Oh for the simple ways of life,a springer in the hand,pellets in the pocket

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boscoebrea

boscoebrea

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and the pleasure of simplicity......All this talk about fill pressure,compressors ,shot count and so forth grow dull to the ear of simplicity.

If you can shoot a springer good you can shoot anything good.

A person wants to get into air gunning..... too many people telling him to spend thousands of dollars on gear,some will have the common sense to tell them about the $350 pcp and hand pump....that sounds wise to me.....even better a quality springer.

The first pellet rifle I got is a R-7 it will also be my last..........I do have PCP's and do like, but they are more like a woman than a dog,.....I do hope you know what I am talkin bout.

Is it fastidious of me.


 
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+1 on the Springers. Boscoebrea nailed it. Simplicity and fun the easy way 
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Boscoebrea, I couldn't agree more. I grew up with BB, then BB/pellet then pellet only guns. They were a daily part of life. Shooting spring guns today feels like preserving some of my youth.

The most important thing I've found to keep spring guns fun is keeping my expectations real. They are not PCPs.

Only the thrill of being competitive amongst a large field of PCP shooters at local field target events makes me break out my PCP. Otherwise I never shoot it. Filling mostly with club tank air during events means my tank at home lasts a couple of years or more, lol!


 
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Could not agree more. I started out with springers and then took a dive into the PCP pool.The PCP is good and is what it is. I enjoy shooting my PCP as well, just not nearly as much or as often as I do my springer. I shoot and hunt with my springers far more often than the PCP that I have. My springers are beautiful rifles, in my opinion. They are mechanical in every way, yet in every way very elegant in their design and craftsmanship. I know that this sounds rather "corny"; but there is just something about a quality springer that a PCP just can't fulfill....for me any way. To each his own, for sure. But a quality springer, that is well tuned, can perform at a very high level of accuracy. This is very rewarding and can be done without the need of expensive and unreliable high pressure air compressors. Just a rifle and a pocket full of pellets, that is all that is needed for an entire day at the range or a day in the woods hunting small game. Just an opinion.......TR.
 
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