Planning on buying my first pcp. Looking for around a grand with nothing on it. Already bought a compressor. Opinions and thoughts?
I just bought an Avenger Bullpup but my budget was limited for the timeline I’m faced with…but my next purchase will probably be a Dreamline tac….Ive been looking at the dreamline tac. Seems like it's a pretty good gun for the price. I'll check out the RAW hmx1000
He already has a HPA compressor… The OP seems astute he will end up with something nice, that he purchased the HPA compressor first? Shows the man is serious…Look at the mid-tier rigs like Avenge-X, Gauntlet, etc. and see which tick the boxes for you. Add a compressor and optic and you will be at, or just over you price point.
I had a Dream Pup that would discharge, all by itself, with no one touching the gun. FX said it was impossible. They (FX) had it for 6 MONTHS under warranty repair. They (FX) sent it back to my dealer and the dealer confirmed it was STILL discharging by itself after FX had it for SIX MONTHS supposedly repairing it? The dealer returned it to FX a second time. FX returned it THREE MONTHS later after it was finally repaired. That is NINE MONTHS, tied up at FX under a warranty repair. Draw your own conclusions …Ive been looking at the dreamline tac. Seems like it's a pretty good gun for the price. I'll check out the RAW hmx1000
I had a Dream Pup that would discharge, all by itself, with no one touching the gun. FX said it was impossible. They (FX) had it for 6 MONTHS under warranty repair. They (FX) sent it back to my dealer and the dealer confirmed it was STILL discharging by itself after FX had it for SIX MONTHS supposedly repairing it? The dealer returned it to FX a second time. FX returned it THREE MONTHS later after it was finally repaired. That is NINE MONTHS, tied up at FX under a warranty repair. Draw your own conclusions …
Well said, and so do I. My gen 1 marauder 25. It rarely gets shotI am not going to make any suggestions on any brand or models, but will relate what I went through in making my final choices.
When I first became interested in PCPs I started looking around and was a bit shocked at what they cost, so I set the idea aside. A couple years later I got the itch again, but was still just not certain, however, I found an entry level gun that was cheap enough that if I got it and decided it wasn‘t for me, I could dump it and move on. Well I quickly decided that I did like it so on to stage two.
Like the OP, I set a budget and then started looking at products that fit the uses I had in mind. I was in no hurry since I had my cheap gun to keep me shooting and interested.
I started watching this and other forums. I did not post many questions, just observed and took notes. I also watched a lot of youtube videos. I learned a lot, both pro and con on many air guns there and on airgun specific forums.
I did this for well over a year, and came to two conclusions.
Number 1, my specific needs were never going to be satisfied by any one gun.
Number 2, my budget number was unrealistic BS.
So now I started looking at guns that met my requirements without regards of purchase price.
I looked at design features. Read customer reviews. Investigated parts availablity, both OEM and aftermarket and also looked for any information or videos of takedown and reassembly of the ones on my list.
At that point I had narrowed down my list to a manageable number and made a long drive to an airgun shop that had the three top contenders, so that I could actually lay hands on them. The owner of the shop was there and answer many of my few remaining questions and even offered a few other options. Now back to my internet data search and narrowing down my choices even more.
Anyway, the point of all of this is that nobody here is going to be able to tell you what to buy that will fit your needs. You will no doubt get a lot of good suggestions, but look at them all with an open mind and a willingness to dig much deeper. Set your expectations and then ask some more specific questions to fill in the info you can’t find anywhere or to verify the info that you did find. There are so many good choices out there, but it is not a one size fits all proposition.
By the way, In the end, over two years later, I ended up with two PCPs the cover nearly all of my needs and ended up spending over twice my initial budget amount. That said, I have zero complaints or buyers remorse regarding either of my choices.
I also still have that first entry level PCP and shoot it now and then also.
Yea I've been researching and watching tons of videos for probably a month. I figure a grand will buy me a nice enough gun for what I need. If i was buying once like my other hobbies like archery I would have already ordered a fx impact m4 lolThere are some very wise words in here. I guess the very best advice I can give is buy more gun than you think you need or want right now, save for it and research longer than you think. Buy once, cry once. It's so rewarding and addictive when you can count your equipment out as a variable for missing or holding you back.
No the M4 would just make you cry and then buy something else…Yea I've been researching and watching tons of videos for probably a month. I figure a grand will buy me a nice enough gun for what I need. If i was buying once like my other hobbies like archery I would have already ordered a fx impact m4 lol
I bought I bowtech and changed everything on it and don't shoot it now tooYea I've been researching and watching tons of videos for probably a month. I figure a grand will buy me a nice enough gun for what I need. If i was buying once like my other hobbies like archery I would have already ordered a fx impact m4 lol
I did an m3, it's got it's it's own issues but not the valve.No the M4 would just make you cry and then buy something else…