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Airguns by Make and Model => Benjamin Airguns => Topic started by: JonnyReb on July 29, 2010, 11:10:08 PM
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Hey guys... dark in here :o..always like this?
I'm plotting a new addition to the safe... to be ordered while the wife is at the beach in august. I was pretty sure i was going to get a crosman 397 but after seeing that you no longer get a walnut stock... well, some of the thrill died. So i've looked and looked, from beemans on down, at all kind of springers. I just can't get to jubilant about my choices. The power to weight ratio is just a downside to a springer. And since this gun was to be my walking gun, one i pick up every afternoon to walk the creekline trail with the dogs or alone to check the trailcams, i want it to be powerful as well as light and handy. Nothing fit much till i just read something on the disco, then read the acclaims here in response to another thread. At just over 5lbs and under 40". It is light and handy. And i'm guessing the .177 really does do close to 1000 feet a sec. Plus its got an American walnut stock? And built here. And everyone says it is accurate. Not to hard to pump either. So... it seems about perfect. Just a couple questions Can you leave it fully pressurized indefinitely? Is their a synrthetic stock available? Can i really expect 30+ shots at the same velocity or does it begin to drop off and take accuracy with it?
This is the most important question to me, my old co2 guns began dropping off at 11-15th shot, making accuracy only possible for just a few of the first shots. It drove me CRAZY and i vowed to never get into air/co2 guns because of this. So how many shots can i get at a steady speed and how much variance is during this cycle?? Any other faults noted or will i just plain out love one of these? Thanks Jeff
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lets see.....seems that you are looking at getting a .177, But what you said you were looking for is power. So I recommend opting for the .22 it is a 22-24 ft lbs gun from the factory. The .177 is 18-20 ft lbs.
Both are very good and shoot close to their advertised speeds, I'm just bias toward .22. I get about 40 shots before I refill, that is from 2100psi. down to around 1000.
I could take more shots if I wanted ....I have a second barrel band on my gun. I don't really notice a change in POI from start pressure to refill. I hear of the .177's getting 50 shots no problem, and I believe it.
Quick story with my Disco while Im thinking about it.. One day While I was having a normal shooting session in my garage @ 10 yards..Just taking out bulleyes.. My gun was dead on shooting 15.8 JSB, 35-40 shots had been taken. Had it dialed in real nice too, and it was coming down to the refill point (1000psi) when I Hear the distinct CAW CAW sound
No time to think I loaded up another JSB and looked out the back garage door and spotted a nice sized crow 35 yards out... I slowly opened the door, put him in my cross hairs and squeezed the trigger. Dropping that crow with only 1000 psi. left in my gun. it was a beautiful thing to experience. ;)
p.s. to your other questions...
Yes , you can leave it fully pressurized. It is good for the seals to leave air in the tank.
No, I do not think someone makes a synthetic stock as of yet. however there are several other stock options.
Yes, These guns are very Accurate!! Buy a good scope like leapers, and you can reach out to 100 yards out the box.
happy gun shopping
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Thanks CS, i can see the cycle starting already, from a disco to a pneuma,, to a talon to a.... They are very cool guns, i can see a scuba tank becoming a necessity.. takes the hobby to a new level for sure.
Nice shooting on the crow, that would be big game for me... starling and english sparrows would be the only other critters i'd pop. Thats parly the reason i was gonna go .177, another is that i've had lots of .22's over the years, yet have had few .177's. Just thought i'd go with the smaller caliber but i might rethink that considering the energy difference.
J
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We have a Disco, traded a Hawke scope for it and I think I got the better deal.
You wont get a Walnut stock (which wouldnt scare me of) likely a Sycamore stock but it will do.
Ours does have the Walnut stock but doesnt look much different than the rest.
John
Don't they come with walnut anymore? J
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Hey JR it is a walnut color hardwood stock. I had the 177 and the 22 Disco. I sold my 177 Disco last year. Nothing wrong with that cal just wanted to stay in the 22 cal Disco. Now in Marauders I got a 177 cal and a 25 cal as well as a 22 cal Mrod for sale on this and other forums. Their is nothing wrong with the 177 cal at all. Mine shot really well when I had my 177 cal disco. You can get a nice stock from AOA like everything else they ain't cheap the stock that is. Get what ya want and enjoy...
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From what I have seen and heard it looks very similar to the original walnut stocks but it is not walnut anymore. But don't worry I believe it is something nicer that your average beech stock.
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I can't explain it, but if it's not synthetic and it's not walnut... we'll never bond properly.. i'm a wood guy... hmmm. a concession..