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sactargetshooter
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February 10, 2016, 12:42:00 PM »
Just got mine for $307+tax shipped from Amazon two days ago. Here is the first impression:
It is a fairly light rifle for the power/size, easy to shoulder and carry. The connection between the action and the stock is a little loose despite the stock nut is tightened, I may address this issue at some point. The wood is okay, and so is the bluing, nothing special. At this price, I am not expecting much.
The fill probe is the same kind as the Hatsan, but a different size. Hand pumping the air was not particularly difficult, just had to do it in multiple sessions. A Hill Mk3 pump can charge the gun to 232 bars. The last few strokes can be a little challenging, but not too bad.
The magazine is almost all plastic, but it is indexed (so you can see the number of shots left) and fits well. I like the placement of the open slot (to chamber pellet) being on top because this means the magazine does not necessitate a higher scope mount if a small objective scope is used. I like my scopes mounted low to get the point-blank range that I want. The magazine is held in place using a magnet, and that works well.
The rifle is not shrouded, and pretty loud as such. A HW moderator very effectively hushes the gun down to very acceptable indoor shooting levels. In many ways, I prefer an LDC attachment rather than a full shroud.
Moving on to the trigger. Well, if I have pick one thing that I don't like, this is it! It is a two stage trigger, but the second stage is creepy. The pull itself isn't bad, about 2-3 pounds. It is the creepiness that gets me. Even the Umarex Fuel has a crisp second stage (by comparison) after a little bit of trigger job. I suppose I can learn to get used to this trigger, but that is the weakest point of this gun.
In .177, the gun shoots almost exactly at 20 FPE at muzzle using JSB Heavies. Group size is not impressive, however. I will try different pellets when I have the time. This may not be the gun/barrel, but rather the choice of pellets. As it is right now, my Hatsan AT-P2 (a very short carbine!) has significantly better groups even at 10 yards.
Shot count seems pretty good. I don't have a shot string, yet. It does seem that a full charge will get about 50 shots or so based on the green area of the gauge dial.
In summary, I still have to find the magic pellet for this gun (and I have a good collection of samplers!). The trigger is not great, but workable. For the price, it is a bargain given that I will eventually find the right pellet. This guns makes a great hunter because it is light and easy to balance (unlike an Airwolf with the bigger bottle!). I will look into a trigger job or somehow tune the trigger a little.
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K.O.
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Re: BSA Buccaneer
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February 10, 2016, 05:29:09 PM »
I freed the barrel on mine the band pulled it down to much for my liking.
The AA 10.3g needed the fill pressure down around 2300 psi on mine. the CPUM 10.3g also like a lower fill but handle 2500 psi well.
at 3200 they(CPUM) start low and rise but stay in line, the AA are all over. The Sniper Mag 15g and JSB Monster handle a full fill...
This is just from quick and dirty testing at 30 yards... But the Sniper Mags and Monsters seem to be its favs on a full fill for now...
Have more testing to do but waiting for better weather.
at lower fill CPUM, Winne domed, AA 10.3and Benji 7.9g all show promise...
Kodiak and Cudas lower fill needs tried, almost good at 3200-3000psi
the 7.4g Crosman points was weird, one .5" group at 1800 psi but then all over next time... Winchester hollow may improve with lower fill but maybe not, 2500 psi fill tried...
now all these groups where shot with no fouling shots after changing pellets just two five shot groups each pellet and on to the next so will be putting more effort in to the groups and sticking with one at a time to find exactly how they behave...
but so far it does not seem very pellet picky as long as you drop fill pressure for less than 13g...
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sactargetshooter
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Re: BSA Buccaneer
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February 10, 2016, 06:14:12 PM »
Thanks for sharing! I have some JSB Monsters and some Crosman Premium Heavies. I'll try out the short predators, too.
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DOUGER
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Re: BSA Buccaneer
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February 10, 2016, 11:23:17 PM »
I have the 177 scorpion se I put a xtx shroud that a buddy gave me and also got a ldc for it. shoots 8.44 jsb very well med snippers and seems like the h and n are cleaner 10 plus grams monsters are ok but found the 10.34 jsb regulars are great also also mine seems best from full to last 48 th shot can hole for hole the pellets at 30 yards with no problem I think the trigger is great watched xtx air video on hot to tune it
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Re: BSA Buccaneer
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February 11, 2016, 02:23:32 AM »
Buccaneer has gamo trigger group while Scorpion uses BSA trigger.
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