semi auto .177 or .22 air rifle?
- Thread starter djmay71
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Feinwerkbau C5 with a custom stock and barrel.
But reality check. You are looking for something that ain't out there, if you are looking to buy something that looks half decent on a $100 range budget. For that money, you get plastic toy air guns.
Add a decimal place to the price range, and work your way up fast, if you want quality.
What's your budget? What do you want to do?
More importantly, what do you expect of the airgun you buy?
If you expect to be able to hit a small target at range, you have to pay. If ten yards and 50-60 percent hits on a tin can really fast is good, you get a Nightstalker or similar.
Another cheapish (at least, compared to the Feinwerkbau) option, is to look at the Crosman 600. They are old, finicky, collectible, and demand a bit of coin, but can be modded into a decent blowback carbine. Expect to drop $300 or so for a 600, and then the sky's the limit for adding options.
Still gotta have a semi?
Cheers
Trev
But reality check. You are looking for something that ain't out there, if you are looking to buy something that looks half decent on a $100 range budget. For that money, you get plastic toy air guns.
Add a decimal place to the price range, and work your way up fast, if you want quality.
What's your budget? What do you want to do?
More importantly, what do you expect of the airgun you buy?
If you expect to be able to hit a small target at range, you have to pay. If ten yards and 50-60 percent hits on a tin can really fast is good, you get a Nightstalker or similar.
Another cheapish (at least, compared to the Feinwerkbau) option, is to look at the Crosman 600. They are old, finicky, collectible, and demand a bit of coin, but can be modded into a decent blowback carbine. Expect to drop $300 or so for a 600, and then the sky's the limit for adding options.
Still gotta have a semi?
Cheers
Trev
Boy, that saved me some typing! dj~Trev is spot-on. If I could add anything, it would have to do with CO2 and it's limitations. (if you're an outdoor airgunner) Anything colder than about 13C and you start to see performance taper-off quickly. Also, on econo CO2 semi-auto pistols for instance, alot of energy (gas) goes into cycling the action. That's gas lost for shooting, and on small CO2 cartridges, you're racing to the finish line that much quicker. It's why I get a chuckle out of seeing optics on CO2 semi-autos. How do you sight-in a red dot or scope when after a small # of shots, the pellets start losing velocity!
Unless you're in FX territory budget-wise, the 600 would be my suggestion too. I've read lots about them, come close to buying one...but I've read they can be really fussy about what pellets they'll feed reliably. Like .22lr guns I suppose.
I wouldn't say "give-up", but air rifles mean "single-shot" to me, as I have absolutely NO interested in dumping big $ into high-end PCPs or even more into high-end PCP semi-autos. They're loud too (for air guns) so really...another good argument for .22lr.
hmmm- thanks for the reality check- might have to go with a Nightstalker...
I know D&L used to have them, but now they don't from the looks of their site...
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The Beretta CX4 Storm made by Umarex in Germany is a higher end model of the Crosman Nightstalker.
It is powered by the larger 88g CO2 cylinders and uses a 30-shot magazine.
.177 calibre lead pellets.
Very close to size and weight of real CX4.
It is available in a 495 FPS or 600 FPS PAL version.
It is powered by the larger 88g CO2 cylinders and uses a 30-shot magazine.
.177 calibre lead pellets.
Very close to size and weight of real CX4.
It is available in a 495 FPS or 600 FPS PAL version.
