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Afraid of the power
- Thread starter buzzman
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Here you go beer nap. This is my Benjamin with all the fixins. I’ll take photos of the others tomorrow.
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What happened? I thought i was a scammer and liar that was trying to scam people and don’t have any guns?
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Buzz, don’t get caught up in the negativity. The majority of us are here to help. I’ve been using PCP since around 2008. It’s safe and fun. I’m sure you can find some folks to shoot with. Your safety concerns have validity, HPA is dangerous. I started out with a steel diving tank I filled at a local dive shop since 2008. It wasn’t until 2019 that I decided to get my own compressor. I think the most common failure point is a line ruptured under pressure. I try and keep lines as short as possible and use tethers to attach if something does erupt so it doesn’t whip around. The stored energy in the big bores is no different than the 300 bar fills of smaller caliber rifles, it just releases more at one time. So you can look at the PCP community as one.
And a joke to end it. If PCP was too dangerous the UK would never allow it! But it is a thriving sport and hobby there.
And a joke to end it. If PCP was too dangerous the UK would never allow it! But it is a thriving sport and hobby there.
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A few more things to add. I’ve been shooting firearms, air, and archery competitively for over 30 years, and I still find my most personal satisfaction from PCP shooting in my backyard. It’s a great hobby that can be very safe. I have a son and plan to get him involved in it. With that said, I plan on first introducing shooting with a Daisy M853 177 single stoke pneumatic target rifle. It’s the same platform I used so long ago in JROTC 3 position shooting.
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Just sold mine …. Didn’t want to fall off and hurt myself and the real fear …. Being unable to shoot my HP toys!
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Buzzman,
I remember reading a post here by a member who severed the end of one of his fingers at the knuckle. Pretty graphic stuff. He was troubleshooting a magnum springer and managed to pull the trigger while the barrel was in the down and cocked position. Barrel snapped up and cut the end of a finger clean off. I saw this right after I bought my first break barrel springer, and I'll admit that it spooked me.
In the end seeing that was a good thing, because it cemented in my mind what not to do when handling a springer, and it caused me to follow proper safety procedures to the letter every single time I'm handling or shooting one of my rifles. I now have six springers, and I safely and respectfully enjoy shooting them all.
My advice would be to learn from other's mistakes, follow safety procedures religiously and to the letter, and go out there and enjoy safely shooting those airguns.
I remember reading a post here by a member who severed the end of one of his fingers at the knuckle. Pretty graphic stuff. He was troubleshooting a magnum springer and managed to pull the trigger while the barrel was in the down and cocked position. Barrel snapped up and cut the end of a finger clean off. I saw this right after I bought my first break barrel springer, and I'll admit that it spooked me.
In the end seeing that was a good thing, because it cemented in my mind what not to do when handling a springer, and it caused me to follow proper safety procedures to the letter every single time I'm handling or shooting one of my rifles. I now have six springers, and I safely and respectfully enjoy shooting them all.
My advice would be to learn from other's mistakes, follow safety procedures religiously and to the letter, and go out there and enjoy safely shooting those airguns.
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When I first started using PCP airguns, a hand pump made everything a little more familiar and simple for filling a gun. If you're familiar with a bicycle pump, you can probably make sense of it and safely fill your guns. I still use a hand pump and never got a tank or a compressor. Your collection could certainly benefit from the tank for fills, but you need to get comfortable with you've acquired. I'd start with the Bulldog. Get a hand pump and find a place to shoot that thing.
If you cannot get comfortable with the bulldog, sell one of the guns and get something in a more pedestrian caliber like .22 or even .177 (my personal favorite). You've bought the ticket, time to take the ride!
If you cannot get comfortable with the bulldog, sell one of the guns and get something in a more pedestrian caliber like .22 or even .177 (my personal favorite). You've bought the ticket, time to take the ride!
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l also started with a hand pump (and my Prod) and it was a lot less intimidating than my Yong Heng and SCBA tank. I did not enjoy pumping air into my Avenger so I got the compressor and later the tank but if all I had was 3000 psi guns with 60cc air storage, I would probably have stayed with a hand pump. Some are more patient than I am and can thus tolerate the hand pump longer. But a little Prod or Notos or other small storage gun with a hand pump is a great way to learn the basics (like opening the bleed valve before disconnecting the source). I still have two hand pumps and if the Yong Heng ever breaks I will pull them out while dealing with that. They are an inexpensive and good backup plan even when you have a compressor.
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Hello Florida_Man, thank you for your post. Yes my main concern was the compressor. I think it was called Yongshin. I didn't realize until after I bought that some had issues with it exploding or causing other types of failure, along with the aluminum dessicant can that you use to remove moisture from the air before getting into the gun ( (I wanted to prevent rust as much as possible). Then I saw some of the videos with the gun safety (user error), and I just decided to put it down for awhile and move onto other things for the time being, which was over a year ago. Even though I mentioned safety being a concern, other issues were that here in Cali, I didn't do my research properly and saw that there aren't many places nearby to go shooting unless I drive the distance, along with I didn't have anybody to shoot with.
But after putting this post up and getting some good feedback (I appreciated the positive responses) I decided to get back into it. I have some really nice gear in my opinion and it would be a waste to not use it. I'm going to pull the rest out of storage and I'll take some pics for you guys after work.
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I bought mine to work on and resell. I'll maybe ride it in the neighborhood a few times, but that's about it. Here in Cali the traffic is not the best for moto, and I've already seen many close calls with kids and ebikes. I'm the same with my gopeds. I like working on them more than actually riding them sometimes lol.
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Yeah I have that same compressor, the Yong Heng with a carbon fiber tank. Those actually are still in the box and I never opened them yet, but will dive into them soon. I'm going to build a safety enclosure around them so when I use them there will be a buffer around them incase something goes wrong. I looked at the hand pump option first but it seemed like it would be less hassle for me to get the compressor and tank
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I was actually going to get the smaller guns until I learned about PCP guns. I never knew they existed and just dove straight in. I have an obsessive personality sometimes, and that's why I have so many lol.
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Ouch. Thanks Nothrwood, I will take that into account. That was one of the safety concerns I had with these in that being inexperienced and ending up doing something wrong out of user error. Not necessarily a mechanical failure on the gun.
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I hear ya! Just to be clear, you can buy PCP guns in .22 and .177 (I've got 3). There's a lot more opportunity to use a smaller caliber, which generally leads to more shooting and pretty soon, none of this will seem intimidating at all. You've got some beastly guns in your collection, but something with a bit less power would be helpful to start, even if it is only for short range in the back yard. I'm sure you'll have a blast once you get going.
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If you do decide to give it a go, i hope you can find someone in your area who has been doing it for a while to sorta show you the ropes, do's and don'ts. Maybe find a match or a range that have people shooting airguns. I think after you've watched the process of filling and shooting them a few times you'd be more comfortable. I agree, with the guy who said, "you got the ticket, take the ride". It's a ton of fun, and a great way to hunt, plink, and enjoy shooting. Something piqued your interest in the sport/hobby. Pursue it, cautiously if you must,
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Thank you sir. I will be looking for shooters around here and try to set something up and go out and have fun. It looked very fun when I first got into and I'm sure it will be a blast once I get going.
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