PCP Ruined Springers for me

Give it some time, you will eventually turn back from the "dark side". I've been there. PCP's are dead easy to shoot, but the inevitable boredom from hitting target each and every time will make you want to grab one of those springers at some point. It's an itch you can't escape, you will need to scratch. And if you sold them off, you will regret it like I did. At this point I still own my first PCP, the FX Independence in .22 and a more recently aquired Air Arms TX200 with a 22mm short stroke conversion by Tony Leech. Both these rifles will stay with me until the day I die.

As I mostly shoot 25 yrds I feel my 22 cal. Diana 48 has all the thump I need for squirrels and maybe the occasional ground hog. I do like the non existent recoil of a pcp however. I think a laminate bantam would be in the running with a huntsman as my first 2 choices. Hmmmmm.  

....pcp's are like cheatin' , but i do it , too .....................get over yourself and p.m. me about those old piston guns you aint caressing anymore.... i just have a very well performing .22 walnt disco and a well tuned woods walker....... most other hpa/pcp's either sell or come for a leak... i agrre , tho...adddictive....... let's talk springers now ..( i need a benji 312 for a fella , too)..... - paul.

I just like airguns. Of all types. I have a couple of springers (well NP2 actually), a CO2, several multi pump pneumatics and got I my first pcp in January and ironically, this summer I found myself picking up and shooting my one and only CO2 gun I have the most. I just try spread the love around. They all have their own pros and cons and subtle nuances.

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I’m pretty much the same, CO2 is just too convenient without pumping, compressors, scuba tanks, or even heavy cocking effort. 

I serviced and shot the Crosman full auto SBR at some cans yesterday, and today should arrive a new 1077W for the bargain price of $102 to the door. I also have a reliable Umarex PPK/S that would be a good trainer, it kicks as much or more than my cousins .22lr.

I doubt I’ll ever get a pcp. If I need power I have T-05 Diana 460 mag .22. I accept for $56 (cost of the PPK) to $159 (cost of SBR) that I may get a less than stellar unit, or that may need repair/modifications when newish. But every time I think I a certain pcp might be worth a try, I see they can have issues. Every powder burner I’ve ever bought, or owned, have been cheap , well designed and worked flawlessly. Some were outstanding, Ruger single six and mark 2, and seemed like a steal for the under $300 price. I cannot accept that I have to get a $2500 Steyer before I get something out of the box that will be the quality and reliability of a Marlin model 60 for like $150 in today’s money. 

I too have a marlin model 60. Nine little semi 22

I have three Dianas, a Condor and a nice Gran Prix from Brocock. My .25 Condor is my "goto" squirrel gun if I have not been on the bench with one of my springers in a while. However the Dianas, a D460, Model 48, and Model 36 all sport SWFA fixed power mil, mil glass, all have been tuned by John in PA and every one of them will do the ten dimes challenge. Now that ain't PCP accuracy but it is minute of squirrel out to 80 yards or so: (warning hunting video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9yei24jslI

The thing about springers is you have to learn how to use them. If I was allowed to keep only one rifle, it would be the Model 36 in .177 because that rifle will make meat. It is easier to carry. I don't have to pump it and I don't have to worry EVER about where I am going to get air.

I started this addiction with PCPs. First was a hatsan bt65 then a bulldog, AF escape, career 707, pp700, huben, and bsa lightning. I love shooting my PCPs but I am also intrigued by every facet of the airgun world. Where as many of you overlook multipump guns and springers I am FASCINATED by the technology each has. I bought my first pump gun (crosman 1377) because of a post by R Sterne about him ingeniously modifying these guns . I quickly became addicted to modifying it, trying to squeeze the most FPS as possible. I did every mod to the gun one could do without having a lathe. I even turned the pistol into a carbine using the 2260 stock(got the idea from YouTube). Building the gun was almost as fun as shooting it after the build. Granted I am just an amateur tinkerer but there’s something about shooting a gun you modified that is extremely satisfying. Like eating the fruit of a tree that you nurtured from seed compared to eating store bought fruit

Nice squirrel shot. I have not stretched my 48 that far yet. 

Nice squirrel shot. I have not stretched my 48 that far yet.

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Me either. Reliably hit with accuracy 50, usually shoot 20 to 35 yards.

Purpose to grab a springer and go enjoy rolling cans or some other reactive target. The springer love will come back, you just need to fan those flames again.

I'm with you, man. I've loved spring guns for 40 years. But I live in a subdivision now and can't "plink". So I tried local FT and quickly got bored competing against myself (and my equipment) and posting mediocre scores while the rest of the field competed against one another with PCP's. When a club member offered me a regulated, scoped AA S400 for a song I thought "What the heck?" I am loving FT now and enjoying competing successfully against my fellow shooters. The springers? They're waiting for the day and place I can plink again.