I also had a 357 Terminator for about a year. Didn't shoot it much but it was a real powerhouse. Remove the folding stock and it was a serious close range defensive tool as well as a longer range hunting air gun. No real opportunity for me to use it much though and I sold it.
Since then I've acquired a Leshiy 2 in .22, and recently received a 30 cal 350mm barrel and shroud and front plug to convert it to 30 cal.
And since then I also got an AEA SS Plus in .30 cal and I like it. Top power ~49 fpe depending on the pellet, 300cc air tube and 9 shot magazines. The power wheel tones it down to around 25fpe, under that it doesn't seem to auto-cycle the magazine dependably. I favor pistol/entry style stocks and took the folding butt stock off mine altogether. I like that AEA SS+ 30 cal so much that I've decided to just sell my unused (just got it from Spain last week) Leshiy 2 .30 cal 350mm barrel and shroud and front plug without installing them.
My Leshiy 250mm .22 cal is quiet and perfectly suited to me as it is already. Especially now with a new REPR regulator installed a couple of days ago, very easy external adjust from 38fpe at 1/2 turn + on the REPR and down to 20fpe at 1/2 turn CCW, a really nice package. But the AEA SS+ 30 cost me less than the Leshiy's 30 cal 350mm barrel/front plug conversion kit. And for an apples-to-oranges perspective, the SS+ only cost me about 1/4 of what that Leshiy 2 and new 300cc tank and REPR regulator upgrade cost me. And now I have 2 actual air guns, a 22 and a 30, instead of one air gun which I could switch back and forth with an easy hour of conversion. Decisions like this are mostly a matter of what a person might be using them for more than anything.
AEA has real bang for the buck though and I expect that their products will improve, they are certainly coming out with new compact semiautos with interchangeable parts and the power will just go up. Their design approach to adding semiauto control arm within the shroud should transfer easily enough to their other models, these are basically modular guns. And the convenience of having a semiauto in a powerful air gun is also powerful decision factor for many people. Certainly is for me. No more manual bolt action and side level cocking actions for me. I'm not focused on long distance accuracy though, just want a gun that keeps shooting where I point it when I pull the trigger.
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Since then I've acquired a Leshiy 2 in .22, and recently received a 30 cal 350mm barrel and shroud and front plug to convert it to 30 cal.
And since then I also got an AEA SS Plus in .30 cal and I like it. Top power ~49 fpe depending on the pellet, 300cc air tube and 9 shot magazines. The power wheel tones it down to around 25fpe, under that it doesn't seem to auto-cycle the magazine dependably. I favor pistol/entry style stocks and took the folding butt stock off mine altogether. I like that AEA SS+ 30 cal so much that I've decided to just sell my unused (just got it from Spain last week) Leshiy 2 .30 cal 350mm barrel and shroud and front plug without installing them.
My Leshiy 250mm .22 cal is quiet and perfectly suited to me as it is already. Especially now with a new REPR regulator installed a couple of days ago, very easy external adjust from 38fpe at 1/2 turn + on the REPR and down to 20fpe at 1/2 turn CCW, a really nice package. But the AEA SS+ 30 cost me less than the Leshiy's 30 cal 350mm barrel/front plug conversion kit. And for an apples-to-oranges perspective, the SS+ only cost me about 1/4 of what that Leshiy 2 and new 300cc tank and REPR regulator upgrade cost me. And now I have 2 actual air guns, a 22 and a 30, instead of one air gun which I could switch back and forth with an easy hour of conversion. Decisions like this are mostly a matter of what a person might be using them for more than anything.
AEA has real bang for the buck though and I expect that their products will improve, they are certainly coming out with new compact semiautos with interchangeable parts and the power will just go up. Their design approach to adding semiauto control arm within the shroud should transfer easily enough to their other models, these are basically modular guns. And the convenience of having a semiauto in a powerful air gun is also powerful decision factor for many people. Certainly is for me. No more manual bolt action and side level cocking actions for me. I'm not focused on long distance accuracy though, just want a gun that keeps shooting where I point it when I pull the trigger.
JP
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