I know Anschutz makes nice target rifles for FT and BR matches but their first attempt at a hunting rifle is a little embarrassing to look at. It literally made me cringe.
They call it the "Black Air Hunter". They specifically describe it as a hunting rifle, albeit for an urban setting, but aren't they all. It almost raised my interest until I noticed that it was a .177 with a pellet velocity of just 580 fps at 7 joules..... It's a BB gun! I actually have a .177 BB gun with the same advertised specs.
The more I read the sales spin / excuse / justification, the more I cringed. Specifically, "high power air rifles are dangerous and loud so we made it safe and quiet by reducing the power". Yes, it is now much safer, but..... It's meant to be a hunting rifle. Last time I checked, hunting rifles were not meant to be "safe". They are specifically meant to be dangerous and kill things.
We rely on common sense and good practice to be safe. We definitely don't rely on the gun lacking enough power to do harm if I shoot people with it. That concept would be insulting. There are guns like though. They are called "airsoft" and "paintball" but we don't hunt with those ever.
I can only assume that somebody misunderstood the significance of the "mouse fart" description amongst desirable air gun features. They must have assumed it referred to the power instead of the noise level.
The company is obviously having a hard time selling these $2350 (plus shipping) bb guns because they added "come on, give us a call and we will work with you on the price, less get them sold" to the ad on their website. That's right, Anschutz with their typical take it or leave it pricing, it looking to shift their stock at knock down prices (and they only made 20 to start with).
I don't get how such a quality outfit (and their target guns are awesome) could be so clueless with this product. please, someone tell me I am missing something....
They call it the "Black Air Hunter". They specifically describe it as a hunting rifle, albeit for an urban setting, but aren't they all. It almost raised my interest until I noticed that it was a .177 with a pellet velocity of just 580 fps at 7 joules..... It's a BB gun! I actually have a .177 BB gun with the same advertised specs.
The more I read the sales spin / excuse / justification, the more I cringed. Specifically, "high power air rifles are dangerous and loud so we made it safe and quiet by reducing the power". Yes, it is now much safer, but..... It's meant to be a hunting rifle. Last time I checked, hunting rifles were not meant to be "safe". They are specifically meant to be dangerous and kill things.
We rely on common sense and good practice to be safe. We definitely don't rely on the gun lacking enough power to do harm if I shoot people with it. That concept would be insulting. There are guns like though. They are called "airsoft" and "paintball" but we don't hunt with those ever.
I can only assume that somebody misunderstood the significance of the "mouse fart" description amongst desirable air gun features. They must have assumed it referred to the power instead of the noise level.
The company is obviously having a hard time selling these $2350 (plus shipping) bb guns because they added "come on, give us a call and we will work with you on the price, less get them sold" to the ad on their website. That's right, Anschutz with their typical take it or leave it pricing, it looking to shift their stock at knock down prices (and they only made 20 to start with).
I don't get how such a quality outfit (and their target guns are awesome) could be so clueless with this product. please, someone tell me I am missing something....