What's your motivation for PCP's?

Jump to latest Follow Reply
alleycatter

alleycatter

Member
Jan 23, 2021
55
1
Midwestern, United States
First off, howdy. Michigan based possible bullpup beginner here. Tried a Gamo Swarm break barrel, didn't like the scope (blurry for me) or the magazine (wasn't real accepting of the .22 pellets I was using although it did like the Gamo Fire pellets). Liked the shooting not the rifle. Returned it.

Been going down the rabbit hole of air rifles video reviews since. AEAC has some really great reviews which lead me to this forum. The English guy on AirgunGearShow is hilarious as well as informative. Some really good videos and some really not as good videos.

All that said, I've been looking at Benjamin, the Akela along with their Traveler Compressor for a first PCP. From what I can see it's a semi inexpensive starter kit. My problem is Michigan. Used to be an air gun place in Dryden - roughly two hours from me - that the owners retired last year. And from reading the forum there is another air gun shop roughly 3 hours north in Harrison which isn't really feasible on a semi regular basis. Michigan doesn't seem to be overly interested in air rifles or maybe no one figures it makes sense to set up a shop with a range for winter leagues. Really wish we had an Airguns Of Michigan equivalent. 

So my main question is what is your main motivation for buying a PCP? Accuracy, math, hunting, plinking or what? Don't have enough room around the house to really shoot one as living on a lake the lots aren't real big and the neighbors probably wouldn't enjoy me using their houses or garages as backstops for the pellets (that's a joke). I belong to a club with ranges of 50, 100, and 200 yards along with a pistol range but none are set up for air rifles. No indoor range either although in the winter if there was an indoor range I'd like to join for the pleasure of shooting.

Thanks in advance, have to go hit the treadmill for a bit (old age isn't for sissies) but I'll check back a little later.
 
Given your lot limitations this may not help much. I have a one acre lot bordered by woods in the rear. I can comfortably shoot a .177 or .22 pcp with a moderator. With the COVID-19 situation, I don't get away from home much, but fooling around with the air rifle is a blast. I've had a number of different rifles but find a pcp to be the most like a powder burner--which I also enjoy. And in a pinch I can also dial down the power and shoot it inside. With you the best! 
 
Upvote 0
Main motivation for shooting airguns over powder burners for me is the price of ammo, less noise, less cleaning and I can shoot at home. Inside of my house but not in my yard.

I can shoot at the range like 25,50,75,100,150,200,1000. But usually only shoot at 50, 100, 200. Not sure what you mean about your range not being set up for airguns. I usually shoot my pistols and springers at 50 yards and PCP rifles at 100, 200 yards
 
Upvote 0
Main motivation for shooting airguns over powder burners for me is the price of ammo, less noise, less cleaning and I can shoot at home. Inside of my house but not in my yard.

I can shoot at the range like 25,50,75,100,150,200,1000. But usually only shoot at 50, 100, 200. Not sure what you mean about your range not being set up for airguns. I usually shoot my pistols and springers at 50 yards and PCP rifles at 100, 200 yards
Click to expand...

I hate cleaning rifles. I like assembling/disassembling, but as for caustic bore cleaners after ever day at the range, no thanks. 
 
Upvote 0
Thanks for all the replies. Food for thought.

The suggestion of the GX CS compressor was very helpful. Seems similar to the Benjamin while being a couple hundred bucks less expensive.

My biggest hurdle to overcome is figuring out how often I'd shoot the gun. Don't really want another dust collector around the house lol. Right now our weather - about 5 inches of snow and although the forecast says 8 mph winds the snow is flying sideways with some velocity. Good day for a nap more than anything else. For sure it wouldn't be worthwhile to go the club if I had a PCP although I'd probably have the range to myself. And it'd be pretty quiet so I wouldn't need muffs.


 
Upvote 0
You can use them almost anywhere.

Hunting big animals with PCP requires a lot more skills that the ones needed with powder burners. You have much more accuracy with PCP´s that with bow and arrow (less suffer on animals because of bad arrowing).

If you are going hunting with a powder burner, best training is with PCP´s.

Each time I dislike the must the noise of powder burners. PCP´s are quiet.

PCP´s are my hobbie and I am gratefull of having found it.




 
Upvote 0
My main motivation is to build and research and repeat and see what subsonic bullets are capable of. Also the fact anything under 30cal is prettymuch seen as toy in our country allows me to shoot my 112fpe 22cal airgun at my own yard where 22LR for example would require 150+meters away from houses and we have 1 1/2 acre lot it still would be illegal.

IMG-20190728-WA0006.1612540631.jpeg


Its pretty big deal for me to shoot at my own yard when ever I wish to. 
 
Upvote 0
i live rural and have chickens and a garden AND pests on a regular basis, but with neighbors within earshot so firearms on a semi-daily basis isnt neighborly ... 'nothing' else is effective .. period ... a decent pcp is arguably more effective than a firearm for critters, and throwing a rock is likely more effective than 99.9% of springers or the average box store air gun .. trust me i spent alot on different airguns until i finally bit the bullet and got a decent pcp setup ... if the pest situation is critical, nothing else will be effective ... i learned the hard way ...
 
Upvote 0
I started out with a Chinese made break barrel. B19 I think what it was. I could throw rocks more accurately. I was going to give up on these junk BB guns and just stick with my powder burners.. I gave it one more try and bought a R9. I still wasn't all that impressed. I found a forum. The old yellow forum. Pretty much found out it wasn't so much the R9 as it was I didn't know how to shoot it. Once I learned "the hold" I was becoming impressed with it and myself. I had a friend that was getting into the hobby as well. We decided to squirrel hunt with our air rifles and been hooked ever since. A couple of years into it he bought the first to buy a PCP.. a B50 it was a Chinese made pcp. It shot pretty good compared to our springers. But that was the beginning of our addiction to pcp air rifles. We're still in the hobby after all this time and pretty much only shoot pcp rifles. Our motivation for the pcp was the power, accuracy and most of all just plane fun to shoot! I still have that R9. Still shoot it from time to time. 
 
Upvote 0
I started out with a Chinese made break barrel. B19 I think what it was. I could throw rocks more accurately. I was going to give up on these junk BB guns and just stick with my powder burners.. I gave it one more try and bought a R9. I still wasn't all that impressed. I found a forum. The old yellow forum. Pretty much found out it wasn't so much the R9 as it was I didn't know how to shoot it. Once I learned "the hold" I was becoming impressed with it and myself. I had a friend that was getting into the hobby as well. We decided to squirrel hunt with our air rifles and been hooked ever since. A couple of years into it he bought the first PCP.. a B50 it was a Chinese made pcp. It shot pretty good compared to our springers. But that was the beginning of our addiction to pcp air rifles. We're still in the hobby after all this time and pretty much only shoot pcp rifles. Our motivation for the pcp was the power, accuracy and most of all just plane fun to shoot! I still have that R9. Still shoot it from time to time. 
 
Upvote 0
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom
Back
Home
Forums
Resources
Menu