So I'm toying with the idea of either buying a PCP or getting a black powder rifle.
I'm trying to understand the advantages of PCP. I know that there is less recoil than a springer piston break barrel.
correct me if I'm wrong though it's small bore there's not really much of an advantage because the pellet can't travel past the speed of sound anyway. I should say it's not ideal for it to travel faster than the speed of sound.
That being said that projectile being shot at the same FPS with the same grain weight would impart the same amount of impact energy.
so am I correct in assuming that small bore PCP really isn't that much of an advantage and more a different type of propulsion system in a novelty.
my assumption is that the true advantage of PCP comes when you deal with larger bore .357 or better.
This opens arena for PCP rifles to be used in legal hunting of deer in my state.
which leads me to the ultimate conclusion if it's about a rifle that use for hunting wouldn't it be more cost-effective for me to have a CVA black powder rifle for that purpose. Rather than invest the money into another gun Pump's and all the fun accessories that go with it.
What do you guys think I originally bought the small bore break barrels for small game hunting rabbits or smaller. The only way I could really justify a PCP purchase is as a deer hunting rifle and in that case I'd have to go large bore and spend about six to seven hundred dollars. I can get away with spending about a 250 on that black powder rifle.
I'm trying to understand the advantages of PCP. I know that there is less recoil than a springer piston break barrel.
correct me if I'm wrong though it's small bore there's not really much of an advantage because the pellet can't travel past the speed of sound anyway. I should say it's not ideal for it to travel faster than the speed of sound.
That being said that projectile being shot at the same FPS with the same grain weight would impart the same amount of impact energy.
so am I correct in assuming that small bore PCP really isn't that much of an advantage and more a different type of propulsion system in a novelty.
my assumption is that the true advantage of PCP comes when you deal with larger bore .357 or better.
This opens arena for PCP rifles to be used in legal hunting of deer in my state.
which leads me to the ultimate conclusion if it's about a rifle that use for hunting wouldn't it be more cost-effective for me to have a CVA black powder rifle for that purpose. Rather than invest the money into another gun Pump's and all the fun accessories that go with it.
What do you guys think I originally bought the small bore break barrels for small game hunting rabbits or smaller. The only way I could really justify a PCP purchase is as a deer hunting rifle and in that case I'd have to go large bore and spend about six to seven hundred dollars. I can get away with spending about a 250 on that black powder rifle.