Does anyone have suggestions for a good quality "lighter weight" air rifle? I love the Dianas but most still seem quite hefty once topped with a scope. Must be well built and accurate but the lighter and more compact the better. Would prefer 22 and not 177 and speed somewhere in the 600-700 range is sufficient. Thanks.
A good sporter weight air rifle?
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Try a Weihrauch HW95 or an HW85. Ive got an HW50 in .22 it does 485fps. Which is enough for grackles at close ranges. A Pal rated 50 only does 570-600 so theres not a lot of point in looking at that. My tuned HW50s in 177 did 900 with RWS hoby though.
I like the 50 since its light weight due to the short barrel, If i wanted to get more velocity i would do the HW95, Or for that matter if you want 600-700fps in 22 why dont you use .22 CBlong instead?
I like the 50 since its light weight due to the short barrel, If i wanted to get more velocity i would do the HW95, Or for that matter if you want 600-700fps in 22 why dont you use .22 CBlong instead?
You could do a few push ups and get a Diana M34, or get an RWS 850 Air magnum, trick it out with a 9 oz co2 bottle, its light even scoped, as well as being an 8 round repeater. Another interesting idea would be to get your hands on a old Crosman 140 or 1400 pumper, they are short and very light and they smoke with 8 to ten pumps in .22 .
Springers are all pretty heavy and long. If you dont mind pumping a Benjamin Sheridan fac rated pumper sounds like it would fit the bill. I have an old Crosman 1400 f/s inthe exchange its .22 cal pumper that will get up too around 700 fps but it needs some parts. I have a 177cal benjamin 397 its light powerful and accurate. and much easier to shoot than a springer. PCP is another option but then your talking big $$$$
How much is big $$$$ ?
The Benjamin Discovery PCP is 429.00 with the pump included, in .177 or .22
Tons of power for hunting.
