot count thing, I should know, I have a Benjamin discovery. And I wish I had a hammer de- bounce system Which is a very good way of getting more shots per fill. I hear where you are coming from.

Awesome video with logical advice. Hopefully a rep at air arms sees this (because I know if I bought a gun like this, it would be an fx due to shot count)

Great review

Another great video but desperately waiting on some with the Daystate Wolverine !

Very good review, very honest.

Excellent vid

great vid mate can't wait to see this out hunting

Very nicely done! Exceptional Job! 🎉I own the S510 and as you say it an exceptional PCP rifle 😊

Hey Matt! Good Video as always! Could you explain, how you lock the power adjuster in place with a screw? Cheers from Austria!

I like the look of the sporter but love my wolverine. Thanks for the video.

hi Matt i just bought an evanix blizzard s10 and it is proving to be very accurate indeed . i only shot it with the 15.89 and 18.13 jsb ,both pellets are highly accurate. i have an air arms s 400 classic as well not xtra fac thou and it is very accurate as well . The look of the ultimate sporter is fantastic thou. Regards Joseph from Malta Europe

Essa pcp Air Arms ultimate esporte é muito linda top de linha

Super review as always ;-) 3 questions : 1.What scope are you using on this riffle? 2. If you really had the money to buy only one super air gun riffle , what would be your ultimate choice? 3 You enter a rifle shop, ( money in the pocket > your mind is set for an air arms S 510 and you have have to choice > an air arms s,510 in .177 or .22 caliber ? ... What riffle would be lying on your back seat when driving home ?

Love this guy great video and now they are making the ultimate sporter regulated and are selling like hot cakes

Your right you can't compare a Benjamin Marauder to the Air Arms, you gotta look at the price difference between the 2 but the Marauder is a great gun for the money and its for those that can't afford an Air Arms, Daystate, or FX which cost 3 times as much. I have the marauder in .177 and .22 and I get 60 shots on each and both are doing 21fpe which is plenty for what I use it for which is those starlings, and pigeons and I do a little hung for rabbit and squirrel. Great vid as always keep up the good work.

Fantastic shot , I do like this gun would love to have it but I use a side wheel in my scope so the mag would get in the way

Thank you

Greetings from California-big fan of your work. Trying to decide btwn .25 and .22. Cal- I turkey hunt and need to shoot at 90 to 100 yards. Will the .25 have enough accuracy at this range considering its max velocity of 780 fps? thx

Great Matt ! Q: what did your consider short and long range for a .22 cal air rifle 30 fpe power ? Thanks.!

if you could choose between air arms S510, Fx,bobcat and Kalibrgun cricket (either bullpup or carbine) for shot count, accuracy and hunting/target shooting, which one would you choose? oh in the 22 caliber or 25.

I totally agree with Matt! if AA make this gun with more shots count./high power I don't mind to pay xtra$$ for it...

Hi, I see you are using the Hawke Airmax 30 scope. I have the 3-12x50 version as well. How accurate do you find the rangefinding via the focus wheel? I do not have a range finder and usually struggle with range estimation. Thanks

Could you do a vid about what animals you can shoot with a 12ft-lbs (16J) gun?

Hi I just bought one. Can you post the ballistics for the rifle? For instance the a 18.13 gr jsb at full power if zeroed at 50 yds what is the adjustment in mils for a 20, 30, 40, 60, 70, 80yd shot? At a 5 mph full value wind what are the adjustment at the same ranges. Love the pellet rifle. For those thinking about one the ultimate stock is much nicer than the walnut in my opinion.

Any way the Air Arms Ultimate Sporter Xtra can be used with a Hawke scope with it's side wheel? Or being able to mod the side wheel to be able to use the mag?

If you wanted to do long range shots at full power you get 17 consistent shots and then when you fill it to the right pressure so you can have another 17 shots how can you ensure that the pressure is the same . Obviously there is a gauge on the bottle but doesn't the pressure change after its been filled?

Hi Matt do you think this rifle would be able to shoot accurate with the 23grn slugs?

Hi I also have a AirArms s510 ultimate sporter and want to buy a new scope for it Is the Hawke Airmax a good scope and what magnification range is yours ?

Hi Matt, which do u prefer the AA S510 or FX Streamline? Thnk u

Great 2nd review Matt, As your covering the Daystate rifles...How about also covering the FX high power offerings as well? I am sure everyone would love to to the the "Head to Head" footage.

Have you ever tried an Steyr Sport Airrifle Something like an (LG 110 Hunting)

What do you guys think about me getting a Benjamin Disco in .22? I've had many nitro piston guns, but no PCPs. Good entry level PCP for the price, or is there one better? Anybody who knows or has had a good entry level PCP, comment! Thanks

I would be VERY VERY curious to see how the AA would preform with a regulator tuned for the best of both worlds. Good power and good shot count. Flatten the bell to lumpy pancake and I also wonder how accuracy would improve. And maybe just changing the pellet gr to a lighter or heaver pellet would preform at the ULTIMATE REGULATOR TUNE.... Just food for thought... As always a great video and entertaining/educational and fun to watch. Thanks and keep them coming. Ron

i don't think i understand everything, so the shot count is not amazing but every pellet wil hit what you aim no matter what fill pressure?

hola te felicito por tus videos son muy buenos me puedes ayudar a decidirme por un pcp entre un aa s510 y un hw100 5.5mm, saludos

Great

Serious question guys.......S510 or FX Streamline?

seems and looks very nice but it wont be the one for me,very nice footage and Q ! thumbs up :)

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Hey Matt why don't you just send your gun to a tuner? there are plenty here in south africa. My spa m10 had an absolutely horrible shot string after I got it tuned by scout sniper on the air rifle forum, I went from a 15 shot count to around 35 shots before I saw a significant drop off. Once again great video looking forward to seeing more hunting in the future!

Nice video matt, But with it's low shot count and inconsistent power curve (I know you can predict the power curve but you know what I mean) would you say that this rifle from air arms is the ultimate sporter, The s410 is a very highly regarded rifle and always will be, but something tells me that air arms need to re think this one ( ultimate sporter ) if they want it to be as succesfull as the other rifles they have, having an adjustable stock won't make it the ultimate sporter, more akin to field target shooting than hunting where you need versatility of hold when out in the field, but I am sure they will figure it out. putting a regulator on board and maybe a bigger air cylinder would perhaps bring it closer to it's bigger rivals. atb phil

Evanix don't offer variety?

Noticed you said that it was possible to lock down the power adjustment via an allen screw on the bottom of the gun. I have a regular S510 with Walnut stock. Is it possible to do so with mine as well? I didn't see that info in the instructions manual.

Man, Air Arms are like the Ferrari's of air rifles. And much like the aforementioned Ferrari, I will have to purchase one when I win the lottery.

hey matt i am domink from austria I have a s510 fac .22 and a fx bobkat mk2 in .25 i ve regulated my s510 a year ago and it works well if you have any questions about regualting it and setting the reg to the correct and best pressure contact me yours dominik

I have a S510 Extra FAC doing 33ft/lb. I got it regulated and I get 40-45 before it starts to drop.

Hello, all you videos are so great but........ Why did you forget Kalibr and Edgun??????

hi, what is the price of this gun in SA?

Matt you need to get out more if you really think that FX, Daystate, and Air Arms are competing with the top slots.

Have you thought about installing a 3rd party regulator in your gun?

You don't rate the hw100 & the r10?

There's a forth gun That IMHO Is better than the S510 US . Its regulated , very quiet , stupid accurate , walnut stock , hammer forged barrel , with a bolt action that's very smooth and a hell of a lot cheaper than AA , Daystate , and FX guns .......The BSA R10 .22 gets my vote . Oh and by the way Iv owned two two of the above guns and shot all three..........just sayin.

Hey...i heard u said "Not ADIL"😆😆😆

are you limited to how much ft/lbs you can have in africa in California I have a old theoben .22 271/2 ft/lbs a shooter of a pellet gun anything gets in the cross hairs it's dead meat

I wish Air Arms regulated this gun..

Amen....? Just kidding,...seems like the AirArms would be the way to go for me, in this case. My 'favorite ' pest to shoot,...the damned Starling. Now to see how much is left in my piggy bank. Oh, that was a good video, Thanks.

Beautiful rifle but stability is certainly not impressed. I also have a .22 rifle made in Russia called Cricket there 60 shots at speeds in you per second ,speed variation +-2 meters per second. It is interesting that all Western rifle without reducer-flow,and Russian all with gear )