to P rod or not to P rod?

[gator 69]

Ok I'm in the market for a light weight carbine . Read a lot about the P rod.  I need 750 fps and 50 yrd accuracy while being quite.  Looking at the P rod and the brocock contour xl6.  I'm not sure how the crosman barrel lottery works out for most but I'm pretty sure that the LW barrel on the brocock will do well with most any pellet. What's your thoughts?  Bone stock the brocock is double the cost of a P rod.

[Ribbonstone]

The Brocock.

Have only got to handle and shoot a Contour a little, but own the P-Rod with an aftermarket LW barrel.

If you ignore the oversizes pistol aspect of a P-Rod, then the Brocock is what P-rods want to be when they grow up.

[Motorhead]

50 yards with a pistol ... your ambitious to be sure !!  With a P-rod add the stock and you still have a VERY short barrel and small air tube.
Brocock is a really fine carbine and would be ... having the coin be where you buy & cry ... then just shoot with no further fiddling.

Twice the cost yet many times over the superior Air gun IMO.

[gator 69]

The brocock was the way I was leaning.  I would love to have a small bottled brocock.   

[drewciferpike]

Of the two you mentioned, just set your sights on the Brocock and wait until you can have it. There's no comparing it to a stock Prod, and you might as well get that out of the box unless you want to sink the same cash into a modded Prod. You can use the 13gr JSBs if they're accurate in your gun (they've been good in two LW barrels for me, so far) if you want flatter shots.

(As an aside: See if you can try both, first. Personally, I wouldnt choose until I could. I was searching for a truck gun that I could let bounce around with me at the ranch. I'd assumed I'd grab a .25 mrod and pup it. After lots of talking, handling, and shooting at the expo, the Talon SS ended up winning me over despite the look and the single-shot (mags have spoiled me). It's dirtier than sin, gets knocked around, but continues to take ground squirrels out the window, or over the tool box. Most shots have been 40+ yards, with one at 70, so far.

I bring it up only because it's short, quiet, accurate, and great for field use... which is what I wanted but I got it right out of the box. Also, I had it dialed down and was using 13gr JSBs, which still destroyed at 70 yards. I just remembered  as I'm typing that I also nailed a jack at 80+ yards.)

I'm blathering. Make a list of must-have features, and go from there.

Oh! One thing: Steal a scope from another gun before you decide on something for the Brocock (I'm going to assume you make the right choice). I had a 50mm scope with a 30mm tube on the Talon while I got to know it, and it was just too big and heavy. See what the Brocock likes to wear.

[p51mustang23]

The PROD requires a little fiddling.  Possibly an aftermarket stock and adapter for said stock.  Mine shoots polymags like lazers (and everything else I've tried like &^^&), definitely 50yds capable, but I only use mine inside of 40. 

The brocock looks like something I'd like.  Beautiful and lightweight. 

[gator 69]

50 yards with a pistol ... your ambitious to be sure !!  With a P-rod add the stock and you still have a VERY short barrel and small air tube.
Brocock is a really fine carbine and would be ... having the coin be where you buy & cry ... then just shoot with no further fiddling.

Twice the cost yet many times over the superior Air gun IMO.

well the bsa ultra with a 12" barrel shot sub 1/2" at 50 yrd for me.

I did order the brocock and it got here today.  First impression light and easy to point. Tried cph and jsb jumbo heavy.  At 50 yrds with cph ragged hole 1/2" jsb 3/4". Mrod quite.  18 good 30 yrd shots 3/8" or less 12 good 50 yrd shots 1/2".
Could not ask for more straight out of the box.

[gator 69]

Still looking at the p rod for my wife.  Any thoughts on the p rod would be appreciated.

[caniborrowsomeammo]

There's a saying - "Happy Wife, Happy Life". Get her a Brocock.