I started off with a couple of break barrel springers, but now I just shoot PCPs. After I slept with the pic star that plain Jane just don't turn me on anymore. 
How many of you shoot springers and PCPs?
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I'll let you know around the second week of June.... That's when I'm allowed to order my own pic star....
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I shoot both springer's and PCP's and maybe I'm just easily aroused but springer's still turn me on. The PCP's are so much easer to shoot - it takes better technique to shoot a springer and making the shot I find more rewarding. Knocking a crow off the top of a Cypress at 45 yards with a .177 springer is a hoot - missing it with a PCP and you should turn in your Sheriff John Badge and hang it all up. Hold, and follow through is so important with a springer. Important with a PCP but a bit more tolerant. If you learn to shoot a piston gun well, your PCP and powder burner shooting will be improved as well.
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I currently have 4 PCP's, FX Gladiator MK II, FX Royale 400, FWB 700 Junior, and a MAC 1 Hunter #56 my newest acquisition.
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Yup, I shoot both. I love my Disco and Marauder for their power and ease of operation, but I love my springers for the challenge and lack of needed "support equipment" (grab pellets, rifle, and go all day). I also like taking the springers apart and improving them. The PCP's are a little more complicated, and I need more experience before I become as comfortable tinkering with them as I am with the spring guns.
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I have a couple of big bore PCPs and they satisfy my need to employ better discipline. Try shooting a 200+ FPE big bore and it will certainly make you pay attention to technique if you want to hit anything.
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I shoot mainly gamo springers because i'm still saving up for my first pcp. I do shoot a few co2 guns (pistols) though. My newest gun is a umarex octane in 22 cal and it has plenty of power!
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I have one of each - lately shooting mostly the pcp. Both have accuracy issues at times (or I do..), so when frustrated with flyers from the pcp I switch to the springer for a while.
To extend (corrupt?) the analogy, one can tire of an exciting but capricious mistress and run back to mommy
To extend (corrupt?) the analogy, one can tire of an exciting but capricious mistress and run back to mommy
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I have never had a traditional springer. About a year ago I bought a .177 Nitro Venom from Crosman. Back then I never knew what was possible with air rifles and never heard of PCPs. So 2 months ago I was youtubing and found Teds and Matts videos and got an epiphanny(or inspired).
Today I'm waiting for my .25 Wildcat. Itchy triggerfinger is an understatement.
Today I'm waiting for my .25 Wildcat. Itchy triggerfinger is an understatement.
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I enjoy the challenge of jumpers. I also enjoy the puffers also. Being an old fart I love challenged,unlike the instant gratification generation.
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I have 2 springers and 3 PCPs....I find that I am usually shooting a PCP rifle. I just love the precision one can obtain from a PCP rifle.
I do enjoy my springer too. Sometimes, Our club has 25m BR matched where you can only use a springer rifle. I find I am mostly shooting the springers when I am low on air in my cf tank.
I do enjoy my springer too. Sometimes, Our club has 25m BR matched where you can only use a springer rifle. I find I am mostly shooting the springers when I am low on air in my cf tank.
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I still regularly shoot the CO2 Carbines I built based on the BNM 2240 / 2250 with the Grand Kids. The Gamo Whisper, Diana 350 Magnum keep me honest. The Disco, Marauders and now the Bobcat MK2 are all sweet. Cans of pellets do not last long around here. Mostly target shooting and Garden pest control...My AR's are gathering dust...
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I really like my springers,.....but I rarely shoot them
had to be several months since I shot one last
had to be several months since I shot one last
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I shot a springer last about 7 years ago. Visited my home where I stayed as a kid, opened my cupboard and there it was::: my old springer in .22. Remember many a bird shot which I with that gun. Took it out, shot a couple of rounds through it (it's still super accurate at 30 yards) and laid it back to rest in its place. It was fun catching up with the old springerooo but once you go PCP, it's difficult to kinda enjoy the springer experience anymore.
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I shoot both about equally. I truly enjoy the challenge of spring guns and the premium that they place on proper technique. For me, shooting a PCP almost feels like "cheating"-- ie: it's almost too easy!
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I shoot PCP. I have a Benjamin Trail springer but ever since I got my Discovery I don't shoot the NP. Now if I had a higher quality springer I would probably shoot it more often, but for now I'm stickin with the PCP's.
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I'm at the opposite end here, I prefer springers over pcps. I own and enjoy both, but 9 times out of 10 I will grab one of my spring guns to shoot before one of the pcps. My go to gun tends to be my HW30 anymore which is as close to a pcp as your going to get with a springer lol.
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brian here, kind of new here. I was born in to the gun culture in 1956 and am very grateful for that! been shooting some thing or other all my life. I shoot beeman r7 r8 r1 p1h and a host of others. for pcp it is beeman hw 100 , bsa scorpion se , air force talon 25 with maddog stock , r&l shroud extention, p12 and discovery 22.
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