Hello all-
Just joined the forum today as I'm starting to find myself wanting to tap back into my childhood and the joy of shooting bb-guns was. I'm looking for a bit of guidance/direction to go for my first big-kid's pellet gun. I was looking to get an FX-boss, but it appears that has been discontinued or at least stopped being sold in the US? Not sure if that is too much rifle for a first timer? I read some of the posts here for newbies, and starting off with a lower end rifle to see if you (I) would enjoy it, but I also tend to live under the "buy once, cry once" mentality (to a limit, given this is my first go as an adult, I'm not looking to drop $3k-$5 for gun and other items).
I would only be using this for target shooting in the backyard and could easily setup targets at 25, 50, 100 (or even further) yards. My neighbors have said they don't care if I'm shooting out back, but I do want something that is as quiet as possible, as I am one that gets annoyed with other folks making abnormal loud noises, so I'd like to respect that.
I see there are a couple FX Crown's in the classifieds, which kind of speak to me, 1 -they're a little lighter on the wallet than new, 2 - they seem to be spec'd with scopes - iron sights are a bit too clumsy for me these days, and 3 - I'm sure buying off a site like this, they'd be coming from folks who actually took care of, and enjoyed them, just looking to give them another life.
I know I need to buy a different air compressor, so I've ordered a Yong Heng with auto-shut off, and still need to pick up the oil/water separator filter, would I also need to get a bottle, if I'm always shooting from the house? I see lots of folks state they fill a tank, then then gun, but I'm guessing it's okay to simply fill the gun?
Thanks in advance for any/all advice.
-greg
Just joined the forum today as I'm starting to find myself wanting to tap back into my childhood and the joy of shooting bb-guns was. I'm looking for a bit of guidance/direction to go for my first big-kid's pellet gun. I was looking to get an FX-boss, but it appears that has been discontinued or at least stopped being sold in the US? Not sure if that is too much rifle for a first timer? I read some of the posts here for newbies, and starting off with a lower end rifle to see if you (I) would enjoy it, but I also tend to live under the "buy once, cry once" mentality (to a limit, given this is my first go as an adult, I'm not looking to drop $3k-$5 for gun and other items).
I would only be using this for target shooting in the backyard and could easily setup targets at 25, 50, 100 (or even further) yards. My neighbors have said they don't care if I'm shooting out back, but I do want something that is as quiet as possible, as I am one that gets annoyed with other folks making abnormal loud noises, so I'd like to respect that.
I see there are a couple FX Crown's in the classifieds, which kind of speak to me, 1 -they're a little lighter on the wallet than new, 2 - they seem to be spec'd with scopes - iron sights are a bit too clumsy for me these days, and 3 - I'm sure buying off a site like this, they'd be coming from folks who actually took care of, and enjoyed them, just looking to give them another life.
I know I need to buy a different air compressor, so I've ordered a Yong Heng with auto-shut off, and still need to pick up the oil/water separator filter, would I also need to get a bottle, if I'm always shooting from the house? I see lots of folks state they fill a tank, then then gun, but I'm guessing it's okay to simply fill the gun?
Thanks in advance for any/all advice.
-greg