It arrived double box in excellent condition. It came with a nice peep sight for the rear, nice front sight, and a muzzle break that looked awesome. First thing I did was put on my reading glasses and took a closer look.

The wood is really nice. The finish was good, but there were a few obvious scratches in the wood that were just finished over. Not real noticeable, but there. The checkering was stamped on. It wasn't bad, but you can tell it was stamped because the wood on the edges of the checkering was crunched a bit. It had a couple real nice sling mounts already on it. (big plus). The bluing looked deep and was scratch free. Very good looking on this rifle. Under the stock, there is a very long, over 12 inches, cut out for the cocking mechanism, and you can even see part of the spring. That will make it easy to get oil in it, but for the sandy conditions I live in, might also get some sand blown into that area, making it easy to scar up the chamber and piston.

The trigger on it is very nicely made. Trigger guard is all metal. The quality of the build is awesome! It's just a single stage trigger, but after shooting it, it's much easier to pull than the tuned B21 I have. I felt no movement while taking a shot as you can see from this picture of the target I shot at. A friend of mine made me a lighter trigger spring for it. Made it a bit lighter on the trigger and much better for hunting.

These shots were taken at 10m (33 feet) with no gun rest. Just standing and shooting. This is also with the open sights it comes with. I haven't mounted my scope yet, still waiting for my BAM single piece scope mount. As you can see, it shot very well. These were quick shots. I didn't bother to stand there and wait for the perfect lineup. I put the sight on it and quickly pulled the trigger. Didn't even bother to squeeze slowly. I just let it rip. There are NO missed shots here. All in the bulls eye. I also setup 5 field targets and quickly dispatched the vermin. :)

Weight on this rifle is a big relief after shooting my B21 for a while. It's just the right blend of weight and power for rabbit hunting. In .22, I shot clean through a pine 1X4 with round nose pellets at 10m. The B7 .22 I have pales in comparison. (I still love my B7 though). This rifle is stated as shooting 825fps in .22 caliber. It's far from that. I'm getting around 650fps with Beeman Field Target Specials with a well oiled gun. By oiled, I'm talking about the oil hole in the receiver you have to add a couple drops of 30 weight motor oil in every couple hundred shots. After the oil dries out, it shoots at a very slow 570fps. I never tried any lighter pellets in it. The FTS pellets were accurate, and that's what mattered most to me.

Safety: The RM622 has a real nice safety mechanism on it. When you cock the rifle, it automatically engages the safety. The safety is ambidextrous and is right at the end of the barrel. It looks like to Allen head screws on both sides of the barrel. Just push it forward and your ready to go. It's also easy to engage while preparing to shoot. It's marked with a nice white S and a red dot for "fire". Very cool. The only rifle I have with this type of safety on it.

For a breach seal, it uses an O ring type seal like on the Gamo Shadow I have. It's really in there and doesn't protrude past the barrel but by a few thousands of an inch (best guess). The Gamo seal sticks out further and may be why some have reported their O rings broken after a while. The breach locking mechanism also has a good snap to it when broken open and closing. Earlier models had problems with the barrel opening by just a simple bump to the underside of the barrel. Well, the one I have (at least for now) isn't that way. I tested it by smacking my palm under it a few times to see if anything happened and it never opened. It would even take a decent amount of impact on the top of the barrel before opening. It was, however, easier to open than the Gamo Shadow I have. UPDATE: After owning it for a bit, the detent must get lighter, cause I did have some of the problems with a bump under the stock causing the barrel to open....

Oops, I was so excited when I got it, I just now realized I haven't checked the stock screws to see if they were tight. I'll also later, put some loctite on the screws and be all set for hunting. I ended up putting a Bushnell Banner 4-12X32 on it. Worked out great in a BAM single piece mount. Accuracy is much improved.

My overall rating of the RM622 is 7 pellets.

Reviewed by Robert Fischer