I didn’t attack you and I certainly didn't go into hiding. I did block you temporarily because quite honestly someone like you isn't worth my efforts. If you want to tarnish your credibility by posting a false review you go right ahead. I want you to keep in mind that I shot your gun prior to shipping it including groups and chrono as well as still have it here, untouched from how you had it. The ball is in your court. If you want to play games be my guest.
I certainly wouldn't call Cometa on the same level of Weihrauch. I have pretty close to 15 HWs, and Cometa is basically your budget HW. The absolute fact of the matter is this, you didn't even attempt to try that gun out. You pulled it out of the box and decided you didn't like the idea of using a one piece mount. The real facts are you never had any intentions of keeping that gun. You pretty clearly stated on GTA two weeks before you bought it that you couldn't deal with a plastic trigger. So like I said before, thank you again for costing me money just so you could hold something in your hands and then be a jerk about it. You aren't dealing with a million dollar company here. You're dealing with one person who was attempting to do something nice for the community in his spare time. Have a nice day. Can't wait to see your "qualified" opinion on things.
Oh and FYI, coming from someone who actually knows there way around a springer. Of all the HWs I do have plus the FWBs and Dianas, Walthers, Hatsans, and Gamos, not a single one has been perfect out of the box. The high end ones have cost 2-3x more though plus the cost of tuning. This Cometa in my hands sure keeps up pretty darn well.
YES, yes, you must post that side by side comparison, please do!
Sounds like a defect to me which is quite unfortunate. Is this a possible Covid era production gun? I've seen plenty of issues across the board when Covid first came into play, none quite as substantial as that though. What I can say is that I’ve got a few thousand on my .177 300 without any issue.
Look, I'm not going to side with anyone here, but I do understand why stu69 is frustrated... I've had bad luck with Cometas myself, but I'm not going to ahead and say that all Cometas are bad. However, I would very much like to see that stu69s' comparison of an HW and a Cometa... That is all.
I'd like to see it too. I’ve already shot the gun so I know what its capable of in an experienced springer shooters hands. I know what he's going to compare it to which quite honestly isn't a fair fight. From recent AGN posts he has a tuned 50S and a 30S. Two very tame and easy to shoot guns (that are tuned). Comparing either of those to a brand new out of the box, untuned, unbroken in 16ftlb springer that weighs 7lbs that you've had for like 2hrs is just bad and frankly amateur reviewing. I spend weeks playing with guns before I pass any sort of real judgment. In 2hrs you barely even have time to properly test pellets lol
Here's the link to that article I wrote:
www.airgunnation.com Exactly, and I didn't ever just go ahead and posted a review after just "2h" of playtime with the gun, that's barely enough to get to know the gun. You got to have at least 500 pellets through a specific piece to be able to tell how it's going, and the gun must be "broken in" first.
Thats certainly interesting. I'll relay the information over to Cometa. I'm sure they've already seen your original post but in case they haven't, I want them too. They've always been very receptive of criticisms and recommendations in my dealings with them. They've even gone as far as to start producing replacement metal triggers for the 400 series that I will have on hand shortly. I dont mind the plastic triggers but metal definitely has a nicer feel to it.Here's the link to that article I wrote:
An in-depth Cometa Model 300 review; When Springers literally EXPLODE... <PART THREE>
And here's the third part with the PROOF, because I don't want people to think I made it all up... As I've already written in the previous part of this review, the gun exploded after 1 and 1/2 years of use and after some good 1500 pellets were fired through it. I haven't really delved into what...
No, my Cometa 300 was purchased back in 2016, I think, but it was probably manufactured some time before that, because M-shop (the store where I bought it) had these things sitting there for years.
A few things regarding Cometas though, my best friend is about 25 years older than me, and he's bought his first Cometa in 2009 I believe (a model 200), and that gun has a protruding piece/ring of metal that you could hit with your fingernail, should you run your hand across the cylinder, and it's located at the exact same place where my 300s' cylinder ruptured... The company has had this exact issue for a long time, maybe even more than just the last 20 years; I'm going to ask him for a pic...
But then again, I heard some people modified the older 400s by putting extremely long and powerful mainsprings into them and they too had thousands upon thousands of rounds through their guns over the years, without the cylinder rupturing.
I suspect that something is going on in that factory of theirs and the covid era only made it worse for them, I believe...
Please don't argue and go calling folks liars, I don't think he was trying to "attack" you...
Thank you for that!
There is a seam between the compression tube and barrel fork. Some manufacturers friction weld these together while others use a different method. Some guns are more noticeable than others. My FWB Sport (probably my favorite gun) is quite noticeable. Theres a bit of a brownish color change where the heat was applied to combine the two parts
