I'm so spoiled shooting pcp rifles that every time i shoot a break barrel i flinch from the recoil and can't follow the pellet, anybody else experiencing same thing ?
Holy crap
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Sometimes when my buddy Matt brings his 1963 Husqvarna .270 to the range and I shoot it , the hair trigger, and MASSIVE (compared to air rifles) recoil totally catch me off guard lol
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Both are excellent rifles! hes shooting 120 grain hp at 34xx fps (self loaded rounds)
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Yep. I never have cared for springers all that much. I'm much more partial to co2 and pump-ups.
A friend punished me with an obnoxious Crosman Quest 1000 as a gift and I'm letting others use it until the spring breaks. After that, I'll machine the barrel to fit a QB78.
Be safe,
J~
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I started with springers but I switched to PCP rifles. For me PCPs are better in every way; there is no going back.
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Kinda like switching back and forth between a manual transmission and automatic. I drive my ma's stickshift when I visit my parents in FL and always takes me a few miles to get back into it. Similar with springers when used to PCP's?
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I started with PCP's and they had become boring. Too accurate, too powerful and too easy. I switched to springers for the challenge. Hitting a quarter-sized spinner at 50 yards with a springer is a hoot. I still like my PCP's but they have their place.
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One of the reasons I bought a PCP stems from the first time my son shot a gun. It was an old springer I had sitting around. I thought my son was just getting used to the rifle -- he started off with his eye socket right against the scope and then he fired!
He had a bit of a bruise around his eye socket for a couple days. Must have been pretty painful for him. He was scared of guns for a long time after that.
He's since used a scope on a PCP and can use it properly. But he still prefers red dots!
He had a bit of a bruise around his eye socket for a couple days. Must have been pretty painful for him. He was scared of guns for a long time after that.
He's since used a scope on a PCP and can use it properly. But he still prefers red dots!
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Started out with a springer ole twangy Diana 34p .177 traded for a disco .177 said I’d never own one again 2014. Today mostly spent shooting my HW30s i kitted with a vortek spring kit. not hold sensitive it’s fun to shoot!
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Smitty i have similar story, i won't tell who he is because it was embarrassing enough, but this young man after national guard boot camp, by the way finished second out of 300 other guard trainees, forgot his shooting glasses, any way he shot my gamo springer out the kitchen window at a ground hog, he turned toward me after the shot and a trickle of blood ran down along side his nose, nothing more was said.
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I think harder can be better, another thing is sometimes harder can be easier, and technique can carry one's goals farther.
I'm glad I like my time doing harder things, when I am done with them I go to the easier-to-shoot PCPs.
Both have a place, never think I will say one is better than the other.maybe when I get older,LOL.
I'm glad I like my time doing harder things, when I am done with them I go to the easier-to-shoot PCPs.
Both have a place, never think I will say one is better than the other.maybe when I get older,LOL.
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Springer fans will say no, but those of us who like to hit the target without a lot of muss and fuss, will say Yes. (chuckle)
I was looking at the possibility of buying a quality springer for a BUG, but decided that it WILL be a multi-pump or single pump pneumatic instead for the same reasons.
No offense to springer fans. I just like to aim and pull the trigger to hit my target. Not worry about artillery holds, etc. (smile)
No, you are not spoiled. You are just smart. (grin)
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It depends on what your goal is. I understand and appreciate those who can shoot springers well. But every time this comes up, it seems that being able to overcome the problems of shooting a springer well is what is mostly being bragged about. Not accuracy/precision, but overcoming the hurdles that springers present.
My goal is to hit my intended target with the least effort possible as accurately/precisely as possible.
Call me insane, but I shoot for a reason (pesting)...
To hit the intended target accurately/precisely. The easier I can do that, the better.
PCPs are MUCH easier to shoot accurately/precisely. FACT!
JMHO
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