The Precihole Club Pro Junior, the .177 side-lever pre-charged pneumatic (PCP) air rifle that Air Arms distributes in the UK, has had a full test in Airgun World, and the verdict gives the trade a clear line on where the rifle sits. Writing in Airgun World, Gary Chillingworth called it “a surprisingly serious piece of equipment for what it is” and placed it “in a useful space between a basic junior air rifle and a full-sized match rifle”.

What does the Club Pro Junior offer that a scaled-down rifle does not?

The rifle is made by Precihole Sports and aimed at target shooting and at introducing younger or smaller shooters to the sport, but the reviewer’s point for anyone stocking it is that it is not a conventional rifle made small. It “takes a slightly different approach from many junior rifles”, Chillingworth wrote. “Rather than simply being a smaller version of a conventional air rifle, it has been designed around the principles of a target rifle.”

In practice that means a side-lever PCP action filled to 160bar, with the maker quoting 80 to 120 consistent shots per fill, a 500mm barrel, and target-style aperture sights in place of open sights: a replaceable-element front and a 20-click rear with an anti-glare tube, adjusting 0.35mm per click at 10m. The trigger is two-stage and fully adjustable, the stock is lightweight polymer and ambidextrous, and the rifle weighs 2.8kg at 992mm overall, running at 5.5ft/lb with virtually no recoil.

The counter conversation: sights, loading and fit

Three points from the test will come up across any gun-room counter. The first is the sights. Chillingworth, who shot .22 LR with dioptres years ago, wrote that the click adjustment “gives the shooter considerably more control than the basic iron sights and makes the Club Pro Junior much more appropriate for formal 10m target shooting”, and that using a dioptre “is a skill in itself”.

The second is loading. The rifle uses a single-shot pellet tray cycled by the side lever, with no magazine, which the reviewer read as reinforcing “the rifle’s role as a training tool”, though he found the loading space narrow until he had practised. The third is fit: at 6ft, Chillingworth reported “no issues with the rifle whatsoever” and found it “almost identical” in proportion to the old Air Arms S200, so the customer is not only the junior.

How did it perform on the 10m card?

From a bean bag and rear rest on printed 10m targets, the reviewer was putting in good groups by his fourth sheet, and eight sheets of 12 targets used only about 40bar of air. From the bench most shots were in the 9 and 10 rings in windy conditions; prone, off the elbows, he was mainly in the 7 to 10 range; standing, he kept every shot on the target and no more, which he presented as the rifle’s virtue rather than its fault.

“It encourages you to learn the fundamentals of shooting properly,” he wrote. On the trigger, he judged it “very good for a rifle in this price point” and “set up with a good balance between predictability and safety” for a newcomer, while noting he would personally make it “a tad lighter”.

Where does the rifle sit in the range?

Chillingworth’s closing argument is the one a dealer can repeat: rather than a rifle “a young shooter is expected to grow out of quickly”, the Club Pro Junior “appears to have been designed to teach the fundamentals of accurate shooting properly from the beginning, or, for an experienced shooter, to help them keep those fundamentals razor sharp”. He named its market as 10m target shooting, club training, garden shooting and introducing a new shooter to the discipline.

What happens next?

The full test in Airgun World, with the reviewer’s pictures of the sights and the targets, is linked first below, and Chillingworth has also filmed the rifle for an Airgun World video review. He closed by looking forward to testing its bigger brother, the Precihole Match Pro, which puts the next rung of the same range on the review calendar. Air Arms is the UK distributor for trade enquiries.

Useful links

Precihole Club Pro Junior review: a 10m target PCP on aperture sights – Gary Chillingworth’s original feature in Airgun World, where these words first appeared

Precihole Club Pro Junior video review – Gary Chillingworth’s film of the same rifle at 10m

Air Arms – the UK distributor of Precihole air rifles

Frequently asked questions

Who distributes Precihole air rifles in the UK?

Air Arms. The rifles are manufactured by Precihole Sports.

What power is the Precihole Club Pro Junior?

It runs at 5.5ft/lb in .177 (4.5mm), built for controllability and repeatability at 10m rather than for raw power.

How many shots does the Club Pro Junior get from a fill?

Precihole quotes 80 to 120 consistent shots from a 160bar fill. On test, eight sheets of 12 targets used only about 40bar.

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