I basically love almost everything about the gun BUT your gun will arrive needing significant adjustment to the butt stock. In other words, when you screw the butt stock on it will not come to vertical alignment. It will be crooked. Seperate from that, the folding mechanism is not aligned in such a way that the stock will fold against the side of the airgun unless you do even more adjustments. This involves unlocking the large locking nuts with a special tool (which I had to buy from Amazon), making adjustments, play with it, etc.. Sure, if you have done five of these before it's easy, but I have never done it so it was a royal pain. No mention of the need to do this on the website or in the owner's manual. Airgun tactical staff responded to my email but made light of the problem. Really AEA should be making this adjustment at the factory. There is no reason that they can't. It does not custom adjustment just adjustment for it to submit vertical and the folder to fold along the side of the gun.
Dear Donald,
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review for the AEA Element MAX BIG BORE HUNTING AIR RIFLE. We are pleased to hear that you are satisfied with most aspects of the gun. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the need for significant adjustments to the butt stock upon arrival.
We understand that this can be frustrating and we apologize for the lack of mention of this in our website or owner's manual, however this is a standard butt stocks and just about all butt stocks are installed universally the same way. This is the reason its not explained its assumed that the customer knows how to attach the stock. Our team has taken note of your feedback and we will work on improving our communication in this area in the future.
We also apologize for any difficulty you experienced with the folding mechanism and we appreciate your suggestion for AEA to make this adjustment at the factory. We will definitely take this into consideration for future improvements.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention and for choosing the AEA Element MAX BIG BORE HUNTING AIR RIFLE. We value your feedback and will use it to continue improving our products and services.
Best regards,
AirGun Tactical Support