Best gun under $200 ?

Sorry if this post is under the wrong subcatagory.
I'm looking for the best airgun under $200 dollars. 
No PCP Airguns.

I've seen the Benjamin TITAN GP 2 recommended a lot but I was looking for something with accuracy, power and reliability. Iron sights or scope, whichever. I like kick though, recoil is no problem.
 
I'll sneak this in before all the PCPartisans begin haranguing you about spending more and going High Pressure Air.

Benjamin Summit in .22 featuring the Crosman Nitro Piston 2 (NP2) gas piston
Hatsan Model 95 in .22 featuring the Hatsan Vortex gas piston

The Hatsan has a better trigger out of the box and has a nice Walnut stock but is noisier and can come with trigger/safety problems. The Benjamin trigger takes work to tame (think taking the action out of the stock and polishing the trigger and sears) but is a quieter gun for hunting or backyard use. Both can be found for under $200 pretty regularly online. Use the discount code for Crosman (found in the banner add for Crosman running at the top of the main forum page) on the Crosman website if you choose the Summit and save 25% on the cost.

Beware, I am a committed Spring Rifle Fanatic (SRF - pronounced "serf" to all the PCPartisans here) so my recommendations are regularly razzed here on the Nation.
 
I think you should at least look at the reviews on YouTube of the ACCU 22 (Gamo). It is in your price range and the reviews I have seen are very good. The ACCU in the .22 is out of stock right now but I believe they have it in the .177 at P.A. (don't forget to use the code for a 10% discount).

EDIT: I just got word from P.A that the .22 ACCU has been discontinued! I changed my order to the .117! I am very unhappy that the .22 is no longer available!

Geezer
 
"ironlion269"Beware, I am a committed Spring Rifle Fanatic (SRF - pronounced "serf" to all the PCPartisans here) so my recommendations are regularly razzed here on the Nation.
Its good that you know your place ;)

That said I currently have 2 pcps, one rimfire, 4 spring guns and 2 co2 rifles. By far the one I used the most is my hw30s. Its just so easy to pick up and plink away 20 or so pellets.
 
Best for you, right.

You sat magnum is something you like ( bit of recoil et al.) I've had what "were" magnum springers, RWS48/52/54. Tried a few of the newer even more powerful models most were too accurate .

One SHINNING example stands out as the only hunting power ( to me ) springer "I" would purchase the XS28M and the one I like the most came tuned from flyingdragon:
http://flyingdragonairrifles.org/index.php?route=product/product&path=59&product_id=50
I am used 1st, pre-chagred rifles , match triggers, highly tunes target springers last. The 28 was just such a pleasure , crazy smooth for the insane power level, a very good trigger, not so hard to cock that you cant enjoy a good shooting session. The thing made 26+fpe and grouped like a TX200 - for me, your result will vary.

Not at all a bad looking rifle either.

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Also using three different low cost scopes it did not hurt any of them.

John
 
You did not say what you want it for.....if you just want to poke holes in paper and kill cans I would suggest against a magnum springer....if you want to do pesting/hunting...that is different.

I cam going to come at this as you are new to airguns....so much of what I say is going to reflect that assumption:

As a general rule a magnum springer is the single most difficult thing to shoot well.....READ THAT AGAIN....AND THEN AGAIN. This is pure fact. They do not recoil like a firearm....you are going to feel nothing if you are use to shooting belted magnum firearms....the recoil is nothing next to that...or even something like a 3006 or even 243...what is does have is a sharp quick snap forward and back....this is what kills scopes (more on that later).

Learning to shoot a high powered springer well over and over again is a very hard skill to master....VERY hard.

Now you are going to come across in your research that this is junk or that is garbage....really it is not true....what happens is people do not have the skill set to shoot that specific gun, and it just can't be them because they can shoot their 30-30 just fine....well it is a different skill....think of it as riding a bike vs riding a motorcycle...yea they are kinda the same in that they move and have two wheels but that is about it.

Now scopes....with high powered rifles they are just flat hard on scopes....some talked about the RWS side cockers....FANTASTIC rifles...but they do have a rep of killing scopes....some say it is not if you will kill it but when, so if putting glass on one of these types of rifles pick glass that has a good warranty.

Last....break-in....these guns have moving parts that really move....and again I will look back to powder guns....if you read up on breaking in a barrel you will see stuff all over the place on how, when, and even if you need to do all this.....air guns are a little different the only way to really tell if a gun is broke in is with a chronograph....once you get a string of 20 for example and the FPS numbers are not all over the place you can figure it is ready to go.

If all that has not scared you off good....this is a great hobby and really fun....lately I have been shooting my air guns more then "real" rifles.

Depending on what you want to use it for there might be a better fit past a spring gun....if I missed it sorry.

Enjoy your trip down the rabbit hole.
 
"Hercule"...What do you think about the Crosman Varmint ? It's got good power and is a 22.
I've also seen reviews that complained about the trigger of the summit, but are there any hot fixes that will make it better ?
First, the Varmint looks good for the requirements you set. It's a Nitro Piston, making it a solid hunter for small game and an excellent pesting gun. There are two trigger fixes that can be done on this gun that combined cost less than $5; I've made these fixes myself and they make for a great shooter. YouTube for "Crosman Trigger Fix". 

My Summit trigger took more patience but is now crisp and solid - not a 1 lb pull but very reasonable for a hunting gun.

Any sub-$200 gun really cries out for some homework to optimize it but it's nothing that a basic knowledge of hand tools can't handle.