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RobertNoPest

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Posting in case this anecdotal feedback helps someone make a decision.

We are users of PCP air rifles (and we have a springer!) for pest control, as a business. We have quite an assortment -- Edgun, FX, Brocock, KalibrGun, and Weihrauch (the springer). I enjoy shooting these rifles on Sundays and have shot very many pellets and slugs through all of them.

After lots of testing, tied for first are (drum roll): Our Brocock Sniper XR, and the FX Crown Continuum. The only negatives on both of these is, the need to treat them with kid gloves, as they seem to be precision instruments, like watches. We are kind to our tools and transport all of them cased, but these two rifles seem exceptionally well-built, but delicate.

In second place is our monster Kalibrgun Argus 45 in .30 cal. We use this for larger animals.

My first air rifle was a Daisy BB gun. I wish I had known how capable air guns are, earlier in life. I can do as much with these PCPs as I can with my .22s.

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Try a BRK Concept Lite in the future. Having a steel tube air reservoir really helps the perceived stoutness. I bought mine used from AoA. Practically the first week I had it I trusted it to rest on two bags on my shooting table. It fell off when I made a target change. Landed half on lawn, barrel end on cement. I picked it up, dusted it off, and shot. POI didn’t shift at all.

A bottle gun has never felt durable for me.
 
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Florida_Man said:
Try a BRK Concept Lite in the future. Having a steel tube air reservoir really helps the perceived stoutness. I bought mine used from AoA. Practically the first week I had it I trusted it to rest on two bags on my shooting table. It fell off when I made a target change. Landed half on lawn, barrel end on cement. I picked it up, dusted it off, and shot. POI didn’t shift at all.

A bottle gun has never felt durable for me.
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When that happened to me on one of my Mavericks it landed on the barrel straight down and messed up the receiver, fun exercise replacing that.

Gravity, it's a fatal attraction but keeps us grounded.
 
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Florida_Man said:
Try a BRK Concept Lite in the future. Having a steel tube air reservoir really helps the perceived stoutness. I bought mine used from AoA. Practically the first week I had it I trusted it to rest on two bags on my shooting table. It fell off when I made a target change. Landed half on lawn, barrel end on cement. I picked it up, dusted it off, and shot. POI didn’t shift at all.

A bottle gun has never felt durable for me.
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I took a look at that. I do like the idea of the longer reservoir. The bottle reservoir just seems to be a natural but delicate "rest" when shooting supported, but should not be. Might be all perception.
 
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When that happened to me on one of my Mavericks it landed on the barrel straight down and messed up the receiver, fun exercise replacing that.

Gravity, it's a fatal attraction but keeps us grounded.
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I watched a guy with a high-end bullpup PCP allow it to fall from a cleaning stand, on a table. Bullpups are not stable unless clamped.
 
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jps2486 said:
IMO, pesting doesn't require a top tier rifle. You could probably get away with a Mrod or such. Accuracy would be adequate and you could consider the rifle expendable although they are quite durable.
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I have a Grand Seiko on my wrist. A Casio would have done the trick. We could have used a Umarex effectively.
 
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I imagine that the Crown would check all the boxs, for a pesting buisness.
Everything from .177 to .30 caliber , and from 380mm to 700mm by simply changing barrel lengths and adjusting the power wheel.
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Years ago I witnessed the damage caused by 2 racoons in a large finished garage.
2 sheets of drywall on the floor, and ruined about 1200 sq. feet of fiberglass insulation.
I ended up using a live trap baited with a small amount of dry kibble dog food, on 2 seperate occasions, and relocating both coons.
Problem cured, but what a mess!
 
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Airgun Al said:
I imagine that the Crown would check all the boxs, for a pesting buisness.
Everything from .177 to .30 caliber , and from 380mm to 700mm by simply changing barrel lengths and adjusting the power wheel.
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Years ago I witnessed the damage caused by 2 racoons in a large finished garage.
2 sheets of drywall on the floor, and ruined about 1200 sq. feet of fiberglass insulation.
I ended up using a live trap baited with a small amount of dry kibble dog food, on 2 seperate occasions, and relocating both coons.
Problem cured, but what a mess!
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We found no fewer than five groundhog burrows under a foundation. As a result of their digging, the foundation had dropped a few inches, and cracked. They are digging machines. Took five out of their. Not "relocated".
 
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Airgun Al said:
I imagine that the Crown would check all the boxs, for a pesting buisness.
Everything from .177 to .30 caliber , and from 380mm to 700mm by simply changing barrel lengths and adjusting the power wheel.
.
Years ago I witnessed the damage caused by 2 racoons in a large finished garage.
2 sheets of drywall on the floor, and ruined about 1200 sq. feet of fiberglass insulation.
I ended up using a live trap baited with a small amount of dry kibble dog food, on 2 seperate occasions, and relocating both coons.
Problem cured, but what a mess!
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The Crown does indeed! We have so many rifles because one rifle can't be everywhere. The reason we have so many different rifles is, I did not know what I was doing when I purchased them.
 
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RobertNoPest said:
If I had known then what I know now, I would have purchased five Brocock Sniper or Safari XRs, with 0Db silencers, and called it a day. Would have saved me a lot of time and trouble by standardizing.
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This is my standardizing… all BRKs

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RobertNoPest said:
Posting in case this anecdotal feedback helps someone make a decision.

We are users of PCP air rifles (and we have a springer!) for pest control, as a business. We have quite an assortment -- Edgun, FX, Brocock, KalibrGun, and Weihrauch (the springer). I enjoy shooting these rifles on Sundays and have shot very many pellets and slugs through all of them.

After lots of testing, tied for first are (drum roll): Our Brocock Sniper XR, and the FX Crown Continuum. The only negatives on both of these is, the need to treat them with kid gloves, as they seem to be precision instruments, like watches. We are kind to our tools and transport all of them cased, but these two rifles seem exceptionally well-built, but delicate.

In second place is our monster Kalibrgun Argus 45 in .30 cal. We use this for larger animals.

My first air rifle was a Daisy BB gun. I wish I had known how capable air guns are, earlier in life. I can do as much with these PCPs as I can with my .22s.

Cheers
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What is your anecdotal evidence these two rifles are "delicate?"
 
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