Remington Thunder Ceptor Review & Accuracy Test - "Nice firing action with a solid trigger"
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We take a look at the Remington Thunder Ceptor air rifle.
Presented by Richard Saunders from Alpha Militaria - an air rifle review and information site. Richard, has been shooting air rifles for nearly forty years. Today he hunts and carries out pest control on more than a thousand acres spread across different locations in the south of England. He is a regular contributor to Airgun Shooter magazine, writing mainly hunting features and product reviews, as well The Airgun Show on CZcams.
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Great to see you back in action, Rich!
With your help Felipe!
It's great to see you back doing reviews. This looks like a pretty decent rifle for the price point. Nice review as usual, Richard.
Thanks very much William...
Thanks Richard, good to see you again, Happy New Year 🙂
Happy new year to you too Pete...
Nice to see a new review Richard and I look forward to those to come. All the very best for the new year!
Thanks Jay. Happy new year to you too!
Really nice to see you back mate, all the best 👍
Thanks Carl.
Great review, good to see a sensible approach to a budget gun. On the other hand, we are going through a period of terrible names given to airguns!
Thanks very much. I did feel very manly when shooting it though! Thanks for watching.
Always enjoy your reviews Richard and what a good idea to explain correct loading and anti bear trap mechanisms for those unaccustomed to this.
Happy new year and like so many others, looking forward to more of your reviews this year.
Thanks very much Nick. Happy new year to you too...
Great to see you back. It’s good to see something different. Not a gun for me but good to see it reviewed. Good to see break barrels getting a come back. Happy new year to you all 🎉
Thanks Kev. A marmite gun for sure, but shoots really well for a £200 rifle. Happy new year to you too.
What an epic name. The remington thunder pants
Very interesting video and happy new year to you Richard
Thanks Simon. Happy new year to you too...
Nice to see you back making videos again as i find your content very informative and honest. I would like to see you try more 177 air rifles. I have two pcp guns (ixia,pretensis) both 177's that i would love to see you try out for your knowledgeable opinion. Looking forward to more videos in future.😊
Thanks very much Robert. I've shot both those rifles and the are great. Reximex is a great brand and we've reviewed the Myth on here. I also used a Pretensis in one of the Airgun Action shows - great rifle! We'll try and feature a few more .177 rifles, though to be honest, we get what we get from the manufacturers...! We did a review of .177 and .22 trajectories which you might find interesting: czcams.com/video/lpJSHNhU5_M/video.html Thanks for watching.
Thank goodness a reviewer who actually knows how to shoot springers. Get so fed up with reviewers shooting springers straight of a rest/bag like a PCP. Good job buddy, subbed. 👍👍👍
Thanks very much. I keep telling folks to rest their hand on the bag then the rifle on their hand!
@@alphamilitaria2756 me and you both Richard, it drives me nuts watching the split and or scattered groups. Hope you don't mind buddy but to viewers of my channel I've recommended if they want to see a reviewer who actually knows how to shoot springers properly to watch your channel. All the best Vin 👍👍👍👍
Thanks very much Vin!
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Looks a lot ofgun for the money I had a Remington x p it performed just as good as my HW80🎉
No probs
Nice to see a good review of what you would get if buying one and recommending a better scope but still using the supplied one - a true review of the package well done
Thanks very much Nigel.
I watched Giles fom Airgun gear show, hit spinners out at 50 yards with this same gun and it was barely audible the gun was that quiet, he tried different pellets and the H&N Trophy were the most suitable for this gun, that review is 8 years old now
Happy new year to you also. Keep to that new year resolution and keep the reviews coming.
Do you plan to be on the daystate/brocock stand at the BSS?
Hi Ken. I'll do my best! And yes, I be at the BSS. See you there?
Great review as always, Richard. Thank you for that, and happy new year to you, too. Could you please tell me a little about that rest you used as I'm in the market for exactly that type of rest. Many thanks.
Thanks Jason. The one in the first part is a 'Tipton Compact Range Vise' - www.amazon.co.uk/Tipton-Non-Marring-Transport-Cleaning-Maintenance/dp/B00UUBLYGS. On the range itself, I don't know the brand (Caldwell I think?) but its just a bog standard bag rest filled with sand. I hope that helps!"
@alphamilitaria2756 Thank you so very much for your reply, Richard. That is very helpful indeed. Please keep up the great reviews. 👍
You're welcome Jason. Thanks for watching...@@jasonmorphew4359
Great review. To be honest I am very impressed with the rifles Remington have out there at the moment and there bang for buck prices.
I think the Thunder Ceptor would warrant some gun tape around it & the plastic barrel protector, that is the only thing i have a small issue with. They could of done a lot better there and made a metal one and pulled costs back by not supplying a scope with it, in imo. However, it does sound wonderful when firing and a great hit thwack sound , good shooting as well with that budget scope. I imagine with a £70-100 half decent scope this thing will be a very good rifle to have about. 👍🏻
Looks like quite a handful. Probably up against some good competition for sales. Not really my thing, but I would imagine would appeal to those who enjoy the Remington brand name. Thanks for the review.
Thanks very much. A big gun for sure, but tough as old boots and shoots really well for a rifle at this price point. Thanks for watching.
If it's anything like the Benjamin Trail series, the barrel shroud is removable by way of allen key much like the Weihrauch HW97k and kt. I put an after market carbon fiber barrel shroud on my Benjamin Trail NP All Weather and what a difference it makes in weight and aethetics!
Unfortunately the shroud is glued on. I'm sure it can be removed, but not what damage you'd cause and whether there's a 1/2" UNF underneath anyway. My advice would be to leave well alone and enjoy the Thunder Ceptor as it!
Good evening, thanks for the video! Whats the maximum range for this rifle, it looks quite intimidating!
Hi. Thanks for watching. It's a lot of rifle but I wouldn't use it beyond 25 metres for pest control/hunting - but that's just me.
What size is the tube on the included scope as I would prefer to swap out the mounts and is it the same scope on the thunderjet?
Hi. It's a 25mm scope. I can't say for sure, but I suspect a scope sold with the Thunder Jet, is the same, or very similar. Thanks for watching.
No anti bear trap safety on that rifle buddy. Same here as with the HW77/97. Just an intern extra safety latch you cant pull the trigger when the barrel is in cocked position. The trigger unit is the only thing that holds the piston. Anti bear trap is something totally different. The FWB300 for example has an anti bear trap system that avoids the side lever jumping back when it should be released in any position. If you release the barrel from that Remington half way when cocking it will jump back and smash your teeth out. Cheers!
Does it do the same thing?
@@alphamilitaria2756 NO! It is not. Release the barrel half way cocking and you'll find it out the hard way. Bear trap is undependable from the trigger unit and a safety on it self. TX200 (not all modells) , FWB300. The TX you have to disengage the bear trap by pressing the button to push the lever back. Separate safety also. FWB does it automatically when the piston is secured by the trigger unit. All you YT guys are telling the same thing you hear from each other. Do your own research or think for yourself.
If you review a rifle with good chequering on the stock than it's great and has a good hold in wet weather conditions. If a rifle has no chequering or bad or even on a stupid place, not a word. The only reply you can come with is "i never had issues with it" I don't believe you are an independent channel.
Hi Richard sorry to go off subject but I’m desperately trying to get a review of the 2 shot webley raider just wondering if you may have any info from a past review I’m also told there may be a conversation kit to a 10 or 12 shot magazine thanks for your great channel. Glyn.
Hi Glyn. As I'm sure you know, the 2 Shot is an older rifle and to be honest, I've not come across one, let alone shot one. So too is the 10. I did review a 12 a few years back and to be honest, I wasn't that impressed - from memory it seemed very notchy. It could be that the one I had was just a bad example as I know plenty of people rate them. The budget to mid price range is stuffed full of rifles right now and picking one is tricky. Sorry I can't be more helpful.
@@alphamilitaria2756 thanks anyway considering up grading so I’m gonna watch a few more of your reviews.G
No worries. Let me know if we can help with any recommendations. You can reach me at hello@alphamilitaria.com@@glynjames5948
Like all springers and gas rams, they can be extremely hold sensitive. Yes, obviously a better scope would help, but I did notice quite a bit of muzzle
flip. Perhaps that could be controlled a little better. Very good shooting though, with a sub £200 rifle out of the box. 👍🏻
Muscle flip or muzzle flip Steve? Probably right on both counts!
@@alphamilitaria2756 You caught my deliberate mistake. Not so deliberate. I have made the correction. The fun of using talk to text. 😂
Good group for a £200 rifle 👍
A friend of mine had one of these in .177 , he put a hawke air max on it and he couldn't get it to group, tryed many different pellets in it, not good , whoudn't recommend for hunting, 👍
Sorry your friend didn't have much luck. I can only report on the rifle I had on test and it was pretty good. Fine for short range pest control.
i am sure that the gun is worth the money , but i dont like the rebranding these days remington is a china airgun . not the only brand . many guns are china turkisch .spain hungary and more with a fames name, the anti bear trap is a non safety , if the sear breaks
if you loosening he lockfront lock ring of the scope, many fixed scope`s can be parralax adjusted , bij little in or out turning of the objectif lens module
Well, where a thing is manufactured isn't the same as its brand. You may be right in terms of where the rifle is made (I don't know), but the brand is Remington. An anti-bear trap is a safety feature but I agree with you, and as I said in the video, hold onto the barrel when cocking in case it fails. And unfortunately, non-parallax adjustable scopes - like the one in the video - are just that - non parallax adjustable. Thanks for watching.
@@alphamilitaria2756 i have many non adjustable scopes set right . like i explaned , wat do you do with a front parralax adjustment you turn the objectif in or out
Yes, some scopes have a collar at the front just behind the objective lens which you turn to adjust the parallax. They are called adjustable parallax scopes. This scope is non-adjustable - so there is nothing to turn at the front. The rear adjustment is ocular adjustment - nothing to do with parallax adjustment.@@peteralexben
@@alphamilitaria2756 a fixedcscope with a lock ring can also be adjusted .how do you think they do it at the factory . Turn the ring loos most there is a small silver or brass ring between. And only a little right or left turn needed to get the parallax correct .and turn the lockring tight
@@alphamilitaria2756 many low budget fixed scopes are a littlebit out of focus .the image and target are not in the same point .but that can easy be adjusted in most scopes .without damage .some scopes are locktited ..most not