What rifles have you bought twice?

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cavedweller said:
Hoarding, generally applies to bringing things into ones life that lacks any real value and is never used.
The real hoarding hazard begins when the path to the kitchen, toilet and bed become dangerously cluttered to the point of impassible. It would be interesting to see a pic of a true airgun hoarders' house.
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I used to know a guy in southern Indiana that had a room that was about 28ft by 13ft and the floor was stacked above waste high with airguns in cases with a row against each wall full length except one side had 4 filing cabinets at end that were full of old .22 target pistols, S/W Model 41s every variation made some 2 of each, Colt Anacondas, Cobras etc every draw full. There was 3 more rows in middle of the room full length stacked above waist high with a narrow path to walk down all air rifles.. He had pcp/springers all high end collectibles and never shot any of them. Dont know how many he had but I told him to not tell many people he had them.
He was as close to a airgun hoarder as I had ever met.
 
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DeanB said:
I used to know a guy in southern Indiana that had a room that was about 28ft by 13ft and the floor was stacked above waste high with airguns in cases with a row against each wall full length except one side had 4 filing cabinets at end that were full of old .22 target pistols, S/W Model 41s every variation made some 2 of each, Colt Anacondas, Cobras etc every draw full. There was 3 more rows in middle of the room full length stacked above waist high with a narrow path to walk down all air rifles.. He had pcp/springers all high end collectibles and never shot any of them. Dont know how many he had but I told him to not tell many people he had them.
He was as close to a airgun hoarder as I had ever met.
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cavedweller said:
We’ve all read and commented on threads about:

“if you could only have one airgun what would it be?”

But

What air guns have you owned and sold only to regret and repurchase?
Or just liked it sooo much you purchased 2 or more of the same item?

After buying and selling many many airguns, for me there were three:

A Thomas
A Brocock Ghost
A Redwolf
And of course the TM1000

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Artemis PR900 Carbines in .22, x2
 
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I will play:
2x Edgun R3 (R3 .22 std and R3M .25 long). The 22 was perfect, the .25 too long, to heavy and too loud. Both sold.
3x Theoben and 1x Raw: built like a tank, heavy as a tank. All sold
3x ShinSung Career (.22 and .25, carbine and rifles): great too look at, requires time and attention to learn the guns power curve. All sold.
2x Diana 52 in .22. best springer for me, sold the oldest, still have one.
2x Kalibrgun rifle (.25 and .22): the .25 is too long but has great power. The .22 is perfect. Later versions had better quality and trigger than earlier version. All sold.
2x AAA Evol, both in .22, one 15inch std for 16 gr hades, one 18inch for 25grain pellets. For me these are the definitive pcp, sturdy and exact. I have the tools to maintain them. Currently not interested in the new batch with the fx-inspired externally adjustable just-more-stuff-to-wrong new versions. I do not expect to sell them.

Suggestions for any new folks just looking to shoot:
Edgun R3 std: super sturdy, superaccurate, very light, feels very good / ergonomic
Taipan veteran: super sturdy, fabulous trigger, but heavy.
Kalibrgun rifle .22: fantastic rifle, lightweight, very sturdy, good trigger, accurate and goodlooking.
Evol .22: ergonomically adjustable ar15 furniture, lightweigt, super sturdy, fantastic trigger, very accurate.
 
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Well, i didn't really buy it twice.... and it wasn't a different gun... No this is a gun I traded away 2 years or so ago.
If you've never owned or shot a Steyr.... your missing a delight.
The story goes like this:
On my 66th birthday I purchased myself a Steyr 110 platform, specifically called the: Steyr HFT Challenge Hunting in .177 Cal FAC version from Pilkington Airguns. It tooks several months to arrive. BUT It was an OH SO FINE airgun.

However there was one big hiccup; i had a terrible time loading pellets into the breech directly because of some 16 year old intrinsic finger muscle damage.
Sadly. i decided to pass the Steyr along to someone else to avoid it wasting away in a safe.

Time Passed... and the person who acquired that Steyr from me, told me he had listed it on AGN.
Well heck....
Without pause i offered up a a trade, a TM1000 that was too loud for my backyard training ground.
I have owned 3 different TM1000's and a few HM's in various calibers.
Great news... He accepted my offer and we swapped guns at the Republic of Texas Grand Prix 25 April 2025 this past weekend.

Will i miss my TM1000? ABSOLUTELY! but I still have a TM1000X in .22 and it's moderated for backyard benchrest use.

I could hardly wait to get it home and set it up...I could say my 50% KZ scores at the Grand Prix reflected my excitement but.. the bs flags would be a flappin.. rightfully so.

I emptied the truck and cleaned up in 25 minutes then I scoped the Steyr Challenger perfectly in 10 minutes (record time) and then came the big test... could i directly load a pellet multiple times, into the breech without dropping them.

Success!

I Zeroed the Steyr in just a few shots at 25 yards with JSB 13.4's and it's ready to create some solid HFT dope.

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I bought a Taipan .25 Long Vet 1 a few years ago. I used it for Benchrest paper targets primarily. Accuracy for me was good, but not as good as I expected. Had a Huma regulator, but had some erratic ES swings and the side lever was in the back and as a lefty, it was awkward cocking for me. I sold it for a trade to AoA for a .30 Paradigm.

Recently purchased a .22 Taipan Long 700mm and could not be happier. I admire the build quality of the Czech rifles.

“One bitten, twice shy.”

I will not be selling this one!
 
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EPG said:
Just one… still own both… very specific model & version…

RTI Prophet Performance V1 …

… have .177 .22 LR .25 LR and .30 barrels to swap between them.

Super easy adjustment, super easy barrel swaps, super accuracy.
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Since I made this post I’ve increased my “doubles” collection:

RTI Prophet Performance P1 (have all caliber barrels)

FX Crown Mk2 (have all caliber barrels across Dreamline & Crown - they can share barrels)

Benjamin Akela .177

FX Dreamline - Classic and Power Pup

My Akela .177 is so accurate and nice to shoot that I bought a 2nd from Rich at AR - for spare parts as they don’t make the Akela anymore. I’ll probably tune up the 2nd Akela and see if it shoots as well as my original.

The Dreamline Classic and Power Pup are very different rifles, but both Dreamlines.

Heck, my Daystate Wolverine and Renegade are essentially the same rifles- just different stock formats.

-Ed
 
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I am lucky to have a wife that enjoys shooting airguns as much as me. We often shoot together and come up with shooting games.
The problem is that, for awhile, I had to buy his and hers guns.... mostly pumpers but not exclusively.
We have doubles of:
Mendoza RM377
XS12
Crosman 362
Daisy 880 (several metal/metal)
Crosman 2100 (wood stocks)
Fortitude
Daisy Model 25
Vintage Crosman pumpers (101s, 180s and 760s)
Sheridans
Countless pistols, ssp, msp, c02, bbs and pellets.
I am sure I missed a few.
 
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cavedweller said:
Well, i didn't really buy it twice.... and it wasn't a different gun... No this is a gun I traded away 2 years or so ago.
If you've never owned or shot a Steyr.... your missing a delight.
The story goes like this:
On my 66th birthday I purchased myself a Steyr 110 platform, specifically called the: Steyr HFT Challenge Hunting in .177 Cal FAC version from Pilkington Airguns. It tooks several months to arrive. BUT It was an OH SO FINE airgun.

However there was one big hiccup; i had a terrible time loading pellets into the breech directly because of some 16 year old intrinsic finger muscle damage.
Sadly. i decided to pass the Steyr along to someone else to avoid it wasting away in a safe.

Time Passed... and the person who acquired that Steyr from me, told me he had listed it on AGN.
Well heck....
Without pause i offered up a a trade, a TM1000 that was too loud for my backyard training ground.
I have owned 3 different TM1000's and a few HM's in various calibers.
Great news... He accepted my offer and we swapped guns at the Republic of Texas Grand Prix 25 April 2025 this past weekend.

Will i miss my TM1000? ABSOLUTELY! but I still have a TM1000X in .22 and it's moderated for backyard benchrest use.

I could hardly wait to get it home and set it up...I could say my 50% KZ scores at the Grand Prix reflected my excitement but.. the bs flags would be a flappin.. rightfully so.

I emptied the truck and cleaned up in 25 minutes then I scoped the Steyr Challenger perfectly in 10 minutes (record time) and then came the big test... could i directly load a pellet multiple times, into the breech without dropping them.

Success!

I Zeroed the Steyr in just a few shots at 25 yards with JSB 13.4's and it's ready to create some solid HFT dope.

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sweet looking gun.
 
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