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Title: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: d_ray50 on June 09, 2020, 04:55:52 PM
I do not care for shrouded barrels . Is there a quality PCP .25 with no shroud ?
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: rkr on June 09, 2020, 05:05:36 PM
I do not care for shrouded barrels . Is there a quality PCP .25 with no shroud ?

BSA Scorpion SE.
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: Mr.P on June 09, 2020, 05:08:44 PM
Airforce talon p or condor.

I paid about $425 for my TalonP.  It is very adjustable with the ring loc top hat valve cap kit and is not shrouded.  It is very loud of course...

With a small top hat cap and the lowest “power wheel” setting it is a quiet plinker that gives me about 50 decent shots for shooting in my garage. The power wheel has very good resolution when configured like this and really lets you make subtle adjustments to power. Feels like maybe 25-30 fpe like this

I can put a large valve cap and dial up the wheel and the thing is firing slugs with 50+ fpe (and not so fun to shoot in the garage due to the noise). Can get 10 decent full power shots on a full bottle. 

The small bottle is not challenging to refill with a 3 stage hand pump.  Fills to 3000 but shoots best at around 2600 down to 1900 psi based on my experiments.

Accuracy seems good and it is not picky about pellets as far as I can tell.  You can modify easily and add an 18” barrel and get up to 100 fpe from what I have read.
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: KnifeMaker on June 09, 2020, 06:07:41 PM
You do know that most Shrouds simply unscrew and slip off. Right?  ;)
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: d_ray50 on June 09, 2020, 06:43:52 PM
I know most shrouds unscrew but the barrel is usually shorter than the air tube and does not look good finish wise . But I would be ok with one that is an exception to that .
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: Lani52 on June 09, 2020, 06:56:30 PM
Seneca/Sumatra 25 carbine or rifle. Accurate, powerful lever action, but buy one fast they are said to be discontinued by Pyramydair.  They are a ageless trouble free design.

Roachcreek
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: Talldog on June 09, 2020, 08:40:25 PM
I do not care for shrouded barrels . Is there a quality PCP .25 with no shroud ?

BSA Scorpion SE.

FX Royale 500 ...
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: elh0102 on June 10, 2020, 08:56:12 AM
A plain, unshrouded barrel may be hard to find. If you like the bull pup platform, the Taipan Veteran, while unshrouded, does have a long moderator.  However, the moderator attaches with standard threads at the muzzle. You could screw on a short suppressor in place of the standard large moderator. And, of course you could shoot it with no barrel attachment if noise is not an issue. Otherwise, a maker who can handle a more custom build might be your best option, such as RAW. Martin can use any barrel configuration you want, plain, compensated, or moderated.
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: fatmike on June 10, 2020, 05:40:45 PM
I like hatsan bt65 or at44. They're not fancy but they work for me. 
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: Toddspeed on June 10, 2020, 07:17:52 PM
What Fatmike said🔼 I’ve always loved the look of the AT44 but I don’t need a .25, and there’s NO WAY I can shoot unmoderated in my neighborhood. You can get a refurbished one for $229 that’s one of the cheapest PCPs out there.
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: AGEnthused2 on June 10, 2020, 07:23:41 PM
I wanted to wait until someone else brought up hatsan, so now that it’s been done I will throw out the following three:
AT44
BT65
Galatian
 
I have these three and the are unshrouded, of course they are moderated.
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: d_ray50 on June 10, 2020, 08:26:14 PM
I must not be looking up the right model because when I google Those 3 Hatsan guns they all have shrouds .
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: triggertreat on June 10, 2020, 08:54:17 PM
Just to open up your choices, you can remove the shroud from most any of them.
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: Toddspeed on June 10, 2020, 09:14:32 PM
I must not be looking up the right model because when I google Those 3 Hatsan guns they all have shrouds .

Go to the Hatsan Website, they are all there, models with “QE” have the shroud, listings without “QE” don’t have it. Check out the refurbs for some good deals.

https://hatsanairgunsusa.com/product/_refurbished-at44s-10/

https://hatsanairgunsusa.com/product/_refurbished-bt65sb/

https://hatsanairgunsusa.com/product/galatian-tact-semi-auto/


Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: d_ray50 on June 10, 2020, 10:53:19 PM
No items in stock for any of them . I would have bought the AT44S-10 in .25 $229.00 but no Stock .
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: fatmike on June 11, 2020, 10:55:23 AM
Get on the list. They come and go fast
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: Ribbonstone on June 11, 2020, 11:49:52 AM
Didn't bring the Hatsans up for that same reason....not in stock.  Are pushing the QE versions.   If you can actually get one, that would be the least expensive "bare barrel" .25.
Haven't looked into all the "half shroud" verions (mostly on bullpups) to see which allow removal....which doen't.

Also like a quick and easy removalably LDC...let me decide when I need to be quiet...like being able to get an eyeball on the crown....like NOT having my patches fall off and get caught in the non-detacalbe baffle system.

To be fair to shroud systems,good ones can use the shroud as a barrel tension device,which is a plus.....the shrouds can be much more graceful looking (not all of them).

Other thought is that it seems many shrouds don't work all that well....or else there wouldn't be somany of them wearing an larger diameter "add on" (LDC) on the front of the shroud.

Least favorite is the NON DETACH LDC (or at least not detacable without surgury)
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: Nomadic Pirate on June 11, 2020, 04:22:04 PM
Doesn't Kral make a few models without shroud ?
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: d_ray50 on June 11, 2020, 04:48:08 PM
Well I made a purchase not a .25 cal but No Shroud . Air Arms HFT 500
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: Ironman482 on June 11, 2020, 04:50:01 PM
The Gamo urban and coyote are nonshrouded and can be found on sale sometimes for under 300.00
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: R.K. on June 11, 2020, 07:20:38 PM
Air Force Condor w/24 in. barrel
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: Toddspeed on June 11, 2020, 07:23:22 PM
Well I made a purchase not a .25 cal but No Shroud . Air Arms HFT 500

With the laminate stock? That’s a beautiful gun. I’d love to get my hands on something that nice one day. Enjoy it.

Out of curiosity, I had the impression you were looking for big power (since you wanted a .25) why the change in direction?
Title: Re: Please recommend a .25 cal PCP with out a shroud .
Post by: accu fan on June 12, 2020, 01:17:22 AM
RKR nailed it. BSA scorpion se 25 cal= accuracy :D