Just joined, was pointed this way a member in the American Air Gunners facebook page as a good place to buy/sell air rifles, seeing as craigslist and facebook buy sell pages have given the axe to selling any kind of fire arm or pellet gun.
Anyways, figured my first post shouldn't be "buy my stuff".
My name is Daniel Burgess, 31 years old, living on the Oregon coast with my wife and two kids. Been a life long firearm shooter, but it was just last year that a friend of mine introduced me to the modern world of air guns with his Sam Yang 50 cal. I was inspired and dove headlong into air gunning. My first air guns are both Benjamins, the Marauder pistol in .22 and the Bulldog in .357, I do all my filling with a handpump.
Both have been great guns, but I have now had the chance to shoot them a bit, and learn a lot more about air guns, but more importantly learn more about my own peculiarities.
I really dig air guns for one or all of several reasons: little to no recoil, quiet, self sufficient, versatile, fun to shoot. I want to like springers and air rammers, but the smoothness of pcp's, typically lighter weight, many more compact options and muti-shot capabilities have won me over to the PCP team, but the self sufficient, survivalist dreamer, part of me really likes the idea of springers and the like for having everything you need when you pick up the gun.
What I have found myself continually being drawn to is wanting easy carry, trail guns. Fun for target shooting, but practical to potentially take small game, grouse, quail, etc.
This means, short, light, accurate, and if I can get it: super quiet.
I am going to be adding the Chiappa FAS 6004 to the collection (I know, more of a target gun than anything, but the single stroke pneumatic has won me over as a fully self contained unit, and its got lovely lines) and eyeballing the Evanix Rex P in .357 (the power, in such a compact package is alluring).
I keep drooling over the FX Indy (it greatly appeals to my self sufficient side, but the price tag has kept me in check so far, as well as it being 8lbs to pack) It is more likely if I drop some dollars on a gun its going to be the Ataman AP16, so far its only draw back that I can see is it is louder.
I keep searching for a self contained unit, single stroke or such that is hunting worthy, but it seems to not exist, and I believe I have come to the realization that its not a new gun that I want, but a better hand pump, unless FX comes out with an over under version of the Indy (top barrel in .22 and bottom is an arrow barrel).
What I would really like to see show up in the airgun world is a compact, light, backpack worthy hand pump that you can use standing up/ walking with your gun in a holster or on a sling. There are how many thousands of airguns, but only one style of hand pump really. I know, most people just have a tank, which is great, but for those of us that value total independence, hand pumps win out, especially with the smaller calibers (those big bores do take some pushing to get pumped all the way up).
Anyways, that's me in some words, Thanks for having me, and i'll be nosing around here.
-Dan
Anyways, figured my first post shouldn't be "buy my stuff".
My name is Daniel Burgess, 31 years old, living on the Oregon coast with my wife and two kids. Been a life long firearm shooter, but it was just last year that a friend of mine introduced me to the modern world of air guns with his Sam Yang 50 cal. I was inspired and dove headlong into air gunning. My first air guns are both Benjamins, the Marauder pistol in .22 and the Bulldog in .357, I do all my filling with a handpump.
Both have been great guns, but I have now had the chance to shoot them a bit, and learn a lot more about air guns, but more importantly learn more about my own peculiarities.
I really dig air guns for one or all of several reasons: little to no recoil, quiet, self sufficient, versatile, fun to shoot. I want to like springers and air rammers, but the smoothness of pcp's, typically lighter weight, many more compact options and muti-shot capabilities have won me over to the PCP team, but the self sufficient, survivalist dreamer, part of me really likes the idea of springers and the like for having everything you need when you pick up the gun.
What I have found myself continually being drawn to is wanting easy carry, trail guns. Fun for target shooting, but practical to potentially take small game, grouse, quail, etc.
This means, short, light, accurate, and if I can get it: super quiet.
I am going to be adding the Chiappa FAS 6004 to the collection (I know, more of a target gun than anything, but the single stroke pneumatic has won me over as a fully self contained unit, and its got lovely lines) and eyeballing the Evanix Rex P in .357 (the power, in such a compact package is alluring).
I keep drooling over the FX Indy (it greatly appeals to my self sufficient side, but the price tag has kept me in check so far, as well as it being 8lbs to pack) It is more likely if I drop some dollars on a gun its going to be the Ataman AP16, so far its only draw back that I can see is it is louder.
I keep searching for a self contained unit, single stroke or such that is hunting worthy, but it seems to not exist, and I believe I have come to the realization that its not a new gun that I want, but a better hand pump, unless FX comes out with an over under version of the Indy (top barrel in .22 and bottom is an arrow barrel).
What I would really like to see show up in the airgun world is a compact, light, backpack worthy hand pump that you can use standing up/ walking with your gun in a holster or on a sling. There are how many thousands of airguns, but only one style of hand pump really. I know, most people just have a tank, which is great, but for those of us that value total independence, hand pumps win out, especially with the smaller calibers (those big bores do take some pushing to get pumped all the way up).
Anyways, that's me in some words, Thanks for having me, and i'll be nosing around here.
-Dan
