If you were to buy only 1 air rifle ...
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Much depends on your intended use for your air rifle.
For varmints here in the bush my old Diana Mod. 45 with the T01 trigger has worked with accuracy, power and reliability for well over 12 years.
Great open sights becoming more challenging with older eyes..
My only complaint is that the blueing seems a little thin...
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For varmints here in the bush my old Diana Mod. 45 with the T01 trigger has worked with accuracy, power and reliability for well over 12 years.
Great open sights becoming more challenging with older eyes..
My only complaint is that the blueing seems a little thin...
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I recently bought a Hatsan 135 - .177 that I'm quite pleased with.
Didn't want to go PCP because of the extra's required.
The only "con" I have is that it is heavy..it's gotta weigh in near as much as my M1 Garand...lol
Sends a 5gr pill down range aprx 1200fps and 8gr somewhere around 1000fps and will have a report about half as loud as a .22lr .
Hits hard , accurate , solidly built with great looking wood furniture.
Now... , I'm just plugging away at targets ,... but "if" I decide or opportunity arises , this will have no prob putting down a cottontail at inside 50yd and keeping it ethical.
Just sayin'
Didn't want to go PCP because of the extra's required.
The only "con" I have is that it is heavy..it's gotta weigh in near as much as my M1 Garand...lol
Sends a 5gr pill down range aprx 1200fps and 8gr somewhere around 1000fps and will have a report about half as loud as a .22lr .
Hits hard , accurate , solidly built with great looking wood furniture.
Now... , I'm just plugging away at targets ,... but "if" I decide or opportunity arises , this will have no prob putting down a cottontail at inside 50yd and keeping it ethical.
Just sayin'
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Kind of a necro post, but someone's gotta keep the airgun forum going!
Probably still be a Benjamin Discovery for me. There's faster, and more exotic and repeaters, ones with better triggers and probably ones that are more accurate. But for an all around air rifle, I think it's about perfect. Got mine in .22 for more killing power than .177, and cheaper to shoot and find pellets for than .25. Got it on sale from Specialty Shooting Sports when they were around. I decided to get the package deal with the pump, as it was a pretty good deal, and the pumps were out for a while then. It's a lower pressure gun, so it doesn't take much to top it up. About 2 pumps per shot. It's also dual fuel, which means I can use a paintball tank to fill it with CO2 also, and trade some velocity for about double the number of quieter shots.
Didn't do any accurizing, or trigger work, and just mounted a cheap used Tasco rifle scope on it, and found that with pellets it likes it'll put them into about 1/3" at 33 yards. Probably capable of better than that, but that was just working off a single point rest. It sits around for months without losing pressure, and always ready to go.
I like the rifle for hunting, as it's a handy gun to carry, and has enough air on board to take a walk for grouse.
Probably still be a Benjamin Discovery for me. There's faster, and more exotic and repeaters, ones with better triggers and probably ones that are more accurate. But for an all around air rifle, I think it's about perfect. Got mine in .22 for more killing power than .177, and cheaper to shoot and find pellets for than .25. Got it on sale from Specialty Shooting Sports when they were around. I decided to get the package deal with the pump, as it was a pretty good deal, and the pumps were out for a while then. It's a lower pressure gun, so it doesn't take much to top it up. About 2 pumps per shot. It's also dual fuel, which means I can use a paintball tank to fill it with CO2 also, and trade some velocity for about double the number of quieter shots.
Didn't do any accurizing, or trigger work, and just mounted a cheap used Tasco rifle scope on it, and found that with pellets it likes it'll put them into about 1/3" at 33 yards. Probably capable of better than that, but that was just working off a single point rest. It sits around for months without losing pressure, and always ready to go.
I like the rifle for hunting, as it's a handy gun to carry, and has enough air on board to take a walk for grouse.
I owned and used a Discovery for awhile; that gun has to represent the best value on the market in a PCP rifle. Excellent accuracy, zero problems, zero pressure drop over time, easy on scopes...no downside, really, except for me a PCP simply isn't as appealing as a springer. But if you are considering pre-charged guns, the Disco gives you a perfect introduction to them, and may well serve all your needs indefinitely.
I have a HW80K/.22 Vortek ,a RWS 34/.22 Macarri ,CZ630 FAC ,RWS 45/.177 stock,Crosman 2289 custom just under 500fps and a custom 2240 carbine 10" at 495fps............a grouse killa.You should see HW's new PCP pistol based on the HW100 action the HW44
Used Theoben Rapid 7 MK1 or MK2
7 or 12 shot mags, bottle holds enough air for 500 shots at 12ftlb or around 40 shots at 20ftlb in .22
My old MK2 from days in UK, i still have the MK1
my vote goes for the rapid 7 FAC
best air rifle i ever owned
next was the HW77
heavy but accurate,got that running around 17ft/lbs in the end
I have had various spring air rifles for a long time...
Recently I splurged on a beautiful rifle. I bought an Air Arms S510 Extra in .177 and had a Huma regulator installed. I pressurize it to about 3400 psi and it's regulated to about 2000 psi. The shot velocity is easily adjusted by a dial. A heavy .177 pellet high velocity is 950 f/s and it shoots very small groups. Light pellets from 650 to 1050 f/s. It has a 10 shot rotary magazine that is very easy to load and use. Mounted a 2-7 Hawke scope on it.
I also bought a 4500 psi 90ci carbon fiber tank with valve system and fitting for portable recharge and a 4500 psi compressor.
Just starting to play with it...
A heavy pellet at 950 f/s - first 5 shot tests at the range - ragged hole at 20 yards and at 50 yards you can cover them with a dime.
Recently I splurged on a beautiful rifle. I bought an Air Arms S510 Extra in .177 and had a Huma regulator installed. I pressurize it to about 3400 psi and it's regulated to about 2000 psi. The shot velocity is easily adjusted by a dial. A heavy .177 pellet high velocity is 950 f/s and it shoots very small groups. Light pellets from 650 to 1050 f/s. It has a 10 shot rotary magazine that is very easy to load and use. Mounted a 2-7 Hawke scope on it.
I also bought a 4500 psi 90ci carbon fiber tank with valve system and fitting for portable recharge and a 4500 psi compressor.
Just starting to play with it...
A heavy pellet at 950 f/s - first 5 shot tests at the range - ragged hole at 20 yards and at 50 yards you can cover them with a dime.
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Here is a crazy one, but I loaned my Sheridan Blue Streak to an uncle of mine to use with his sons, who are all grown up now. So it has been gone something like 10-20 years. I just got it back and had one plinking session with it and my daughter. I love it all over again. I guess even though nearing 60, I am a little tougher, and for the time being throwing 5 pumps doesn't seem like work as it did when I was a teen. 10 and you have a serious hunting rifle with the classic heavy 20 cal conicals. It is as light as a pistol, corrosion resistant, and very accurate. I used to mount a scope, but it really isn't that kind of gun and is just great with the Lyman peep they made for it.
I wouldn't want it to be my only only one, but I wouldn't pass one up if I got a shot at buying one. And the matching pistol is even better.
I wouldn't want it to be my only only one, but I wouldn't pass one up if I got a shot at buying one. And the matching pistol is even better.
