SMK PR900 .22 Review-Big Dan's Airguns. 

Good luck with your channel. I hope it grows bud especially for all the effort...

Thanks. Good thorough assessment

Hi Dan . Good job love your channel and helped me a lot with my next airrifle purchase

Just got a PR900 from Dan for my boys birthday, great gun! Very accurate! Perfect review from Dan, and super helpful guy.

great review Dan nice looking wee gun that

Hi Dan! Glad to see you back in action! 👍😎 I wish you and us over here the best of luck for a return of some calm summer weather! ☝😉🍹🍦 Best wishes and happy shooting and filming! Martin

Great review. 👍

Great review Dan. Interesting gun , good price, sorry to keep on any chance of 25 cal review. Cheers, keep up the excellent work

Very handy review. thanks.

I am so pleased to find a decent channel that shows "UK Legal air rifles"... So many times I have tried to find a video review of an air rifle, only to find that it is "restricted" "Rifle Licence needed" in the UK, or very commonly the same "model" is sold in the US and UK with no differentiation.! Real bad marks there...

I bought one of these three years ago to strip down and work out the accuracy problems and variations in power. Firstly the barrel had to be cleaned out and the crown reworked at the muzzle end, it was shocking. At the breech end the seal was taken off and the seat was reworked because the seal didn't sit on the seat and leaked air. The bolt didn't locate the pellet far enough down the breech and partially obscured the TP, the bolt system had to be reamed out. Those were the easy fixes. We found that the valve system didn't line up with the TP properly and caused inconsistency, that was reworked but we still had a problem. We took the valve assembly out of the titanium cylinder which wasn't easy after we discharged the cylinder completely of air. It's friction held and once we got it out we found the screws holding the valve spring had worked loose and the valve was on the verge of collapse which could have been a catastrophic failure dumping the entire charge through the TP in seconds. We used locktite to rebuild the valve system and rebuilt the gun. It was then over the limit but unfortunately there is no adjustment on the hammer to regulate power so the hammer spring had to be shortened little by little until we got it down to 11.2fpe. Did a little work on the trigger to smooth things out and finally we had a decent rifle with a variation of 7fps. I've been tuning guns for 40 years and i've never come across such a lemon in all my days. Terrible engineering and build quality and that's why they are 200 quid. Could have been a good rifle if they had taken care building it.

Very good review,I like the content very much!

Very Good gun for the money. I had one in .177 shot many squirrels with it and was taking pigeons out at 55 yards no problem. I put a viper 2 silencer on and it was really quiet. The gun is very well made and the bolt does get smoother more you use it. I liked the safety and got to say I liked the trigger better than my hw110. The worst thing is the mags. jsb pellets in it can't go wrong. I was getting about 25-30 good shots per fill if I remember rightly.

Hi Dan, I looked at this and it's cousin the SMK CP2 price was similar until you realise you need a pump so I bought the CP2. The CP2 is a great little bit of kit, close to the HW 30 at 20m, I've had it fettled by a gunsmith with custom stainless steel internals and sorted out the barrel alignment issue that the CP2 shares with the PR900W. I am well pleased with it, SMK have really upped their game.

Regarding adding silencer, can get a very nice quality fit and finish (and light at ~10g) adaptor from guntuff that allows use of common 1/2" unf. Only £6. Then can fit any high quality silencer of choice (I have gone with Hogan Decimeater myself).

Fantastic review! I'm an underdog kinda guy. Gateway drug, lmao!

Great review Sir!

Very informative...got one on order thx

Like always..awesome review.

Great review Dan, This was my first PCP, caved in to peer pressure and all my friends had tried it:) For the money, you can't go wrong, although I had a pump and a 3-9x50AO scope..total cost bout 250quid. Great for rats, pigeons around the farm and the odd rabbit. Ideal starter pack without breaking the bank.

I've just got mine and will say this, if you want to get into pcps and are intimidated by hand pump let's just say it is so close to effortless. I started out with PCP pistols like the Artemis pp750 and the crosman discovery and this bye far is the easiest to pump.I put a regulator in mine and I and several of my shooting buddies were blown away by both consistency and shot count. I received 70 full powered shots with a 2.5 fps standard deviation. I've shot guns 5 times higher in price that struggle with consistency like that. I can't speak of unregulated although a buddy has a stormrider that doesn't have regulator and gets no were the consistency nor the shot count. Great review and it's been one of my favorites and other than yours isn't got a regulator though that's a after market item. If your on the fence don't hesitate this is really a nice little guy

Looks great

Yeah I gotta say I am glad I stumbled upon your video.I believe bye looks it appears to be built by the same company as the Artemis and diana stormrider. These are two that I myself am very interested. I just got my first pcp a Artemis pp750 and a hand pump so looking for something else I can pump and in a rifle sized.

im still spot on with my qb78dl and there 3-9x32 scope never lets me down

Great review mate very much looking forward to the kral review👍( expecting nattys Luke's thinking of spending money radar to go off)

Very helpful

Great review Dan, my friends daughter has one of these, great little gun. Roll on the video of my Kral. Speak soon. Regards Jon

For anybody considering buying this gun: the gen2 Diana Stormrider - pretty much the same gun made in the same factory - has a proper silencer, which is screwed on so you can change it for something better if it's still too loud. It also has a bigger, more comfortable bolt handle.

tried a tin of those smk pellets through my 97 (for cheap plinking). were quite oily and flew over 12 ft-lb ,degreased ,washed,dried and they then dropped to 11.2 ft-lb ,found them fairly accurate but as said very oily out of the tin

revisited as I am looking for a cheap multishot PCP to replace my single shot Ultra MMC. I have a CP1M pistol that I have tuned including the magazine so I think this would be a good option.

Thanks for the review. I might get one of these. I looks like the magazine's from my CP2 are identical, and it likes the jsb exact rs as well, so it's a definite maybe in the future. I just wish the pumps where more affordable. I wonder if smk will produce a budget one.

Nice shooting!! I have the PR900W .177 and my personal best is 80 meters at a homemade reactive target i made with 2 plastic bottlecaps, chalkpowder and a gluegun!😃

Great review Dan, i got one of this for my daughter to shoot and i really do like it myself. I fited a Robert Lane regulator and a barrel support at the front of the gun an the little gun is shooting at 30 yards 5 pellets almost same hole. I had same issue with feeding the pellet because of alignment, if you push the pellet probe using the bolt it causes issues but if you push the back of the probe instead the pellet goes in smoth

Been watching your videos for a few years over my last account and this. There is a 2nd generation version out now that is regulated! On offer right now for under £200. It would be great if you could review it. Love the content.

Nice one Dan, top review. I prefer springers and the recoil they have but have been thinking of trying the PCP dark side. The fact this has a tiny bit of recoil is good news in my book, gonna give one a go !

Great review! I purchased a Stormrider .177 oct 2017, couldn’t be happier. Light, powerful and accurate, installed a regulator- fill to 220 bar falls of the reg set at 120 bar @ 27 shots with 10.5 gr @ 840 fps with ex spread of 8 fps. Dime size groups @ 35 yds. It’s a real pesting tool.

A great rifle for them new to hobby and them that like a pcp but have a very tight budget and just to see whats there just for a change😊

Hi Dan Could you please do the stoeger xm1.. try in 0.22 I have one.. love it Let us know how you find it Keep well, John.

These may look ok and good value for money. I had one. Unfortunately they have a 10mm barrel that is made of toffee. One bump and it bends badly. Sold under different names in different areas of the world the magazine isn't the best either and jam's were a frequent problem as well. I sold mine to a maker of seal kits as a test gun.

Fun and inventive vid. Ta Dan. I've heard a "little Bird" from out-east mentioning the higher/upper priced quality Remington company are releasing a PCP range of airguns. Anyone heard more about this?

Great review Dan, pretty much what I expected regards tight fitting pellets, bolt bore alignment ongoing problems. Having to force some brands of pellets into breech must damage them and effect accuracy ? Oh why oh why doesn't the snow peak factory sort out these issues? They must know about them from feedback by now ! This does put me off purchasing one of these guns,which is a shame,on whats an otherwise great value gun. Keep up the great reviews Dan, many thanks Brian.

Cool man

Now THATS what I call a review ! WOW .. Ps ... do you do the zbrioa hortitsia ( I know , I know , ive spelt it wrong ) with left hand stock ? (.177 preferably,) ... can't wait for next episode .. keep up the great work Ps .. the Diablo RS ... excellent pellets even though there light , your right though , a 16grn pellet will carry better , specially in a light wind ..

Great review as always Dan 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 any chance of a nova vista alpha wooden stock review??? Heard nothing but good things about it, I'd like to see your review and opinion 👌🏻

I've been shooting a .177 Diana Stormrider, yesterday I ran my gun through my chronograph with 7.9 grain Crosman Premier Hollow Points and achieved a high of 1053 fps/19.45 fpe and a 40 shot average of 844 fps. My first 18 pellets were 1000 fpe or higher which is perfect for the 13.5 grain slugs I hunt with. So after watching this video I discovered my .177 is more powerful than a UK sub 12 fpe .22 SMK PR900. Why does the UK limit the power to

Impressive little gun for the price Dan, think you should have done 50 yards , it would be a big ask at that distance for a high end fx or daystate ,, cheers Shane uk ,,, you got there in the end ,, cheers Shane uk 🇬🇧

Seems like this would be really good fun using a long eye relief scope using the rear sight mounting dovetail to set if further forward. Make a bit of a scout rifle out of it

Which scope rings are those? They are huge and I need similar for mig Crown with a 50mm scope:).

great thanks

How do they compare to say Beeman chief 2? Or Gamo cyote. Any advice please first gun cant afford to chop n change, want it for backgarden target and odd rat pot shot andcont know if i should go full low budget or next level up tomthe gamo. Thanks

Oh and the chequring is so shallow it offers little hold in any sort of wet weather.

Please review the gamo hpa mi, another for the technical bunch out here

Dan how did you get the rear sight off ?

I would love to see a mega review that compares all the sub £250 C02 and PCP rifles together. It's gotten abit confusing with so many models, and I wonder how the performance differs between C02 and low end PCP in the real world at average temperatures. CR600W, PR900W, XS501 Rabbit Destroyer, Crosman Rabbit Stopper, QB78, XS79, Milbro Speedmaster, Diana Stormrider, Diana Trailscout, Stroeger XM1, Remington AirCobra.

Can it be used for pigeon hunting? About 40 meters max but usually 20 meters.

Reminds me of a Diana Stormrider.

I use my PR for ratting. Awesome gun.

just seen your silencer test a 3db increase is twice as loud in noise level terms

What scope mounts was used???

Does the manometer show anywhere near the right value?

Hi is the smk pr900 the same as the artemis pr900

I've been asking for a review of the air arms s200 for so long I've sold it ,replaced it with a s400, no Holding my breath for a review on that, 😁👍

Defo better in .177 i used jsb or airarms pellets very acurate with any of them!! Didnt like it in .22 never could get great acuracey with the .22 the mini hugget silencer worked best with this gun, as i found barrel wobble with the heavier silencers needs an extra barrel band towards end of barrel.. it did leak 6month down line, but was sorted with better quallity seals.but apart from that a good gun for the money!!

My Ags loves 14.33.grain

Hi Dan ! Plz review Artemis M-22 in 5.5

First at one in the morning, come on dan air arms s200 😂😂👍

revisit pr900w gen 2 regulated

Hi, I’ve had issues with getting the scope on properly due to the insight being in the way. How do it take this off, thanks.

This looks so very much like a Diana Stormrider which I think is made by SPA.

I'm after 1 of these for my 11 year old daughter for the shooting range with me. How much would a package with half decent scope mate?

You can fit an aftermarket regulator, for about £70.

What would you recommend for an 11 year old with a budget of £300 ish? Was looking at the Stoeger XM1

This rifle look similar to Diana Storm Rider. It is different from Diana?

What about in the mag? That's where the smoothness matters, isn't it?

what caliber and type of air rifle (spring co2 or pcp) would you recommend for vermin up to £250

can you do a review on a gen 2 please

Diana Stormrider😊

Dan,your video on milbro rifle won't play

top left had corner ... of a golf ball 😂

Hi friend way don't the make p15 with two birol like 177 .22 .two in one pcp air rifle .

Why oh why do they make themso you have to insert the mag from the left. It's a PITA if you use a sidewheel scope.

Shit got one don't bother save your money.

Why dont you put it that way

Zbroia hortitsia is the best you will bet for £500

SKM pr900w Can it be upgraded in power ;)

That is a Gen 1. The far better Gen 2 came out and was globally available years before you filmed this review. As soon as I saw it was a Gen 1 I turned it off as it is redundant and outdated and your comments will be too. Do yourself a favour and review the Gen 2 like so many others have, years before you reviewed this one.

These kind of suck. I've owned a few airrifles but this one was the worst by far, i have guns ranging from 100 dollar to 700 dollar, i can get all of them to shoot well except for this one. I could not get this thing to group no matter what i did with it, after thousands of pellets i was starting to lose hope and then, as a nice finishing touch, the bolt handle broke off. I fixed the handle and sold the gun. Please leave this gun and just get a gauntlet.

This is so loud you won’t believe it the silencer that comes with it is total rubbish get the adapter and a proper silencer works very well.Also the magazine is terrible get the 3d printed one way better.

These videos really should be shorter, its nearly an hour for a simple product review!