Currently using a Crosman 66 for trying to get rid of nasty birds. It is left loaded and pumped 4 times so it is ready when I need it. Was looking at co2 rifles but I hear you can't leave them pressurized. Looked at break barrels and hear you can't leave them ready to use either. Should I just stay with my 66?
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I ALWAYS leave my CO2 guns with a charge in them, I leave only 1 or 2 pumps max in my pneumatics...
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Can't leave my 2300T CO2 with a charge in it. Ruins the valve o-ring. Learned the lesson the hard way. Ws told by a certified Crosman gunsmith to NRVER leave a charge in one. Also, do not tighten the front cap more than hand tight. Will also damage the valve o-ring. Put a drop of Pellgun oil on every other cartridge. Hope this helps
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I leave all of my Crosman Co2 guns, mostly 2240 based, charged as well as other brands and have had far less trouble than when I leave them uncharged for years on end.
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I leave my springer loaded but not cocked for more than 15-20 min at a time. If already loaded it takes less time to cock it than it does to load it !! Especially a break barrel.
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Realistically, it does not take much time or effort to break open , load and close a springer.
You could. Break open a springer just enough to unlock it. Not enough to actually cock it. Then you can load a pellet. So when an opportunity appears your halfway through the cocking and loading process.
You could. Break open a springer just enough to unlock it. Not enough to actually cock it. Then you can load a pellet. So when an opportunity appears your halfway through the cocking and loading process.
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I sometime put a pellet in after cocking it, then decock it, then recock it with a pellet already in it.
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So, the answer really depends on who you ask. i kind of thought that might be it. I am looking at the Diana Chaser, anyone have the owners/users manual? Does it say anything yes or no?
And sometimes my window of opportunity is only seconds.
And sometimes my window of opportunity is only seconds.
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ALWAYS best to contact the maker, they know best and are the ones who will service (or not) if under warranty!
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No! Get a springer air rifle of quality and you already know how to shoot obviously.
The break barrel or side lever or underlever have different qualities.
If you want to hear from a standing offhand rifleman in air rifles (always-no rests) choose the consistency I've found in a springer around R9 or HW95 or HW95L or HW98 level.
I have all three types I mentioned and I could mention HW80 as well; I have all four calibers in HW80: .177, .20, .22, and 25 and the .25 caliber shoots exactly 49 fps faster than the HW95L .25.
The HW80 is a large springer with excellent accuracy; but the HW95 series seem to please more with accuracy and power enough to do the job out to 50 yards.
I think in my own reflection of what rifles I have the HW95 series or R9 series would "fill" the gap you find.
As far as leaving them cocked there is no need. You can get away with a cocked gas ram for months without losing pressure or accuracy (my own Theoben Eliminator .25 from 1999 still shoots to point of aim since I sighted it in on a Weaver V16 over the patented Dampa Mounts in place already) but safety is the best concern.
The springer can be cocked prior to use with consistent performance. I've held out for 20 minutes here and there because the target moved but the shot after 20 minutes of coiled compressed break barrel spring never noticed this slight on my part!
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i would also get a repeater with a magazine, any shot as well as a follow up shot you will be fumbling with a pellet, and looking down to load it. With a magazine your opening and closing the bolt while you continue to look at the target.
https://www.airgundepot.com/diana-bandit.html
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