Are you strictly PCP?

[jmohme]

I still have my old 1377 Crosman and still enjoy shooting it from time to time.
I asl still have a springer that I have never really liked. I think it may have been what inspired me to finally move on to PCPs

[Bicycleman]

I have no use for nor interest in any sort of spring or gas spring break barrel "air" gun. I still use my 392 rifles and occasionally my old Crosman 140.

It must be a Louisiana thing:  I started out in Louisiana in 1943.  My first PCP came along in the late 40s - a Daisy BB Gun.  Since then, I have owned a couple more BB guns and many pellet guns.  I did buy one break-barrel rifle in 2012.  That was the only one; and I quickly sold it.  We didn't like each other! 

[Fred J]

I shoot both a springer (TX200) and a PCP (S500). I shoot my TX200 primarily indoors in the Winter months (Nov-April in SE Wisconsin), and shoot the S500 in Field Target competition outdoors when it gets warmer. I find shooting my TX a few months out of the year makes me a better Field Target shooter with my S500.

With that said, I enjoy shooting my TX200 slightly more than shooting my S500. I guess I like the challenge.

[triggerfest]

My main shooting is PCP only and owning PCP's only.

Recently I was missing a springer, for fun. So I have bought a springer again, a Hatsan Airtact in .25 cal. Great airgun for the money (just $100).

But... what I really rediscovered recently again, is the PUMPER ! PCP experience shooting, yet self contained. Very convenient. I don't always need or want the PCP power and then a pumper is a great alternative. I bought the 1377 and now fancy the 2289 'Drifter kit' as well. Set that one up with a steel breech, a nice scope and a DonnyFL LDC and that's going to be fun !

I used to be into CO2 airguns as well. The thing is... I hate buying CO2 cartridges. I always have the feeling the CO2 cartridges are more expensive than the airgun and pellets itself. And you can't even shoot them totally empty. Still eyeing over a Diana Chaser every now and then...

[James340]

My main shooting is PCP only and owning PCP's only.

Recently I was missing a springer, for fun. So I have bought a springer again, a Hatsan Airtact in .25 cal. Great airgun for the money (just $100).

But... what I really rediscovered recently again, is the PUMPER ! PCP experience shooting, yet self contained. Very convenient. I don't always need or want the PCP power and then a pumper is a great alternative. I bought the 1377 and now fancy the 2289 'Drifter kit' as well. Set that one up with a steel breech, a nice scope and a DonnyFL LDC and that's going to be fun !

I used to be into CO2 airguns as well. The thing is... I hate buying CO2 cartridges. I always have the feeling the CO2 cartridges are more expensive than the airgun and pellets itself. And you can't even shoot them totally empty. Still eyeing over a Diana Chaser every now and then...

I detuned my Chaser with a 2.5 or 3 mm thickness o ring against the valve and it shoots 425+- fps for 85 shots

[triggerfest]

My main shooting is PCP only and owning PCP's only.

Recently I was missing a springer, for fun. So I have bought a springer again, a Hatsan Airtact in .25 cal. Great airgun for the money (just $100).

But... what I really rediscovered recently again, is the PUMPER ! PCP experience shooting, yet self contained. Very convenient. I don't always need or want the PCP power and then a pumper is a great alternative. I bought the 1377 and now fancy the 2289 'Drifter kit' as well. Set that one up with a steel breech, a nice scope and a DonnyFL LDC and that's going to be fun !

I used to be into CO2 airguns as well. The thing is... I hate buying CO2 cartridges. I always have the feeling the CO2 cartridges are more expensive than the airgun and pellets itself. And you can't even shoot them totally empty. Still eyeing over a Diana Chaser every now and then...

I detuned my Chaser with a 2.5 or 3 mm thickness o ring against the valve and it shoots 425+- fps for 85 shots

Oh wauw, that sounds like a very nice trade off !

[James340]

My main shooting is PCP only and owning PCP's only.

Recently I was missing a springer, for fun. So I have bought a springer again, a Hatsan Airtact in .25 cal. Great airgun for the money (just $100).

But... what I really rediscovered recently again, is the PUMPER ! PCP experience shooting, yet self contained. Very convenient. I don't always need or want the PCP power and then a pumper is a great alternative. I bought the 1377 and now fancy the 2289 'Drifter kit' as well. Set that one up with a steel breech, a nice scope and a DonnyFL LDC and that's going to be fun !

I used to be into CO2 airguns as well. The thing is... I hate buying CO2 cartridges. I always have the feeling the CO2 cartridges are more expensive than the airgun and pellets itself. And you can't even shoot them totally empty. Still eyeing over a Diana Chaser every now and then...

I detuned my Chaser with a 2.5 or 3 mm thickness o ring against the valve and it shoots 425+- fps for 85 shots

Oh wauw, that sounds like a very nice trade off !

Yes.Full power 520 +-  fps got 40ish

[3crows]

I have no use for nor interest in any sort of spring or gas spring break barrel "air" gun. I still use my 392 rifles and occasionally my old Crosman 140.

It must be a Louisiana thing:  I started out in Louisiana in 1943.  My first PCP came along in the late 40s - a Daisy BB Gun.  Since then, I have owned a couple more BB guns and many pellet guns.  I did buy one break-barrel rifle in 2012.  That was the only one; and I quickly sold it.  We didn't like each other! 

I live in KS so it must be a Kansas thing too. In any case, I hate the XXXXX things. By the time they reach any useful to me power level the reverse recoil becomes obnoxious. And they are too heavy, too long and inaccurate. And at that I am sure a bunch of guys will throw up their .177 targets with rifles barely making enough power to sneeze at to prove my dislike wrong. And I would still have no use for them. I do not like them in Louisiana, I do not like them in Kansas, I do not like them with green eggs and ham, I do not like them at all anywhere at anytime for anything. Just saying .

[Bicycleman]

But James, I see West Monroe down there.  What's up with that if you live in Kansas?

[triggertreat]

Although I do not currently own any springers, I do like to keep my options open, and I see no benefit to limiting my options.  An R7 or a TX200 or similar good shooting springer would be nice to have to shoot within their abilities when I don't feel like or have the time to drag out my air supply.

[PasadenaMike]

Although I do not currently own any springers, I do like to keep my options open, and I see no benefit to limiting my options.  An R7 or a TX200 or similar good shooting springer would be nice to have to shoot within their abilities when I don't feel like or have the time to drag out my air supply.

Yeah I’ve only kept my R7 as a break barrel I sold or gave away the rest.

[avator]

Our dogs eat the exact same portions of the exact same dog food twice a day.. I can't imagine living like that.... 

[Spacebus]

PCPs are just the most convenient gun choice once you have a reliable compressor and a 1.5+ liter bottle. Every time I shoot PBs I really want one, then I shoot my PCPs again and then I don't want one anymore. I haven't found a more fun recreational shooter than my PCPs. I understand the draw of springers and MSP, but if I want to sling a few hundred shots down range both options become tedious and unenjoyable. Range day back in the Army used to be an exhausting affair, but with the PCPs it's all effortless. The most work I do is walking back and forth to the target. My low power PCPs get so many shots per fill I can pretty much get bored of shooting or run out of time before my air runs out. My big bores are a bit more air hungry, but it's only five minutes to refill the bottle using the compressor and back to action. In the times before I had a compressor I did enjoy shooting PCPs, but a 22lr PB was looking very attractive. I shot my 901 and C362 more often than my Stormrider or Bandito. My Mike M. tuned Ruger is a good little gun, but I tire of the kick and dropping tiny pellets down the breech after a few dozen shots. Single loading the C362 isn't so bad, but the Daisy is a bit more tedious.

[3crows]

But James, I see West Monroe down there.  What's up with that if you live in Kansas?

I am from there and own property there. Have not lived there for 40 years. Been in other places, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, few other places and now Kansas, lol. And I did not like spring guns in any of them other states either  .

[Bicycleman]

Brothers from other mothers!

[straightup]

I don't like the cheek bruising jar of a break barrel. PCP's are not only more accurate but quieter - pleasant to use. Pumping, well that's another matter. Still prefer PCP's.

[Hoosier Daddy]

I don't like the cheek bruising jar of a break barrel.

I have several springers... even game changing "Magnum's"... and have never experienced anything like that.
What gun are you referring to?

[Firewalker]

No more break barrels, but I do find myself enjoying the lower power CO2 (XS60c) and PCP (Umarex Notos) guns more than the high power PCPs. I sold my AEA .30 cal and keeping my Airforce Escape, but have put the .22 barrel back in and detuned it for more shots and less noise. I guess at 71 years of age, I'm losing my need for speed...

Steve, aint that an Airforce there in your avatar? 

[3crows]

I don't like the cheek bruising jar of a break barrel. PCP's are not only more accurate but quieter - pleasant to use. Pumping, well that's another matter. Still prefer PCP's.

Me too. Same. HOSP at 50 yards, ease the back door open, slow, slow, they are wary. Bring the Marauder Super Light up, compensate a little for wind and 30 yard zero, ease the safety off and on the trigger so smooth, into a zen state, almost close my eyes, I see the bullet I see everything in that moment, the universe comes into focus, na, na, nah, naaaa, pfffftttt-oing. A cloud of feathers results  . No jar, no slap in the face, no reverse recoil, in fact no recoil and scope still in once piece and happy bluebirds clapping their wings in joy. That is the perfection of the PCP, NICE .

Bluebird Lives Matter too:



I have it on authority that 9 out 10 bluebirds prefer the protection of a PCP equipped backyard sniper over a Springer guy. Got two pairs this year thus far trying to nest if I can keep the HOSP off them.

[north country gal]

We have all types of AGs, including a nice assortment of vintage Sheridan and Benjamin pumpers, but springers and PCPs are just about all we shoot now, probably about a 50/50 mix these days. Definitely trending to more PCP shooting, though, as we age. Buying a compressor was a huge plus for our PCP shooting.