I’m new to air guns and am wondering what the most reliable pcp brands are. Reliability, accuracy and noise are my 3 biggest concerns. Thanks
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WEIHRAUCH or RAW(kinda loud need a Neil Clague or AllenZ Shroud/LDC) or Taipan MUTANT(specifically) or Kaliburgun Cricket or Unregulated Air Arms like the CZ S200 and HFT500 and S400 MPR older S510s S410s S310S or BSA or Gamo Urban or Daystate unregulated guns like the Huntsman Regal XL(the regulated versions looks promising but haven't owned my regulated Daystate Regals long enough to give accurate longevity assessment) unregulated Daystate Renegades or Brocock Bantam HiLite unregulated not the 25 though and OK Regulated Sniper HRs or Benjamin Marauder Discovery Maximus and stay away from Fortitude and new Akela Kratos Cayden look promising especially with 5 year warranty or Steyr with added on LDC zero issues from Steyr for decades now besides properly seating pellets in magazines Semiauto and user friendly adjust barrel gap minor maintenance.
I'd start with a Benjamin Maximus for $145 from MidwayUSA add a TKO or $27 one ounce LDC I posted heads up on. Out of all my guns the cheap unregulated Maximus is one I can often just grab any day any time hit exactly what I aim at time and time again. It's light weight and easy to hand pump to its 2000psi maximum fill pressire and can't say that about any other gun except the Crosman Challenger also 2000psi easy to pump and Hatsan Flash and Vectis once you back the power down to minimum start fill pressure low like 1900-2300psi.
This is ONLY quick off of the top of my head. May have missed some.
There's a $165/$175 Maximus for sale on the classifieds I'd buy it it's already duked up with very effective quiet improvement just the TKO LDC with fiber optic front add on added on makes it around $200 based on MidwayUSA price. There no currently made production spring gun at any price that can consistently match or beat the Maximus' accuracy at 100 yards except for the RWS 54 and 56.
I'd start with a Benjamin Maximus for $145 from MidwayUSA add a TKO or $27 one ounce LDC I posted heads up on. Out of all my guns the cheap unregulated Maximus is one I can often just grab any day any time hit exactly what I aim at time and time again. It's light weight and easy to hand pump to its 2000psi maximum fill pressire and can't say that about any other gun except the Crosman Challenger also 2000psi easy to pump and Hatsan Flash and Vectis once you back the power down to minimum start fill pressure low like 1900-2300psi.
This is ONLY quick off of the top of my head. May have missed some.
There's a $165/$175 Maximus for sale on the classifieds I'd buy it it's already duked up with very effective quiet improvement just the TKO LDC with fiber optic front add on added on makes it around $200 based on MidwayUSA price. There no currently made production spring gun at any price that can consistently match or beat the Maximus' accuracy at 100 yards except for the RWS 54 and 56.
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I guess have been lucky. Both of my AT-44s have been spot on with no issues after close to 10000 shots. Only thing I have ever done to either rifle is to clean the barrels every 500 pellets and give it a light lube on moving parts. I have added the Hatsan regulators and get a very flat shot curve. I have 2 cylinders for the one rifle so I can go 80 shots between fills. The other rifle is in my father's care (he used to have a horrible red squirrel problem before the rifle came over and took care of 17 red squirrels last summer and fall). This one is unregulated and still shoots excellent (not at the same level as my main rifle but still amazing accuracy). The only issue I have ever had was a bad fill probe o-ring, and I had an air dump in one of my cylinders that was traced to an operator error when he swapped out cylinders. I paid $250 for each of these rifles (new). They are the non QE versions and YES they are very loud (we live in the country so no issues with neighbors). Neither rifle is especially pellet fussy as long as they are not pointed pellets. We mainly use CPHP as they are so cheap and readily available at our local Wally World.
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I purchased my 1st Hatsan blitz, and I was able to get about 20 rounds through it before it will not fire any more. With a full tank, it acts like there is no air in it. Im sending it back tomorrow for a replacement.
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