That guy shooting hogs with a Gamo is nothing more than a paid shill.
Here's my .02cFor a starter airgun (of those you listed) the NP2 is a fairly good choice, break barrel, accurate, quiet (backyard friendly) and as mentioned elsewhere, needs to be mastered for an artillery hold to get maximum out of it. Nice thing, break barrel, load, aim, shoot! Repeat (all day).Once you get on the dark side, and get a PCP, you get addicted - it IS PCP after all! You'll need a pump (at least) or a scuba tank, etc. to charge up, and although accurate and quiet, can be daunting ($$$) for a starter airgun. An Mrod or even maybe a Prod would make for an excellent backyard/small game/pesting gun.It's all uphill from here .....Keep shooting!
Matt,Your enthusiasm is great, and airgunning is a fantastic sport to get into. But what I'm seeing in this thread so far is all over the map. Of all the guns you've mentioned (and others have suggested), you've basically touched on every thing from a $169 pumper, to a $250 break barrel, (that requires a considerable amount of "massaging"/tuning, I.E. Knowledge, and more money and effort to shoot well),... and then on to a higher end $700+ PCP (which is going to need a scope and fill rig) , (easily add another $600 to $1000 to that).Not withstanding, also the expensive big bore PCP's you also mention.next we go from Backyard Friendly to Hog hunting.We are certainly here to help, and give you some experienced and knowledgeable suggestions,... BUT you've got to narrow down the parameters a bit, to get real and useable feedback to your questions.so I guess the best way to start and try to answer your questions is to ask a few myself. You say this will be your FIRST airgun. No problem there. So the first question is, What is your intended purpose with the first airgun ? Is it backyard plinking ? or is it hunting pigs ? These are not one in the same type of gun. They are vastly different, and they come and opposite ends of the price tags.which brings us to the second set of questions.What is your REALISTIC Budget you are ready to or willing to spend ?Iin the world of airguns, it all comes down to WHAT you are shooting at, How far, and the amount of cash you can ACTUALLY Spend.A .22 does NOT make for a good pig gun, no matter what anyone else tells you,... and a big bore PCP will NOT be Backyard Friendly.if you can narrow down your parameters, to what you will be using this first gun for,... then we can better help and suggest brands and models for that purpose.Hope this helpsCheers
Quote from: Gertrude on May 23, 2017, 01:51:02 AMMatt,Your enthusiasm is great, and airgunning is a fantastic sport to get into. But what I'm seeing in this thread so far is all over the map. Of all the guns you've mentioned (and others have suggested), you've basically touched on every thing from a $169 pumper, to a $250 break barrel, (that requires a considerable amount of "massaging"/tuning, I.E. Knowledge, and more money and effort to shoot well),... and then on to a higher end $700+ PCP (which is going to need a scope and fill rig) , (easily add another $600 to $1000 to that).Not withstanding, also the expensive big bore PCP's you also mention.next we go from Backyard Friendly to Hog hunting.We are certainly here to help, and give you some experienced and knowledgeable suggestions,... BUT you've got to narrow down the parameters a bit, to get real and useable feedback to your questions.so I guess the best way to start and try to answer your questions is to ask a few myself. You say this will be your FIRST airgun. No problem there. So the first question is, What is your intended purpose with the first airgun ? Is it backyard plinking ? or is it hunting pigs ? These are not one in the same type of gun. They are vastly different, and they come and opposite ends of the price tags.which brings us to the second set of questions.What is your REALISTIC Budget you are ready to or willing to spend ?Iin the world of airguns, it all comes down to WHAT you are shooting at, How far, and the amount of cash you can ACTUALLY Spend.A .22 does NOT make for a good pig gun, no matter what anyone else tells you,... and a big bore PCP will NOT be Backyard Friendly.if you can narrow down your parameters, to what you will be using this first gun for,... then we can better help and suggest brands and models for that purpose.Hope this helpsCheersI was reading this thread and forming my reply then I read Ron's reply and figured I didn't need to.. he said it all.
Well you're a lucky man if someone gave you the rest of those Tom.Just a thought for the OP....You might as well go ahead and start looking for your classic Sheridan now...
Also I'm seeking out any air gun shops in the DFW area any advice?