N/A 2024 AIRGUN OF THE YEAR - WHO?

My vote goes to UMAREX with their $220 Notos and $450 Zelos.

2024 was a great airgun year, and very different for me.
Unlike years past, I made it through the year, without purchasing high dollar air gun!
Prior to 2024, I would always find myself wanting, lusting, pinching pennies, loosing sleep, and eventually purchasing a high dollar rifle, of some sort.
Seems like there was always some expensive make and model that I wanted....just fill in the blank ___________.
But 2024 was so much different for me, and I went all year, with absolutely very little desire, for an expensive $1500 or $2000 air rifle!

Eventually, I did purchase a inexpensive Notos, and fell in love.
I liked it so much, that I purchased another inexpensive Zelos.
$670 total for 2 different airguns, and zero regrets!
This absolutely curbed my desire for anything expensive!
2024 was a great airgun year!
If this trend continues, I may never purchase another $1500/$2000 airgun again!

Thank you Umarex!
Looking forward to 2025!
 
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FX DRS, Solid, powerful and extremely accurate.
Reasonably priced without the MDT ACC Elite chassis.
 
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I think if I were to be put on the spot to offer a model, I would have to agree on the Notos. They did cause quite a stir for a while. I've not looked much at the Zelos, but there has been a bottle Zelos or M60, whatever it is, that I've seen on the classifieds that has piqued my interest for whatever reason.

I think the GK1 is a contender or even possibly Nr1, but I'm not 100% sure if it came out this year or last.
Seems over the year the AEA guns have done quite a bit. The one I had I couldnt love and sold, but I really, really like the looks of them. For me the killer was the trigger. Accuracy really wasnt anything to write home about either.
 
My vote goes to UMAREX with their $220 Notos and $450 Zelos.

2024 was a great airgun year, and very different for me.
Unlike years past, I made it through the year, without purchasing high dollar air gun!
Prior to 2024, I would always find myself wanting, lusting, pinching pennies, loosing sleep, and eventually purchasing a high dollar rifle, of some sort.
Seems like there was always some expensive make and model that I wanted....just fill in the blank ___________.
But 2024 was so much different for me, and I went all year, with absolutely very little desire, for an expensive $1500 or $2000 air rifle!

Eventually, I did purchase a inexpensive Notos, and fell in love.
I liked it so much, that I purchased another inexpensive Zelos.
$670 total for 2 different airguns, and zero regrets!
This absolutely curbed my desire for anything expensive!
2024 was a great airgun year!
If this trend continues, I may never purchase another $1500/$2000 airgun again!

Thank you Umarex!
Looking forward to 2025!
You should try a stoeger
 
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