A few of us got together and decided to try some less expensive guns. We are always trying to get folks at the range interested, but as soon as they find out your "BB guns" cost 2k, they are no longer interested. We set our all-in budget to include a scope at less than 1k. I bought a Gauntlet2 SL in.22, another guy bought a Marauder in .25, and the third guy bought an Avenger in .177. All are much better than the sum of their parts, but the Avenger has turned out to be absolutely stellar.
It quickly outgrew the disposable UTG scope and now wears a Vector Minotaur 12-60 that is on sale for 319 new. Two screws in the trigger were replaced with longer ones, which resulted in a very clean single-stage trigger under a pound. It didn't seem right to leave it in the plastic suit, so it was treated to a new laminate tuxedo since it was only 129 at Pyramyd. The result is a 20 FPE gun that loves QYS pellets. More than a tin without a cleaning so far.
Why the love? It shoots as good as anything else in its power range.....Anything!
Why the hate? It shoots as good as anything else in its power range.....Anything!
It makes it hard to justify more expensive guns. Granted, when something breaks on it, it's probably done for. But until then, I'm going to shoot it till the barrel is smooth!
All groups below were shot at the local range with witnesses.
3 consecutive groups at 100 just for a goof.
10 shots at 3-1/2 inches. Ho hum.
9 shots at 100 2", now things are looking up.
Finally 5 shots at 100 under an inch! I didn't have the guts to try for a 6th shot!
It quickly outgrew the disposable UTG scope and now wears a Vector Minotaur 12-60 that is on sale for 319 new. Two screws in the trigger were replaced with longer ones, which resulted in a very clean single-stage trigger under a pound. It didn't seem right to leave it in the plastic suit, so it was treated to a new laminate tuxedo since it was only 129 at Pyramyd. The result is a 20 FPE gun that loves QYS pellets. More than a tin without a cleaning so far.
Why the love? It shoots as good as anything else in its power range.....Anything!
Why the hate? It shoots as good as anything else in its power range.....Anything!
It makes it hard to justify more expensive guns. Granted, when something breaks on it, it's probably done for. But until then, I'm going to shoot it till the barrel is smooth!
All groups below were shot at the local range with witnesses.
3 consecutive groups at 100 just for a goof.
10 shots at 3-1/2 inches. Ho hum.
9 shots at 100 2", now things are looking up.
Finally 5 shots at 100 under an inch! I didn't have the guts to try for a 6th shot!
