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Never Had One But Want One
- Thread starter brawler1588
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It's funny. When i first got into airguns i read all this talk about recoil. I am accustom to shotguns, various rifles, handguns. I could hardly call what aiguns develop as recoil. Now I am mostly shooting airguns so I mentally compare my recoil to other airguns and I've started to think of my sirguns in terms of having either harsh or light recoil. I have to go back to my firearms for a while, lol.
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When discussing recoil in a springer we're not talking about one directional recoil like in that video. We are talking about the two-way snap that is produced that kills scopes and makes these guns tricky to shoot accurately. By the way !! What caliber is that rifle in the video ? I was thinking maybe a .460 Weatherby but I don't think it would kick that much.
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You just have to set up the powder burner right. Suppressed and reload you own rounds to what you need. I have tons of frangible 223 bullets and can load them to be subsonic.
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It's certainly powerful, but do you really need that much power for medium sized game? It's on the heavy side at 9.9 pounds. Whew!
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Yes. The double recoil is the scope killer and accuracy destroyer! I think one of my new springers just wrecked another scope.
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Can't believe I'd say such a thing, but perhaps forgo the airgun in that case brawler.
One can get a very fine Ruger 10/22 (or similar) .22LR powder-burner for ~half your budget. And arguably less recoil.
Not that it would work through a semi auto, but Aquila makes some .22 ammo with very lightweight bullets, that only uses the priming compound for a propellant. It is actually quieter than my .177 cal Feinwerkbau 124. I think penetration will be somewhat like one of the higher velocity .22 pellet guns.
Problem with powder burners is noise and over penetration. Great picture!
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Someone should tell the woodchuck I shot with my .25 cal hatsan 135 that it wasn't supposed to die.
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I bet the 6 coyote. 4 raccoons and hundreds of marmots I've taken with my Magnum Springer's wish they knew a break barrel wouldn't kill them. A huge misconception among the PCP crowd that they are the only gun that is effective on critters. But most have never hunted with a Springer. Ya only get one chance with them.
AIM SMALL SHOOT SMALL!!!!!
AIM SMALL SHOOT SMALL!!!!!
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