So I was watching a video on top 5 unreliable firearms and it got me wondering. What would be your top 5 most unreliable airguns?
Unreliable airguns
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Do research,buy a known quality anything,there are brands that are always top ranked.
Being here as long as I have I find there are more unreliable shooters than air guns
Being here as long as I have I find there are more unreliable shooters than air guns
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My Caiman, 3 P35s, Avenger, and Prod are all reliable. The Avenger arrived leaking and the Caiman had several issues when I got it (new). But after they were fixed no more issues. I wonder how many "unreliable" guns have fixable issues that are not understood.
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Outside just piss poor mechanical design .... nearly any and all other issues are fixable IMO. Tho said, without the skill or tools etc to make the repair/s or fixes your still broken down
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Bintac s45.
Can only use "certified slugs" or else it won't cycle right and jam. Even then I still had some issues with the included slugs. Getting it unjammed can be a pain.
Can only use "certified slugs" or else it won't cycle right and jam. Even then I still had some issues with the included slugs. Getting it unjammed can be a pain.
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Every AEA i have owned was unreliable. Good for a couple weeks at a time, but never longer. Same with a couple others, but mostly magazine issues that were easily fixed.
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I find that to be highly subjective based in the user. My least reliable air guns have been a benjamin trail np because the gas piston failed and my crosman cfam1 full auto m1 carbine. The reliability tends to correlate to the content of chinesium parts imho.
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Pretty much. Many claims of "GOD AWFUL GUN" are in fact User error due to Misapplication, Misuse, or fixing what's not broken.Do research,buy a known quality anything,there are brands that are always top ranked.
Being here as long as I have I find there are more unreliable shooters than air guns
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All the many airguns that I've had were reliable except the ones a previous owner had screwed up, or neglected.
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I must be lucky. I can't say ANY of the guns I've owned have been "unreliable". The more inexpensive guns I started out with had things that I needed to do to get them shooting better than when originally received but weren't unreliable. I knew their limitations (and mine) & they performed up to those. I expected nothing more. I have 3 FX guns now, Bobcat 1, Royale 500 & Boss. They are EXTREMELY reliable. Maybe it's because they're of the simplest platform FX ever made imho. I think their newer, more complex guns are more unreliable than mine.
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I don't own any unreliable air guns; I have Airforce .308 Texan and AEA 357 Challenger big bore that I can pick up and use at any time and i have had the 357 4 years.
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Seneca Aspen/Nova Freedom. Maybe it pumps up or maybe it needs to be disassembled and fixed, flip a coin.
I probably shouldn't say that in case I ever decide to sell it here...
I probably shouldn't say that in case I ever decide to sell it here...
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The pump on mine hasn't failed yet, but it won't hold zero for some reason and that reason isn't the scope. That combined with the cheap ass build quality of it and the fact that it clips baffles with any moderator makes it one of my least favorite airguns.
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