good basement plinker?

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looking for a good basement practice rifle, non pal, preferably as low maintenance as possible (no special gasses, can be filled or pumped at home)

it also would be nice to avoid a break barrel, i just dont like em very much, and i would hope its accurate enough to make the practice worth while

can anyone recomend anything along those lines?
 
Do you want a rifle or would a pistol do? And budget? Quietness count? For a quiet rifle, Daisy makes a nice single pump accurate pneumatic that is extremely accurate. Model 953 Target Pro. (Cadets use them for training, well the 853C with wood stock and Lothar barrel.). Out west, they were just on sale at Peavy Mart with a scope real cheap. I think, $79 or $89. Here in Ontario, they were on sale at the TSC stores for about the same. For a pistol, I would recommend a Beeman P17 (under $50) pneumatic (or the Weilrauch HW-40) if you want the real thing at more money, Daisy 717 or Daisy 747, Baikal IZH-53 or for even higher end, a Webley Alecto in .177 (for plinking). I hope some of this helps. If it is a rifle you want, the Daisy is a great choice. I have 3 of them. Anyways, if you want more info, let me know.

Bearc
 
definitely prefer a rifle, is the daisy the Model 840 Grizzly?
im not sure of budget because i dont know what the range is, and i am more concerned with long term cost, a $50 rifle that needs $25 worth of parts every year isnt much good, i would rather a few hundred and not have to touch it for a decade of use

thanks guys

edit, re read, not the griz
 
Even though you don't like a break barrel they will outlast your arm unlike a pump you will tired of pumping.
 
In a basement with a good air rifle you won't really be plinking more like stacking them on top of each other in a ragged hole.
Nothing wrong with a break barrel but there are under levers and side folders if you want a fixed barrel.

I'd probably get a PAL gun so you can have fun out to longer distances if you want to leave the basement......

What's your budget?

I like the HW springers.
 
Here is a link to Daisy on the 953 info:

http://www.daisy.com/node/105

It is a single stroke underlever pump and pumps real easy. The receiver and muzzle end are both grooved for 3/8" dovetails, so you can mount optional sights such as scope or diopter sites. As I said, they come on sale for around $80 here in Canada. The pistols I mentioned are as well single pump, though the Webley can be pumped up to 3 times.I think you would like the Daisy for accuracy, price and quietness.

Bearc
 
i can get an 11 yard shot in my basement, i like the single stroke idea, im not out for huge power, im just after a bit of trigger time in the dark winters. if i can shoot heads off plastic army men zombies, it will fill my desires

does daisy make a side lever model like that baikal? if not i will probably go for the 953
 
scott585 said:
i can get an 11 yard shot in my basement, i like the single stroke idea, im not out for huge power, im just after a bit of trigger time in the dark winters. if i can shoot heads off plastic army men zombies, it will fill my desires

does daisy make a side lever model like that baikal? if not i will probably go for the 953[/QUO


Daisy does not make a side lever in rifles. The 2 Daisy pistols I mentioned, are side lever and single stroke as well. I have the Baikal rifle as well, but you will find the Daisy completely recoiless. With the site options you can put on it, you will find it a tack driver. The sites that come with it are just fine though. The one that comes on sale at the Peavy Mart come with a scope. Cheap scope though, better off with the original sites. As far as the army men, they can kiss their you know whats goodbye. I target shoot usually at 20 - 25 meters and this rifle is accurate! Let us know!

Bearc
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The Daisy is probably one of the better choices on a low budget.

Look hard at the match pistols and rifles if you can afford a bit (OK, a lot) more. I had a Pardini K60 CO2 pistol for several years and I can tell you it is a challenge to shoot anywhere near as well as the gun was capable of.

From a vise, it would reliably stack the pellets on top of each other across my shop at the time, a distance of 28 feet. I was nowhere near that good, and it was an eye opener to shoot something that could be relied upon to not suffer from flyers etc., other than by MY inputs :)

Grasshoppers in the driveway were the prey of choice. Lotsa fun!

Match airgun shooters are almost as much equipment whores as the archery guys, so there is usually a pretty good supply of used goods available from guys that are upgrading or otherwise convinced that the perfect score is only a couple thousand dollars worth of equipment away from themselves. :D

Check out the TAU rifles, as well as the IZH 46 pistols for some of the lower end of the sorta high end of that stuff.

Cheers
Trev
 
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