hey guys
so long story short I bought my 14 yr old boy a stormrider refurb .22 from pa about a month ago
ordered a second barell band along with it and gun arrived in perfect shape
did all the normal cleaning/screw tightening/scope mounting and got it on the range
at 10 yds with jsb 18.1 s it was stacking pellets at 25 yds it would shoot two or three in a group and scartter the rest
at 40 yds it was a scattergun lol. Anyway called pa and found I had 6 days left on warranty so I got an ra and sent it back to them to have a look at it
so my question would be if the stormrider for whatever reason cannot be repaired what would be a good alternative to it ??
Im thinking the hatsan flash .22 is about the closest tho it's a bit more coin But the big thing is I need a rifle that checks the lightweight box like the stormrider does at 5 lbs The flash checks in around 5.9 which is still ok but much heavier and my son will refuse to shoot it and bitch about the weight and use it as an excuse not to go hunting with it I just know that's how it will go down if I hand him a 8 or 9 lb rifle
so what's your guys opinion ?? Is the flash the best plan b rifle ?? Or should I be checking out something else ??
He will use the gun for small game to 50 yds or less but it has to be the right setup weight wise or he's out I can just picture it coming if I hand him a
tank of a rifle lol
thanks for any info
pcpfan37
so long story short I bought my 14 yr old boy a stormrider refurb .22 from pa about a month ago
ordered a second barell band along with it and gun arrived in perfect shape
did all the normal cleaning/screw tightening/scope mounting and got it on the range
at 10 yds with jsb 18.1 s it was stacking pellets at 25 yds it would shoot two or three in a group and scartter the rest
at 40 yds it was a scattergun lol. Anyway called pa and found I had 6 days left on warranty so I got an ra and sent it back to them to have a look at it
so my question would be if the stormrider for whatever reason cannot be repaired what would be a good alternative to it ??
Im thinking the hatsan flash .22 is about the closest tho it's a bit more coin But the big thing is I need a rifle that checks the lightweight box like the stormrider does at 5 lbs The flash checks in around 5.9 which is still ok but much heavier and my son will refuse to shoot it and bitch about the weight and use it as an excuse not to go hunting with it I just know that's how it will go down if I hand him a 8 or 9 lb rifle
so what's your guys opinion ?? Is the flash the best plan b rifle ?? Or should I be checking out something else ??
He will use the gun for small game to 50 yds or less but it has to be the right setup weight wise or he's out I can just picture it coming if I hand him a
tank of a rifle lol
thanks for any info
pcpfan37