Norica’s Omnia ZRS Pro, a gas-ram break-barrel whose action slides back as it fires, has had a full magazine test in Airgun World and come away with a verdict that gives UK dealers a new answer for a familiar customer: the shooter who wants pre-charged pneumatic (PCP) manners without buying into bottles, pumps and gauges. Writing in Airgun World, Mark Camoccio called it “a whole lot of airgun hardware for the money” and said it “just feels very civilised to shoot”.

The rifle carries a recommended retail price of about £529, current at Airgun World’s publication on 17 October 2026, and Just Airguns is the UK contact named in the review. For the counter the interest is less the review score than the slot the rifle fills, the add-on basket it brings with it and the two cautions the test raised.

What slot does the Norica Omnia ZRS Pro fill?

Recoil-reduced self-contained airguns are a small category. Camoccio placed the Norica beside the discontinued Air Arms TX200 SR, which used the same principle, “whereby the main action (barrel and compression cylinder) sits on a sliding sledge mechanism, and moves back as the gun fires”, and named Diana’s 54 Airking as “the one obvious rival”, which “sits at a much higher price point”. That leaves the Omnia with the sub-£600 end of the category largely to itself.

The customer it reaches is the one who has resisted a PCP. “The necessity for all that external charging paraphernalia – bottles, pump, gauges and the like – will definitely not appeal to all,” Camoccio wrote. On the Norica the action moves back about 7mm against rubber bushes inside an oversized anodised aluminium casing: “In truth, yes, it still recoils, but the action is a slick snap, with just a modest nudge backwards, rather than the usual kick from a springer.” Because the 11mm dovetail rails are on the outer casing, the scope is largely spared, which bears on the optics a dealer can sell with it.

What goes in the basket with it?

The Pro has no sights of any kind, so every sale carries a scope and 11mm mounts. Its “ambidextrous vaporised beechwood stock”, as Norica terms it, has an adjustable cheekpiece; a standard Omnia ZRS with a synthetic stock, a drop-down grip and open sights is also made, and the review gave no price for it. The muzzle is screw-cut ½in UNF (Unified National Fine) under a blanking collar, so a moderator is a natural add-on.

Pellets are the third line. The .22 test gun averaged 603fps for 11.5ft/lb with Webley Mosquitos, an 11fps spread over ten shots and “¾in groups at 30 yards”, but BSA Blackstar shifted the zero by several inches and dropped the power to 9ft/lb, and Air Arms Diabolo Field and Rangemaster Sovereign did not suit it. “Proof that research and pellet trials will pay dividends,” Camoccio wrote: a reason to sell a sampler of tins with the rifle rather than a single brand.

What should the counter be ready to say?

Two points from the test will come back across the counter. Loading needs care, because most pellets were “fairly tight in the breech on my test gun”. And the long-term durability of the sliding system is, in Camoccio’s words, “an unknown quantity”, since a review is “a snapshot in time”. A dealer who sets that expectation honestly protects the sale.

The positives are easy to carry. The two-stage adjustable trigger with automatic safety was “a delight to use on my test gun, and excellent bearing in mind this is a gas-ram-powered action”. The rifle appeared to hold its zero when shot kneeling at knockdown discs over 30 yards after being zeroed from a rest, which Camoccio called “more forgiving than a conventional recoiling spring-piston or gas-ram design”. Norica’s marketing trick of a pellet balanced on the action through the shot worked on test: “sure enough, the pellet stayed put, which says an awful lot.”

What happens next?

Norica, a Spanish maker that traces its history to 1917, showed a prototype of the Omnia at IWA some years ago, and the production rifle is now in the UK in .22 and .177 at 8.8lb (4kg) and 47.25in (1,200mm). The magazine verdict gives the trade a tested proposition for the PCP-averse customer this autumn. Mark Camoccio’s full review, with the specification table and his pictures of the action, is in Airgun World and linked first below.

Useful links

Norica Omnia ZRS Pro review: a semi-recoilless gas-ram break-barrel – Mark Camoccio’s original review in Airgun World, where these words first appeared

Just Airguns – the UK contact for the Omnia ZRS Pro named in the review

Frequently asked questions

Who is the UK contact for the Norica Omnia ZRS Pro?

Airgun World’s review names Just Airguns as the contact for the Omnia ZRS Pro, at a recommended retail price of about £529 at publication on 17 October 2026.

What is the Norica Omnia ZRS Pro’s competitor?

Diana’s 54 Airking is the other recoil-reduced self-contained air rifle on the market, at a much higher price. The Air Arms TX200 SR, which used the same sliding principle, has been discontinued.

Does the Norica Omnia ZRS Pro need a scope?

Yes. The Pro is supplied without sights, so a scope and 11mm dovetail mounts go with every sale. The standard Omnia ZRS has open sights.

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