When I first saw them for sale a while ago, I couldn't think of any reason to buy one.
I'm not a fan of the stock design. I could see the wood version being particularly easy to break and not well balanced. Part of the job of the stock on traditional rifles is to provide some balance to the heavy barrel at the front. When you cut most of it away you get a front heavy rifle.
That aside, Daystate and Air Arms may not be regulated but they are established trusted brands which also use LW barrels. I'd take that over a no name brand that nobody knows much about except that they are unregulated. Trust is earned.
These rifles look a lot like the Brockcock guns to me. Some of their guns use a similar skeleton stock design. They also have LW barrels and no reg but they are good but cheaper.
I would wait until there are some credible user reviews before dropping $1100 on something that may or may not be worth it. Luckily for us, there is strong competition these days and a number of great options in that price range. Just using a LW barrel is not enough anymore.
I'm not a fan of the stock design. I could see the wood version being particularly easy to break and not well balanced. Part of the job of the stock on traditional rifles is to provide some balance to the heavy barrel at the front. When you cut most of it away you get a front heavy rifle.
That aside, Daystate and Air Arms may not be regulated but they are established trusted brands which also use LW barrels. I'd take that over a no name brand that nobody knows much about except that they are unregulated. Trust is earned.
These rifles look a lot like the Brockcock guns to me. Some of their guns use a similar skeleton stock design. They also have LW barrels and no reg but they are good but cheaper.
I would wait until there are some credible user reviews before dropping $1100 on something that may or may not be worth it. Luckily for us, there is strong competition these days and a number of great options in that price range. Just using a LW barrel is not enough anymore.
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