N/A Revolutionary PCPs

I like PCPs and have a bunch of them.

For years we were/are stuck with the factory tune optimized (?) for some pellet which may or may not be available locally.

I say that the PCPs that feature external adjustments are revolutionary - they allow the owner to tune (if desired) the power to the application and pellet/slug that they want.

I'm to the point that I will not even consider a PCP that isn't regulated and has easily accessible adjustments. Some companies even offer the same airgun in "standard" and "HP" versions, sells more guns I guess.

Cheers!

Disclaimer: I've only been shooting airguns for 3 years or so, but I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Avenger. That's the rifle that got me into PCP (and the rest of the rabbit hole). I waited for the bullpup after seeing the early reviews and after 2 years, it still shoots great and holds air for weeks at a time. I did replace the probe o-rings about a month ago, and the regulator is getting a little wonky. I have a new regulator sitting on my workbench but have not felt the need to replace it yet. At the time it was introduced, the adjustability and accuracy for $299 (standard model) seemed revolutionary to me. I know I'm a relative newbie compared to most of you guys, but I'll bet there are many others just like me who got sucked down the rabbit hole by the features and price of the Avenger.

How about the old Shin Sung Careers ? .....Big power lever action and even in .357 that had to be revolutionary at that time

Thomas airguns by Mike Niksch because of the super robust over built design, the barrels and barrel prep, the awesome trigger, and well pretty much everything about them. What else??? I'm sure there's many things he does to these guns.

Even more is just when we think he's done improving his guns he comes out with "the next state of the Art" mod.

Here's my old Thomas HPX-S, S is because it was converted from pellets to Slugs.

Edgun R5 with its barrel tensioning and circular 360 transfer port.

I'd have to list a few, and in no particular order.
1) Theoben MFR, a great rifle made so simply and built like a tank
2) Daystate huntsman. Probably the best example of a beautiful, accurate, simple, well built rifle ever made. Nothing was left out and it is a true legend
3) Brocock Bantam Sniper HR, the origination of the "semi-bullpup" a rifle that doesn't suffer too much from the trigger linkages longer reach and makes for a superb rifle.
4) FX Royale, a perfect example of the best bottle gun ever made. Simple, accurate, reliable, and quite beautiful
5) Daystate any electronic rifle, simply because it introduced electronics to the airgun world, an innovation that still shines bright.

I'd have to list a few, and in no particular order.
1) Theoben MFR, a great rifle made so simply and built like a tank
2) Daystate huntsman. Probably the best example of a beautiful, accurate, simple, well built rifle ever made. Nothing was left out and it is a true legend
3) Brocock Bantam Sniper HR, the origination of the "semi-bullpup" a rifle that doesn't suffer too much from the trigger linkages longer reach and makes for a superb rifle.
4) FX Royale, a perfect example of the best bottle gun ever made. Simple, accurate, reliable, and quite beautiful
5) Daystate any electronic rifle, simply because it introduced electronics to the airgun world, an innovation that still shines bright.

Now if you want the most revolutionary airgun of all time.....
No question, the FWB 300 series of rifles. The best airguns ever made with no competition.

Well, we all have things that are important to us....

To me SHORT guns are very important.
➠ So, EDgun with his short and extremely short bullpups gets my vote. When doing pesting from inside his vehicle he wanted a short gun — so he built it!
He started the now unstoppable airgun bullpup trend.
I am spoiled beyond cure but it, so if I ever buy a firearm, it will have to be a bullpup.



And extending "revolutionary" beyond strictly guns:
➠ Discovery and Vector get my vote for offering scopes with all the bells and whistles — and 10-yard parallax — and rather nice glass — without the exhorbitant price tag. There are some manufacturers that still haven't caught up with you.


➠ Nielsen Speciality Ammo NSA gets my vote for bringing the price of slugs down to reasonable levels — all the while offering an unsurpassed selection of diameters — and a huge selection of weights and calibers.
Nick, you've done good!



Thank you, pioneers!
You have done us and our hobby a great service!!

Matthias

JungleShooter said:

➠ Nielsen Speciality Ammo NSA gets my vote for bringing the price of slugs down to reasonable levels — all the while offering an unsurpassed selection of diameters — and a huge selection of weights and calibers.
Nick, you've done good!

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Agree 1.000 %

Although I do not own one, the fully automatic pcp's are revolutionary.
Simply watching videos, puts a smile on my face~!
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steve123 said:

Thomas airguns by Mike Niksch because of the super robust over built design...

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I think hand in hand with that should be a USFT. Seems I heard or read that Mike says the USFT was the inspiration for the Thomas. And I can see some very obvious similarities in their basic design. For sure Mike added his own ideas and certainly refined the basic design into the Thomas, but there's still something beautiful and revolutionary about the simplicity of the USFT.

From what I've been told, the USFT was sorta LDs thumbing his nose at the move towards regulators and higher pressures. It was also his quirky way to "fix" lots of the issues seen with typical field target guns at the time. And from the second-hand accounts that I've been given, it was indeed all that and more. I saw a photo once, I believe it was of either AAFTA nationals or maybe even WFTF worlds, where everybody in attendance competing with a USFT was in the photo with their gun. In my mental image there were probably 15 guys.

But large air volume at low pressure, external cocking hammer, no regulator, massive clamping breech block, swinging transfer port, airtube=the stock, all contained in a platform with an amazingly few parts count...... revolutionary seems to be an appropriate word for that. Even cooler when we remember that LD originally built them in his garage with typical garage tools. What he wanted in a field target gun didnt exist, so he made it. Revolutionary.

I still think there's some merit to LDs thumbing his nose at generally complicated guns with regulators and higher and higher fill pressure. As I recently commented elsewhere, I'd sure love to see a 50fpe .22 with low fill pressure, no loading probe, and no regulator, that accepts 16mm barrel blanks without any transfer port machining and not held into the breech block with grub screws. Wouldn't mind some improved aesthetics over the USFT though.