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Nordic Norm

Nordic Norm

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Argh.... desire....argh.....must resist temptation.....temporarily anyhow. Just bought an Omega Air Charger (could've been called an Omega Creditcard Charger). This will power my 10 pcp's for an initial cost of only $150.- per gun. Heck, I spent more on a scope. If the compressor lasts a few years without too much tinkering that will bring the cost down to less then 50.- per gun per year. My plan is to get a few more guns, thereby lowering the cost even further! What could possibly go wrong?
 
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I get away with my airgun expenses with the wife by telling here " I could always go back to Racing Dirt Late Models ".. That usually does the trick ...

When she starts remembering that our tire bill alone was over 10K a year, thrown in a couple of 35K + plus motors, 70K race car, Enclosed Trailer to haul it in, truck to pull it with, etc., etc., etc....

So my current airgun bills are Very cheap in comparison.. Lol

The moral of this story is to have Bigger, More expensive hobby, then the wife will let you by more airgun goodies....
 
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My wife has horses. My airgun hobby expenses don't even cast a shadow on her feed bill, much less show costs, vet bills, training fees, etc etc etc.
She never complains about what I spend.

But back to airgun economics. My first PCP cost me about $25 more than I would spend on an average day at the range. And that gun even came with a hand pump.

Play with numbers and you can justify almost anything!
 
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Stupid logic! Makes no sense! It is a given that HPA is the most expensive element of this hobby. The hobby is economical only after you have all your tanks, whips, filters and a compressor that never loses value and rarely if ever fails. That excludes all the cheap Chinese compressors, every one of them, If a shooter shops around and finds a commercially rated multi-cylinder compressor, that same shooter will be able to sell that same compressor for the same money he paid for it even after many years of trouble free service.
 
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Chinese industry manufacturers products of entire range of quality, just like the USA used too 50 years ago. We made our share of junk too don't forget. There are many examples of world class products coming from China. Most sub standard products from China are spec'ed and ordered by USA corporations.
If you doubt the Chinese ability to produce quality, take a look where your cell phone is made. The same prejudice was held over Japan until Honda and Toyota showed us otherwise in the 70's.
The Omega compressor is made by a brilliant enthusiast. These are good machines by any honest metric. Chinese make airguns that are world class. Seems like all we make in USA anymore is sour grapes.
 
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Stupid logic! Makes no sense! It is a given that HPA is the most expensive element of this hobby. The hobby is economical only after you have all your tanks, whips, filters and a compressor that never loses value and rarely if ever fails. That excludes all the cheap Chinese compressors, every one of them, If a shooter shops around and finds a commercially rated multi-cylinder compressor, that same shooter will be able to sell that same compressor for the same money he paid for it even after many years of trouble free service.
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Lighten up buddy, airguns are just for fun.
 
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Nordic Norm said:
Argh.... desire....argh.....must resist temptation.....temporarily anyhow. Just bought an Omega Air Charger (could've been called an Omega Creditcard Charger). This will power my 10 pcp's for an initial cost of only $150.- per gun. Heck, I spent more on a scope. If the compressor lasts a few years without too much tinkering that will bring the cost down to less then 50.- per gun per year. My plan is to get a few more guns, thereby lowering the cost even further! What could possibly go wrong?
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Logic, aaaah, logic. It explains everything!
 
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