Great review of a great rifle! You summed up my thoughts after two years of ownership. I've found the Remington Express XP 177 to be very accurate using H&N Barracuda FT pellets. I know they're a field target pellet, but they work well on pigeons too. Anyone else using field target pellets for pest control?
Yes mate, the best pellets for hunting/ pest control are whichever pellets are most accurate (smallest groups) with your rifle. H&N Field Target Tropy pellets often group well and are popular for pest control. It's worth testing several different types of pellets with any given air rifle as there will nearly always be one type that groups best.
Broke the mold mate an actual honest review,harsh n not budget excellent 👍 about time looking forward to more honest reviews like you don’t get in the magazines
@@PlanetDrewdog when I bought my first air rifle second time around I wanted a nice springer brake barrel I never got chance to try a hw99 or 95 or pushing it a 98 no I was sold a ags value my ax and I’m lucky to still have the fillings in my teeth 🦷 😂
Great review as always. I know you've recently cleaned up your rifle collection, but I do wanna know: Out of the Remington Express and the Remington Express Compact, which one did you feel better about holding and shooting? How would you feel about freehand shooting with the regular Express? I know the Compact is shorter but there is just that crude ruggedness I seem to like about the standard Express which I feel I might miss out on if I buy a Compact. Don't stop making videos! You have a gift for presentation that would give the ASMR folks a big run for their money!
In truth, I found the standard Express to be better to shoot, it doesn't feel like a long gun, is accurate too. Compact is ok but my vote goes to the standard Express for sure. Thank you my friend.
You're absolutely right. I mentioned this in my Express Compact 'One Month Review' video. I'm thinking maybe the stock timber isn't very well seasoned perhaps - it's unstable, still compressible. I'll wait til it settles and then put a drop of thread lock on the screws.
I bought a 99s , and I’ve got a new rem xp , I prefer the Remington, didn’t like the 99 for some reason , they are both featured on my channel , thanks for the great review , Shane
It's far better with a tuning kit much smoother and the twang disappears , I would advise you to us a 13gr or 14 gr produce a flatter trajectory plus fps will be higher , but a nice looking rifle . CHEERS 🥂
I've noticed a bunch of first shot flyers with my b19 platformed guns (which I think that is). I think its either the lube in the cylinder or a bedding issue with the stock. I've tried all I know to do to alleviate it and it really doesn't make a difference. I also think you can rc mod that trigger for next to nothing and a little adjustment makes it a 1.5lb trigger. Keep these coming. Fantastic video. What are you using to record and edit? There's no way I could get that color grade and my skin not be weird.
Thanks Travis! At the moment I use a Panasonic Lumix G85 with a Helios 44-2 on a speedbooster as the main camera - using Cine-D pic profile. I grade simply using an old Osiris LUT - M31, at 50% opacity. But: Notice the grade on the rifle close up shots in the video. This is an M100 Canon with a custom pic profile I bought years ago, and the image you see is straight out of camera - no editing at all. If you like the look of my M100 footage, I think I may still have the Pic Profile on an old laptop. If I find it I'll email it to you. I'm aiming to sell the G85 and get an M50 so I can use the same PP and thus speed up video production.
@@ohshoot444 Thanks, I'll try find it tomorrow for you. It'll save you grading footage. I used Filmora for a while a couple years back - it's not bad. I'd recommend downloading DaVici Resolve (free version) though. I find it excellent. If you have a powerful computer then download the latest version - but if you have a tired old computer like mine, version 16 is kinder on the machinery...
Does it have a plastic factory silencer. My gun dieseld horrific when I first started using it i did 600 shots then Molly greased it . For the trigger I replaced the spring under the adjuster screw for a lighter one or cut a coil off the original but not recommended
Just put a 3-9×40 on mine not zero in yet. But I've been using it for rats around my cottage for a year or so. Takes em down every time at around 15 to 20 metres... john
I've got the remington tyrant, after a few different types of pellets I found that remington tyrant hammer pellets where the best from the types I had tried. It was stiff to load at first but its fine now. For the price I paid for the gun I cant complain. I changed the scope that came with it as it was useless.
Yeah I have a Tyrant - it's been a reliable rifle - and yeah those scopes... I wish they wouldn't bother including them and just lower the price of the rifle a little!
Hello TWH! got a question im hoping you can help me with. I bought a Remington Express based on this review and overall i am very happy with it. I would like to lighten the trigger a bit but im not sure which was to turn the screw (tighten or loosen) to lighten it up, can you remember which way lightens it? Big fan if the channel, thanks brother.
Mine was very stiff when I first got it had it a year now and it's not as stiff but still takes a bit of elbow grease to break it I've found since I've worn it in the stray pellets aren't anywhere near as bad as they used to be I get consistent group now fairly accurate worst it gets is maybe 2cm off target someone has already stated the two screws do become loose over time all I adjust my trigger it's now one of my favourite budget rifles I would recommend for beginners.
Mine is the Express HUNTER 😁 It is a synthetic stock nitro piston...pretty different but simmilar Great video Sir I like the colors and audio _[Did you say the safety was or was not automatic?]_
@@PlanetDrewdog Oh! I had never heard of this on a "Crosman" In fact I just took a look at "Air armory" video and this is not a b19 trigger at all! The seal is different....the alive jam is different...his barrel was apparently countersunk? (Chamfered)...I wished I could find the diagram 😁
I shot this today after owning for about a year with no range to shoot at, it was all over the place, couldnt hold a zero on a 10" metal plate at 20 yards, same with a brand new smk xs19gr, both all over the shop not even hitting the metal target. I have a hw95k which I can shoot 5p groups at 25yds same with a cometa usc laminate and same with a bsa lightening xl se and also a used smk 41. Am I doing something wrong here as regards to artillery grip or what. I can shoot other springers but these bad boys were unusable. Only constant is they are both brand new
Thanks Colin - yeah turn the screw out just a tiny fraction at a time and keep testing it as you go. When you're closing the barrel after loading - do it with the barrel pointing up to the sky if possible while you're testing. You'll come to the point where it will fire when the barrel closes - so you'll know if you've gone too far! Drew
@@simonwalters4842 Compact is maybe 5 inches shorter barrel and 1 inch shorter stock (approximately). My 3 month review of the Compact will be out next week.
They used to be made in America but as of a few years ago they are now made in china don't let it put you off it's still a brilliant rifle for the price.
@@PlanetDrewdog yeah, I saw it in January as part of their January sale. Just checked now and it’s back up at the original price though. Wondered if I should have pulled the trigger (no pun intended) a week ago.
I only used old ones they was hard to cock but still they put you off why would you want one get a nice multi shot.I wouldn’t take a break gun if someone gave me it.
Have you tried the Winchester 1100? I'm actually impressed with it it's actually one of the cheapest break barrel rifles out there. I have a ball with it. Accurate at 25 yards to 30yrds
Rugged, practical, affordable, & capable with practise, they're an alright Springer, Best Regards, Jon 👍
This was my first gun and I keep going back to it, it does have a kick but it's well worth the money.
Yep it's good value, does it's job well.
Was my first aswel I love it
same here, mounting scope and zeroing it over the weekend
They are very good rifles for the money. Greetings from Portsmouth England 🏴
Great review of a great rifle! You summed up my thoughts after two years of ownership. I've found the Remington Express XP 177 to be very accurate using H&N Barracuda FT pellets. I know they're a field target pellet, but they work well on pigeons too. Anyone else using field target pellets for pest control?
Yes mate, the best pellets for hunting/ pest control are whichever pellets are most accurate (smallest groups) with your rifle. H&N Field Target Tropy pellets often group well and are popular for pest control. It's worth testing several different types of pellets with any given air rifle as there will nearly always be one type that groups best.
in my country we make a sex on pigeon
Broke the mold mate an actual honest review,harsh n not budget excellent 👍 about time looking forward to more honest reviews like you don’t get in the magazines
Thanks David. Trying to keep it real, got nothing to sell.
@@PlanetDrewdog when I bought my first air rifle second time around I wanted a nice springer brake barrel I never got chance to try a hw99 or 95 or pushing it a 98 no I was sold a ags value my ax and I’m lucky to still have the fillings in my teeth 🦷 😂
Great review as always. I know you've recently cleaned up your rifle collection, but I do wanna know: Out of the Remington Express and the Remington Express Compact, which one did you feel better about holding and shooting? How would you feel about freehand shooting with the regular Express? I know the Compact is shorter but there is just that crude ruggedness I seem to like about the standard Express which I feel I might miss out on if I buy a Compact.
Don't stop making videos! You have a gift for presentation that would give the ASMR folks a big run for their money!
In truth, I found the standard Express to be better to shoot, it doesn't feel like a long gun, is accurate too. Compact is ok but my vote goes to the standard Express for sure.
Thank you my friend.
They get better as they bed in. But great for the money. Maybe try a lighter pellet?
Agreed HW99S any day of the week.
Regards
Thanks Russell - yeah I'd like to review HW99S if I can lay my hands on one.
@@PlanetDrewdog Shame you don't live up north i'd lend you mine to review, it's a grey import 50s same gun though.
a little polish inside amd lube will make a class higher
Keep your eye on the stock screws and check for tightness they tend to start running lose after a few 100 shots
You're absolutely right. I mentioned this in my Express Compact 'One Month Review' video.
I'm thinking maybe the stock timber isn't very well seasoned perhaps - it's unstable, still compressible.
I'll wait til it settles and then put a drop of thread lock on the screws.
👍
I bought a 99s , and I’ve got a new rem xp , I prefer the Remington, didn’t like the 99 for some reason , they are both featured on my channel , thanks for the great review , Shane
Yeah the Rem is settling down to be a good shooter. I'll check out your 99 video brother.
my lad has one, said like you, good value, pleasure to use.
It's far better with a tuning kit much smoother and the twang disappears ,
I would advise you to us a 13gr or 14 gr produce a flatter trajectory plus fps will be higher , but a nice looking rifle . CHEERS 🥂
Thanks for the info Neil - much appreciated.
I've noticed a bunch of first shot flyers with my b19 platformed guns (which I think that is). I think its either the lube in the cylinder or a bedding issue with the stock. I've tried all I know to do to alleviate it and it really doesn't make a difference. I also think you can rc mod that trigger for next to nothing and a little adjustment makes it a 1.5lb trigger. Keep these coming. Fantastic video.
What are you using to record and edit? There's no way I could get that color grade and my skin not be weird.
Thanks Travis! At the moment I use a Panasonic Lumix G85 with a Helios 44-2 on a speedbooster as the main camera - using Cine-D pic profile. I grade simply using an old Osiris LUT - M31, at 50% opacity.
But: Notice the grade on the rifle close up shots in the video. This is an M100 Canon with a custom pic profile I bought years ago, and the image you see is straight out of camera - no editing at all.
If you like the look of my M100 footage, I think I may still have the Pic Profile on an old laptop. If I find it I'll email it to you.
I'm aiming to sell the G85 and get an M50 so I can use the same PP and thus speed up video production.
@@ohshoot444 Thanks, I'll try find it tomorrow for you. It'll save you grading footage.
I used Filmora for a while a couple years back - it's not bad.
I'd recommend downloading DaVici Resolve (free version) though. I find it excellent.
If you have a powerful computer then download the latest version - but if you have a tired old computer like mine, version 16 is kinder on the machinery...
@@PlanetDrewdog Thanks for the advice!
Does it have a plastic factory silencer. My gun dieseld horrific when I first started using it i did 600 shots then Molly greased it . For the trigger I replaced the spring under the adjuster screw for a lighter one or cut a coil off the original but not recommended
@@justso1823 no silencer on this one.
Just put a 3-9×40 on mine not zero in yet. But I've been using it for rats around my cottage for a year or so. Takes em down every time at around 15 to 20 metres... john
As the guy said rugged they run in get better
Yes indeed. I like the rifle, I think it's going to be a good one.
Your thumbnail picture, looks so nice.
I don't know this is the rifle or the man behind it but really a nice group it produced 👍
Very kind, thank you.
I've had one of these for around 5 years now can't knock it use it for squirrel hunting and it does that perfectly
I've got the remington tyrant, after a few different types of pellets I found that remington tyrant hammer pellets where the best from the types I had tried. It was stiff to load at first but its fine now. For the price I paid for the gun I cant complain.
I changed the scope that came with it as it was useless.
Yeah I have a Tyrant - it's been a reliable rifle - and yeah those scopes... I wish they wouldn't bother including them and just lower the price of the rifle a little!
@@PlanetDrewdog I thought myself why bother..I went for a nikko sterling mount master 3x9x50. And its a nice little set up
Hello TWH! got a question im hoping you can help me with. I bought a Remington Express based on this review and overall i am very happy with it. I would like to lighten the trigger a bit but im not sure which was to turn the screw (tighten or loosen) to lighten it up, can you remember which way lightens it? Big fan if the channel, thanks brother.
Mine was very stiff when I first got it had it a year now and it's not as stiff but still takes a bit of elbow grease to break it I've found since I've worn it in the stray pellets aren't anywhere near as bad as they used to be I get consistent group now fairly accurate worst it gets is maybe 2cm off target someone has already stated the two screws do become loose over time all I adjust my trigger it's now one of my favourite budget rifles I would recommend for beginners.
Agreed, I recommend it too.
Drew
That is a very nice stock.
Yup, it's a pretty rifle, especially at the price point.
Mine is the Express HUNTER 😁
It is a synthetic stock nitro piston...pretty different but simmilar
Great video Sir
I like the colors and audio
_[Did you say the safety was or was not automatic?]_
Thank you. Yes, auto safety but can be re-set.
@@PlanetDrewdog Oh! I had never heard of this on a "Crosman"
In fact I just took a look at "Air armory" video and this is not a b19 trigger at all!
The seal is different....the alive jam is different...his barrel was apparently countersunk? (Chamfered)...I wished I could find the diagram 😁
this one sounds like a coil springer
@@peteralexben yes wich makes it very different when you add the other few differences...
Lyn Lewington tunes these aparantly and tbt does a drop in kit for these
Thanks Craig, good info.
Enjoyed watching 👍
I shot this today after owning for about a year with no range to shoot at, it was all over the place, couldnt hold a zero on a 10" metal plate at 20 yards, same with a brand new smk xs19gr, both all over the shop not even hitting the metal target. I have a hw95k which I can shoot 5p groups at 25yds same with a cometa usc laminate and same with a bsa lightening xl se and also a used smk 41. Am I doing something wrong here as regards to artillery grip or what. I can shoot other springers but these bad boys were unusable. Only constant is they are both brand new
on the Remington express do you turn the screw in or out to make the trigger lighter. Great show for my kind of shooting Colin Woolf
Thanks Colin - yeah turn the screw out just a tiny fraction at a time and keep testing it as you go.
When you're closing the barrel after loading - do it with the barrel pointing up to the sky if possible while you're testing.
You'll come to the point where it will fire when the barrel closes - so you'll know if you've gone too far!
Drew
@@PlanetDrewdog Thank you great job keep the videos coming please Colin
Almost break my hand breaking it , got a new one a month ago
Yeah tell me about it... But, thankfully it frees up after a while - this one is smooth as silk now.
tried a friends, not impressed but perhaps with some tlc...
Yeah this one is a nice one. The express compact I'm not so impressed with so far...
@@PlanetDrewdog what is the difference between this one and the compact please? Is it just stock size or barrel length?
@@simonwalters4842 Compact is maybe 5 inches shorter barrel and 1 inch shorter stock (approximately).
My 3 month review of the Compact will be out next week.
loving your videos, have you (or anyone) have any idea if these are made in China? thanks and keep up the great work 🙂
I'd think China made. No one else could build them for this price I shouldn't think.
Thanks Michael,
Drew
They used to be made in America but as of a few years ago they are now made in china don't let it put you off it's still a brilliant rifle for the price.
What pellets did you find to work best with the express? Thanks!
It liked JSB Jumbo Diabolo 15.89gr the best.
Dude sounds like soap from cod
Hey, great vids!
Are you still doing photography? Have you got a way to make contact please?
Cheers
AJ - there's a contact email on my Home page here for business enquiries my friend. Yes indeed, still photographing!
Use a 14 grain pellet, better trajectory and SPEED.
I thought it was a Remington 870 express, nevermind.
Worth picking up a new one for £99?
In my view - jump at it.
Is that from Pellpax Ben? I know they had them on sale recently. That's where this one came from - at £149!
@@PlanetDrewdog yeah, I saw it in January as part of their January sale. Just checked now and it’s back up at the original price though. Wondered if I should have pulled the trigger (no pun intended) a week ago.
PS good review mate 👍
Thanks Jonathan!
You're welcome mate, yourself & Shane Wieghtman have rekindled my enjoying springers, I'm on Hawkes eye TV, cheerz Jon 👍
@@jonathanhawke2995 Yes, I recently found Shane's channel. I just subscribed to you too - channel looks good.
Nice one, thank you 👍
@@jonathanhawke2995 - and mine!
All you need is to buy hw 98 and save yourself a lot of money and hassle in long run.
Mines stiff to load
How anyone uses break barrels in todays market is beyond me I never liked them you need to be world strongest man to break half them guns.
Yeah, different strokes for different folks I guess!
Drew
Yeah it’s good to look at the older guns but break guns not for me.
Lol. U need to get yourself down the gym m8 if ur have trouble using break barrels. 😂😂
I only used old ones they was hard to cock but still they put you off why would you want one get a nice multi shot.I wouldn’t take a break gun if someone gave me it.
@Spartacus655 when I was a kid I had a sharp inova, I used to start pulling faces at about 7 pumps lol 😅.
Have you tried the Winchester 1100? I'm actually impressed with it it's actually one of the cheapest break barrel rifles out there. I have a ball with it. Accurate at 25 yards to 30yrds
No I haven't seen one yet, I'd like to try one though 👍
Drew