Air Arms · Rifle
Air Arms Ultimate Sporter
Gas-operated · .22 Air (5.5mm) · introduced 2016
Also known as Air Arms S510 Ultimate Sporter, S510 XS Ultimate Sporter
About the Air Arms Ultimate Sporter
The Air Arms Ultimate Sporter is a multi-shot, pre-charged pneumatic (PCP) sporting air rifle built on the British S510 platform. Chambered for .22 (5.5mm) pellets, it feeds from a 10-shot rotary magazine and is cocked by a smooth side-lever action. It pairs a shrouded Lothar Walther barrel and factory-fitted Q-Tec silencer with a fully adjustable sporter stock featuring an adjustable cheekpiece and buttpad, making it a popular choice for hunting and field target shooting in the UK sub-12 ft-lb class.
Air Arms, based in East Sussex, built its reputation on field-target and hunting PCP rifles; the Ultimate Sporter became one of the brand's flagship sporting models, frequently topping UK airgun magazine group tests.
Air Arms Ultimate Sporter specifications
General
- Type
- Rifle
- Action
- Gas-operated
- Firing mechanism
- Hammer-fired
- Trigger
- Two stage
- Calibres
- .22 Air (5.5mm)
- Magazine capacity
- 10 rounds
- Magazine
- Rotary magazine
Dimensions
- Barrel length
- 395 mm (15.6 in)
- Overall length
- 1010 mm (39.8 in)
- Weight (empty)
- 3.40 kg (7.50 lb)
Barrel
- Rifling
- Right hand
Materials
- Barrel
- Steel
- Receiver / frame
- Steel
- Stock
- Walnut
- Finish
- blued
Performance
- Muzzle velocity (typical)
- 250 m/s (820 fps)
- Muzzle energy (typical)
- 16 J (12 ft·lb)
- Effective range
- 45 m
History
- Introduced
- 2016
- Production status
- In production
- Country of origin
- GB
Features
- Side lever cocking
- Shrouded barrel
- Lothar walther barrel
- Q tec silencer
- Adjustable cheekpiece
- Adjustable buttpad
- Accessory rail
- 10 shot rotary magazine
Safety
- Manual safety
The base Ultimate Sporter is unregulated; the later Ultimate Sporter R adds a pressure regulator for greater shot-to-shot consistency. UK market guns are tuned to under 12 ft-lb (about 16 J) to remain licence-exempt; export versions are available at higher power.
This is a variant of the Air Arms S510.
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