Ok, so I'm bored at home with no work for a while so here goes. I rarely post anywhere online but with a cool and rainy day outside I don't have any thing else to do. So about 2 years ago I was having trouble with rats and English sparrows in my barn [ a lot of them ] so I bought a Benjamin Steel Eagle break barrel in .177. It was my first pellet gun so I knew nothing about airguns. I could not seem to shoot it accurately enough to hit anything as small as a sparrow and got very frustrated with it. The reason I can't use a rimfire 22 with birdshot is too many other houses around, plus the fact my horse does not like sudden loud noises. One day I googled something like [ whats the best pellet gun for rats ]. The result was I then spent some time on youtube watching guys with PCPs shooting those very small groups at 50 yards and decided I needed one. To make a long story short I ended up buying a Daystate Huntsman Regal XL in .22 cal from AoA and have not looked back. I could not believe the accuracy when I started shooting with it. It handles very nicely and just really fits me well. 2000+ pellets later I now have not seen any rats in the barn for a while. Still have some sparrows but not like before. Darn sparrows seem to disappear as soon as the house door opens even a crack. Also cleaned out the woodchucks from the wood pile. As this is the only PCP in 22 cal I own I cannot compare it to other brands but am totally satisfied with it. I shoot it more than any other gun I own by a long shot. The [ LDC ] it came with does a good lob as far keeping the noise low. Still only have a hand pump to fill it with and no issues there as I am physically fit enough to do that. I am very glad I spent the money and got the Daystate.
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Daystate Huntsman Regal XL Thoughts after 18 months.
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The Daystate Regal XL .22 was my first PCP also! It also set the bar (very high) for whatever PCP that came after! I think it is still the best sporter PCP’ I’ve ever had the pleasure of shooting...light, quiet, accurate, powerful enough and in its 4th or 5th iteration, splendid in all its mechanical workings!
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A Regal XL for your first pcp? You certainly did your homework. I love mine.
Oh by the way, those .22 birdshot shells are worthless. We tried them on birds and rats in the barns. The pigeons flew off. The sparrows dropped, but we had to break their necks to put them out of their misery. Even the rats took too long to die.
Oh by the way, those .22 birdshot shells are worthless. We tried them on birds and rats in the barns. The pigeons flew off. The sparrows dropped, but we had to break their necks to put them out of their misery. Even the rats took too long to die.
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regals are fantastic guns. I think one of the bullet proof guns really never here any problems with them.
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My second PCP was the Regal .22. It is by far the easiest to shoot and accuracy was spot on once it found the right pellet. I never had any issue so far after owning it for over 4 years. Since then I had added a Crown then an Impact. The Regal is still my favourite to shoot as I know what ever I am aiming at within 70 yards, it will be dead.
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Cool story. Which version do you have? Regulated or non-regulated? I have the non-regulated version and I must say that the accuracy still surprises me at 50 yards with a 25 to 30 fps extreme spread. It's easy to fill and easy to work on, especially the non-regulated version. I had a leak in mine awhile back but it was a simple fix of changing out one o-ring.
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Very similar story to mine. Rats in the barn. I knew I had an old break barrel in there someplace that hadn't been shot in 10-15 years . . . found it and couldn't hit the side of a barn with it (lol). Like you, I wound up on google, and subsequently felt like I was suddenly in an episode of Star Trek! ". . . these PCP things are pellet guns?!?! Holy Crap!! I gotta get me one of these!" Also like you - I no longer have rats in the barn. ( visualize western cowboy movie - shooter blowing smoke off the end of his barrel ) lol!
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I have the non regulated version. I love it. I wonder how much difference a regulator makes ?
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FYI
There's a 22 caliber Regal Hunstman listed in member clasifides
I am not,nor do I know, the seller
There's a 22 caliber Regal Hunstman listed in member clasifides
I am not,nor do I know, the seller
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I'm on my second one. The only quirk that I have is the cocking effort. You get used to it and it's really not a deal breaker as the rest of the gun makes up for it. I was hoping 2020 was the year for a sidelever.
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My first couple of times cocking it I wondered if I was doing it right. Now I dont even think about it. It is not an issue for me.
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Also like you - I no longer have rats in the barn. ( visualize western cowboy movie - shooter blowing smoke off the end of his barrel ) lol!
Yeah I had no idea there was such a thing as PCP before I did my research. I now have 2 Quackenbush airguns also, 1 50 cal. and 1 44 cal. beside my Huntsman. I am looking at a 308 from Quackenbush but we'll have to wait and see.
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