Air rifle discussions

[Russ McDonald]

We bought a Gamo Whisper .177 at 20 yards we are hitting silver dollar steel targets all day long.  I want to swap out the original scope though.

I got the same one.  Actually like the scope, for an air rifle scope.  After re-mounting it, it is rock solid and has a good sight picture without a lot of distortion towards the edges.  The thing is super-accurate, too.  Haven't shot it past 25 yards yet, but at that distance it is pretty consistent 1/2" groups.  Gotta work on the trigger, though.  Nothing great about that...

the trigger is kind of hanky that for sure but it is a shooter.

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[Skillet]

My set up....

That is a hot rod for sure.  I think mine and Russ' model is pushing a .177 lead pellet at 1250 fps. 

Is yours a .22?

[Roundhead]

Hey Bone do you think that Gamo is worth the money?
What's your comparison between the 17 vs 22?
With 22 ammo being very scarce these days, I've been thinking very seriously about the air rifles.

[KFhunter]

I got some of these really heavy pellets,  they smack hard. 

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[Heredoggydoggy]

With 22 ammo being very scarce these days, I've been thinking very seriously about the air rifles.

I  know a bunch of target shooters have gone that way.  They can't get 22 ammo for their indoor shooting, so they are going to pellet guns.  Plenty of pellets available.

[Heredoggydoggy]

I got some of these really heavy pellets,  they smack hard. 

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Never used the Eunjins, but I use a lot of the Kodiaks.  They do a job on Starlings and Eurasian Doves. 

[slm9s]

view yellowforum.com for more airgun knowledge than your brain has room for.

I have a Walther LGR and its incredibly accurate

[Roundhead]

Any PCP users here?

[Heredoggydoggy]

Any PCP users here?

My 3 airguns are PCP....

[Roundhead]

Any PCP users here?

My 3 airguns are PCP....

Please share your knowledge and experience with those PCP.
Pics, pics, and pics please.

[Hawgdawg]

 

[Heredoggydoggy]

My first 2 PCP airguns are a single-shot Benjamin Marauder .177 rifle with an unshrouded barrel, and it is loud!  when I got it, I also got the big heavy-duty tire pump to fill the air tank, and the small reservoirs on the older guns only took 60 to 80 pumps to fill to almost 3,000 psi.  I'd get about 30 shots before it got down to 1,000 psi, and needed refilling.  My second PCP gun is a .22 cal. Benjamin Marauder air pistol with shoulder stock, and a shrouded barrel, and is quiet!  I love it.  I can fill the reservoir with the same number of pumps, and get about the same number of shots per fill.  It also has an 8-round magazine, which is really nice, especially with an extra magazine, which I have.  The 177 rifle has a Center Point scope on it that is good, but the windage and elevation knobs must be loosened with an allen wrench to change the settings, and I don't like that.  The 22 pistol has a Barska air rifle scope on it, a 3 to 12 power, and I really like it.  So much so, that I ordered a 3 to 12x Barska scope for my newest airgun, a Benjamin Marauder .177 rifle that I haven't shot yet.  The new gun has a bigger air reservoir, and my pump doesn't even get it up to 2,500 psi after 7 or 8 sessions of 60 t0 80 pumps, which at my age is all I can muster.  Good thing when I ordered the gun, I also ordered a SCUBA tank adapter for fills.  An 80 cubic foot Aluminum 80 tank should give me a lot of fills, once I find one at a yard sale.  Pyramid Air has them for $199.00 but that's too much to pay, considering I could get a new Aluminum 80 for $100.00 in Florida back when I was diving.  And a buddy I was diving with got 2 tanks at a yard sale for $40 each.  Sorry, never took any pics--too busy shooting Starlings and Eurasian Doves.  Go to the Pyramid Air and Airguns of Arizona sites.  Good info there......

[magnanimous_j]

It seems like the single cocking rifles can get up to 1000fps, just the same as the entry level PCP rifles. What makes the PCP rifles worth 3 times as much?

[mossy8352]

My old single cock Gamo shows 1200 fps with the Gold Raptor pellets and 1000 fps with lead but it is .177. The Raptor pellets puts dents in the steel target back stop I have while the lead does no damage. It is a lot of fun to shoot and deadly on rats!

[Heredoggydoggy]

It seems like the single cocking rifles can get up to 1000fps, just the same as the entry level PCP rifles. What makes the PCP rifles worth 3 times as much?

The single cocking rifles--not counting break-barrels are good, and extremely accurate, but the popular one with the target shooters takes about 35 pounds of force to pump.  One of the older guys had to see if he could cock the gun before he ordered one. (he could).  what I like about the PCP guns is that you can fill them from a SCUBA tank with no effort required.  Plus the PCP guns have to have a metering device built in to them so the pressure in firing is consistent, so that makes them more costly.  My newest PCP gun has a feature that allows the user to tune the gun for accuracy as low as 1,000 psi.  The reservoir on the gun is fillable to 3,000 psi but it comes from the factory tuned for best accuracy at 2,500 psi.  My guns are billed as "dual fuel" capable--Compressed air or CO2- (with a CO2 adapter to fill it).  Hope this answers your questions.  Feel free to ask more--I'll provide the answers if I can, or refer you to another site if I cant!