Best $300 pcp

[moorepower]

What a great time to be into Airgunning,...so many good guns at a reasonable good price.

A bit of an understatement. I started with the XS60 PCP's and a MM pump. For $200 more now you can get a 4300 psi gun with huge shot count, massive user friendly to tune and very good power. I kind of wish now it was the first time I heard of a PCP, because I would have saved enough to put a $500 scope, SCBA tank and a compressor, along with a few tins of every .22 pellet and slug made.    Oh well  

[Darinjfry]

As previously mentioned I love my urban. If I can throw another name in the ring the hatsan flash is light,  powerful, and has a good trigger

[Back_Roads]

 I think the main clincher in the OP is those guns are regulated. ah the simpler times when you pumped to regulate

[drift shooter]

My vote goes to the Benji Fortitude . Mine is .22 but may actually be better in .177. Good shot count , hand pumpable , very backyard friendly and another plus , made in the good ol USA , which is a good thing especially now with the economy needing all the help it can get.

[CraigH]

I think the main clincher in the OP is those guns are regulated. ah the simpler times when you pumped to regulate

OTOH, parts not added do not break.

Back when I did not understand regulators, I read a technical article discussing both regulated and non-regulated rifles.   Part of the discussion was about performance (lower ES) of regulated rifles vs non-regulated rifles; another part discussed reliability of the regulator; and yet another part was cost vs the first two parameters.

In the end one pays the money and makes a choice.

[Ribbonstone]

Maybe the "trickle down tech/cost" really happens.

The lest expensive PCP "then"  is about 2X the least expensive PCP now.

Pumps are also about 1/3-1/4th  the price...compressor about 1/3the price...bottem line charonograph about 1/3 the price.

Cheap repeater 3K fill PCPwas pretty much an add-on dream then....now there are several offerings under $300.

Regulated, repeater PCP's were the "hot stuff"...now there are choices under $300.

So far,this is the best low cost time to start the PCP habit (although...who knows...the lower price trend may continue.)

The cutting edge high-tech rifles stay high priced....but if the inovations are worthy,they eventually "trickle down".

[Dan H]

Avenger period .... as long as it performs as good as the one Ted tested....

[kingrude1]

I would say Avenger, but until these guns get into owners hands and are put through their paces, it will just be a gun with "potential". Until then I would go with the Fortitude over the Gauntlet, and probably the Sentry over both of those if it was one of the choices.