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What brought you to the GTA? [2023-03-17]

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GTA-Airgunner:
Good morning Airgunners!

I hope everyone is doing well and having a great start to their week.   As we look to make some improvements here at the GTA, I believe it would be useful to know why people came and joined the GTA in the first place.  This critical data will help us better understand the needs of the GTA community so that we can move in a direction to meet them.

Also, I mentioned in yesterday's post that things have changed regarding the out-of-the-box usability of airguns. And that is absolutely true.   Most of the time, I can simply pull any airgun out of the box, and it just works.  Can they be made to work better? Well, of course, they can.  But the average airgunner probably isn't a mechanic and probably doesn't know how to get in and tinker right out of the gate.  That all comes later.  And as I mentioned already, it's way less important than it used to be. 

I'm not taking anything away from the mad scientist folks, who are far better at tweaking and improving things than I ever will be. Something can always be improved, and having a place where folks can learn that process is also important.  But, I don't think it's as important as it was 20 years ago when nearly every airgun (that we could afford) needed to be overhauled before it would shoot straight.  That's why I joined the GTA.  I had cheap airguns that I wanted to shoot and perform better. 

I haven't had that same need in a long time.  Not in the same way.  Now, I want to know how to make what's already pretty good achieve better results.  Usually, that comes down to skill set and not equipment.  Finding the right optic, pellet, technique, I believe those points are as important, possibly more important, than mechanical changes.

Anyway, I hope that we can continue moving forward on both fronts.  At the heart of the GTA are awesome airgunners who love to tinker, tweak, and squeeze every drop of useful performance out of their airguns.  I want to see that continue while also improving our communications and offerings on the more generic side of things, i.e. less technical, mechanical, and more practical.

I look forward to seeing your comments and THANK YOU for being a part of the GTA.

Cheers
Rick

Roadworthy:
I had purchased a Crosman Nitro Venom with its historically difficult trigger.  I was curious about the GRT trigger so I inquired at charliedatuna.com.  Bob Werner answered my questions and suggested I join GTA.  He was a very helpful and knowledgeable individual with an excellent product.

GTA-Airgunner:
So my entrance was a Gamo 440 and the trigger, and eventually playing with modding the 2240..

thanks for sharing.

Cheers
Rick

Hoosier Daddy:
The search for information on (re)obtaining the Benjamin air rifle I had in my youth.
That was about all I knew, it was a .22 Multi pump I bought in the late '70's
  I learned it was a 342 and the search began for one. Then began looking for a replacement Crosman 160 CO2 that I had before the Benji.
 Along the way, I learned about Springers, N.P., and then PCP's... and it's been a Rabbit Hole every since.  ;D

Struckat:
My crappy springer made me come here to learn about what other opinions I had.

Little did I know that fell into a den of enablers.

I gave my first springer to #2 son….no, I don’t hate him.

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